Martinsburg Independent

TWEED'S ARREST.
The Mysterious Charge of
Kidnapping Explained.
Madrid, Sept. 11-The following
are additional particulars of the arrest of Wm. M. Tweed : Capt. Gen'l
Jovellar, at Havana, received intelligence that Tweed had disembarked
at Santiago de Cuba, and notified the
authorities there. Before the latter
could take action Tweed embarked
aboard the vessel Carmen, bound to
Vigo. Capt. Gen. Jovellar then telegraphed to the Madrid government.
which fearing the Carmen might go
to some other port, requested the authorities at all Spanish ports to examine the persons on board all vessels named 'Carmen.' There are 12
Spanish vessels of that name.
A portrait of Tweed being indispensable for his identification, the
authorities obtained and made
copies of a caricature in an American journal representing him as being a child, supposed to typify American justice. This caricature led the
Spanish authorities and reporters of
Spanish papers to believe Tweed had
been kidnapping children. Hence,
on the first official announcement received here of the arrest of Tweed
At America (which is supposed to have been a telegraphic corruption of
Tweed America'), it was stated that
he had been arrested for kidnapping
American children.
Tweed is still confined on the Isle
of San Simon in Vigo bay, where
he is undergoing quarantine and is
strictly watched by the customhouse
guards. At the expiration of his
quarantine he will be surrendered to
the United States representative. As
there are no direct steamers between
Spain and North America, Tweed
will be sent to Cuba and from there
to New York.