Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-10
from 10. New York Tribune.
ARREST OF sLAvE-CATCHERS,
HARRisBro, Saturday, Feb. 24-6 p. .

HARRisBr0, Saturday, Feb. 24--6 =. NJ.
Our borough has been thrown into n state Of cS.
citemeut for the past twenty-four hours, in conse.
quence OF n daring attempt of an obnoxious slave.
catcher, and two unprincipled co'ored men, to kid
nap q o6lorcd free 10y, at q late hour on Friday
night. The names OF the accused are Sol" Sny
der, Ia we'll known traihcker in human blood, and
tue stool pigeon" Ct the Southern sOuldriyers,
Tor this vicinity James Thompson, colored, form
crly OF Holidaysburgh in this State.
The boy upon whom this bold attempt to rob him
Of his freedom was made, is named George CLARK,
aged about eighteen years, and was born aud rails
cd in Carlisle, Pa.
Clark had been lured from a dancc-houso kept
by a colorcd man above Harrisburg, under the
pretext of being sent on an erraud for brandy for
the occasion. Thompson and jackson accomra-
MED him, and took him to ~Snyder's residence, in
the lower section Of our borough, and invited him
up stairs to get some grog. immediately after
entering Suyder's room, the latter fastened the
door and said: CLARK, | am going to send you"
or take you back to your MASTER A struggle
ensued the boy made for a window fronting on
the depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad, broke the
sash througli--severely cutting his ARMAND raised
the cry of Murder" A number of citizens and
colored folks made for the spot, and found CLARK
hanging out of the window some forty feet from
the ground, head downward, and Snyder and his
wife holding on to the other end, in good earnest,
A party rushed up stairs, and learned from the
the boy that he was a free negro that an attempt
had been made to knock him down aud gag him,
and that his only refuge was a prcclpitous exit
from the window.
Snyder, who stood like a felon detected in his
wicked act, and had nothing to say for himself
was Immediately taken before q magistrate, an
thence to prison. jackson has been captured
since but Thompson made his escape.
AL l03 O'Clock Snyder had a hearing before ESQ
Reader, and was committed in default of 81 200
bal, at least the security was not forthcoming at tht
time of this writing, nor is there any likelihood o
any iu&isidsal i~nTelving himself in so dangerous
n case-a pTima fdoid act of kidnapping. Snydel
is an inveterate slave-hu inter-, and has barely cs
capped the penalty of the law on two or three oc
casions, while one of his accompl COS was driver
from this community, with the mark of Cain upor
his brow, and remained abroad for a period Of two
years, Latterly, since settling the affair, he ha;
been permitted to come into this community, but
is now an object for the finger of scorn to point at
"Sol' has at last been caught, and his attempts
to rcfute the serious charge brought against hin
will be of no avail. Justice is slow but certain
was never SO truthfully verified as in this instance.
During the examination of Snyder, the magistrates
office and vicinity Of the prison were filled with
spectators, and the joy Of the coiored population
knew no bounds on bcholding their inveterate
enemy in the hands of the officers of the law.
jackson is to have a hearing on Monday. The
officers are in search of Thompson, but up to this
hour he has eluded their vigilance.
Numerous witnesses have been placed under
bonds to appear at the next term OF Court, when
the matter will be tried and there is no particle
of doubt that the kidnappers will be dealt with to
tie fullest extent of the law. Numerous instances
OF a similar nature, it is alleged, have occurred il
our community, and so adroitl were they managed
that no one was conversant with the isct until TOT
late for practical purposes"
The cries of the intended victim, Clark, wer'
heart-rending, and soon brought a large crowd t
Snyder's residence; and the paint from the wealth
er-boarding Of the building is scatche oil in long
I.-.l IL 4.-,n hon nnn IL thn hoy
heels we're employed in his endeavors to free HIN
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