Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-09-06
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81 Al E OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EX. CUTIvE DEPARTMENT. ,
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EX. CUrIVE DEPARTMENT, !
COLUMBIA, 9th June, 1888.
BY His Erceitenty PIERCE NJ. BUT
Lr.K, ESQ. GoUernor and Commander
an Chteftn and ouer the State aforesaid.
Az HEREAS oh the Oath of October.
" 1857, Proclamation was issued by
tliIs department, Offering a reward Of $500
Tor the apprehension and delivery Of JACK,
negro man slave, the property Of George
McAiilly, charged with The murder of VIZ.
NANCE, aud which said Jack has escaped
ana fled from Justice
And W hefeas it was made known to this
Department., by letter from His Excellencv
the Governor Of Kentucky, dated 7,b or
March, 1888, that thessaid negro Jack.
five or six weeks previous to the date of said
letter, had been apprehended, and was then
confined III the Jail at Frankfort, as a fuei-
tive from justice, on account of said MIR.
der, and as such would he delivered Tn anv
agent clothed with a proper demand from
this Department: And whereas, in c,nse-
quence of the aforesaid information from
HIS Exccllency the Governor of Kentucky.
demand. in due and legal { ,rn,, was made.
bearing dale the 9Th Of April last, reuuir.
ing the Governor of Kentucky to surrender
the body of the said Jack to the agent there
in named, to the end that he might he
brought To this Stale and tried for the said
crime: And whereas it appears that before
The arrival of the agent from this State in
Kentucky. with the demand aforesaid. q
ma. calling his name HANCOCK appeared
at the jai! in Frankforl, Kentucky, with q
power of attorney from George McAlilly,
| the owner of said Jack, and demanded him
from the jailor as runaway slave of said
| McAlilly's. TO whom the said jailnr deliver
ed him: And that the said Hancock, as a.
gent of said McAlily, Afterwards sold said
negro Jack TO MIR. Mundy, residing in
Owing county, Kentucky, who again sold
him. aud refused to inform the agent of this
State 10 " hom sold, % Where he was carried:
And ii is further stated TO this Department
that the negros name, on the last sale, was
changed from Jack to Ben.
NOW KNOW YE, Thatto The intent
that justice may be done. and the said Jack.
his aidres, and abett"rs brought To condigp
punishment for the crime aforesaid, 10
hereby offer reward Of EIGHT HUN
DRED DOLLARS. tradition to the re-
ward offered in my former proclamation.
dated 24tb October, 1887, for The apprehen-
sion and deliver. of the negro } ack into any
Jail within this State: and halfthat amount
lor such Information against any person or
persons who have been guilty of harboring,
aiding, or assisting the said Jack. as will
et1ecr conviction in n court OF Justice.
And i, is further proclaimed and made
known. that the informant. OIL his appear
ing and giving evidence on the trial of such
person or persons charged with the crime Of
harborlng, aiding, or assisting the said Jack
to escape from justice, shall remain free of
and discharged from any prosecution or
legal proceedings against himself, for or on
accoun, of any matter or thing he may
have done i'll relation to the escape Of said
| Jack.
In rrsrinurIy wiIerzUf fhsve
hereun'o set my hand and
Las caused the seal Of the State
(~~) to he affixed, this 9th day
of June. A. d. 1888.
P. Nj. BUTLER.
BY order.
B. II. SAXON, Secretary of State.
June ID f 10