The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-11
THE DAILY UNION

hoef tne night previous In company with Miss Siayma~
kesi hem Lancaster H this STATE where she had lived
since she was girl OF eight years report circulating
among The directors OF the underground railroad this
place that she slave travelling in company with her
mistress delegation Of their agents was instructed
spirit her away Yesterday morning about six O'Clock
while she was al breakfast crowd Of some hadozen ne
groes headed by barber named l. Davis rushed the
ROOM and despite her repeated assertions that she
free woman seized and carried her of forciby using
siderable violence in doing Mr.. Say maker, who
also At the table inerered prevent the abduction but
was held back aud rather roughly handled The woman
screamed loudly but dsregardng her shres the rascay
mob forced her along Third to Wood where
they secre'ed her in place prepared previously for the
purpose.
short time after Of the proprietors Of the City Ho
tel went 10 DR. NJ r. Deany, prominent colored citizen
(who director or conductor the o. g. X r. and by
representing TO him that woman was actually free and
never had been slave succeeded through his influence
IN having her returned TO the hotel where she still remains
suffering severely from the injuries received In the bru,
kidnapping.
The woman, although always free has the appearance
and great many Of the characteristics OF slave and this
probably led to the abduction The negroes concerned 10
were no, servants the hotel with the exception Of one
the steward, who was promptly discharged by Messrs
Glass Carr when they informed he had assisted in
the outrage Great credit is due these gentlemen for
the active part taken by them in restoring the poor
10 her kind mistress again We feel assured either
Of them had been about when the took place
it would not have happened
[PmsJmy Posi-, March g.
HOPELESS cAsE-The Boston Journal chronicles the
following remarkable II may be safely asserted that
Mrs Margaret McGrath, aged ninetytwo is beyond the
reormatory influence of all the temperance societies the
land:
"A woman named Margaret King alias Margaret Nc
Grath ninetytwo years of age who took lodgings at sta
ton No on Tuesday night brought into station No
last evening in state of ntoxcation The police saw
that she has plump rosy face firm step and a strong
voice II is also true that she has strong appetite for in
toxicatng liquors is stranger in the police court
has been brought into the station house times for the
last six months, raving crazy from drink On Saturday
night last she brought in in that condition and while
there commenced an attack upon in the same
CELL in which she displayed remarkable knowledge of the
puglstc art She states that she has lived IN Boston for
sixty years. has had three husbands who dead or have
run away She is resident of the North End She
is truly novel relic of ancient days"
DEATH Bill PooLEThe death of this noted pugilist
appears to have caused the intense excitement in
New York. correspondent writes
"The death of Bill Poole the pugst yesterday morn
ing created sensation not only among his personal
friends but thousands who saw him. all over the
city and the feeling engendered against Morrissey and his
murderous gang may yet lead to further bloodshed 1t
said Poole died penitent and freely forgave his
mics including the whom he looked upon as his muir
dere Morrssey At his request his mother read chapter
in the Bible to him short time before he died His last
request that he might be buried in his best suit of
black clothes and placed in vault above ground and
also that his deceased child buried in Greenwood Cemetery
should be dsnterred and placed upon his breast in the
vault He leaves wife and young son. He was ma
tive Of New jersey 33 years of and butcher by trade
His funeral takes place Sunday Pat Mclaughlin one
of the party that assaed Poole is prison. and will be in
diced for murder Yesterday the police arrested Corne
Illus Linn and Charles Van Pelt accessories The mayor
is making every effort to the of Rsker who
has disappeared
The Tribune says:
AT the post norton examination of the body of Poole
made by Dr. Fnne the singular fact to light that
the bullet which supposed to have dropped of the
wound at the time mbedded in the heart II is
derfu that immediate death did Cases of life
for many days after wound in the heart very rare