New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-12
Another Fugitive Slave sent back to Maryland
Our reporters in the Law and Police De-
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paTtments send US the following sketcn oil the cap
ture Of Fugitive Slave in this City
U. S. COMMISSIONERS OFFIcE-Before Commits
sioIer Morton.-Fuguire from SlaUery Case "A col
Ored man who has resided in New \ ork since 1871
was yesterday arrested on complaint OF Jonathan
Plnckney, OF Anne Arundel County, Mary land, charg
ing that the said man. whom he designated James
Tasker owes the said Pinckney service and labor
that he escaped from SAID Anne Arundel County in
1884, and asking that the said TaSker be restored to
him.
On being brought before the Commissioner he &C
knowledged having been the slave OF Mr.. Pinckney,
and the Commissioner consequently gave a certi
fcate. under the Fugitive Slave Law, to the owner
who demanded the aid Of the United States Marshal
in restoring him to Anne Arundel County, and he
returned to MarylaR in the afternoon, in Gus.
tosy of Mr.. Tallmadge, IT. Deputy Marshal.
The man has gone in New.Yerk by the name Of
James Thomas. He is about 3s years of age. He
has wife here. whom he has not lived with for
about three eaIs he says, she having left him. aud
three children of whom lives az service at the
corner OF Church and Chambers SITS, and whom he ap
pearee previous to going, very DESTROYS TO see. He
married his wife III Maryland seventeen years ago,
anc she, berg free woman, followed him hither.
They have had eleven children
Thomas has been in the habit Of working, princ-
pally, at the druggist store jof Battele d Co. and
going to bis work, he SAID, in the morning, when
he arrested by two police officers, a charge
OF stealing tea and coffee, and conveyed TO the
Tombs and afterward brought up on this complaint
He says his wife threatened 10 give notice to his
owner as TO his whereabouts
ard Commissioners Office, AMI nothing tanspired
In regard TO it till late in the afternoon. He was
taken off in his old working clothes, and we should
think, from the request he made shat his children
should be informed of what had become OF him, and
hoping that they would still cali hun father tina: he
no person Of his acquaintance or of his color
after his arrest
Our Police Reporter gives the following version
Of the game story
FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsE--Hs Return 10 MARYLAND
the evening Of Sunday ha Ist inst M
Martin, Of the With Ward Police, while on duty in
EZabeth.st, was attracted to house at the corner
Of Mott st. by hearing two persons engaged in
violent quarrel. On going in ne saw a colOred man
beating his wife in a shameful manner, and he at
once arrested him. While taking him to the Station
House, the woman, who accompanied them, being
very angry, said, jim, you know l have you In my
power. You know that you escaped from your
master in Maryland several years ago." coupled
with other expressions to the same effect.
These remarks led the officer to believe that his
prisoner, who gave his name as James III. Thomas,
was Fugitive Slave, and after securing him at the
Station House he repaired to his place OF residence
to obtain interview with the wife, or, as she at
terward turned out to be, the mistress of the PMS
oner From her he learned that Thomas, several
years ago, escaped from his MASTER Jonathan Pnck-
ney, of Annapolis, Md, and that he was now en-
gas ed as porter in the store OF BatteDe Renwck,
commits sion merchants No. 1863 Fron.s.. The fol-
loving morLiIg the prisoner was taken before JUS
tice Osborne but, the complainant failing to appear,
he was set at liberty
sergt. Martin, soon after this, wrote to Mr..
Pilckney, describing Thomas as accurately as he
was able TO do, and narrated to him the Information
he had obtained. He soon received an answer to
this letter, in which Mr.. Pinckney stated that on
the 9th of May, 1874, James Tasker and two other
Of his slaves escaped from his plantation, and since,
that time he has never heard of them bu, from the
description given of Thomas, he was led TO believe
that he the slave Tasker. few days since
Mr.. Pinckney forwarded telegraphic dispatch TO
the officer, requesting him to arrest Thomas and de-
tain him until ne (PInckney) could reach New-York.
Cant Brennan and officer Martin then, after some
trouble asceftalned tnat Thomas lived III Csrysiie-
ST.. where they finally succeeded In getting him,
which had scarcely been done, when Mr. Pinckney
arrived, and, on being shown the prisoner, imne-
diately identhed him as the slave James Tasker.
The latter appeared quite pleased al seeing his mas
ter, owned up at once, and expressed perfect will
lpeDsss to accompany him to his old home. He
was then taken before Commissioner, wno pre-.
pared the necessary papers, and at O'Clock yester.
DAY afternoon, he, accompanied by his master and
seree ant Martin started for the State of Maryland