The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-10-14

| SLAVE CASE IN THE CARS.-Iio!cm Pro
ccedings. The Washington Star Of Wednesday
afternoon furnishes the following:
On Tuesday afternoon, rs the o'clock
| train was Oh its way 10 Baltimore. Il scene
occurred not expected by the passengers.
-Nt the Annapolis junction, Judge Mason, of
Maryland, accompanied by Judge Lcgrlnd,
| and other gentlemen, got into the cars and,
on the way, Judge Mason discovered 4 col
orcd man whom he recognised as fellow who
| had dccoycd some nine or ten slaves from
their mastcrs. He told the fact TO the con
ductor. Mr.. Owen Humphreys, who overhaul
| ed his tickets, and found that the man was
| property authorised to travel on the road
was bonded for. and had an indisputablc right
to pass so far as the rules OF the road and the
law was involved. He, therefore. told Judge
Mason that he had no authority TO arrest him
| The Judge remarked that justice should be
| done, when the conductor informed him that
there WAS police officer in the cars, who
| could arrest the ..ingitiye - as understood
resulting in the Introduction Of officer Bushcr
to whom the Judge made the statement that
he had made to Mr.. Humphreys. In the
meantime. the conductor discovered the fugi-
tive in the private department appropriated
| to ladies', sitting along side ola white woman
| and ordered him ont. About this time off
Ger Bushcr approached and gently arrested
| the colorcd man; saying 81 want you,'' when
| the arrested man struck the officer under the
| left eye, lmprining three Of his knuckles in
Busher's face, soaring him badly and bring
| ing the blcod. The officer was imnied lately
sustained BY the passengers, who cndeavor-
cd to secure the prisoner, and during the
| operation Il gentleman named Stone had his
thumb bitten badly by the turions fellow
| Great excitement cnsucd, some of the pas
| Scngcrs making for the negro to XIII him, but
for pl for far tln a..
| Of the good order Of the train; and so rcgu-
| lated matters that the officer and others sue
ccodcd in handwriting the fellow and sccur-
! ing him in the baggage car. Here he was
| still irraSciblc, and it required much cXertion
to make him behave himself. At this stage
of matters two persons appeared and took
hispart. They proved to be a Mr.. Kelly and
Mr. Robertson, of Philadelphia, who inter-
cstcd themselves particularly for the man I'M
der arrest. Mr.. W. A. Gaddes, Of Baltimore,
confronted them, and with others assisted the
| officer.
! On arriving in Baltimore, officer Chisholm
was sent for, and took the prisoner to the
| southern district watch house, Judge Mason
| being summoned to testify in the NATTER
On questioning the black fellow, he answered
that his name was Dan Thomas, that he was
born near lIagcrstown, Maryland, and had
| been for two years past in the employ of Mr..
| Kelly, the gentleman from Philadelphia, who
ntcrfercd for him. The white lady who sat
! beside him in the private cars, he said, was
the wife Ct Mr.. Kelly, and he wanted Mr.. X.
sent for to furnish him with some money.
This was at the landing in Baltimore. and
when the conductor went to search for Mr..
Kelly, he was among the missing, as also was
Mr.. Robertson. Altogether, the case led to
the suspicion that they were all slave abduc-
tors. The irmness and decision of Captain
Humphreys, and the perseverance Of officer
Buslcr, wounded as he was, prevented acri-
Gus results, there being several in the car
who wanted to shoot the fellow on the spot
1t was, probably, the most exciting scene
ever presented in the cars of the Washington
branch railroad,