Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-10-23
A slave Case il, the Cars.

VIOLENT PRocEEDfNGs.-The Washing
ton Star Of yesterday afternoon furnishes
the following: =. .4.z.s-s
I On Tuesday afternoon. as the 8 o'clock
train was on its way to Ba'.sm6te' scene
occurred not expected BY the passengers.
At the Annapolis JUNCTION, Judge Mary land
accompanied BY Judge Legrand, and other
gentlemen, got in the cars, aud. on the way
Judge Mason discovered colored man
whom he recognised as fellow who had
decoyed some nine or ten slaves from their
masters. He told the fact to the conductor. {
Mr.. Owen Humphreys, who overhauled
his tickets and found that the man was
pr opeily authorised TO travel on the road
was bonded for, and had an indispdtable
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, could..arrest the "fugitive," a.
understood. Resulting in the introduction
Of officer Busher, to whom the Judge made
the statement that he had made to Mr..
Humphreys. In the meantime the conduc.
tor discovered the fugitive in the private
department appropriated to ladies, sitting
along side of white woman. and ordered
him out. About this time officer Bu.her.
approached and gently arrested the colored
man. saying 81 want you," when the AZ
rested man struck the officer under the left
eye imprinting three Of his knuckles in
Bushef face Soaring him badly and bring.
ing the blood. The officer was Immediate
ly sustained by the passengers, who endeav-
ored to secure the prisoner, and during the
oPera.foh gentleman named Stone had
his thumb bitten badly blythe furious fellow.
Great excitement ensued, some Of the pas
sengers making for the negro TO kill him,
but Conductor Humphreys interfered tol.
the sake Of the good order Of the train, and.
So Regulated matters that the oficer and
others succeeded in handwriting the Il low
and securing him in the baggage car. Here
he was still irrasciblc. and IT required much
exertion to make him behave himself;
AT this stage ofmatters two persons appear
ed and took his part. They proved to be
Mr.. Kelley and a Mr.. Robertson, of
Phiiadeldhia, who interested themselves
particularly for the man under arrest Mr.,
w. A. Gaddes, Of Baltimore confronted
On arriving in. Baltimore. officer Chish.
dim was sent for and took the prisoner to
the southern district watch house, Judge
Mason being summoned to testify in the
matter. On questioning the black fellow
he answered that his name was Dan Thorn
as; that he was born near Hagerstown.
Mary land. and had been for two FEARS past
in the employ Of Mr.. Kelly, The gentleman
from Philadelphia. who lntefferef for him.
The white lad3 who sat beside him in the
private cars, he said. was the wife ofMr.
Kelly, and he wanted Mr.. K. 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 10 the
suspicion that they were allsiaye abductors'
The ilTmness and decision Of Captain
Humphreys aud the perseverance Of officer
Busher, wounded as he " as preyentedseri-'
Gus results there being several in the car
who wanted to shoot the fellow on the spot.
II was probably the most exciting scene
ever presented in the cars Of the Washing
ton branch railroad.