The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-02-06

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Writ Of Habeas Corpus Taken Out
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GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The city was thrown into much ex-
eitement yesterday morning by the in
formation that a party of slaves, sixteen
% all, had made q stampede from Ken
lucky to this side. of the river. Other
Circumstances, however, which after
ward stranspired, have impaired a de-
gree of horrible interest to- the affair
different to that which usually attends
Sstampeds D negroes. The particulars
akeas follows:SThree eff the slaves, who
bore the relationship of father, mother
aud son, the two former apparently
about hffy years of age the son twenty
Eve, we're the property of Mr.. James
Marshan[ Richwood Station, Boone
county, about sixteen miles back of Gov
ineton, and Eve others, consisting Of a
Woman named Peggy and her four chill
dfen, the oldest about FIVE years of age,
ther youngest an infant at the breast.
belonging to Mr.. Archibald K. Gaines,
who resided In the Immediate vicinity of
Mr. Marshall. Peggy was married TO
young Simon, the Slave of Mr.. Marshall,
and the son Of the old couple with whom
he ran away. It seems that about ten
o'clock on Sunday night the party took
! pair Of horses and a sleigh, belonging
- Mr. Marshall, with which they drove
to- CoIngtop, where they left the team
stasltng outside the Washington House,
yS11ere L was found by the landlord, the
Horses very much blown from the severe
manner in which they had been driven
In the meantime the party of eight
crossed the river OF the ice and took
refuge ii abouse, The fourth below Mill
creek bridge, tenanted by a negro
named Kite, a son of old Joe Kite, wall
known for ycarsin this city. Young
Kite vas we'll acquainted with the
parties. for he has himself lived in their
~neiehborhood, having been formerly
owned there, bnt his freedom was pur-
chased some time since by his father.
Early yesterday morning, Mr. Gaines,
accompanied by q son of Mr.. Marshall,
arrived 10 this city in pursuit of the fu-
Application was made to the Uniteds
States Commissioner Pendery, who,
fhereupon. issued his warrant, which
was placed in the hands of the United
States Marshall who, having received
Information of. the hiding place of the
fugitives, collected a posse of officers,
some from Kentucky, and others belong
ing tc-this city, and with DIR. Gaines,
Mr. Marshall, jr., and Major Murphy,
who accompanied them from Redwood,
they proceeded to the residence of Kite.
Arrived there they found the doors and
windows fastened, but, upon laundering
at the door, Kite looked out of a win
dow, and at first agreed to admit them
but afterwards refused 10 do so, aud at
this j~uncture, as they were about to
force an entrance, ysung Simon fred
from the window with 8 revolver, the
ball from which struck the finger of one
of the depntised marshafs named John
Patterson, and then lodged 10 his upper
lip, leaving the finger hanging by a mere
thread Upon this the door was burst
in. when Simon fred three more shots
At the party, fortunately, however, with
out. either taking effect. Mr.. Gaines
seized him by the wrist and wrenched
the pistol from his hand beforeh he could
shoot the other two barrels of, it being
a SIX shooter. But a deed of horror
had been contaminated, for weltreing
in its blood, the throat being cut from
ear to ear, and the head almost severed
from the body, upon the floor lay one
of the children of the younger couple, a
girl three years old, while in a back
room. erouched beneath the bed, two
more of the children, boys, of two and
Eve years, were moaning, the n hav-
ing received two gashes in its throat,
the other q cash upon its head As the
party entered the room, the mother was
seer WELDING a heavy shovel, and be-
fore she could be secured, she inflicted
heav5 tIow with it upon the face of
the infant, which was lying upon the
floor. The Whole party having been ar
medical aid was procured for the
little sufferers, whose wounds were not
of q fatal character, and then all were
carried to the Office of the United States
Marshal, when United States Commits
sioner Pendery fixed the hearing of the
case for this morning at nine O'Clock.
sgooroner MenziRs immediately hast
eDed to the spot where the dead body OF
the child was found and summoned a
jury, when after examining five of the
parties Who first burst into theshouse,
not one of whom, however, could throw
any light as to whether the father or
mother of the child had committed the
bloody deed, the further hearing of tes-
timony was postponed until this morn
The only information derived from
the eldest boy, in replyto who had in
and the other children, is
that the folks 10 the house did it. When
taken to the Office of the United States
Marshal, the woman declared that they
had reserved their wounds II. the melee
which followed the entrance of thespoSss
the house, but this is known to be
untrue. The fearful act lies between one
or the other Of the miserable parents,
perhaps both, but, doubtless, the truth
viii be brought out by the Coroner to-
The old couple are mild and rather
in their appearance the mo
thsf ofthe childD 8 g~oodIookipg hear !