Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-24
NO. 19.
Letter from Baltimore.

cinty. We omit part of his communicn-
tion as it is but a repetition of the facts, we
published last week. After detailing the
facts of the oeizure of Rachel Parker, and
the unsuccessful pursuit of the kidnappers
to the Maryland line, by Joseph e. Miller,
and his neighbors, our correspondent pro-
ceeds:
McCreary was by the next train Of cars, fol-
lowed to Baltimore, where he was found at
Cammels Slave Prison, and arrested for kid
mapping. lie was released on BAIL with two
securities for 5000. The girl was placed in
Jail.
On Monday the 9th inst, she was visited by
two ladies. She seemed sclf.possesscd, and
firmly asserted her freedom. She is a very
smart intelligent girl. She said, that as she
came down, the men threatened what they
would do to Miller, if he came to Baltimore
that they wished they had killed him, when !
they could, and that they would surely do so if
he followed them, and that they cut hole in
the back of the hack for the purpose Of shoot
ing through. And sorrowful to say their threats |
have been but too we'll fulfilled
At eight o'clock, p. NJ the last day of the |
last year, they, the Pennsylyanians, all procur-
cd tickets in Baltimore, and got into the cars
together AS they sat there a big man came
in and eyed Miller very closely who turned to
ono of his friends and said, THAT man mean, |
no good" Presently Miller took out cigar to
light it, one Of his friends suggested that was
not very suitable place to smoke, when ho
got up and vent 60 the door Of the carr he had
not closed it, before two of his friends followed
him, not knowing what might bciall him, as he
had been threatened much through the day,
and they had heard whispered around, "Thoso
arc the men who killed Gorsuch." Though
none of them had ever seen the old tyrant or
the scene of tho famous campaign, where Cast
ner Hanaway, "on his old sorrel marc levied !
war upon the government.
The search proved frutlcss, and as the cars
were moving off they got in. just as one Of
them entered, some ono tapped him on the
shoulder and told him some friend out there
wanted to speak to him, but he did not heed it.
And the other, who was last getting in, heard
n voice say, at is damned well that fellow got
in when he did" When they arrived at Hav-
crdcgras, two of tho company returned and
searched, but in vain for their lost friend
Nothing further was heard of him, until Friday
morning the 2nd inst, when word reached Bal
tmorc, that there was a man found dead at
Stcmors run, about twelve miles out he was
hung by handkcrchicfto saplin about the
size OF mans arm and which was afterwards
bent to the ground by the snow. lie was sit
ting or leaning on the ground, his head about
two feet from it, his hands resting upon it
One end of the handkerchief was tied to his era.
vat, the other end to limb about four feet from
the ground. His neck was not broken; had
no ndcn.ation or settling of blood; his tongue
was not swollen or protrudcd, nor his eyes dis
torted. On the exterior of each rist was
bruisc, which might have been caused by hand
cuffs his boots were not muddy, though the
ground was exceedingly so. His friends when
they were all in Baltimore together, had not OBJ
served anything like arrangement, lie was
not prone TO dependency, but quito the re-
verse. And this is the man who Corouor's
Jury decided had come to his death by suicide
But the Coroner did not inyesti gate these points
md without undressing him, or even taking oil
his cravat to sec if he had wounds, gave the
body into the hands OF some dutchmon, with
81 or So to bury him. They procured rough
box, dug hole in the ground some two feet,
and tumblcd him in, clothes, boots and ALL
When his friends found him, the lid was not
nailed down, and only extended over part OF
tho box, which was full Of muddy water. What
a revolving sight; humanity should have made
n better grave for a dog. The State that would
not be disgraced by such dcpravity, must be
sunk indeed.
BY order of the Governor, the body has been
brought to Baltimore for post-mortcm cXami-
nation, and is now under process. Mr. Will
liams, State Attorney for Baltimore County
seems favorably disposed, and has entered into
the investigation with spirit, as has also, Mr..
Gwin, States Attorney for Baltimore city, who
is prosecuting the kidnapping case.
Mr.. Miller was respectable farmer, and
leaves widow and four or five children Ohc
oldest twclve) to mourn his loss. They were
dependent on him for support. 1t is feared by
many that his wife cannot withstand the shock.
Whether he was murdered (strangled at the car
house, and taken out in hack suspision soys,(
or committed suicide, which is very unlikely,
the tears of that berclt widow, and her helpless
orphans will still cry aloud to Heaven for re-
dress. o, ytheir call be answered
The case of kidnapping is now under oxami-
nation before magistrate Pennington. Four
teen witnesses from Chester Co., Pennsylvania,
have testified to the girls freedom, and they say
they could bring hundred more If necessary
Schoolfeld the man who claims the girl it op'
pears had woman and two children who ran
away some four years ago. and his object is TO
prove this as one of them. But all the witness
scs by whom at first he proposed to prove the
girl, have sworn against him. lie acknowledges
L. sall tha eietor IN tlis Rachel Parker