The Washington herald., 1914-02-13
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Written Expre..iy for The wa.hinston HeraIdJ
BY Y. :. EDWARDS.
ITHE late Judge Noah Davis. who pre-
= sided at the trial of william NJ
Tweed. and who after the Iatter's con,I
viction sentenced hum to imprisonment
told me story which came to him, he
said. shortly after the trial from one o.
Tweed's friends 1t related to the man.
ner I'm which Tweed was finally captured
after he escaped by the commandant q,
the Port OF vigo. Spain.
There were many very dramatic enl.
| sodes associated with Tweed's career.s
| said Judge Davis. "but think the stor,
| as II was told me and which am now
| going to tell you was the strangest Of
| all You know, OF course. that Tweed
escaped in n sailing vessel and after.
ward, landing at Florida. was taken OF
board another vessel and landed some
where ON the northern coat Of Cuba. Al
soon as possible after he landed he en-.
gagged passage from a vessel which was
10 go to Spain, stopping first of all al
the Port OF vieo.
Tweed did not know that the Secre.
tary Of State at Washington had been in.
formed by the New York authorities that
Spanish vessel had taken him on board
at Cuban port. Probably IL Tweed had
learned that the Secretary of State knew
where he was and intended to ask Spain
TO deliver him over TO the United Stairs
authorities, he would have attempted to
enter some one of the Central Amerf.
can or South American countries. where
he would have been able to bribe ths
officials to protect him.
He chose Spain. however. because he
knew there eYfradirina ho.
tween the United States and Spain
''Tweed's friends told me that he was
lucky to have escaped with his life when
the vessel arrived at the Port of Vigo,
for the people OF that town were very
much incensed on account of the crime
of which the fugitive had been guilty In
the United States.
Secretary Fish received word from
Spain by cable that the commandant at
Vigo would he instructed to arrest and
imprison Tweed until an American vessel
arrived there to take him back to the
United States.
1.-THE Spanish commdndant at Ni=o.
however, was very much disturbed by his
orders. He did not know how he was
going to recognize Tweed. provided tho
latter was in disguise. He was told that
II he sent to London he could get pic
ture OF Tweed which had been printed IN
an Illustrated periodical Hc did send to
London and got the picture by return
mail What do you suppose that picture
was? 1t was Nasts cartoon Of Tweed
which represented him as furnishing n
child, the child being symbolic of Amer
lean justice.
The picture was shown 20 the people
of Nigo and they were told that the COM
mandant was to arrest a man who would
arrive on a vessel because he had kid
mapped an American child.
This report inflamcd tho population
and they made up their minds to deal
summary vengeance upon this kidnappcr.
II was an angry mob that awaited the
arrival of the vessel at NiGo. The COM
mandant was compelled to plan some
strategy by which nc could protect
Tweed. He recognized Tweed. although
Tweed was disguised as n sailor and was
actually engaged at some meniHl duty
as a sailor when tho ComWandant went
aboard. That was fortunate for Tweed.
The mob expected TO 500 a man in the
garb Of a gentleman marching with the
Tweed was told that his
only safety was in preserving his dis
sailor would do and passed safely
the mob until ne was beyond its
reach. when he was locked up in prison.
when Tweed knew what the temper
Of the people of Vigo was he was only
too glad TO go from the prison to the
American ship. surrounded by a guard
which protected him
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