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"Boss" Tweed escapes from jail...



Item # 699946

December 06, 1875

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 6, 1875  The front page has a full column, page 2 has two columns, and page 5 has 1 1/2 volumes taken up with considerable detail on the recent escape of "Boss"Tweed from jail.
He escaped jail on December 4 and fled to Spain, where he was eventually found and returned to the States and to jail. Great to have this very lengthy account in a New York newspaper.
Eight pages, nice condition.

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

Category: Post-Civil War