The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1875, Page 4

4 “A HOT PURSUIT. and Diligent Search for William M. Tweed —_—_-——_— FOLLOWING UP THE CLEWS. Anxious New Discoveries Concerning the Mysterious Disappearance. THE BARK LORD CLARENDON Why Was She Purchased by the Fugitive’s Nephew, Mr. Russell? E CAN HE HAVE GON ro ? E WHER He was generally called ‘I'weed,” and not John, There ‘The Tweed escape continued throughout yesterday to | was nothing extraordinary in t a course, the had par: e the one su f conve 5 y sued in hiring the landau from Ke be the one subject of conversation throughout the City, | Sued in hiring the landas {ro Kent a ae ox The principal topic referred to, however, was the work | Dressed a wish to have & isaaee ast hen tome performed by the HeRacp in bringing to light the story | posed they wanted the seni cn Se pnd not beeiag ore One, they hadphired it, but not the horses, of the carriage hired from the Lamb stable, That rents wef hemi iset Prat aly sbeyp cron Boggy this was the carriage in which Tweed escaped, | ‘not know whethor the carriage looked on its return to subsequent circumstances narrated elsewhere | the siablo as though it was travol-stained.” Is wag, or- 1 orn dored to be ready to start at noon on Saturday, The fully determine, It further appears’ that | Crior was, given. about ten o'glock by the tue whole fplan of escape was most elaborately | dryer. General Tweed has a horse boardin planned, but that notwithstanding all the extraordinary | at the stable and Mr, Douglass a carriage an: | pair of horses. This was the same carriage that precautions taken to prevent the leaking out of the | facts incidental thereto, the HzraLp alone has been able to throw some light on tho apparent mys- | tery. That another man resembling Tweed’s old coachman must have been employed to drive the car- riage which took the party from the Juil is beyond question, and that this man’s identity has been estad- lished there is every reason to believe, The drives of the carriage which was hired from Lamb’s stable on Forty-ninth street, was undoubtedly George Hoffman, the man above all whom he most trusted, This will be seen from the accounts elsewhere published, ‘The story also, graphically told as it is, describing Tweed’s route ‘along the Boulevard eastward to a point near West Farms, thence through the lower West Farms road leading to the East River, and his being seen about nine o’clock driving down in @ car- riage and pair, similar to that taken from Lamb’s stable, and driven by Tweed’s own coachman, who was, it 1s said, the man who always used to drive him (undoubtedly George Hoffman), which subse- quently landed him on the Long Dock at Hunt's Point, and from which a party was seen to get out and get on a steam yacht at the end of the pier, is also a | most interesting and important adjunet to the history | of this whole case. The story, too, of the British bark Lord Clarendon, which cleared from this port on the 12th of October, and about which po particulars could be obtained other than that she had been hovering off the coast, will also be read with interest, as it probably elucidates the mystery, The other facts given also form a chapter in she case which is not alone interesting but instructive. A telegram was received last night from Congress- man 8. S. Cox, stating that Judge Campbell was his guest in Washington, thus disproving the statement tirculated by Mr. Campbell’s political opponents that be probably had cognizance of Tweed’s escape, WILLIAM LAMB INTERVIEWED. | A Huratp special detective yesterday again called apon and bad a long conversation with Mr. William Camb, the manager ot Lamb & Sons’ stables at Forty- | ainth street and Lexington avenue, when the following | questions were put to him, which brought forth the an- swers given:— Mr. Lamb, you have read the statements made in to- flay’s Herat, and I see you refer to the fact that two | sarriages were employed to effect Tweed's escape. Do | you know where the other one came from ?”" | “No, sir; Ido not” “Did not Mr, Tweed have more than the one carriage from you?” | A WORD ABOUT TWERD’S CARRIAGE “No, sir.”” | y ving been seen near hey Bridge of elsewhere In | the Thirty-third precinct. On prosecuting further in- | ‘At what time in the day was it that you hired the | Oise the willer Yeuad: that Dearly, every Dan carriage from Mr. Kerns? son whom he accosted was famili with | “about balt-past twelve, I tfiink.”” the report as related above, but, while some | “What kind of a carriage was it?” assert that the story was first sot afloat | “It was a landau of the pattern that can be either | ‘ased open or closed.” ‘Has Mr, Tweed had more carriages from you on other oceasions than those you have already named, Quod mentioned in yesterday’s Heraip?" “Not to my knowledge. If he has he must have got | them from our Fifty-eighth street stable.” “Mr. Lamb, how comes it that the order for the car- riage was given at, as you say, your other stable ‘and that it should be sent out from here?” “Woll, that is easily explained. At Fifty-eighth street we only take horses on board and private | wagons, We do not do a hack business there." “What time did you receive the order and how was ft worded *”” “About balf-past twelve, I think. The order came over our private telegraph wire and simply said :—‘Let Mr. Tweed’s man have carriage and team,’”” “Yes, Isee; but how came it that you had to send | out to hire a carriage for some one else?” “Well, I thought he wanted a landau, which we have not in our stable,” , #iid any one.tell you he wanted a landau?” “N6, they did not,” “Who was the man who dtove the carriage away? | “I don’t know him by nate, but he was the same 4. man that drove Tweed out on the occasions referred to | am the Heraup,’? “What kind of man was he 9 “He was a man about five feet eight inches in height; hhad a pale face and black mustache, and was of a dark | complexion. He was ot slight bui “Is it not rather an extraordinary practice to let a | Strange man take out such a conveyance without @ driver?” “We got the order from our other stable, so I let it | 0, and besides this was the same man that had driven | the carriage on the other occasions referred to,” “Did you notice which way he went?” “I did not, for 1 was not here at the time he went Out, but he usually went up Lexington avenue. It was sbout one o'clock when he started and | had gone out | to my dinner. “What time did be come back?” “about nine o’elock at night.”” “Did the horses or the carriage bear the appearance | of having travelled along distance aud over « country | roaa *' | “I do not know, for I was not in when the carriage | came home. It was sent up at once to Kerns” “Who fetched it from there in the morning ?"” “One of our men. The man who drove it away ‘waited bere for it, He is, 1 believe, in the employ of General Tweed.” “Was it not Boss Tweed’s own coachman ?” “No, I guess not.” “What is the man’s name who was in the habit of | driving Tweed and who was employed by Canary, the livery man, in Crosby streot?” 4 “George Hoffman.” “Did you send out any rogs or wraps in the car- Fiage?”* “Yes; we put in two buffalo robes.” ‘Did you get them back ?"” Yes; everything came home safe.” ‘Have you not had a consultation with William M. Tweed, Jr., lately 7” “No, sir; I have not seen him for some time.” “Ho keeps © team at your other stables, does he mot?" “No, sir, not now; but Mr. Douglas, his brother-in- law, does.’ We often get an order from the General to | furnish him witb a carriage.” “Do you know the name of the driver No, I do not; I never saw him antil November 4 he tell any one when he came back where he bad been on Saturday?” “No, He appeared to be very close, but 1 did not sce him myseit” “Who did?” “Well, | suppose our foreman and the washer.” “Did they say whether the carriage appeared ag hough it had travelied a long distance +’ “[ did not ask them,” ! “Where are they. can I see them?’ “No, they are both out,” ill they soon be back?’ Lean’tsay. The carriage was at once rent back to ag got paid yer?” “Have paid yet?” “No; ‘co have Dot sent the bill n,"? “pid Tweed himself ever Lire any backs from you?" “No, he mever did; but the General is a frequent enstomer, and if apy one like bim wants a carriage of auy particular style, with or without a driver, we let ym bave it”? “Have you seen Warden Dunham to-day ?” “He was here, but I did not see him. 1 saw Colonel t, bis deputy. I Was out when the Warden What was the object of their visit?” hey came to find the driver’smame and his descrip- jon. “Does that not conclusively show that the carriage | out to Cemtral avenue, at a point distant abont four | 1 in¢ rurther had been ascertained abont the circum- | what is known as the lower West Farms road in the | day afternoon, but the patrolman who was posted on | Farms, is Hunt’s Point, a place little Known except for | wonderment to see what it Jneat | go to the end of the pfeg, riedly got out and went board a small | | mysterious sailing from South Norwalk, Conn., of the | The Colonel did not appear surprised at the visit thus | | every interrogatory. NEW YORK HERALD, TUKSDAY, DECEMBER 7; 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. oe ‘ou let out was not the one that Dunham refers to in is statement of the facts of the escape t'* “They came here to find the driver, with a view to getting him to make a statement, They want to show that Tweed was in Ludiow Street Jail on Satur and to endeavor to exonerate themselves from biamy “You dom’t know where this dark man lives?" “No, Ido not, and I gould give Colonel Gardiner no information, either, In fact, 1 know nothing wore than | have stated. He had not seen the driver since ‘AT THE FIPTY-RIGHTH STRERT STABLE, A visit wag next paid tothe Ley oe hth street stable, where a young clerk was found — In answer to the inquiries put to him he stated that all he knew about the case was that on Saturday he found early in the morning a memorandum in @ little slip of paper to send an order to the Forty: Street stable for a carriage sent by telegraph. The carriage bad been ordered by the General. Ithad been given verbally, He did | not know who brought the message, but supposed it was | the man who drove the carriage, Here he gave ade- | scription of the man, which tallies exactly with the appearance of George Hoffman, Pweed’s contidential driver. This man he said was in the habit of bringing | messages to the stable from General Tweed. His first name, he thought, was Jonn, That was what he was generally called. He lived with the General at No, 23 West Filty-eighth street. A colored man had also occasionally brought messages to the stable. ‘The General did not have any horses in the stable, be said, The reason why the carriage was ordered at | Forty-ninth street was because they did not keep any such cohveyances at the Fifty-cighth street stable. THE OLD MAN'S STORY. Mr. Lamb, Sr,, the father of William and Charles Lamb, was also called upon at his residence on Fifty- eighth strech. He stated hat he knew but | litde of the transaction, having been away | at the time it occurred, seeing his son Charles off by the steamer Celtic. He did not know, he said, the name of the man who had driven the carriage let to Mr, Tweed, but he was (requently around to the stables. had taken Warden Dunham to Police Headquarters, When asked why he supposed so, he said, ‘Warden Dunham says 80." He was next asked if Warden Dunbam had described the carriage and told whether it was a closed Clarence or a landau, as already , de- scribed. In reply he said he had not, .The Warden, he continued, wanted to find the driver and get him to verify bis own story. THE DRIVER, GEORGE HOPPMAN. A personal friend of the ex-Boss was found last night, who described the driver of Tweed’s private carriage on his various expeditions, when in power and | since, exactly as was given by both the Lambs and the clerk. His name is said to be George Hoffman. This entirely sets at rest in the writer’s mind the question of idertity and points ont, beyond question, that the man who drove the Lamb carrriage on Saturday was George Hoffman and no other. | He was a man, he continued, that Tweed would trust with his life, and had on one occasion given into his keeping, when he could put contidence in no one else, $750,000, This man had, during Tweed’s reign, been ostensibly in the employ ‘of Canary, but bis salary had always been paid by Tweed, who arranged with tho former to have him drive no one else but himself. Several hackmen tbroughout the city were also inter- | viewed, and they all gave the same identical descrip. tion of George Hoffman as had been given if Lamb and the others. He was, said they, one and all, the most likely man Tweed would send for tf he wanted to get away, for he had confidence in no one else. A MYSTERIOUS CARRIAGE. ‘The well planned escape of Tweed was almost the” sole topic of conversation where two or more met to- gether in Westchester county yesterday. A rumor was prevalent in Morrisania é0 the effect that a policeman, while patroling his beat on the southern Boulevard) and ip the vicinity of Harlem bridge, at about eight o'clock on Saturday evening, saw a carriage pass containing two or three men, and driven by Tweed’ coachman, with whom the policeman is acquainted. The vehicle was being driven rapidly in an easterly di- rection. it may be mentioned here that the Southern Boulevard, which commences at Third avenue, immediately north of Harlem Bridge, extends easterly to the village of West Farms, and, running around that village, comes | miles from Harlem Bridge. It was said that the car- riage indicated was seen about half-past eight o’clock | turning off the Boulevard to tlte right at a point near | Fox’s Corner’s, and continuing at a brisk pace down direction of the East River, For the partons of verify- ing the first poruon of the rumor, a Heratp repre- sentative called at tho Morrisania police station -yester- the boulevard on Saturday evening was not present. | The sergeant in charge of the desk said he had not heard by a policeman, others were equally sure that {t was a | private citizen who said he “distinctly saw and rocog- | Bized Tweed with two others” ina carriage which was joing at a lively pace up the Southern Boulevard. | ‘one, however, could recollect who the citizen was that saw the distinguished thief borne swiftly away from the direction of his prison quarters on the night in ques- | tion. Follow we now the mysterious coach. In a secluded nook on the margin of Island Sound, and situated | you were out, Charlie (referring to the latter's Colonel at the end of the talk. ‘I have not not Seen Tweed in bis recent rambles about towa, but have also not laid eyes on any of his friends or counsellors, Just before Ik was sent up On Blackwell's — met him; but since, as I have told you, ‘own notht his doings.” “Butl think the Hexaxp has got on the right scent, weit Bee ee “tn particular “Why, in that carriage story, printed this morning. You can bet the Lambs know something of the miss- ing man," “What makes you think that “Well, I am in their stables pretty often. Last Thursday I drove into the Fifty-eighth street estab- lishment, when the first thing that attracted my attention was William M. Tweed, Jr., and Charlie Lamb, talking together, I approached and saluted them,’ They stopped talking, and young Bill turned to go, saying, in a louder tone, however, ‘I didn’t know ness), or | would have called sooner.’ Young Bill was then on the point of leaving, but very abruptly he said, ‘CHARLIR, COME OVER AND SEE M (Meaning his mother, no doubt), and Charlie teft the place with him,” “Well, Colonel, anything else 7? “Yes; then I was in the stables again on Saturday last, where I met Billy Lamb, twin-brother of Charlie, and after passing the time of day, said, ‘Bill, where's Charlie?’ ‘He’s gone to Paris; went to-day.’ ‘The — he has! How's that,’ I responded. ‘Weill, I don't know, only he suddenly took it in his head to’ go, and he has gone.’ ” “That's all very queer,” further remarked the Colonel, ‘because on Thursday I heard nothing about the Paris business, and of course was astonished when told about this sudden jump of Charlie's; and [ say you can bet the Lambs know something of the ‘old man’s’ whereabouts.” A MYSTERIOUS BARK. Yesterday morning a well-known shipping merchant called at the HxRatp office and desired to impart some information that might be of value to the public. He said, in effect, that a nephew of William M. Tweed had bought the bark Lord Clarendon about two weeks since and that the vessel had lately sailed to parts unknown. Following this slender clew a Heravp representative waited on the firm of Harbeck & Co., at No. 81 Beaver street, in order to elicit further particulars, Mr, Har- beck referred the reporter to Mr. Gilette, the active business man of the firm, and the following conversu- tion ensued, the reporter beginning it by saying:— “When did Captain Russell come to you to purchase a vessel!” “About the 10th of November.” “What had been the occupation of the bark Lord Clarendon previous to this negotiation ?? “She had been trading with South America, bringing hides, bark, &c., to this port and exchanging them for our products, ”? awe the negotiation with Captain Russell a quick one?” ‘No, not especially. We asked a certain price for the vessel, Afterward we conceded a little and the bargain was made.” At this juncture Captain Morrell arrived: He stated that the vessel had been properly sold and the pur- chase money ($14,000) promptly paid by Captain sell, who was at one timo a captain of this port. The names of Messrs. Walsh, Field & May, of No, 29 South street, dealers in ships’ stores, were mentioned as having some connection with the provisioning of THE MYSTERIOUS LARK, and the reporter called upon the firm to elicit all the information possible, Mr. Field sated that the frm had received orders to provision the bark for a trip to Queenstown. There was nothing unusual in the orders. The ordinary amount of hard tack and dried beef was taken on board and nothing more. As to delicacies, buch as patés de foie gras and pickied salmon, he knew nothing. It waa understood that the Lord Clarendon was taking in only half a cargo of oil, in cases—some- thing unusual, Mr, Field, in conclusion, said to the reporter that Mr, Russell is not a nephew of William M. Tweed, but is one of two brothers doing a ship chandiery business in Liverpool. Mr. Field’s idea was that the Lord Clarendon was bound for the Mediterra- nean, notwit.standing she was cleared for Queenstown. ‘Tho next visit of the reporter was to the Custom House, where it was discovered that the bark in ques- tion was cleared on November 12 Robert Marshall was declared to be the captain and to command a crew of twelve mev. The sbip’s cargo was not definitely stated. Mr. Phillips, the private secretary of Collector Arthur, was visited and to numerous questions he re- sponded as follows:— “T know of nothing to prevent a vessel after once clearing for a foreign port from hanging around the coast and from putting in and out of the various bays indenting our shores. If her papers are all right she can cruise as long as her master pleases, ’? ‘THE LOCOMOTIVE STORY. Areporter called at the Hunter’s Point depot of the Long Island Railroad yesterday to inquire whether any- tances attending the chartering of a locomotive, on Saturday, to catch the Sag Harbor express, Mr. Gannon, the train despatcher, said the gentleman who chartered the locomotive to Mineola was a Mr. Chase, of Bridgeliampton, and that he (Mr. Gannon) went with bim on the chartered engine to Mineola, Mr, Chase said, when he arrived at Hunter’s Pomt, that ho had missed the train boat by atew minutes, and as there was sickness in his family he would pay the required | price of $50 for a locomotive to catch the express. He jained his case to the Superintendent, the locomotive was Ipstantty procured and the price paid. There was no change at hand for the $500 bill he presented, as it | was altel hours. answer to the reporter's a in inquiry, ie Macon faa bi ‘lid got Know Mr. Chaso personally, but that the con notoreweseh op he fade Tecognized him. He was described as a short, thickset man Having ascertained 0 much, the reporter next learned, in answer toa telegram to that place, thata Mr. Chase was living in Bridgehampton, and that he char- tored, as reported, a locomotive on Saturday afternoon. | He was very much annoyed at seeing the circumstances | reported, and said he would be in the city to-morrow to see the President or Superintendent of the road and explain all to him, AT THE CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE. about two and a half miles trom the village of West its fever and ague. About the only feature of man’s | industry left to mark what ‘might have been,’’ is a wooden pier or dock, constructed many years ago, by an enterprising citizen named Paul Spofford, who, in the hope of inducing the steamboats plying ‘on the Sound to land there, extended the dock in the water for several bundrod | fect, that a convenient landing place might be offered. This dock is very little used, even in the summer season, and the place wears deserted and uninhabitable ‘appearance generally. Located about a mile north of Port Morris, also on the West- chester shore, Hunt’s Point’ lies almost di rectly opposite Riker’s Island, Guided py the | clew already related, the writer “proceeded | to Wost Farms, and there learied of a fe- pore current throughout that village which, | although a8 yct unauthenticated, dovetails precisely | with the preceding portion of this narrative. ‘The inci- t, with which the entire population of the village | od goemed to be familiar, is that while a laboring was returning home from his work on Saturday night, about nine o'clock, he saw in the dim moon- | light A CPURIAGE AND PAIR DRIVE DOWN the “iong dock, * eady mentioned. Such an unusual | proceeding, and “ally at such an hour, at once at- | tracted the man’s obsCtyation, and, having halted in | craft, which, owing to the distance, he was unable to make out asa steamboat or sailing veasel. Tho car- | riage immediately afterward left the spot. In West Farms and vicinity the most persistent inquiries failed | vo bring out the identity of the laboring man alladed to. | Among others with whom the writer conversed in West | Farms was Mr. Joseph Jessup, a well | known storekeeper. He said that the report, as given above, was the talk of the neighborhood, but he had:been unable to ascertain the name of the’ party who first circulated it, He first heard the story told on the street while re- turning from church during Sunday forenoon, and before he had seep the HxRALD contain- ing an account of Tweed’s He considered it highly probable that the incident described actually took place at Hunt's Point on Saterday evening. Now, assuming both the reports mentened to be true, the fteam yacht Thyra few days ago, ostensibly for tho West “indies, is at once explained, This yacht, a8 ‘is reported, carried no cargo, and even “old gaits” who loitered around ber dock before she sailed, were puzzled as to her destina- tion, or the use she was going to be put to, It is nos fgnprobable that the stole down the Sound wnder cover of night, and lay quietly in some quiet nook until the supreme moment arrived, when she shipped down to the long dock at Hunt’s Point and there received the fugitive felon. WHAT COLONEL JACOB LONG KNOWS. Among those who would heartily rejoice if the fagi- tive Tweed were back in his old quarters there was a rumor yesterday morning that recently he had been seen {n company with Colonei Jacob Long, of Harlem The Colonel was sought by a Rerauy reporter and | found during the afternoon at bis usual dining place, the Mount St Vincent restaurant, Central Park. A striking similarity exists betwoon Tweed and the Col- | onel. The latter is tho better looking man, however. | made him, and when the subject of his intimacy with Tweed was broached readily and cheerfully answered ‘The gist of a long interview is as follows. Tho Colonel hag not seen Bill Tweed since his Incat ceration, Years ago he was on very friendly terms with him, but in the days of the Young Democracy they had atalling owt, the result of an unjust charge by the ‘Boss’! as to deroy remarks said to have been made by the Colonel about him. This quarrel, not of long duration, was subseqaently adjusted, bul the sting of the insulting language used by Tweed at the time could not be forgotten by Long, and coolness ever afierward existed. “Oftentimes, 1 WAVE BERN TAKEN FOR TWEED," said the Colone ‘and on res of occasions when | down town have heard people say, ‘There goos old Bill Tweed; look at nim.’ That never troubled me, though,’? continued Long, with a smile, “for L knew I wasn’t the old man, and didn’t want vo be, “No, no, I pleage you my honor,” came from the | different precincts could be seen at all hours of the day | place between him and the Superintendent, | not think the “Bogs” was within the reac | acceptation of the report—that it was true. | one of the officers entered a protest against it, | apparent to all that the Sheriff himself was acting on The police are still searching for the fugitive, but their movements are kept a secret by Superintendent Walling and the Commissioners, Detectives from the coming and going, earnestly conyersing with the Superintendent and mysteriously stealing away. When approached by the reporters they would shake their heads, and muttering, “Nothing new,’ hurry away as if afraid their faces might betray the workings of their minds, President Matsell was the centro of a throng of detectives, and frequent conferences took | The veteran policeman was scen by a Hrkatp reporter yesterday afternoon, and interrogated as to new devel- ‘opments In the case. “1 do not believe Dunham’s statement,” he solemnly answered. ‘It does not look plausible epough to deceive any person, Of course, I cannot, at the present time, divulge the movements of the de- | tectives, ag I might prevent their success. With ref- erence to thé nat! Clark, who chartered the locomotive At Hunter's Point 02 Saturday afternoon, in order to get to Sag Harbor. af published in the Hanan, it has fince been ascertained that v\¢ Man ts not connected | with Twoed,”” Commis sioner Voorhis was very 41 fe in his dis pels of the statement of Dunbar, wat Strongly inclined to think that Tweed bad got away malty hours before the report was made at the Nineteenth precihtt: He could not say what clews the detectives had, but did h of the police, Commissioner Pisbecker said that street cleaning fnatters were so cCOmpletely occupying his time that he could not go fully tuto the matter of the Tweed escape. He felt assured evory effort would be made by the po- lice to get on bis truck. Commissioner Smith hed nothing to say, but hoped that before long some new developments would resuit, The Superintendent would only say that detectives wore hard at work, and that the moment anything re- liable was obtained the same would be furnished to the press. AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Yesterday morning the people at the Sherif’s office in the new Court House were as much astonished, they said, by the Naw Yorx Henaxo’s history of the Lamb- ‘Tweed carriage transaction as the goneral public, At first they did not pretend to credit it; but they wero will ing to acknowledge that it bore more truth upon its face than anything that had been published previously, They knew that the Lambs had ever been the friends of Tweed, and that they would be as likely as almost any men in the city to be connected with the affair, Later in the forenoon they concurred in the general Not In fact the universal opinion was that the carriages had been managed as indicated, and that the only point in the matter left unsatisded was “what was the name of the driver.” From what afterward transpired it was the information conveyed by the report, for be sum- moned his aides, and, after a long conference with them, despatched them in different directions with instrue. tions, it ts believed, to pursue the clue given {by the Hera, and others in his possession. After ho bad prepared bis plans and seen them initiated Sheriff Conner shut himself up in his private room and positively declined to see any visitors, except legal or official, Early in the day he was waited on by David Dudley Field and Orlando L. Stewart What transpired dering the ensuing conversation was not divulged, although it was believed that it re- lated to the postponement of the Tweed case before Judge Davis previously, and Sheriff Connor's relation to it, About half-past one the Sheriff was waited on by an envoy from Governor Tilden and later by Wheeler H. Peckham At the ter- mination of the latter gentleman's visit the Shariff closed his office in the Inver burlding, and soon after It was announced that ho bad departed. Then it was | whispered that HR HAD BREN ARRESTED, And the rumor caused great consternation among the attachés, All sorts of stories were circulated, Some said that this new event was the result of Mr. Pelton’s, (Governor Tilden’s Secretary), visit, others thas Wheeler H. Peckham had brought it about. Next the report | part ofthe people for a struck jury to try the $6,000,000°| his deputy, Benjamin W. Do Clue. ‘was discredited; but, meanwhile, tie Sheriff's friends, c poured into the build- in Toole as to oer ter ignorance and disc! ir, saying that he was sure Sherif Conner would return, and that he had only one out on business of his own volition. ‘hen came the hint that Warden Dunham was wanted, and that he had been seized and taken into the Dis- trict Attorney's oitice, ‘where he was undergoing an examination. This, however, was den! ap- pearance of Under Warden Watson, who, having a let- ter for his chiet, could not find him, gave rise to the suspicion that Dunbam had hidden and was a to meet the Sherif, who had alrgady ord bis suspension and placed Mr. Watson in charge of Ludlow Street J: In a few minutes the belief in Dunham's fight became geueral, and no one in the Sheriff's office cared to express an opinion on it, Meas- ures, however, were adopted to seck him, and addi- tional efforts were put forth by the Sheriff to recap- ture Tweed, All bis own confidential officers had Already been despatched upon this service and Pinkerton’s' detectives were added to the work. The condition of things in the department at three o’clock was thus:—The Sheriff was absent—no one knew where; Dunham was believed to have fled; his suspension ‘and Watson’s appointment had been made out pursuant to order by Mr. Cummins, and everybody 1n the office pretended to be as much in the dark about what was actually going on as the most dis- interested citizen in New York. Later a message came from the Superintendent of the Brooklyn police force requesting Sheriff Conner to come to him immediately, as nows of ‘THE GRAVEST IMPORTANCE awaited him, All anxiety caused by the Sheriff's ab- sence was set at rest by his return, He came into his office alone, and was rather amused by the expression of concern visible on bis followers’ visages. He reassured them by his demeanor and spoke to the Haran re- porter on THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DAY, He said, in reply to the numerous queries put to him, first, that he did not think it would be proper to make public his plans or knowledge in the Tweed matter; secondly, he positively denied that any legal proceeding had been commenced against him; third, © had not been under arrest, as rumored; fourth, his plans were as complete as the best advice and thought could have made. them up to the present, and, fifth, he had received what he considered the most important clew to the mysterious disappear- ance that had yet been presented to him, Further than this, dd the assurance that he had called to his aid everything and person that might asssist him to recapture Tweed, t Sheriff de- clined to say. He conversed generally on tho subject, but refused to give the faintest inkling of any knowledge he might possess as to how, when and with whom the prisoner had decamped. He added, however, that he had suspended Mr, Dunham, appointed Mr. Watson to succeed him, and that he himself had been to Brooklyn to see the Police Superin- tendent of that city on important business, He was hopeful for the future, WHAT GOVERNOR TILDEN SAYS. Governor Tilden was visited by a reporter of the Heratp yesterday, at his residence on Gramercy Park, and asked his views about the escape of Tweed, Tne Governor rephed that he was not responsible for Mr. Tweed’s escape. “Who is responsible, Governor ?”” “The Sheriff alone is responsible.” ‘What is the penalty which may be visited upon the Sheriff for permitting his prisoner to escape?” “Ho is held in the amount of the prisoner's bail.”” “Notin the;amount of the Sheriff's bonds?” “No, sir, Sheriff Conner, under the law, is responsi- ble for the whole amount of Tweed’s ball, which is $3,000,000.” “1s there no responsibility attaching to the Warden of Ludlow Street Jail ?”” “No; the whole responsibility 1s on the Sheriff. Ho 4s the head of that branch of judicial government, and his subordinate must be one of his appointees, who is necessarily under the direction of the Sheriff.” “Under the law passed at Albany last winter—the Civil Remedies law—is not the Governor of the State bound to prosecute delinquent county officials?” “Well, yes; but you must understand that there are several embarrassing clauses in that law which in some measure frustrate the object of the framers. While it is my purpose to prosecute all officials who violate the laws of the State, I am aware of circum- | stances that interfere against’ reaching the violators, ‘The question of party never enters my mind when an a(fair of this kind presents itself. Sheriff Conner may be a democrat, but that shall not prevent me from pro- cevding against him the same as any other man.” “Do you intend to issue a prociamation for the re- covery of Tweed f”” “Certainly not That is not my business. The offence was local and it should be the office of the Mayor of New York city to offer a reward, All my duty in the premises is to see that the county officials do their duty, and if they do not itis my privilege to suspend or remove them with proper causes of complaint.” The Governor did not care to go very fully into the | affair of Tweed’s escape and gave no more information to the reporter than what is contained in the foregoing interview. TWEED AND EXTRADITION TREATIES, It {s very certain that William M, Tweed, if not cap- tured before effecting his escape from the United States, In seeking a fresh resting spot, will avoid countries with which we have extradition treaties, The crimes of forgery and of embezzlement by public officers are included in most of such treaties now in force, and agg demagd fof the rendition Bf the fiigliivs éan be mado ‘on either of the grounds named he would, if found, only enjoy a short torm of liberty, The United States has, altogether, extradition treaties with fifteen govern- ments—eight European, two West Indian and one each with a Central American, Southern American and South ‘African, We haye also similar international en, gagements with Mexico and the Sandwich Islands, The European governments are Great Britain (including its colonios and dependencies), France, Germany, Anstria, Italy, Norway and Sweden, the Swiss Confederation and Belgium. Of course, all these countries are closed against Tweed, unless he is willing to assume great risk, but Portugal, Holland, Denmark, Russia, Spain, Greece and Turkey are open, besides the West Indian islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, St. John and St. Croix, the two latter belonging to Den- mark. We bave no extradition treaty with the Powers | just enumerated, nor with Brazil, Chill, Honduras, Peru, Keundor, Guatemala, Argentine Confederation, Costa Rica, the United States of Colombia (Isthmus Panama), China or Japan. Therefore, there 1s a very wide field to gelect from, if Tweed once gets beyond the clutches of the law. OUR EXTRADITION TREATIES. Our first extradition treaty was with Great Britain | (August, 1842), and it provides for the reciprocal deliy- ery of criminals charged with murder, attempt to mur- der, piracy, rape, arson and forgery.’ The treaty with France (Apri), 1544) covers murder (including parri- cide, infanticide and poisoning), rape, forgery, being principal, accessory or accomplice in coining or know. ingly passing counterfeit gone; ptent to @ and embezzlement by reer She Anetrian troaty (December, 1856) is of the same tenor. The nu- merous treaties with Prussia and minor German states ph 2a $0 elisayed, Pyactically in one with the Ger- man Empiré, Forger¥ is dhe of the offences for whic! & fugitive can be extradited. The treaty with Saly proviges-tor “forgery, which js understood to be the Writing of forged papers, the Counterfeiting of | ublic, sovereign and public acts,” and ‘embezzling lic’ Moneys by public officers or depositors.” The | treaties with Hayti, the Dominican Republic, Orange Free State, Mexico, the Sandwich Islands, Sweden and Norw: learagua and Venezuela, are substantially the same as those Prooeding in two or three Ynstances the breaking into an inhabited house is men- tioned, and that certain offences, in case of conviction, mist carry with them an infamous puni:hment, ‘THR BELGIAN TREATY. Our Yatest extradition treaty is with the kingdom of Belgium, It was negotiated principally to cover the case of Carl Vogt, a German, who was charged with | committing af atrocions murder in the former country. He fled to the Umited States and was arrested in this . Our soreramess declined to give bim up to the Belgian authorities on the ground that no extradition treaty existed between the two governments, Ger- many then made a demand for his rendition, which, though yielded to by the federal courts of New York, the State Department at Washington overrul the decision. Belgium had long declined to negotiate a treaty with the United States, the obstacle being that, according to her laws, a Belgian subject, no matter where he committed a crime, and who happened to be captured in Belgian territory or jurisdiction, should be tried by the laws of his own country. In other words, if an American, Englishman or Frenchman was a tugitive from justice in the United States he might be surrendered, but if a Belgian subject he could not be surrendered; however, he could be tried for the offence perpetrated abroad in the courts of Belgium. The Vogt case was the cause of reopening negotiations on the subject, and the resuit was that the Belgian Chambers passed a law providing for the reciprocal rendition of fugitives from justice with foreign countries. Thirty classes of erimes are enumerated. Among them are:—Forgery in documents or in telegraphic de- epatches, and the use of such counterfeit despatches, bills, Notes or bonds; theft, swindling, peculation or | embezzlement committed by public functionaries; kid- napping, concealment or substitution of an infant; breach of trust or deception; subornation of witnesses, experts or interpreters; false aventing. A treaty em- bracing the principal features of the Belgian law hag been concluded between that country and the United States, and 1s now in force, Vogt, under it, has been sent to Europe for trial. WHERE THK LAW DOES NOT REACH. The preceding information possesses unusual interest at this moment. It will'appear stratge that the United Btates should have no extradition treaties with so many European countries, and that Russia should be among thenumber. Portugal and Greece are delightful. countries in point of climate and beauty, and the Netherlands can bo availed of by fagitive criml for a comfortatie residence. Spain and Turkey may not be eo desirable, but still a great offender fixe ‘weed can live there in safety. Atall events, once outside Sandy Hook, Tweed can steer his bark to either of many Jands on the Engopean or American Continent, or ‘West India Islands, where no process of law can reach him with the view of bringing him back to New York. THE SIX MILLION 8UIT IN COURT. A large and curious throng congregated tn the vicinity of the Supreme Court yesterday morning to ascertain | what disposition would be made ot the motion on the Suit against Willmam M. Tweed, There was hardly an anxious-looking face in the assemblage. Jests and jokes about the disappearance of the defendant were in order long before the Court opened. Of course all sorts of theories as to his escape were discussed, and, conse- quently, the opinions en the subject were of a some- what diversified character. It was agreed, however, ou every hand that he had fled to parts unknown, or, as the poet has it, gone the Lord knows where, Perhaps he wever, never may retary ; Perhaps lie's saking shipping and gone tar away Aud left us in the wide world to mourn, and indeed the matter seemed to be regarded as an event to elicit humorous expressions, The vast crowd in the cours room surged to and fro, but it was not until the appearance of Tweed’s counsel, Messrs. Field, Deyo and Eddiestone, that the prevailing fun gave way to a feeling of excitement. Shortly after eleven o'clock took his seat on the bench in the Oyer Court room, and without much ado com- menced to call the calendar, | “The People vs. Tweed,” said the Judge, upon which there was a general laugh. “Are you ready?’ inquired Judge Davis, in a distinct tone, and apparently taking but little notice of the sur- roundings, Mr, David Dudley Field in response, rose and said:— have to ask, sir, that the motion stand over for a few though | have no other information than that 3, yet | must assume ade his escape from was confined on civil process. He His es- prison, where jad already given bailin the criminal suits. cape chaxges 80 greatly OUR RELATIONS TO THE CAs that I think those who are now especially interested in defending {t should have an opportunity of retaining other counsel, and the delay I ask 1s for that purpose” If tho motion is pressed at this time we could not let it go by default, I must, perforce, mect it. Butl hope there will weno occasion to discuss the matter fursher | to-day. | Mr. Peckham, who appeared on behalf of the people, said:—It is also a matter of notoriety that the counsel. had an interview with the defendant on Saturday and consulted with him about this new motion. If the de- fendant chose to escape he must expect no indulgence in this suit, I fail to see where there is any ground for privilege or postponement after the notice given. I see | ho notice given of any Intention of any one to employ counsel in the case. If he says that his best chance 1 flight he has no right in any other proceeaing. Tho matter bas been postponed too long and too often for | the defence, and they cannot ask for any further delay or indulgence, Itherefore ask that the motion be pro- ceeded with, Mr. Field—It is not any question of indulgence, andI | now aver that tho delays which occurred were occa- sioned, nine times out of ten, by the prosecution. But that has nothing to do with this application. If coun- sel sees no reason for delay others may. I say that ‘THR SITUATION IS EMBARRASSING, and requires on the part of the Court that indulgence | which we ask. He says the counsel saw the defendant | on Saturday. I did so and conferred about this motion | and trial, He made an affidavit in this motion, but | from that time I know nothing of his movements, I | say it makes no difference to delay until Monday next, It is due, I repeat, to the counsel and those whom I have mentioned as interested in the case, that there should be this delay for the purpose of employing coun- sel. That ia all I ask. Mr. Peckham—I ask for whom docs he appear this morning? yy the dofence in 1871 and Mr. Field—I was retained b; that is enough. After some further discussion Judge Davis said he | would not grant a week's delay, It was merely a ques- tion of giving the Sheriff and others, now interested in | the case, an opportunity of consulting counsel and also | to give counsel an opportunity of determining their re- lations with the defence. ‘The case was accordingly adjourned until to-morrow morning. WAS THE BOSS IN BROOKLYN ? Yesterday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, a boy, about sixteen years of age, called at Police Headquar- | ters, corner of Court and Livingston streets, Brooklyn, and asked for the chief of the detective squad. He was directed to the office of Sergeant Frost, to whom he made a startling state- ment. He said that at about half-past seven o’clock on Saturday evening last he went on an errand to the residence of Senator-elect John A. Kennaday, which dwelling is at the corner of Hicks and Pierrepont streets, The gentleman named was not at home, so that {n order to “kill time’? he thought that he would stroll down toward the river. He went down to Furman street, and ata point near Joralemon street, a coach | stopped, and the driver got down and asked him to — mind the horses for a fow minutes, He opened tho door of the coach and aman got out, They both, then went down on the dock, foot of Joraleman street, and romained there fora few minutes looking out on the | river, They returned in afew minutes, and resuming their places, moved off rapidly. He didnot know wnat direction they took. The man who occupied the inside of the vehicle wasa stout elderly man, who wore a black soft hat, which was pulled well down over h's face as though to evade recognition. He also wore a large cloak and, to the best opinion of the boy, was no less a distinguished individual than the portly plun- derer and fugitive, William M> Tweed. Ho is positive as to the ideftity of the man, inasmuch as § he at one timo had carried messages for Tweed. eo “coi ee of ithe, inne Bae Hi a | tall, pale faced, sickly lookin; vidui whom the boy thought he had never eh telore the { description corresponds to that which has been given by Mr. Dunham of the dress of Tweed when last they met on Saturday afternoon. The boy says he then dis- missed the subject from his mind, and it did not recur to him again until yesterday, when he read about the escape of Tweed inthe newspapers, Tho Sergeant of Detectives, immediately upon hear- ing this remarkable story, conducted the boy—whose | namo Frost could not or would not give, pleading as an excuse that he had forgotten to ask him for {t—into the presence ot Superintendeet Campbell, That offl- cial interviewed the boy at considerable length, and the result of the Interview was that it was regarded of suilicient importance to communicate the fact to Sheriff Conner, of New York. This was done by telegram, and the Sheriff lenta prompt response to the summons to come to Brooklyn 1n company with two officers at three o'clock. He remained in consultation with the Superintendent for an hour; but Mr, Campbell was ‘uncommunieative, a8 usual, upon the engrossing subject, A large force of detectives Wore In waiting during tho | conference, ahd, upon {ts conclusion, they were sent | =] Ray wat ihe Eatad BE been drivey down to the doc! on Saturgyy night, coy tee WOR Botta yacht Diay have been in waltidg to convey the out * some steamer or large sailing vess4l at the of I the Brooklyn police detectives, o: whom aid to the ERALD:—‘You can bet i RQ cop j aint agoing to ever put his peoks on Boss Tweed any more.” The boy who stuck to his story in every particular, when cross-questioned by TWEED'S EXAMPLE FOLLOWED, jictineanipimenesasin JOHN AND THOMAS LOUGHERY, NICKEL COUN- TERFEITERS, ESCAPE FROM BROOKLYN CITY JAIL—HOW THE JOB WAS DONE—A LATH AND PLASTER WALL PIERCED WITH KNIVES—THB FUGITIVES CONVICTED. Scarcely had the escape of Tweed from Ladlow Street Jail become’generally known ere the news was spread like wildfire throughout Brooklyn that Raymond Street Jail had lost a brace of prisoners—five cent counterfeit nickel manufacturers—in the flight of John and Thomas Loughery, brothers, who have been on trial before the United States Circuit Court since Tuesday last The fugitives, © who by this time may be with Twoed for aught Sheriff Williams and his deputies know to the contrary, occupied an apartment upon the third story of the southern side of the jail, known as the debtors’ room, Here it has been customary to hold privileged prisoners, those who could not meet their notes, who were in very delicate health or who could bring suffi- cient influence to bear upon the head Jailor to secure the pleasures of jail tife. This room ts large and airy. ‘The wall dividing it from the hallway is very thin, being of lath and plaster, so that {thas never been regarded as a very difficult task for one to work his way out tothe corridor if he were so disposed, Once in the hall, there were no obstacles to gaining an ascent to the scuttle leading to the flat roof of the jail, In the debtors’ room, on Sunday night, at supper time, thero wore | present John and Thomas Loughery, William Coombs, ® convicted illicit whiskey distiller, of Concord street; John J. Price, who, 1m conjunction with Joseph Loader, 1s held to await trial for falsely swearing that he had witnessed improper condact on tha part of Mr. Beecher with Mrs, Tilton, and one William An- dorson, « witness in ® Toth precinct burglary case, Of this happy company but three remained on Mbudmy morning* Yesterday, when, as early as eight o'clock, “Tommy Doe,” the pleasant water, reached the door of the debtors’ room with the prisoners’ brenkfast, young Price stood peering through the wickét door in the panel, and directed, langhingly, the attention of Thomas to an aperture in the wall, near the door. The opening indicated was but through the Jath and plaster, and was seventeen by ton inches, the Inttor boing thé distanco beween the joists. There could be no mistaking the significance of this deface- ment of the symmetry of the wall, It was evident ‘This theory isa very plausable one jn the opinion of | The latter com- the sad intelligence to the police, and A GENERAL ALARM was sent oat from hi juarters to ai! the precincts im the city and to New York, The detectives, who in Brooklyn have given up all hope of overtaking Tweed, then went on is feared to be a “‘wild goose chase” for the Loughery brothers, The officers o! amined and cross-examined Anderson, Coombs Price with the br of ascertaining the time when the brothers left. All these officers could learn was that at about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, that being the hour as well as they could guess, there being no clock ia the room, they went to bed and fell asleep. The first they knew of the escape Was upon waking and fading the hole in the wall, by the side of which lay two largo case knives, There are two theories as to the MANNER OF BSCAPE, The most plausible one is that thoy cut through the thin plaster and lath, and onee in the hallway there was nothing to proveut their getting up stairs and out on the roof of the building, which ts fl joing alo the roof fora few yards they had only wo let them. selves down about fifteen feet to the root of the female prison From this later roof is placed a series of timber braces which lead to the fence, the latter being thirty fees in height from the mside of the jail yard. Along these braces a man could easily move, once outside them, to the fence, The hill (Fort Greene) on the outside of the jail slopes down to the fence, so that (rom the top it js not more than fifteen feet to the ground. There are also braces leading to trees on the outside, from which they could readily have got down, The other theory is that they were let down witharope by their fellow prisoners from a window, fpough that ts hardly prob- able, as no rope has been found, The watchman of the jail, George Burnett, looked into the debtors’ room ag cieven o'clock, and they were allin bed at that hour. The supposition is that they made off about midnight, The Jail authorities, from Sheriff Williams down, express themselves as very much annoyed at the occurrence, as it is not the first of the kind that has taken place at this institution, A. few months ago two female pickpockets broke out and are now living a8 happily as Connolly or Sweeny in some foreign clime, About four years ago the notorious Billy Irving, who claimed to know so much about the Nathan murdet and who is now in the State Prison for burgiary, broke out of the debtor's room in the same way at Raymond Street Jail. Fora year he eluded arrest. COURTESY TO THE COUNTERPEITERS. In extenuation of their leniency toward the Lough- ery brothers, who, when first arrested in July, were consigned to stone cells, Depaty Sheriff Thorne says he was importuned by oflicers of the United States Marshal's olfice to remove the prisoners round to the debtors’ room. For several days b® resisted the im. portunities; but subsequently sald he would acccede to ‘Ube request if it was made in writing. This was done 1m the following form in the month of August:— A. G. Winttams, Esq,, Sheriff of Kings County :— Dkan Sin—Please ‘allow John and Thomas Loughery te cccupy the debtors’ rooms in the Kings County Jail.” By doing so you would greatly oblige W. DE CLUE, Deputy United States Marshal. ‘At that time Mr. De Clue was acting as Marshal, Mr. Harlow being absent from the city. De Clue states that he was actuated solely {rom a wish to treat the ac- cused men in a kindly manner, as the cells were crowded and anwholesome in the jail. Of course he now regrets his goodness of heart, which has enabled them to make good their escape’ from the clutches of the law, which were tightening about them as the trial proceeded in the court, and which bid fair ere long to | hold them in its grip, On Sunday evening, it appears, Joseph C, Loughery, | who isa cousin of the fugitives, and to whose sistur John Loughery is married, called on his relatives at the jail about Seven o'clock, and talked with them for a few minutes. Now, it has been the custom for Joseph, who isthe proprietor of an eating saloon on Myrtle avenue, near the jail, to send the prisoners their meals, The knives found were from his saloon. Yesterday he failed to send the usual breakfast. His excuse 18 that he did not send it besause he knew they were going to court for trial Price, Combs and An- derson have been removed to the stone cells, and in fact everything possible has been done toward “lock: ing the stabie door after the horse has gone down the Jane THR FUGITIVES, John Loughery is about thirty years, and his brother Thomas, twenty-six years old. They'came to Brook lyn from New Canaan, Canada, about three years ago. For a few months they carried on the saloon business, but subsequently becoming acquainted with Phuip Lewinski, they embarked in the illegal business of making Spurious five-cent counterfeit nickel coins. It is said that this worthless stuf, rep- resenting $30,000, was sent throughout the United States in March last by these operators, who, in July last, were arrested. The District Attorney has made a s | very strong case against them, and they felt that all avenues of escape Were being’ closed, save by flight. Through the latter channel they have gone. Both men are active and intelligent. John Loughery isa Past Grand Master of the Masonic Order. Combi is also of that fraternity. Deputy United States Marshal De Clue informed the Hxnatp reporter last evening that tho Lougherys were seen in Brooklyn as late as half-past three o'clock yesterday morning, but he would not say where or by Whom. Despatches have been sent out ait over the country, and strong hopes are entertained at the Marshal’s office of ultimately overtaking the con- victed fugitives. The blame for the escape lies, they say, solely with the fail authorities. THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT couRT., The prisoner Philip Lewinski, who was jointly in dicted for counterfeiting with the Lougherys, against whom the evidence of the die sinker and engraver, August ©. Taubert, was so overwhelming, was in his usual seat by the side of his wife when Judge Benedict took his seat on the bench of the United States Court at noon, He smiled and chatted gayly with his com- panion, as he deemed the escape of his fellows in crime a good augury for himself, His counsel, Mr. John J. Allen, rose and objected to any further proceeding in this case, as the other two defendants were not in court He thought it improper to proceed, as they and Lewensky had been jointly indicted and should be present before the jury to be jointly proceeded against. ‘The Court noted tho counsel’s objection and General Catlin, counsel for the absent brothers, said he with- drew from the case, as he had heard of the escape of his clients, He last saw them on Friday. Mr. Lawrence, who rolled the metal trom which the ‘Tbe District Attorney said the case would go on against them nevertheless, and the Court ordored the Clerk to call the names of the prisonors, ‘John Loughery and Thomas Loughory,’’ were duly called and the answer was the echo of the Clerk's own shrill voice, rigoners eat the counterfeit nickel five-cent pieces, Fook © witness stand and testified in recognition of hig wou ae Serta r. Thompson, who leased the premises on which she shop stood on Lexington avenue, testified that oha Joughery made application to him for the place, telling bi fat he wanted the structure in which to keep @ horse and also to make jewelry; Philip ewinski indorsed the notes of Loughery as’ security for the payment of the rent; witness called at the shop frequently after that time but never could gain admission. ‘ Mrs. Treasaide, who lived next door to the Loughery PROCEEDINGS IN | yarious officers, was taken to New York by Sheriff Son- | brothers. between their domicile and tne shop, testified Ber, aud the Opinion prevails that thoy will be ablo €g\| that sho frequently saw the three defendants go in and ' pas up shat art of the story one way or the othe | am of the place; she had seen machinery taken in efore Inornin| there it dark at diferent times; witness saw them taking a oxes which appeared to contain some heavy substandé; also peard strange noises, as if of some heavy substance being washed in tu! through a Biove; they wanted t@ exchange hous: Wer at one time, as John Loughery gaia he would ike to keep chickens, and wanted to pe near tho shop, where he could better supervise them. Tubert, the die sinker, testified that affer he was arrested, and whetthe Lougherys wee in jail, Lewin-' ski visited him jn prison and told him to be quiet, as he had furnished bim‘a'German couvsel. He vols es raver that if he swore against them they wo: vear him down. ‘Mr. Geary testified to oncé’ Having been paid $2 im, nickel pieces by Lowinski for some old iron; this money resembled bogus coin shown on the trial, ‘Assistant United States District Attorney Hoxie here Tested the case for the Ce aiog api The defence had no testimony to offer, and after a few remarks by coun- sel Judgo Benedict ‘charged on the law, leaving the facts to the jury. The jury retired, and after an ab- sence of fifteen minutes retarned with a verdict of ailty against Philip Lewinski and John and Thomas ughery. Lewinski was remanded to the Penitentiary for sentence. ACCOMPLICES ARRESTED, Last evening officers of the United States Sécret Ser- ‘vice squad arrested and lodged in Raymond Street Jail James Loughery, who keeps an cating saloon at No. 168 Myrtle avenue, and who isacousin of the fugitives, ‘with William Ryer, a moulder, and M. T. Rice, gold pen maker, who both lived in one house in Schermerhorn street, on warrants charging them with aiding and abetting the Might of the counterfeiters. It is stated that these three persons visited the Loughreys in the Jail on Sunday evening, staying till quite late, and that examination proves that on that occafion they removed the acrews from the lock on the door of the debtor's room and replaced them in such a mannor that thoy could easily be withdrawn. They alvo supplied the brothers with all they needed to aid in their escape. COUNTERFEITERS SENTENCED. Sentence was passed upon two young men in tho United States Circuit Court, Brooklyn, yesterday by Judge Benedict, for passing a $5 connterfeit bill Am intelligent looking fellow, Albert Schaffer, who had bee tried and convicted, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and serve two years at hard labor in the Albany: Pent- tentiary, Charles Janeridye, who pleaded guilty to the fenee and thereby saved the government the expense of trial, was more loniontly dealt with. He was sentenced’ to the Kings County Penitentiary tor thirteen months. Oe seein CHRISTOPHER O'CONNOR'S FUNERAL. A requicm mass was celebrated for Mr. Christopher O'Connor by Father Dealy at the Church of St. Francia Xavier, West Sixteenth street, yesterday. Among resent were John Morrissey, James Hayes, Seance , Albert Garnior, Joseph and Cy rille Dion, ‘A. P. Rudoiphe, William Sexton and Timothy Flynn, ‘The pall bearors were Recorder Hackett, exJustice Dowling, ex-Superintondent Kelso, Sheridan Shook, James f. Colher, Morgan Jones, James Cusick and H. allonder, ‘The body was interred in Calvary Comes to the cautious waiter that he had provided more food, in his simphewy and generosity of heart, than' would be required. He dropped his tray | and fan to communicate the startling Intelligence to Deputy Sherif Waiter Thorne, who resides in the build- ing. That officer repaired to the room, andfound that Jobn and Thomas Loughery were missing. — The alarm (was giyen to Unied gtates Maralal Harlow and