New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-06
udor RorbaritIe--seeIey and the Mob.
The Moptreal Herald OF February %, publishes

The Montreal fItfbtu VI 4 w.
the following paragraph;
sestyy 1Hr swlNDLgR ARREsTED.-A letter was ,i LS
ST. .,spdsv bv Mr Levine. from Sheriff H. A. Nj
son dated HopEintown ST Lawrence Couh.J a., ~
. informing MIN that TINS sec4mp he fred Al he
bsep crested When about 70 be tassn, ne ,s ~
ofcer and missed his sim he a2s 70 ere M
his pistol which fortunately m SEQ IL lss ~ thish Our
in ssf-defenee, tired srd shot pm IA & HcotintoTp
ipforrnaat states that he was IN CUSTODY ~ 1870
on the sd and would be removed 10 Jsl lulhle~''J'
In reference 70 this affair the EDITORS OF tne
Co,,rier A. EHq,,irer received letter from gentle
man Of the highest character, whose statement
gives to this affair an entirely different aspect;
porspAN st. Lawrence Co. y. y. Feb 70.
Last Wednesday afternoon wei al.'sse az H
lv appearisg man vas seen coming Up ihe stss.S " -
Finstown village. backing before large MOB "uO NN0
armed with buageons and other muraei, Is WeAp t -
Ths mob he kept AZ bay with two pistols one o. ""' H
held IN either hand. -, hi,,se,f
hailed and il wss ascertained that the man nal' We
SeaeT late merchant Of Canals, and that me mo- We
bent On Rrresng him, as they alegeo lol soiie ~ -.
crime committed IN Canada In the presence anu ID Inc
hearing OF all Seeey declared his innocence oil any cls'
huf said he OWED debts IN Canada when pc c2. ~. ~
and N This was rsckoned crime then Do was lno1su
unity Agairs. the power the mob nc csnltg ne i4y
lection Of the law and again AID again aesleiso ms r.
ngn-ss 70 surrender hiusef TO the authorities OF ts
s. mt AZ often said that be would never be tasen sse
nv rotous body Of men, and smussled INTO Osnaaa'
where he would BE- imprisoned Nthou hOye N
During an this time, neither the Montreal meTch2nt
Nelson Who had raised the hue and cry nor any " ~
~
warrant but now warrant was shown 10 Seeey VIZ.
had hsen hastily obtained from neghDoilne met
and On MS declaring his suspicion hat II was not Vaa
bnt only hoax that be msht kidnapped and carried
over the line he shot docn ~ ne streets axe '"'
by a constable OF the town. ,.-,,- .t..,,.r
1t WIS found that his rsh knee was dreaof1y
o. and he dersd cripple for HE ~ lnoee u
with life even You may well imagine the horror VI w
community when IL learned from Nelson hat on
excuse for the pursuit his part the savage attack Of
armed mob and final shooting down OF man VINO ~
nnxors TO deliver himself up TO the hands OF me isV
,ss, that seeey owed him debt Of sixty pounds wheh
was not due until next Msy. -
Tbs warrant upon which the final snest was PRETENDED
o h. made was illegally issued and void on IT'S face IL
N said moreover that the with which the nrN was
sbot VA, procured at ths office Of the massieta 70 ~ho
seeev applied for legal protection The feelings OF eNss
per,on are intense and II ghy probable that those
engaged in the ouIsge will suieT punishment
SEELEY THE SwINDLER.-The Montreal Trans
.ript states that this srfGl rascal took ssnA ONCE Ia
street that city three years ago. where he earo
on busness as broker shaver and people gnoraoty
trusted their property in his hands When rssdy ne maze
of with nearly Of other mems means haVln Iasso
nearly $500 stock placed IN hs hsnos eCaha
dian isaisator lust before he sbsconded Nj nelson one
of Commercial firm who have suffered ~ Seeleyi llhsu
other sufferers and chased him into Vermont go' deputy
sheriff 10 aid them aud found him seeIeed behind aoo
in he'd. room-so the Pilot states lie presented DIS ps
olsthe Ietresedhe escaped u ayaa-thIea
ened the lives OF Nelson &c and was snot In the knee
buckshot by the deputy sheriff, and his pistols secured
His leg may require amputson ana the shen Is hea
hail or shooting at him.