New York City politician William Magear "Boss" Tweed, is handed over to N.Y. City authorities, after being captured in Spain where he had escaped to after being unable to make bail.
Tweed had been the leader of a corrupt political organization which had systematically plundered New York City of sums estimated at between $30 million and $200 million (equivalent to $5 billion in 2023). Tweed dominated the Democratic Party in both the city and the state and had his candidates elected mayor of New York City, governor, and speaker of the state assembly. After his recapture he was returned to custody. He died in the Ludlow Street Jail in 1878. More
