Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-09-19

The New York EUening Post says:-

The New York E0ening Post says:-
% The Missourian slave catchers have been
held to bail III the sum of s. 900 dollars each
for firing upon the black man whom they
claimed as fugitive slave, and whose name is
Turner. In default Of bail the prisoners were
sent to jail. Turner, in company with four
other fugitive slaves, left the city on Sunday
by the Chicago branch of the Underground
railroad.
From the report of the evidence, we take
John MeFarland's account of the etfair:-
Saw the three men yesterday Sunday on
Wells street, about 10 or 30 minutes past II
O'clock near corner of jackson street; two of
them had the negro by the side and one by
the back of the neck; they hauled him along
the sidewalk for a considerable distance; he
got over the fence, they held on to him and
pulled him back again hauled him along
short distance, and he got hold of tree
they pulled him away and one struck him
across the hand two or three times with
pistol the negro then struggled and shook
two of his assailants off; the three had hold
of him at the time one struck him with the
pistol the negro shook off two of them and
the third held on the colored man ran and
one of the gentlemen fired at him could not
say whether the man who fired was the one
who struck the negro with the pistol; saw no
other implements at that time at the COM
mencement of the struggle the negro had no.
thing in his hands, but when he got through
he had pistol in his possession as soon as
they fired at the negro the three men pursued
him; ran down Van Buren, street towards
Jackson ; followed him nearly half block
two Of them were surrounded by the crowd,
and advised to let him alone they had fol-
lowed him down to an alley, where the negro
turned in two of the pursuers stood opposite
a house, and the crowd advised them to leave
they accordingly started; couldn't tell where
they went the other man went round the
east side of the house this man was advised
to leave, but he replied that the negro was his
and that he paid for him the Missourian
then went up Sherman street towards the
Bradley House witness afterwards saw him
there did not see this man (whom the wit
ness recognized as John Buchanan after he
was turned away from the Bradley House;
there were no persons around at the time eX-
cept Mr.. Wallace l was on the opposite side
Of the walk the negro called for help no
Others collected till the negro got down tow
ards jackson street /; as sooL as the shot was
fired crowd collected from the other side OF
the walk the first l saw of the transaction
the three men had hold of the negro didn't
know where they came from saw two of the
men with pistol each.
George Brown testifes as follows -
Was going on Sunday, about noon, down
Wells street, when l saw three men trying to
hold negro, one on each side of him, and
the one behind had handkerchief trying to
twist it-when the negro broke loose John
Buchanan followed him-then heard pistol
report-the shot came from the sidewalk-saw
the colored man jump across the gutter into
the street, and the man who fired standing on
the sidewalk = saw the man twisting the
handkerchief before the shot was ired--the
other men were holding the negro-do not
recollect of seeing any other persons present
was about half block off when the shot was
fired-was on the right hand side of Wells
street.
The three men then pursued the negro going
towards Jackson street.-the negro ran behind
house on that street, which was the last |
saw of him-saw one of the pursuers pull out
some papers did Mt see the colored man take
hold of anything during the affray-the smoke
came from person standing on the walk,
where one of the accused was-was two or
three feet from the Missourian, when he
pulled out his papers saw also the head of
pistol at the time the shot was fired, and saw
one of the men take aim-then heard the re-
middle of the street.
The officers who arrested the kidnappers
testified to finding long bladed knife and
pistol upon George Buchanan, and a pistol
and pocket knife upon Grant, and upon John
Buchanan revolver, one barrel of which had
been discharged.