Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-29
Prom the Daily Register Of Oct is
THE wILKEsRARRE CAsE-THE TEsTI.
MONH,


week, upon n habeas corpus granted bv Judge
drier. The defendants. John Jenkins and James
Vrosson, had been arrested upon warrant rcgu-
Iarly issued by Wilkcsbarrc magistrate, and
backed or endorsed by Alderman Snidcr Of this
city. Before the parties could be taken before the
magistrate the proceedings were arrested by the
habeas corpus made rcturnable the next morning.
The Wikcsbarre officer made the usual and proper
return, and produced the warrant under which he
held his prisoner. Judge Grier, in opposition to
what is conceived to be the regular practice deter
mined to 60 behind the warrant and examine tho
charge Of riot and attempt to MURDER in his own
court, and without the Intervention Of Jury
The counsel representing the High Constable Of
Wilkesharre, were accordingly directed to produce
their evidence and have their prepared for the
succeeding Wednesday. In compliance with the
order Of tho Court large lumber of witnesses
were procured and tho whole cause was ready to
undergo this anomalous Investigation when, on
Wednesday last the Judge decided that he could
hear nothing from the counsel thus previously re-
cognizcd, because they were not able to show II
specific authority from the Attorney General Of the
State, to conduct the prosecution. The whole of
tho testimony brought from Wilkcsbarre, in COM
pliancc with the previous order of tho Court being
thus excluded, no witness was heard, with the cx-
ecption Of Mr.. George Wynkoop, one of the dclcn-
dants in the warrant, not rclator in this proceed
ing. The testimony of this gentleman, sworn tru-
ly to inform the mind Of the Court is given below
from the photographic notes Of Mr.. Cannon. The
dcpostions Of the principal witnesses who were
excluded hy the decision are added, in order that
the public may have all the materials necessary to
form judgment us to the merits Of the case and
the truthfulncss of the opposing stories. Of the
questions Of law involved, it will not be proper to
speak till the opinion of the Court. which is cx-
pccted to-day, shall he published. We may then
have something to say that branch Of the sub
Joct.
TESTIMONY OF Mr.. wYNKoor.
George Wynkoop, sworn to mokc true answers
j. W. Ashmcad. Q.-Did you take that war
rant (handing the same to witncss) to Wilkes
barre!
Q. Who went with you?
A. James Crosson and Jno. jenkins.
O. Did you attempt to execute it by arrcsting
The ncgro'
A. We did.
@. Was all that you did done under this war
ranti
A. We conceived it to be.
Mr.. Ashmcad. Q.-was ii done under that
warrant
A. 1t was
Judge Grier. Q.-wcrc yon shown the per-
cont
A. The person was identified, and pointed out
by Mr.. Petty, who placed his hand on his shoulder,
and told me that he claimed the man. lie then
took hold of him, and he made resistance. We
scufHed with him for a long time, and he finally
escaped from us and got into the water; aud after
consulting together we determined that We could
no, take him alive, and consequently left him.
Judge Grier.-Ife resisted and escaped from all
three Of you!
A. lie resisted and escaped from all of us, and
he inflicted wound on Mr.. Crosson, with the hand
cuff which was attached to his right wrist, which
drew the blood from him quite copously.
JW. Ashmead.-I think that is all that is es-
sential.
pErosITIoSs OF THE WITNESSES FROM wILKEsBARRE.
Henry L. Patton, being duly sworn, deposcs and
rays-liye in Wilkcsbarre; waiter at Gilchrist
hotel; VIM. Thomas the only other waiter he had
been there three weeks and had lived at lliman''
for year before that remembered the 81 of Sep
tcmbcr; the night before, three men arrived ant
took supper there, George wynkoop was one o
,hom; they remained all night, took breakfas
uext morning; after we William and u had wait
cd on them, they got up and went to the bar room
they were gone two or three minutes and returned
This was the early six o'clock breakfast. Tw
more returned with them; William was pourin
out coffee. They came behind him, one said, thi
Is the man, arrest him the second one seized hir
round the waist l saw the three men who stat
At Glehrists, in Court this morning and recognize
them as the men. They neither showed nor rea
any warrant; they did not say why they arreste
him. While the five men were struggling wit
him. they beat his head with billies; ran out an
called in Solomon Jones he came to the window
/ went back into the room; they had him dow
and were beating him. They put chair over hi
head to hold him down they got chair over hin
twice; they caught him by the hair and beat hi
head against the floor through the scufile he &C
up three times; when they had him down the thr
time, they got the hand cuff on his right wrist
when he got up the third time he struck one
che men with the hand cuff he got loose from thei
and ran, he reached the door, they caught him theI
but he threw them of, they struck him there wit
the billy; he got loose again and ran round I'll
allcy-way. They had all this time neither rea'
shown, nor spoken of warrant. did not kno
them as officers; they did not state what the
wanted with him. Mr.. Seaman, Mr.. Reynolds an
Dir Gcgenheimer, and some did not know wei
In the room. lie got hold of two case knives frol
tho side table, but they were wrenched away fro
him. James White was also in the room.
saw tho men when they came, on the night
Che I'd; three were in the wagon; next mornir
they went, with two others, into the dining roo
just after the carly breakfast; went into the b'
room; heard scufle and noise in the dining rOor
went there; saw tho men had thrown VIM. Thor
as on the floor; one Of them held chair over h
neck; he got from under it they seized him an
threw him again they struck him with billies
LlonI g. o.t thar faafanad handcuH