Year: 1875

About ten O'Clock P. NJ Warden Dunham and Keeper
Hagan returned TO Ludlow Street Jail Dunham's
very pale and his hands cold as lce. He met the
HERALD reporter in Tweed's ROOM" and told the fol-
lowing story, under close cross-examination:-


~ left here little after O'Clock p NJ to-day in
carriage with the keeper, Edward Hagan, Tweed, and
his son, William Tweed, Jr We went through Ludlow
street 70 Broome through Broome street to the
Bowery up the Bowery and through Fourth avenue,
Tenth Eleventh street. and thence and through
Broadway, y I. think through Thirteenth street
to Fifsh sysoay and up Tinh avenue TO Fifty
ninth street Then up tho Western Boulevard
and along the Kngsbridgo road and up around and
down the Southern boulevard to Third crossing
the Third avenue BRIDGE Gown Third avenue to 127th
street Il think that the stree Central Park. In
the Park stopped at the Knoll for fifteen min
utes We all got out OF the coach and walked around
while the horses were resting. 1t might have been
ten TO twelve minutes Then we all got into
the coach again. No, sir; coach, not coaches; there
only coach We then drove down through the
Park TO Fftyninth street and Mr. Tweeds residence
on Madison avenue Sixtieth Sixtyhrst street.
Stopping there, all got out OF the coach and went
into his house. We went in and sat down in the front
parlor. Mr.. Douglass, son-in-law, think, OF Mr..
Tweed came forward to meet us, and sat down with
rs. There was no other person there Mr.. Tweed said
he would





and see his wife for moment Hagan said he would
step in the hall to tho washbasin and wash his
hands. Tweed went up stairs Hagan back into
the parlor and sat down with us.


A few minutes afterward took out my watch. sup
pose about four five minutes after Tweed had gone
up stairs took out my watch and remarked 1t time
to start and to call him down His son, William Tweed
Jr., then went up stairs and came back In minute
and said that his father had not gone up stairs


was alarmed Immediately and sent Hagan up STAIRS
to look for Tweed while rushed OF the front door,
down the steps, looked into the and under the
stoop and along the street one there. then
went back into the hallway. My carriage was around
the on the side street did not see IT, was
too excited to look for It, Gong back into the hall
Hagan again He had not found him. Hagan then
went down stairs to search the lower part OF tho
house. then went out again to see II
the carriage there, which it was then thought
had done all could do stop him there and got into
the carriage again with Hagan and went fast pos
sioe to the Fifty ninth street police station house Ii
then about


TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES TO SEVEN


o'clock. drove 70 the Fy-ninth street station and
asked have general alarm sent out to all stations
that Tweed had escaped With HaGan in the same car.
riago then drove fast possible Police Head
quarters in Mulberry and reported the escape to
the officer IN charge The Inspector, do not know his
name said that he had received the message sent an
alarm for Fify-nnt street and would telegraph to
Superintendent walling Immediately.


Leaving tho carriage, Hagan and went across 10 the
Bowery, and took q car to Sheriff Conner's house
He was not home left word for him come here i'm
mediately then came back to the prison. have no
idea how he could have escaped


Hagan said that be saw Tweed going up stairs
saw Mrs Tweed the head Of the stairs after the es
cape. she was very much excited. | asked her IL
Tweed had gone up stairs and she said he had not
The son-n-law, Douglas remained with until got
the alarm. That about halfpas six p NJ During
the ride Tweed good humor, but never spoke or
escaping