Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-10-11
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THE SLAVE CASE AT SYRACUSE.
From the newspapers aud correspondence
received from Syracuse 10y the nui Of yes
terdny, we are put IN possession of the de-
tails OF tie recent fugitive case IN tlIut city.
We collect and arrnge the facts, which do
not vary materially in the several accounts,
ior the readers OF the Daily Tunes,
On Wednesday, nt noon, II colored nlnn
named jerry was arrested IN Syracuse 10y
( Deputy U. :. Marshal Allen, assisted 10y
hall dUZeu suburdnatcs, with detachment
of the city police, upon Il claim OF MIR. JOhu
MReynOlds, Of Marion county, Missouri,
that the negro was slave, and n Fugitive
from labor. Tic prisoner was taken before
the U. ;. Commissioner, Joseph L Sabine,
Esq, for examination. In few moments,
the news hud spfUnd from one end Of the
city to the other; the bells were rung, and
/ tie crowd gathered from every quarter about
the Court Room, which contained the cup
tors and Tire captive. For the claimants
Mcssrs. Anderson, Lawrence and LOomis uIi-
( dertUOk the case aud in the hbseicc vi 9th
er counsel, Mr.. Gibbs, OF Washington cOuu-
/ ~, acted for the alleged fugitive. The first
/ effort of This gentleman was directed to the
/ removal Ot the handcuffs rOm the prisoner,
10 which the Commissioner assentgh, ndvis-
/ ing the Marshal To have them taken off. The
Commissioner then read Mr. M'Reyhold's
application Mr.. james Lear OF Missouri,
{ was qualified rs witness. Mr.. Lear lad
! been acquainted with Jerry ever since lie
was II boy, aud had known his mother when
she lived with Mr. Henry, his former owner.
lie was proceeding with The evidence, when
| The increasing din aud confusion within aud
/ without the room completely drowned his
/ voice, aud the Commissioner was obliged to
adjourn the count, ut 81 2 o'clock, until 3.
/ Al this t,uiuent, tHC prisoner was seized 10y
| u mingled crowd OF black aud whites, toru
/ from tue custody Ui lhc-ssfficcrs, aud after
being carried several squares along the
streets, would have escaped, had not lis
/ rcscucrs stopped to secure II horse and wag-
on. Tue pulice again laid hold ol their
man, aud with some dlfliculty he was taken
To thc police office.
! Syracuse, that day, was unusually popu-
lous. The Liberty Party CunvchllUm had
drawn "a large number OI strangers lOgethu
or nom different parts oi the STATE; aud
the County Fair brought IN II iull reprcsen.
tallUn, from the surrounding rural districts.
| Tie occurrence, Oi course Interrupted all
OIher bnsInrss. The whole population, resi-
dent nnd iruIIsiuni, gathered gradually
around The office, aud tlielr time was hrEu-
ed by n stirring speech from Ruv. Samuel
r. Ward, the cOlured preacher and abui-
! iiunist. To dispurSc the multitude llc mill.
tury We're ordered 0ut hut when il came To
tie rub the military nrins weie parull zrd,
and there was nothing for it but tU trust TO
the nicrces oi the m0b. Accordingly at
5 IL O'Clock, tlie examination was resumed
at the Justices house, Alcssrs. Hills, Nor.
gan aud Sheldon taking tie place OF Mr.
Gibbs, MS counsel for the fugitive. A point
raised previnusly-Io wit, the nOu-nllieur-
nmce Oi the Iaci DG the legal existence ol
slavery IN Missouri, upon The lace of The
claimants rcruld-Wns agnin urged, aud
formed the subject Oi n prolonged argument.
| The gIOWlug Excitement Ui tie mob WIllI-
uut, IN The mean time LcCHInc initnSt-
SIUucS aud other missiles were discharged
III liberal tolli,s III the windows; aud liud-
ng the chances at completing the business
were sill less ilIau Ilpy had been IN tie al
tcrnuOu, the Commissioner, at O'Clock, nd
juurntd the proceedings for - hours. Jer-
ry was lleu removed to u room back OF the
main office, with the design OF retaining
him there until next day. Such, however,
was 10y no means the good pleasure OF the
outsiders. The tunult aud viuieuco coulluu-
ed TO augment. The showers OF missiles
becauie 50 severe rs To require the windows
tn Inc mnlr,l up with planks. This was not
} accomplished without damage To the officers.
To inllnidale the assailnntS several guns
were discharged from the building over tic
heads OF the crowd. One or IwU equally
harmless shots were returned from the MS
} Senbly; aud IlIcie appears 10 have heen no
further employment OF firearms.
A. IA o'clock, n systematic attack was
l. 80 l,,.r .,I
baItering ram IN the shape OF heavy plank
upon the door OF the uuIer office. II speed
diiy gave way before the tremendous assault
aud in few minutes the partition of tire III
ner apartment tell beneath the strokes o
the IlberatOrs, aud after colIrii geous resis-
l rnnrc on the part OF the officers, Jerry wus
1 carried in triumph into the free air of ilcav
en-. OF course tie chains aud nlanncleS wer,
stricken oil lie first Thing, 10 diicnlt task IL
The dense darkness OF the room, whose ighu
hud been cxIinguished at the commence
nIcut of the onslaught. The rescuers, WHO
as far us coultl be seen, appeared 10 he chisi
| ly ncgrucs, bore the poor wretch down sew
J. eral streets to BInlnull's Hotel, and placing
> him in a-cnrriagc, the late slave aud cnpiiv
!, was speedily hey lOnd the reach OF marslals
y masters aud uianaclcs.
u The whole proceedings lawless as the
: were, were characterized with certain dc
s. gree Of order: and the people seemed ac,u
nted rather by determination TO defeat ii,
= law thnn 10 inflict punishment on thos
>, who were cndenvOring 10 execute il. True
d there was some talk OF n cont of tar nn
feathers iOr tie agent OF The claimant; bu
!, he luckily made his escape by rapid escapad
~ up the tow path. MIR, Fitch, oi Rochester
i n deputy marshal, had nn arm brokel acci
u denlally, in jumping from the police office l.
3 the ground; some others were bruised an
Is tImbled in consequence OF their own care
lessness; but none OF the officials recieye
" serious damages from the rioters. With a
'r the irregulaily and disregard OF law whc
marked the proceedings, there was no bloc
Is spilled, Or other direct i'll results, whaIevc
oi we nuy say of the judicial aspect Of III
business. Mobs are noI all so moderate, ei
n, pecialy when moved by such warm uboIio
a. sentiments rs those OF the Syrucusans.