New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-15
THE RTHRUP KIDNAPPING CASE.
Frnrn The Snr,foc. Whis.

From The sarstogs Whis
In the matter of Alexander Merrill and Joseph Rrsse!,
arrested for nveieng Solomon Norhrup free eolored
man from Saratoga Springs TO the City oi Washington,
and selling him into slavery D.,,r
An examination held before Abel Meeker ana DAVID
Maxwell Esqs Justices of the Peace at Baiston spa on
Tuesday July II, 1854.
Win. T. Oden District Attorney, and Henry b. Nor
thrup apd Geo. &. Scott, appearing for the prosecutor
and Wn Wait appearing for prisoner Merrill and Jehn
Soiomon Northrup sworn-says he was ~ the 10th Of
ts month"; resided at Saratoga Springs in the month OF
March lsfl: had a family at that place consisting OF
wife and three children knows prisoner now IN Court
first SAW him at Saratoga Springs Ia 1871, latter part oi
March there another man with hiin an assoc,ae'
who is now sitting beside him; one nov known as her
ri called his Merrill Brown, and the other ciiied
his Abraham Hamilton be hrst saw mem al M
Moons tavern al Saratoga Springs they did not appear
10 have eny particular business they wished 10 hre WIZ
mes. TO 60 to NewYork with them to drive their Garage
and nlay the fiddle in circus company 10 which thsy
aid they belonged they offered him one dollar per day
and exrepses from the time he left until he retarnei'
thew had csiege and span OF horses there at the tune
he drove their horses attached TO the carriage 70 Aoa!
nv Coboes and thence 10 Sew-fork Cy after ms ar
rival in New-York be wished to leave, Out psonefs
wanted him 10 stay and 60 10 Washington wi'h mem
l.. finally concluded go with them and accordingly
went 10 the Custom House and obiained ir-e papers Is
he YVES afraid 10 60 TO washington VIM wnngu. '11%
House and got what witness supposed 20 be ree papers
having obtained free papers they took the horsss u
carriage and went TO Baltimore through Ne"JeFs3
he Ior,es and carriage were left at baltimore saw
Thaddeus ST. John in Baltimore from Baltimore Wen, 20
Washington in the railroad car said they were solhS
10 meet the circus and would come back WIN " aEci
in Weshinctop the night before Gen. Harrison fsnerai
.topred at Gadsby hotel; was around with ihe prison.
ers during the day and drank with them frequently au
smoked with them. They charged hin particularly 10
NOT leave them taken sick daring the AFTERNOON
and rot worse during the evening so that he vas nsehs
he don't know how long before he recovered but iodnd
himself next in Williams Slave Pen. IN Washington,
with handouts snd fetters, and feers fastened 70 ns
in the floor the first white persons ihat came IN were
James Birch and Ebenezer Radbarn; one asked MN
how he felt; told him he sick. ddn know VIVA, was
hsndcuffed there; Birch said he had bought witness
told Birch be was free man. and Birch said ne va:
liar and that he had away IRON georgia lolh hira
never hsd been in Georgia and could get evidence from
New York that he was born tree ana hsu d"ays oSrH
ee man Birch said he would not hear any OF ms Hes
and \; be denied having run away from Georgia would
fog him. had 10 coa, hat on nor money tIey nashs
Leop tak from him during the night; told Brch tnei
s he ever COT free would know the reason OF hs ea-
nen, and Birch told Radburn 10 get paddle and CATO
e.tes; Radburn held him asro~s oehcn Win ~
f, on bi handouts and then Birch broke the paddle
-, him after which he took the cato. ninetas ana
,b;nnsd him with that until Radburn told him 70 STOP
re- he would be too 20 TO New-orlein Eenisne
:, the saye-ren awhile and was then taken WIKI o''e
neeroes by steamboat piece and thence oy raroad W
~srL IA was taken from thence with other negroes
=. New Orleans in brig; at Neworieass "a' eleiisI
- man named Freeman, who came on board Tue Nsse'
"a ,ook him 10 save-pen, whence he was soa 70 ~.
7, Ed 10 90 up 10 Red River was neAl sYit 20 oo
E T,be,,s and then to Edwin Epps, who lived az bayou
~ IL wa. kept in Slavery for nearly we've .ea,
bo.i' -, !, lss3 He was that day set ~ liberty
W ,u,rsd 70 his family. He has never seen eu' "a
an" % o,s ,yo,n the time he was taken SICK III " Ssu
@ nj, last week He hrst saw MsrrIi .h a., -
@ ;lss from roudas Bush hrst saw LIN III Veu - ~
house Of prisoners father Il o.. - the ws.pous