Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-23
UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT FOR FREE
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We copy the following from the Richmont IVA.
Wing Of July 24. 1t is Il hard case for the poo
free cOlUured man who attempted to aid the slave
in securing their freedom. lie will, no doubt
have to serve many years in the penitentiary fo
an act which every friend of humanity must APP
prove.
About sunrise, yesterday morning, Mr.. JOSEPH
a.. Chadwick, mate of the schooner 'Danville,' one
Of Currie Il Brothers Richmond and New York
packets, heard a strange noise proceeding as he
thought from the cooks galley, and knowing that
the cook himself was absent at market, determined
TO ascertain the cause of the sound. lie looked
into the galley, bat saw no one; he then lifted up
the cooks mattress, which was lying on The chain.
box close by, and saw inside of the b, a mans
hand. Mr.. Chadwick Immediately went and in
formed Capt. Chester, who was cunyeIsing with
the lock keeper, Mr.. Nuckels, on shore, and the
three went on board to investigate the matter.
Mr.. Nuckels lifted up the cover Of the chain-box,
and found a negro, named Tom, belonging to Mrs.
James Grey, lying on Il mattress, in u very con
tracted space. Without further search they took
Tom to the watch-house. lie had in his pocket
S39O.6S, viz: 1903 in paper, Sl27 in gold, anu
GS cents in hinge, which be said he stole from his
Iatheyin.law; but this is believed to be Il fabrica-
ton, as his tather-in.law alleges that he has lost
no money.
Capt. Wilkinson, of the night watch, asked
Tom if he knew anything Of a negro belonging to
VIM. IL. Mcfarland, Esq, named Martin, who ran
away a day or two before. Tom at first denied any
knowledge of him, but aftcrward stated that if
they would go and search the vessel they would
find him. Accordingly, Capt. Wilkinson went
down to the schooner, and getting Mr.. Nuckels to
aid him in the search, examined the chain-box
again. Lifting up the mattress upon which Tom
had been laying, they discovered Martin under
meath, nearly suffocated. From the fact that the
cook. a New York negro, named Lot Munday,
slept on top Of the box, it was thought that he had
furnished Tom aud Martin with facilities of escape
and he was at once taken into custody.
"The Mayors investigation of the affair elected
the facts we have shown above. The two negroes
Tom and Martin, were then examined separately,
and their statements very nearly agreed with euch
other; though the latter professed to have given
up the whole management Of the affair to Tom,
who first proposed the scheme of escape. 1t ap-
pears from their testimony, that they left their
homes on Sunday night, and skulked about the
suburbs until Tuesday night, when they went down
to the dock, and saw Lot Munday, for the first
time, sitting on the deck Of the schooner Danville.
Tom asked him if there was any chance to get off.
Lot replied that he reckoned there was, if they
could keep still and make no fuss, Tom then
agreed to give him $50 to aid them in escaping to
New York, and he put them into the chain-box.
Both negroes said they were satisfied with their
previous condition here, and had no expectation of
living more at ease at the North. Tom declared
that they merely wanted to go to New York for n
trolic, and Martin said he had no thought of 90
ing, until his companion persuaded him into il. A
letter, written 10y Mr.. Netherlands neice to a friend
in New York, was found in Martins possession.
lie had been directed to take it to the post.ofice,
but probably entertained the hope of delivering it
in person. lie had no money.
Lot Munday was remanded to Jail to be tried
before the Court of Hustings in August next. lie
has a white wife and two children in New York.
though he is about the blacklist negro we have ev-
er seen. Tom and Martin were detained as wit,
ncsses."
We learn, since the above was in type, that sew
eral white friends of Munday have gone to Rich
mond to interctde in his behalf. We hope they
may be successful.