Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-05

lOi Gonnsylvanln, through her known officers might
c appear II she it and show any just cause Of
I complaint against the officers now in arrest
= On that day the same learned gentleman who
had appeared ON the former occasion came forward
: and proposed to take part in the proceeding. They
were requested TO state whom they represented and
to show their authority, IL they had any TO inter
lvcne on behalf Of the State Of Pennsylvania. II
, was answered that they mad been cmplC ycd by the
= constable who made the arrest 10 which il was
replied by the Court that their duty to their client
G ended when they had made out his return TO the
l. writ Oi habcas corpus; that the constable had no
moro concern with the result Of this proceeding
than any other citizen that tho United Statcs Gov
crnmcnt has appeared by its proper representative
III deicnce OF Its officers and If the Commonwealth
,oi pennsylvania, by any officer entitled to repre-.
y sent her this proceeding and complains thai
4 her laws have been transgrcssCd by the prisoners,
? they should be heard that if the gentlemen had
any authority from the Governor or Attorney Cen
+ Graz ot Pcnnsylyania, from the Pr scouting
attorney 0i LuzerEc county: they should lie heard
but as the court lad no reason to believe that any
ol those officers bad shown or would show the least
couhienece TO such proceedings, and as the person
VINO had right To complain as the injured party
lH any unc had) has confessed the Justice Of his
arrest by fleeing the country VIC would not hermit
mere volunteers to interfere for tho purposc of en-
lbroiling The State Of Pennsylvania against her will
WIN tho united states or that rny society Of per-
sons, however respectable should assume 10 be the
guardinns Of hcr peace and dignity.
the prisoners were deputies of The. lIarsha that
lawful warrant was put into their hands command
I ing them to arrest one William Thomas n fucitiye
from la6ori that in pursuance Of this warrant they
arrested SAID tugitNc that he resisted with great
violence ana made attempts to wound and kill the
r officers; that he succeeded in escaping from their
arrest ran into theriycr, whore armed with knife
nc declared lie would not be taken and that thcl
officers, seeing this to be his determinations gave
up the attempt to rccapturc him, and came away :;
a. 4 ..t..f Al
! writ they had been falsely CHARGED with riot and
assault and battery. Tho counsel for the prisoners
! having thus shown they cuutcnded case sufi-
clent to authorize their dis, harcc closed their case
but the Court being informed that number oil
petuhlc orsOus were ont who II Witnessed
the transaction, and being dcsircus TO ascertain
whether the officers had acted in an uniustifablci
manner sreh rs TO call for lcu-u"o or uuuismcnt.
ordered the dispositions Of those persons 10 Nc nkcn
10y commissioner. In order to ascertain upon
what grounds the sworn information wus ma &c. aud
VINO were the persons prosecuting it, the deposition
OF WIN. Z. Gildersleyc, whose oath the warrant
was founded, was also taken: il being due 10 that
person that he should he allowed to Justify lmscfi
l1f the course he has pursued. In order TO obtain
tins warrant for the prisoners he Ead sirued de-
position, stating that the prisoners had committed
an assault and battery on Bill or William Thomas
with pistols &c, with intent to kill him lie nor
says, on oath, that he was not present and knows
nothing OF the transaction whatever; that he did
wv mum lHolnnS tlNt uay NJ all; tilat n
certain Joseph EascrinG had told him " that man
was shot at the river bank and was dying and
that II was colOled man that was shot; :" that
! ne Immediately consulted Mr.. Collins, and after
hhdihS out the name OF one Of the prisoners that
nc tlen went to justice of the peace, and told him
that there had been a man shot Mt the river bank
ana hc wanted warrant; that the Justice wrote
out an information and read it to him. and he sworc
to It, 10 tie best IF his kBoegc and JelicC: that lac
never sworc out warrant against nny body IeC,re
4 4 I.-
the counsel Of Collins; that lie did not know the /
persons who attempted to arrest Bill were officers
at that time that he cannot tell what he sworc to
before Esquire Golf in order to obtain the warrant
that he did not see the prisoners fire pistos--got
all his information from Easterlinc and Seaman /:
that " his interview with them was very brief done
IN minute; that he had no belief of what the Of
icors came for, his "mind being wholly intent on
the single object of obtaining warrant at that
time - that lie thought man had been killed by
shots,and made 10 further inquiry; that he got 1
the warrant and delivered il to the sheriff and told
hun he wanted him to execute it. Nothing was
done on this warrant. Some two weeks after this
after the witness had learned that the fugitive was
not shot, and that the prisoners worc officers. and
had made IN unsuccessful attempt to arrest the fl-
gityc, an affidavit was brought to him. ready writ
ten out by Squire Burroughs on which tho warrant
was issuedl Burroughs had made out the affidavit
at request of Nlcssrs Brown and jackson: that it
was intended when the information was drawn out
ltl Ollt NNlH HiloNu swear 10 II, nut, II
convenient to find Kutz the Squire told him it did
not make particle Of difference whether he or
kutz sworc to it, and hc signed and swore 10 it,
after bearing il read that he cannot tell who en-
nloycd Messrs. jackson and Brown, but supposed
il Iwas some person in Philadclphia that he knew
nothing of them till they introduced themselves to
him in his store; that it never came into his mind
to state to the magistrate thSt the persons claimed
to be marshals officers making nm arrest and, H.
nally, that he knew nothing aLout any pistol or
firearms, or any knives and forks anything under
hearing"
Comment on such conduct is supcrnuous. It is
enough to say that il shows to the Court that while
the sane and intelligent portion of the population
OF Wikcsbaare who witnessed this transaction, and
the prosecutor whose duty ii was to prosecute Of
fences against the public peace, have not seen prop
er to institute any proceedings some philanthropic
individuals or association in Philadelphia have
ventured to take the people of Luzerne county un-
der their protection, and have been fortunate as
to find awincss willing to swear to an information of
the truth or tulsehOOd Of which, bY his own account
he was utterly ignorant. hnputing no bad motive
to the witness for such rash and iadyised conduct
think he has suffered his zeal to outrun his dis
cretion and are pleased to see that he is bet
ter informed, and in his last deposition he refused
to "tcstfy to that which he has heard by report
from Others and that he nor believes that ru- ,
more is no testimony"
In order to correct any false impressions which
may have been received with regard to this trans
action, we think it proper to give brief history of
the facts elected from the testimony Of numer- y
GUS and respectable eye-witnesses who have been
examined and testify not to runner, but to what '
they saw and heard
The three Deputies of the Marshal, accompanied 9
by two gentlemen from Virginia, who were well nc. :
quaned with the fugitive to be arrested, entered ! !
the diningroom olthe Phoenix hotel in the morn !
ing, about o'clock, and found the negro Bill, or
William Thomas, in the room. The agent Of the .
owner took hold Of the fugitive and handed him o.
yer to the officers says, "this is the boy require
you to take under the warrant" As the officers
proceeded to arrest him. telling him they were Uni
ted States officers, violent struggle ensued; the
landlord Of the hotel, who sitting at his break
fast, got up and went round the table, and said
"Bi give uD there is use to resist" Bill called
for his pistols. The landlord attemted to ret hold
of him nll l,nhn nj Lin, La Lin, 1