Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-08-10
IProm the PhlIad.lphia Pennsylvauian.l
The Wheeler Slave Casa Counter Al

The Wheeler Slave Casa Counter AT
hdavit,
We have seen paraded iu the New York Tribune
and otheIpnntS OfthIS abolition hue, the affidavit
of one 6ft6eservants Col. heller, which state
ment was totally at variance with the facts as de-
posed in the case IN court by respectable witness
SEES, whose testimony was coIroboTaled by all the
other witnesses, and not attempted to be contradict
ed at the time by Williamson OF his council. We
have below the testimony Of a respectable white
man, who was employed by these comsrirators, to
drive the carthage, aud which shows cOnclusIveIy
the reluctance which the servants showed in be-
ing thus rudely severed from their true friend, and
the violent conduct aud false statements made by
Williams and his fIienis.
What these persons may represent the servants
as saying now, cannot IN any unpIeludlced mind,
Affect the case. That they accompanied willingly
Mr. Wheeler, that they Were peacefully travelling
together, that they were violently separated by
Williamson, and hurHedIY taken of against their
express will. cannot he denied. Read the follow
ing affidavit:
STATE OF PEsSsvEyAslA, SIS.
Cry OF PHILADELPHm, 5 al
James ATcIlhone, beng duly sworn according to
law, doth depose and say: am aged nineteen
Yeas, and live in Second street below Dock, in
the city Of Phi!apelphia. was on the 18th day
OF July last in the employ Of John Fowl, and drove
for him on that day currage, No. l44. On the
18th of July was standing with my carriage on
About five O'Clock, colured boy chine and told
me to wait. 1t was about five o'clock. waited
about three minutes, aud saw a crowd coming
round the corner. They came up to the carriage.
The crowd were forcing the woman along. Two
negroes we've carrying the boys. The woman and
boys were crying. saw them crying aud heard
them Too. They were carried aud put right into
the carnage, and Ihree negroes got into the car
rage with them, and The door was shut quickly
The whole thing was done Very quick. The men
who got INTO the caIrage were TWO portsrSj one
Of them had scar on the neck, and the man " no
paid me. He was well dressed negro. have
heard his name Stitie. coloEed boy, the
same one who engaged ne got on the box. The
well dressed negro told me 10 drive TO Tenth and
Pine streets; drove 10 Tenth md Pine; as we
were going along The boy said that he had about
| five minutes TO run up to Seventh and Arch Ito
Mr. WIinmson'Sl anu back with letter. He
said he went into the house anLgave the gentle
man the letter, ami the gentleman told him TO go
down to the wharf and get carriage and drive
them away as quick as he could When they got
to the corner oil Tenth and Pine, they told me 10
stop there, and they opened the door aud got Ou:.
The woman aud two boys were still crying. The
two polteIS and the well dressed negro went with
them. They went down TENN to little street
running from Tenth to Eleventh sts., between
Lombard aud Pine, 1t is called Barley street.
Before the negroes got into the carriage, as they
were bringing them along the street, the woman
and bows gong on So and crying and halloong thai
some person came up and asked the Persons who
were bringing them along. "what was The lnutteE!"
and they said, ''she was sick woman, aud they
wanted 10 take her home" The man who gave
this reply the porter with the scar on his neck
| (Custls.) The woman and boys were forced along
10 the carriage. From the way they were pushing
them ahead Of them do not think they were will
ling to go. They were crying all the time from The
time hrst saw them coming up 10 the carriage
until they left ii. They were crying pretty hard
could hear them crying ont on The box as was
driving along the street. The negroes were trying
to keep than still from hollooing out. heard
them telling item to keep still, but they kept on
crying. head them cos1lng them to keep still
and not let the people hear them going along
The negro boy OH the box told me they were sick
people. He did not tell me they had taken then
from their master. He did not talk much. When
StiIe paid me he did not say anything except ask
NE how much 1t was. told him a dollar aud Z
half He handed it 10 me (the money! and wen
away alter the rest who had gone on while he was
paying NE.
f. Is Sss 81 day JAMES ~. Aslt"oaE
CHAs. D. FREEMAN, Alderman.