The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-22

ARREST ASH HEsCUE or A'TuCI-
TWEEN HDsTON,


! luHlsRni upon uofiaH of biz counsel, the
ra'o Wa continued unit 'lunsaayhaNt Tho
alleged slave wls arrested early u fhe morn
ma hy Deputy q. 4. Mar-hd lauirk Riley,
~ IHs Comhill Conre House. where bee
vas employed ara waiter aui conveyed 60
thr g., d. Cunt ltoom, wlira' nie hruing
Wpk place. llis uamr b. called iH tho war
rant "hlndnrh," and 70 claimed ~ tir slave
ofJohn d. lirre, u Norfolk, Va, puucr 10
tho 4, >. Navy, The hearing having hrrn
roncludei tho Court tppm Wa gradually
cleared nf 10 occupants, the prisoner remain
ing 10 lho custody Of Drpuly Marshal Riley
Hnd he sryon assistants, The Oouasel Of The
dei.'ssiast ihsa hHtl I, hing consultation with
him ~ 10 the line Of dunfe, Aher the epuu-
eel had lpit the npm, which was about twou-
~ m,nulri butpre two o'olook, ono ~ the
doors ot the private entrances a. II was press
81 open hy large numllor Of blacks, who
occupied thu landing and stairway of the
tbaH House Some twcHty or thirty 10
rlaully catered thc room, aul carried nWaF
ifun tho officers, without much re.istanro,
the alleged slave, Shadach, AID a crowd of
toycral hundred hlafk, bore him away in lH-
pmph 10 the Wust part Of the city, The at
tack was sudden, and the Officers we're not
prepared 10 offer resistance to thc mob, Fif
teen minutes a1or the rescue, all WIS quiet
iu aud armand the Court llouso, Tho priso-
Ncf = oldark copper complexion, aloat dyo
feet eight iaeles high, iatl,ef -toHl iailt. a.
ffl
hiH witr, thr priEUHUr Ion The as and went
Eastward, lat aiiorwnnl returned he Ap-
pcarcd In Court with ls apron on, and while
There seemed calm aud compo.cl llo ana
rworud a. the nlmu here Of Frederick VII
KIT, TuTTot thai Marhhi Riley applied
60 Commodore Dawnz Cos aid, aed that lee re-
turned answer chat his correspondence with
the department. did not justify him In a.suu,-
ing such q responsibility, Marshal Doycn.
n now in Washington,
Silh-e writing the allow, we have received
the following statement from Mr. Riley
COMMONWEALTH or MASSACurSEITS
Srrr0Lg CuuNrY.
I, Patrick Riley, Of Boston, In the snid
county, Counsellor ~ Law, having boon dbl,
sworn, dcposo and Any, that am, aud have
been, Tor fourteen years pnst, the principal
deputy Of the United States MuNhal tor the
District 81 NllvarhuHrttg'
That ou saturday Voruing, February l8th
1891, about 2O mnuN's hoiorc o'clock, A.
NJ. | WIS called upon ~ my residence hy
Frederick Warren, one Of the L, - Deputy
Marshals, who informed me- that there was q
negro man, an alleged fugitive, 10 bo arrested
a. X o'clock, who was supposed 20 be- ~ Tan,
COrnhill Coffee House, near the Court llou-,
aud desired to know whore the negro shoulc
be- put in ease he should hc arrested bvfnrr
rurhod tho Oilirc-tlat liold him 10 plac,
him IN the United States Court RO0m--ant
that ! would come 10 the office Immediately
that carno down almost Immediately 20 th,
office where | arrived shortly ailcr X o'clock
aud there iuund Mr. Warren, who ininrmc,
me that the negro was unknown 90 Mr. Chas
Sawin Dctniy Marshal to whom the wartan
was handed on thc night previous, ~ hny,
been informed, though no notice oiit had beer
given ie any occupant OF the Mar.hal's ollie,
and that the negro was unknown to any nu,
Of the Mlrhnls Deputies or assistants -th,,
Mr. Warren informed me that Mr. Sawin IN,
gnnc Co find the man, who, by previous az
rangcmcut was to point out the negro, on,
who had not shown himself Ns agreed lha,
remained ia the court honsr giving direction
aud making preparations to secure the ncgr
when arrested, aud awaiting the return Of
Mr. Sawin, that ! saw him alter ten o'clock
aud lac informed me that hc had seen the par
ties in interest, aud that it had been arrang
ed not To attempt the arrest until II o'clocl
that ! told him that il should not be- delay
al one momcnt, ANd directed hm llp notiN
the man who was To- point hill- of''to com,
mstandy,-that lac lon tor that purpose, an,
at ten minutes before II returned aud sal,
that the parties were about Tat('s Collc,
House, and that tbs men engaged were ais,
ia readiness in that ncghborhood;that wen
immediately with Mr. Warren. Mr. John IL
Riley, and other deputies, TO the aaid Collc,
House, and there, fund all our men, nine il
number, stationed in and about the place
that there were several negroes in and about
the house, and inquired for the man who
was 20 point out the alleged fugitive, aud wa,
informed thar lac had not arrived, that M
Warren and myself went Immediately int
the dining hall AZ the Coffee House, and IL
avoid suspicion, ordered some coffee, and
were waited upon by q negro, who subsc-
qucnty proved TO be- the alleged fugitive
that, not hearing anything from our assist
ants, we took our coitro, rose to 20 out and
learn why we had not heard from thcm,-
thHt the negro went Before us 10 the bar.room
with the money to pay for tho coffee, and in
the passage between the bar-room and hall
took the negro by an ann, and walked him.
out OF the passage way through building
between the Coffee House and the square b,,-
sidc the Court House to the Court Room, as
by me directed,
That 1 went Immediately to the Court
House, and found the negro in the United
States room, With the officers, and found all
tho doors closed and was admitted by the usu-
At insplo cntranco,-that George T. Curtis.
ESP, the United States Commissioner. was
called, aud came, and the claimants counsel
were sent for,-that all the doors were kent
closed excepting the usual entrance, which
was kept guarded BY oiliccrS,r-that the Com
missioner informed the fugitive, who was
named "Shad,acR in tho ,rarfant;- of the
character Of tho business, and asked him if
lie wanted counsel. to which he said tAat-L.
did, and that his friends had gone for counsel.
that while waiting for the counsel to come. !
the room began 10 Joe filled with negroes and |
vhitcs,-thnt the counsel for the prisoner an |
rcarcd, and claimed n delay, to give them an |
upportunitN to Consult with their cLipnt ,,cnJ |