On October 1, the day of Jerry’s arrest, there was a Liberty Party meeting in the Syracuse Congregationalist Church, which was attended by many prominent abolitionists, including Gerrit Smith. Smith would go on to help plan the rescue, and would use his contacts as a prominent abolitionist to secure Jerry’s passage out of Syracuse and into safety in Canada. Due to Smith’s wealth, the perpetrators were able to procure a carriage and access to multiple safe houses to transport and hide Jerry on his way to Canada. Smith would also go on to assist John Brown’s raid on the arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, which was much less successful.