The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-19

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tasn oficers. being III Che reIiaUis msu
wa had been able to COOLEST the counsel anu
some newspaper reporters,--that Mr. warren
al this time. which Was about half past ~ TO
turned from the navy yard, and iniormed u ;s
TINT hs had seen Commodore Downes' VINO sa''
he could not grant my request'-uiA' vi
patched what officers could spare 10 ASA 'a."
Of their frends to remain US would ASSIST ~. "
procure all the possible additional iofec, in'e"u
inc to use the courthouse as plnce of de'en-
ton--that Mr.. Curtis left,--that crowds % no
groes and others began to gather about the court
house and in the passage ways leading TO tne
court-house,-that went 10 one OF the mes
sengers who had charge OF the building, and dc,
sired him to have the courthouse doors 81 osed
As soon as possible, which were not necessary
for use.
That, at or before one o'clock, Mr.. Ebenezer
Moves. the messenger of the United States court,
was despatched to the city marshal, whom he In.
formed that the United States marshal wanted
every man he could send to keep the peace IN
and about the courthouse, to which Inc cry
marshal replied that he had no men IN but would
send them over az they came In. That al ABOUT
two o'clock all the counsel had left, except Mr..
Charles q. Davis and a reporter, who learned
was Eizur Wright, one OF the editors OF the
Commonwealth newspaper; that as the door
was opened for them to leave, which opened
outwsrdly, the negroes without. who had ni'ed
the passace way on the outside, took hold OF
the edges OF the door rs it opened, and then a
struggle ensued between the holders OF the door
within and those without. That Mr. Warren,
the deputy, Immediately ran to the city marshals
office, and not finding the city marshal ID, went
to the mayors office, and was informed that he
had gone to dinner. That he then stated TO
those in his Office that there was mob in and
about the courthouse, and cal led upon them to
send men to help dispense it. That ne then re-
turned to the city marshars Office, found him in
his private room, informed him of the trouble In
the courthouse, and asked him to send all the
men he could Furnish and whether he MIR. War
ren) could aid him in getting his men, to which
he said that Mr.. Warren could not assist him in
the matter.
That meanwhile, the struggle ntthe door con-
tnued for rome minutes, and the crowd ofneg-
roes finally succeeded in forcing the door wide
open, rushed in, in great numbers, over-powered
all the officers, surrounded the negro, and he was
forced by them through the door, down the
stairs and out of the side door of the courthouse,
and thence through the streets to the section
where most Of the negroes of the city reside
that officers were despatched in pursuit but have
not succeeded in finding his present abode.
That from the time of the first notice to the
mayor and city marshal, Immediately after the ar
rest, as heretofore stated, to the giving of this
deposition, neither the mayor nor the city mar
shall has appeared, nor has a single officer under
their direction appeared, or aided in attempting
to dispense the mob, or in keeping the peace !;
and that, in my opinion, II was the predetermined
purpose of both not to do their duty in keeping
the peace in and about their own courthouse,
for the city marshal, when requested by Henry
s. Hallett. ESQ., to dispense similar mob, which
had collected about the Office of his father,
U. s. commissioner, during the excitement in tie
"Crafts" case, said that he had orders not to
NEEDLE in the matter, as | am informed by the
said Hallett and that the city marshal gave a
similar answer to Watson Freeman, Esq, who
asked him ut about the same time why he did
not dispense the mob as | am informed by the
said Freeman.
That Charles Devens, Jr, Esq, the IS. mar
shall for the district, at the time of the arrest,
was returning from Washington, where he had
gone on official business--that it is proper to
state here that neither the marshal nor his depu-
ty is not authorized by law to employ perma-
nent force sufficient to resist mob and that
he has no authority to call to his aid the troops
of the State or of the United States.
p. RILEY,