Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-11
From the Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Wheeler Slave Case-A Counter All
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davit.
We have seen paraded in the New York Tri-
b,t,ae and other prints of this abolition hue, the
affidavit of one of the servants of Col. Wheeler,
which statement was totally at variance with the
facts, as deposed in the in court by respect
able witnesses, whose testimony was corroborated
by all other witnesses, and not attempted to be
contradicted at the time by Williamson or his
counsel. We have below the testimony of a re-
spectacle white man, who was employed by these
conspirators, to drive the carriage, and which
shows conclusively the reluctance which the ser
wants showed in being thus rudely severed from
their true friend and the violent conduct and false
statements made by williamson and his friends
What these persons may represent the servants
as saying now, cannot in any unprecedented mind,
affect the case. That they accompanied willingly
MIR. Wheeler, that they were peacefully travel
ling together, that they were violently separated
by Williamson, and hnrriedly taken off against
their express will, cannot be denied Read the
following affidavit:
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, }
Cry OF PHILADELPHIA,
James McIlhone, being duly sworn according
to law, doth depose and say: ! am aged nineteen
years, and live in Second street below Dock, in
the city Of Philadelphia. / was on the 18th day
of July last in the employ of John Fowl, and
drove for him on that day carriage, No. 144.
On the 18th of July was standing with my
carriage on Dock street, between Front street and
Delaware avenue. About five o'clock, colored
boy came and told me to wait 1t was about five
O'Clock. ! waited about three minutes, and saw
crowd coming round the corner. They came
up to the carriage The crowd were forcing the
woman along. Two negroes were carrying the
boys. The woman and boys were crying saw
them crying and heard them too. They were
carried and put right into the carriage, and three
negroes got into the carriage with them and the
door shut quickly. The whole thing was
done very quick. The men who got into the
carriage We're two porters; one of them had a scar
on the neck, and the man who paid me- He was
well dressed negro. | have heard his name
was Stie. A colored boy, the same one who
engaged me got on the box. The well dressed
negro told me to drive to Tenth and Pine streets;
drove to Tenth and Pine, as we were going
along the boy said that he had about five minutes
to run to Seventh and Arch Ito Mr.. William
son 81 and back with letter. He said he went
into the house and gave the gentleman the letter,
and the gentleman told him to 90 down to the
wharf and get carriage and drive them away as
quick as he could. When they got to the corner
of Tenth and Pine, the told me to stop there, and
they opened the door and got out. The woman
and boy were still crying. The two porters and
the well dressed negro went with them. They
went down Tenth to little street running from
Tenth to Eleventh streets, between Lombard and
Pine, it is called Barley street.
Before the negroes got into the carriage, as they
were bringing tneln afong the street, the woman
| and boys going on so, and crying and hallooing
| that some person came up and asked the persons
who were bringing them along, ''what was the
matteri" and they said, ''she was sick woman,
and they wanted to take her home" The man
who gave this reply was the porter with the
on his neck (Custs.) The woman and boys
forced along to the carriage. From the way they
were pushing them ahead of them do not think
they were willing to go. They were crying all
the time from the time first saw them coming
up to the carriage until they left it. They were
crying pretty hard. could hear them crying
out on the box as was driving along the street.
The negroes were trying to keep them still from
halloong out. heard them telling them to keep
still, but they kept on crying. heard them
| coaxing them to keep still and not let the people
hear them going along. The negro boy on the
box told me they were sick people. He did not
tell me they had taken them from their master
He did not talk much. When Stille paid me he
did not say anything except ask me how much it
was. told him dollar and half. He handed
it to me (the money! and went way after the
rest who had gone on while he was paying me.
Sworn and subscribed be- his
August, 1855. mark.
CHARLES ID. FREEMAN, Alderman.