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Flight to Spain

When
December 1875 to November 1876
Where
Spain
Part of
Boss Tweed escapes prison and flees to Spain

Tweed fled to Spain via Cuba and worked as a common seaman on a Spanish ship.

After escaping New York, Tweed traveled to Spain. He worked as a common seaman on a Spanish ship. This period preceded his capture by an American warship and return to New York in November 1876.

Sources

  1. William M. Tweed Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02

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