The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-05

Resolved, 5. That the chairman of this
meeting appoint a committee of three whose
duty it shall be to procure further evidence in
relation to the outrage and transmit the same
to the proper authorities. Whereupon the
chair appointed H. H. Reynolds, Giles Har.
rIngton, and Nm. Sowles as said committee.
Voted, That the proceedings of this meet.
ing together with these resolutions be signed
by the Chairman and Secretaries, and copies
be forwarded to the governor of this State and
to the President of the q. s.
WIN. L. SOWLES, Chairnaa.
A. c. BUTLER,
WIN. w. WHITE, Secretaries.
DANFoRD MORT.
The following affidavits relative 10 tho n
duc'ion of Grogan have been forwarded % the
proper authorities, with view 70 his release.
Ma. Browns AFFIDAVIT.
!, iillam Brown. Of Alburgh, in the county
! OF Grand Isle and stale of Vermont. Of IovraI
age, depose and say, that between the hour, NJ
TWO and three O'Clock on Monday MORNING. The
ZOlh inst, my dwelling house was broken men
ana entered by gang of armed men in The
Dress or uniform of British Volunteers now on
TONED across the lines IN Canada. as near asI
could ascertain or Judge, from twelve 10 twenty
IN rumber. was first awoke from sleep by
the rush Of the said comnany into the room adj.
loInlnS the bedroom in which myself and wifi.
were sleeping. Immediately BY glass Ian.
tern held by one Of the company, when one of
the company as sprang from nv bed met me
al the door OF my room and levslled his gun
and bayonet at me, and ordered me 10 remain
where was, and desist from calling my BOYS,
who were sleeping in The chamber, as al.
tempted 10 do, or he would shoot me at this
moment several others of the same party rush.
cd into another bedroom adjoining the same
room in which they first entersd.in which James
w. Grogah was then sleeping! as they cntcred
this room they cried out " here he is here he
is others said "shoot him blow his brains
out" at which time they seized him and i'm.
medIately dragged him from his bed, without
any clothes except his shirt, through the first
mentioned room apparently SO sirangied. that
he could not speak or make much noise. or able
to make the least resistance. They immedi-
aielv conveyed him TO the road where two
wagons were standing, into which they loaded
up and drove offtownrds Canada. And further
moro, this deponent saith that the said James
w. Grogan has resided as understand, with
his family in Lockport n. Y. since about the
middle of May last, nj which time he removed
with him family from the town of Swanton in
the county of Franklin Vermont, and returned
here OH business, as he said, the DIV previous
TO his seizure. About daylight of the same
morning, about two or three hours afer tho
company aforesaid left my house with the said
Grogan, nan in the British Dra.0on dress,
and upon one Of tho dragooa horses, rode down
from towards the Canada line. within about 80
rods of my house, in the town Of lburah. afore-
said, when he discovered myself Esquire
Sowles, and my son standing near my hnus".
at which he wheeled and rode hack as fast as
he could run his horse. And further the Ie1o-
neut saith, that the aforesaid lanes w. Grogan
is an American citizen, that he was born and
brought up in the town of lloosick, in tbs
state of New York, as is said and belle. ed here
WM BRowN.
Alburgh September 22I, 1871.
The above subscribed and sworn before me,
ii. w. REYNOLDS, Justice ofLle Peace.