Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-07
WHOLE NO. 40.
OUTRAGEOUS CoNsPIRACY---ESGEPE or
.. . THE KIDHAPPERS.

Our citizens will Ic astoundcd to learn tlit the
,hrec vile scoundrols John buchanan, Geo. Buchans
an and Wm. Grant, who were committed to our
county Jail for attempting to kidnap and murder
black man in our city Sunday, lOth inst, have
escaped 1t was not done by breaking the bars Of
their cells or any such means but it was none the
less well planned and sure in its results. They
are gonc--are beyond our reach. and all we are
permitted to do is to inquire into the circumstances
and to hold the PARTIES who have BEEN cnGaged
in the conspiracy to strict account before public
opinion.
We need not recapitulatc the circumstances
which led to the arrest and imprisonment OF the
kidnapdcrs. Tho public is well inIorlpcd OF tftFt
point. 1t only remains to be told how and by
whom they were released, and the circumstances
under which the release effected.
On Tuesday evening tho sheriff was served with
Il writ Of habcas corpus, issued by Chief Justice
Treat at Springfield commanding him to appear
before him in 3G hours thereafter, at chambers ir
that city, with the prisoners, that he might then
and there inquire whether said kidnappers were
justly held to bail and imprisoned.
Mr.. Thomas uoync, chief conspirator in tho
matter, directly started with them to Springfield
the public, in the meantime, being kept in utter ig-
norancc of the fact. On Tuesday morning. also,
nothing leaked out concerning 1T until after tho
supposed departure of the delegates to the Aurora
Convention, among whom were two of the ator-
news, Maniorre and Haven. And it was not until
. O'Clock in the afternoon that Sheriff Bradley
gave to MIR. Anthony, the remaining attorney, no.
tce that the was to have Il hearing in twenty
four hours thereafter, and that in that time he was
to gather his Witnesses, prepare all the paYsrs and
get to Springfield over two hundred miles distant.
Such summary" proceeding character
istic Of the supporters of the Fugitive Slave Law
and present Rum and Slavery party as it was sub
vcrsive of public justice. OF course, Messrs.
lIoync and Bradley knew that the attorneys and
witnesses could not go so far on SO short notice.
Nay more, they knew that two of the attorneys
were absent from the city, and at the time the prls
oners were spirited away, none of them were ex-
pccted to be here during the day, as all had been
appointed delegates to the Aurora Convention.
Our readers and the public will that the
scheme was well planned by District Attorney
lIoyne and his coadiutors, and well executed by
Mr. Sheriff Bradley, whose completely is most
glaring. Mr.. lloyno knew that if he could gee
the writ served and secure the cooperation of the
Sheriff, he could get the kidnappcrs and would-Ie
murdercrs away and have them discharged and run
off to Missouri even before the attorneys against
them, as well many Of the witnesses, would
return from the Aurora Convention.
Of Mr.. lIoyns no other course Of conduct could
be expected, forit has become an anxiom, that
none but those who willing to prostitute them
selves to the bascst purposes hold Office under
! the present Rum and Slnvery-propaganda Admin
istration. But for Mr.. Sheriff Bradley, Of whom
we had right to expect an entirely different course
of conduct, what excuse can be offered? He not
only hastened off the prisoners without giving no
tce to the prosecution but without any necessity,
for the law allowed him the most ample delay.
Nay more, he knew that were he to do his duty
the writ of habeas corpus would be worthless for
Grand Jury had that very day found true bill of
Indictment against the prisoners; which indict-
mcnt would have held them, and certainly brought
them to trial and merited punishment. But Mr..
Bradley saw fit to overlook this fact, until he Lad
surrendered them and they were on their way to
Springfield and even after he had been notified
of what he tried to profess ignorance Of that an
indictment was lying against them at the time of
their delivery, he made no attempt, that we have
been able to hear of, to retakc them upon that in
dicment, and return them to prison, to undergo
trial for Of the greatest outages that has been
perpetrated in our city for many years,