Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-30
From the New York Express, Mny 27.l

ARREST OF THREE FUGITIVE SLAVES
THEIR EAAAISAIloS; ,,.;:r ErEEEShER AND hE-
About o'clock Friday morning three colnrcd
men, father and his two sons, known as jake Bob
and Stephen Pcmbronk, arrested at the instance
ut Davnl Smith AMI Jncvb Grove, nf Washington
county, Maryland, who claim them their slaves
they tir -avrsJ having escaped from their MUSTER
only on Sunday last. They tracked from l'alti
more 10 this city, by hr claimants, who made npplicn
ton the L. s. Cor:, when officers Horton md De
Angclis We're dcpntcd by the MaIslnl in efforts I"
their arrest, aud said officers. with deputy Marshal
Thomps"li scourcrl the city and Brooklyn. On Thur
tiny evening the men wcr'. il lr SAID. going n
hoIlsr in Tlolip-un street, between Grad nn,l
Rrnnnc, which il rcupirh by number "t rnlurrl
lnnce The "lic,r- accompanied by the claimants,
went up stHirs u -hid lnl-r Friday morning, and
discovered, after scuirh, the three scrrcIrd, il
is said, i'll "t the rooms. There paddock in
the ,0ur, which rhr officers broke OIL One of the
parties occupying the hOu-c uicrrd We understand,
ut first, rrsistaIc, but dtsst,r from il. They
were conveyed tn the office Of the L. S. Marshal
nmwt uclocE. On being asked by the At~~-r.''
Smith and Grnvt.' Hi"y were :h" alnvce cnill"''l-
They were then taken before Commissioners Morton
and testimony presented 10 the effect above stated
when warrant made 10 the nnr'!crlng tln
to be- surrendered to the cialants-and III l0 o'clock
accompanied Ia thu line hv thr officers. The whole
proceeding occupied but an hour ar two. Several
cnlurc people and alsu Rev. Mr.. JoEs"iyn, uld some
other persons, hearing o The matter came round the
L. Suites building, but too late. There sc"il" tn be
gnol deal III disappointment on llicir lart az me
summary manner IN which the proceeding had been
disposed oi.
OWN. to some unexpected delay, We understood
the men were not zen: of Gs the Marshal cX
pcctc,i and did not leave the office till ncr o'clock,
when the officers haying them i'll charge were ac-
cuimparicd by number oI police. \ number Of
colurcd per- ils had .tl continued round the Office
In The meantime, application TO the Honorable
Judge Hoffman, by Hon. +. ID. Culver nnd Charles
H. Whitehead Esq, special writ wis issued TO tile
Sheriff commanding him I" take the three persons
claincd us slaves md bring them before the Judge,
Int the Marshal was absent from his office, ali wits
not served upon him. Mr. &. and one or Nv" friends,
followed utlcr hearing that the men Ind been ,akcn
for the New Jersey depot but whether elective. or
not, in serving tho writ We did not !carn
Ii i- -aL tlnt the Marshal does not consider thnt
State Judge in reference to the Fugitive Slave low,
has Jurisdiction hy inhras corpus, To take fugitive
slave from lis 1.-THE Mur-hars hlns, nrr he haa re-
cc;yrtl M, order iur delivery 10 the rlaln;i'ri
IN reference to The three slaves ihrmtrvr7, ih"
father whn is 10 years "dj Is owned by MIR. Grove.
md the i've, sous tugr,l Is and :0) ami ali" their
mother by Mr. Smith, M"Ssrs. Ii. and r. hr" n"I:h-
bors, residing not .rca; way from baltimore. Inc
elder ni the three men, 1.-THE ntrr hhA brother III
thir ciiv in one Of the ,,,.urcd churches.
The claimants urc rather elderly men, and proved
by the records also by their own knowledge ~ 10
the men hrin" slaves, &c.