New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-17
Arm'llprk Daily Gribune,
FTGITTVE SLAVE EXCITEMENT AT NIL
WAUkEE

TIE excitement causeAon Saturday morning
D, the anuoUncemes n at fugitive slave had BEEN
-t,.d shout four miles this eide Of Racine by Deputy
Trid S'sfes Marshal C. c. Cotton, and fosr other
ne Of them nsmsd b. : Garland the alleged owner o.
me fugitive and another a constable Of Rs ne-in all
ave white men and brought TO this city and placed hsad
cufed in our jail The particulars OF the transaction are
The colorsd mans name is Joshua Glover, and be n
claimed as the runaway slave 81 d. :. Garland Of 81
Louis County Missouri He j. alleged 20 have runaway
Glover wac in the employ Of ST. Clair 4 Rice, 10 a
mill ear Racine ON Friday night. while seated in bis
shfuv five broke open the door suddenly rushed IN
utor him and iee him TO the ground They then hsnd
g. Tea tiu took him into double buggy, with nothing
or hr panssloons and shirt sad drove on north anu
after having list the way, at last brought him 10 Mdwaa
kee County ia Here be lodged in cell hsndcahei
Our DEPUTY iaer with communicable feelings OF human
ity took o the handouts and treated him with care and
kindness
A, soon a. the matter got wind the CREATES, excitement
prev,i,d large number hocked to the sil hundreds
OF men aroused and declared hI he should not be
tsA from the city Lawyers without number were oasy
al work searching through the e lions Of tho Fugitive
Save Law The Revised Statutes we're opened IN nun
Der OF law offices the chapter HAbo.s Corpus, and
everything that could BE- done within the law for the
leas- IL m custody Of Glover was res0r,ed To-
Some msn rode throu. from ktcine On horseback and
gave tie fir information that ol al contained fugitive
that of It's cells had been polluted by the blood OF
fugitive slave. We, with others. went 10 the JAIL aud
found the fugitive in cell tic Was called out iniothe
rasss.e and what a sight there The man was eat
were soaking anu stiG with his Own blood
The man tells thar he had been in this state about two
,eats and thar he at work for the persons we have
named above aud ;hathey owe him about so ani
be was sitting u bis shaniy Nhen the men came n anl
one placed revolver TO his head he put up his hand 10
nusl II av-sv when be wac knocked down senseess ami
removed 10 the wagon. The man ar men swore that Il he
shouted made the least noise they would XII h'm IA
stsutly.
lab.Gs CORPUS was Immediately got out before Judge
Jenkins and ci, warrant before Albert smith, Esd
Ius;i,- Of the Peace for the dam sustained by tae
unfortunate telegraph was sent to Racine for
warrant for the arrest o tho ave men tngageu III @sau
rg and beating him ia his shaniy ,
: Inc Court House bcll was rung at about T. NJ the
alarm sounding for the First Ward thousand locked TO
the Court House square and around the is the exci'e
ent being intense Afer tme the crowd was called
t. order by Jas II Paine from the Court House steps
wien ten. l.. b. WocOt was chosen President sndA H.
A committee consisting of one from each Ward was
appointed to draft resolutions. and present them 70 the
m..titg The Committee consisted OF Jas. III PANE
VIM v hi,nall. John Furlong, = NJ Booth AMI or T.
TIT5vd which had kept increasing then addressed
ht R,ron Paine Esd Gen Paine, ). NJ. Booth, aud
A n B4lf.ld Each speaker loudly eheered. The
reortious we're called Tor and read TO the meeting and
ADDICTED with great cheering. They we're as iollpws
nh, nan Bamci Jcshu, G.oy,r living in the nesheos
lod c Ksne bad his house b. Ken ao pistol Presented
Msihs C6reC Cotton Benjamin Garland h' pretended
spi Sy uish 10 this ey o9is,y
s ~! S''ss wt. ., 1 nos, pS C'9too esa S,odiss
ih,u OF the State 10 BRING ne P,slns' osoe %
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sI A. cleus Of Milwaukee. thai Peron hs en- indie
fsasbr rs iT and mqeItis ' by Jury On All qa'0N'
Id Tblt the si OF hsbe eOpu's the sIea defense Of
f,eaom ihst demand io' this Pnsonei a. " " '' our
owl protection that this sacred wis 'na be 9osysa; ana
Rsshs. That We pledge ourselves 70 sand oI tns ~
DO for bin FAR aod impartial tns, Ia
Soon sfier q resolutions had been read aud passes
vigilance Committee Of twenty mo was apPOintei W
watch that the fugitive not secretly taken away or
tried except IN open manner We understan tha tne
Committee instructed To ring tio bells anu can the
city to their aid any attempt should be made To get
the fugitive away fom the jail -,
During the morning writ of habeas corpus a. ABOVE
mentioned had been served upon Sheriff. Page lie I'M
edistey made return that the negro not "a ms Gus
ody or under his control but was in custody of the u 5
MaifLa and deputies under warrant from Judge Miller
of the L 5 Court Another writ was got cut by the
peelo Ounsel G. X Watkins, Esq, and putin the Shsr
III hGnds 10 be served upon the Marshal ana was %
served This was about p NJ Within short time the
steamer arrived, bringing about one hundred men from
Racine who marched in solid column 10 the jail where
the negro still remained in charge of two Deputies OF the
| harshal.
This accession 10 the numbers Of the crowd added fuel
70 the flame and after a short time demand made
for the q refusal being made, an attack wa, male
upon the door with planks SC. Ii was broken In
the inner door and wall broken through and the negro
taken from his keepers, brought out, aud placed la
wagon which was driven at great speed down to the
Walker IT Bridge, where he placed in another car
riage and taken south, the way to Racine The mil
ay called out but had not gathered when the crisis
The Sheriff of Racine County with those who came
by the boat and had for the Of the
Dir Garland and Others Cor assault and battery Mr. u.
was arrested and taken j. Arnold office who acted
a. his counsel writ Of habeas corpus al once Issued
fom Judge Miers Court and he taken to that ohce
An understanding was entered into that Mr.. Garland
should be forthcoming Monday this morning, and he
was left in custody Of the United States Marshal to bepro
duced al that time. Milwaukee Sentinel, 18th u