The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-17

shop; don't mind what i said much; he aid he
thought 1t would did not say TO him MOI did he
say the negroes were right expressed no opinion:
said IL was not right; don't recolect what be
said; hc~did not tell me he had been 10 Parker's
neither did he say he had been to the place; we
have heap of talk be Is often in the shop; can't
say what hour that morning; il was before seven
O'Clock that he was riding towards me; saw two
colored men riding Hoods horses; one had a gun;
they rode down the valley road towards Parker's
house; the sun was up; have not seen them since,
! and don't think would know them; can't recol-
lect how soon after saw three colored men ride
by after saw Scarlet, neither do remember
| which was the first saw.
Question by j. w. Ashmead.-Can you tell the
Commissioner whether five minutes hour
| elapsed between when you the colored man go
/ by and Scarlet returning, and how long do you
think II was Answcr.-It may have been fifteen
minutes, or n little later.
Henry Kline, recalled-I saw William Brown
! there, and no was one of the ringleaders at Par
ker's; he was there and one of the most active he
! had gun, and was near the lane; he of
inc nteen or sixteen who raised up their guns near
the post.
| Miller Thompson. (coored,) sworn.-Liyc with
Isaac Moore; fathers name is Ezekiel Thompson;
know Parker's house, where the fuss was; have
| been often in III is about mile from where we
i've; William Parker and Pinckney lived in it; was
| not there on Thursday, but at work at Moore's
heard about II from Levi Hineman, the carpenter
who was at work at Pownall's; came with Par
ker, who had been threshing night or two before,
and he allowed he had notion to go to some place
that forget; saw Jake Wood, and Pete Wood, and
old John Williams. and Henry Curtis; saw them
coming from the place after it had taken place, ten
or eleven O'Clock; asked them what was going on,
and they told me; they had clubs in their hands;
said they had fight there, and that q man
was killed; they allowed the mans son got shot or
wounded; allowed Pinckney struck his master over
the head with ience-rai thay have all gone off,
! George Washington Harvey Scott recalled and
| confronted with VIM. Brown, muatto.-I saw
Brown at Parker's on the morning of the murder;
! he was outside when saw him on last Thursdav
| morning, II alter the horn blown fron he
house OF Parker; he was among the colored people
there; ne was armed with gun; when came
away left them all there, and Brown among the
rest; did not see him fire gun
Cross examined by Brown.--Did you see me
there, George?
Answer-I saw you there, in the yard, pretty
| soon IN the morning.
Examination resumed direct.-Did not see Brown
| up the road after the nephew wounded with
the other colored people.
| Henry II. Kline, recalled Ezekiel Thomas was
one OF the first men on the ground the morning
OF the murder; he Is the man designated yeser-
| day as the Indian; he came with Runaway ahead;
ne went away; was gone couple of minutes, and
returned with revolver and cornicutter in his
hand; he came to me, and said, ''you -, if
you come up to me I'll blow your brains out; he
then stepped back little, and took my revolver
and held 1t up towards him; his revolver in his
right hand, and the corn cutter in his left he stood
thcre while was arguing with Hanaway and Lew |
10, asking them to assist, and reading my papers;
mean warrants to apprehend Mr.. Gorsuch,s ne |
groesj Hanaway and Lewis both read my warrants |
when they asked me to show my authority; Hama |
way went to twenty or thirty blacks, who stood |
with their guns pointed towards me, and he talked |
10 them In low voice; after he spoke to them he
moved his horse, and they gave one shout, and |
moved little further, he with them, and then they
nred; another party, some fifteen or twenty, came
up, and presented their guns and fred they were
about thirty yards off; am positive this is the
man; told him knew him. 1.-THE prisoner ad-
mltted that the witness had told him SOL
Daniel Causberry was there, and with the first
frnr tnt rarIo M 49,,
creek; he had gun and a ot-bag, or flask, over
his shoulder; the party in the house shot at me and
the old gentleman, Gorsuch; they had not been
three minutes in the house before they fired; this
Is the man mentioned before, with the military
whiskers; have no doubt about him; he was then
dressed differently.
Isaac Moore, affirmed i live at Cooper's facto
ry, about three quarters of mile from Parkers
house; was within hearing, but the threshing ma
chine prevented me; did not know half of it until
heard three men were killed; heard it about nine
O'Clock by a woman who came for peaches; was
never near the place till that morning.
Samuel Hanson, sworn-I passed Parker's house
on the morning OF the fight, which was just over;
good many of them were going away; as was
coming down the lane heard the firing of guns;
saw coored people there; good many had arms,
guns, &C., but did not know many; saw Parker;
saw MIR. Scarlet there; don't know that saw
Brown; Ezekiel Thompson there; did not see
Caulsberry; think saw Peter Wood; saw Jake
Woods there; Henry Curtis saw; saw John Will
not Lewis; don't remember any more; after start
ed these persons came up to me, and talked to me;
they talked about the fight; they said the kidnap
pers ought net to there; heard one was killed;
CAME mind what they said
Here the testimony closed at about o'clock on
Saturday evening, which resulted in the commit
tai oil the following named prisoners, to answer the
charge of treason against the United States, by
levying war against the same, in resisting, by
force of arms, the execution of the Fugitive Slave
law, and also for obstructng the marshal in the
he tod |
Joseph Scarlet, white, and William Brown, col
ored.
1t will be seen, by the above evidence, that sev-
eral persons are seriously implicated, some of
whom are now confined in the Lancaster Jail,
having been arrested Friday evening. The
testimony Of MUIR, it will be noticed, is very pre-
yarlcatlng; and he was accordingly held in s 500
to be and appear before the United States circuit
court, on the first Monday in October next, to
testify.
George Washington Harvey Scott, whose testi-
mony is all-important, and was given in a straight
forward manner, as was also that of Miller Thoinp
son, colored boy, were committed as witnesses.
The females were all discharged, and the balance
of the colored men detained in custody. Kendig,
the white man, was also released.
In addition to the above, several other arrests
were made at an early hour yesterday morning.
The names OF the parties are James Hood, (white,)
Ezekiel Thompson, Daniel Caulsberry, Emanuel
Smith, John Dobbins, Lewis James Christmas,
Elijah Clark, Benjamin Pendegrass, Jonathan
Black, Samuel Haven, and Mfin Flanders col |
clearly identified as having been participants in
the outrage, and were fully committed to an
swer
On Sunday afternoon the United States officers,
accompanied by the marines and the police, re-
turned to the city with the following named prison
ers, who were safely lodged in Moyamensing pri-
son: Joseph Scarlet, white; VIM. Brown, Ezekiel
Thompson, Isaiah Clarkson, Dan. Causberry, Ben
jamin Pendegrass, Elijah Clark. George w. III.
Scott, Miller Thompson, and Samuel Hanson, all
colored The three last placed in the debtors
apartment, and the others in the criminal apart
ment OF the Moyamcnsing prison, to await their
trial for treason, &c.
Altogether come thirty arrests have been made.
number were discharged and upon each occa-
sion certificate to that effect was given them to
prevent second arrest in they should encoun-
ter any Of the officers.
The CoRoNER's INoUEsT.--The following is the
finding OF the coroner's jury:
Lancaster county, ss.-An inqusition indentod
taken at Salisbury Cap in the county of Lancaster,
the 18th day OF September, a. ID. 1851, before me,
Joseph ID. Pownall, esq, for the county of Lancas-