New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-14
THE yORTHUP KIDNAPPING CASE.

From The Whg
In the Inter of Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell
arrested for isveging Solomon Sorthup, free coored
man. from Saratoga Springs TO the City OF Washington
ard selling him into slavery.
Maxwell Esqs. Justices of the Peace, at Bllson Spa
Tuesday, July IL, 1854.
Wm. T. Odell, Disrict.At,orney and Henry b. Nor
thup and Geo g. Scott, appearing for the prosecutions
and Wm. ait appearing for prisoner Merrill, and John
Broiher-on for Russell
Solomon Sorthup, swOrn-says he was ~ the 10th Of
this month; resided Saratoga Springs IN the month Of
March. leil had family at that place consisting OF
wife and three children knows II prisoner now in Court
frst saw him at Saratoga Springs in lsl latter part OF
March; there another man wiz him, an associate
who j. sitting beside him one nov known as Her
nil called his Merrill Brown, and the other called
bis Abraham Hamilton he fret saw them at Mr..
Moons at Saratoga Springs they did not appear
have any particular business they wished TO hire wit
ness TO 20 to New. York with them drive their carrsge
and play the fiddle in a circus company 10 which they
said they belonged they offered him dollar per day
and expenses from the time he left until he returned
they had carsge and span OF horses there at the time
BE- drove their horses attached TO the carriage to Albany
bv Cohoes and thence New-York Ci,y; after his
rival in New-York lie wished TO leave but prisoners
wanted him 10 stay and 80 TO Washington with them;
be finally concluded 90 with them, and accordingly
went to the Custom House and obtained free papers az
be was AFRAID to 90 10 Washington whou! them; pris
oners with him what they called the Custom
House and got what witness supposed to be Tree papers
having obtained free papers they took the horses and
carriage and went 10 Baltimore through New-Jersey'
the horses and carriage were LEFT at Baltimore saw
1Laddeus 81 John BALTIMORE IRON baltimore went 10
Washington in the railroad sand they were going
10 meet the circus and woud back with IL arrived
in Washington the night before Gen Harrsons funeral;
stopped at Gsdsby hotel around with the prson-
ere during the day and drank with them frequently snd
ernoked with them. They charged him particularly to
lot leave them: was taAen sck during the afternoon
and got during the evening 80 that ne wa nens
ble don know how long before be recovered bat oand
himself next in Williams Slave Pen IN Washington,
with handouts and feer and fettes fastened to nng
in the floor TIE fret white persons iha came 10 were
James Birch and Ebenezer Radburn; one asked him
how he felt told him he sick didn know VIVA, was
the matter and asked the why ne was etered and
hsndcufed there Birch said he had bought witness
told Birch he was free man, and Birch SAID ne wa
hsr, and that he bad away from Georgia; tod MN
never had been Georgia and could get evidence rom
New-York that he born free and had Always Den
free man Birch said be would not hear any OF ms hss
and if he denied having away from Georgia woad
fog him; had coat or hat on nor money 'nsy having
been taken from him during the night toad 6rch tna'
il he ever got free would know the reason OF his treat
nent; and Birch told Rsdbun TO get paddle and cato
nine-tsls; Radburn held him scross bench with ms
feet on his handcus and then Birch broke the paddle
on him after which he took the cato. '.nnstail and
whipped him with that until ksdbuFn told him 70 stop,
a. he would be too sore to NewOrieAns Remained
in the savepen awhile and was then taken with other
negroes by steamboat piece and thsace by railroad to