Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-06
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u ket1Kned 70 slavery.
Great Excitement existed throughout the cify
the whole Of yesterday. III consequence OF thc
arrest Of party Of siares, and the murder OF
her child BY a Shave mother, While the officers
we're in the ACT OF making the arrest. A party
Of seventeen slaves escaped from Boone and
kentoa counties in Kentucky {sboat sixteen
miles from the ohio,) on sunday night iass. and
taking with them two horses and Sled and
drove that nightto the Ohio river, opposite TO
Western Row in this city. Leaving the horses
and sled standing there, they crossed the river
on foot % the ice.
Five Of them we're slaves of Archibald K
Gaines, three OF JOHN Marshall, both living in
Boone county, short distance beyend Florence
and six Of Lew 7. Dangherty, Of Kenton county,
We have not learned who claims the other three
About O'Clock this morning the masters and
their agents arrived in pursuit OF their property
They swore cut warrant before j. L. Pendery,
Esq, r. s. Commissioner which was put into
the hands Of Depity I. S, Marshal, Geo. S. Ben
net, who obtained information that they were in
he,ase belonging to son Of Jo Kite the third
house beyond Miilcreek. The son was formerly
o.sned in the neighborhood from which they had
escaped, and was bought from slavery by his IA
/ Their.
Abont 10 o'clock the Deputy T. S. Marshal
proceeded there with his posse, including the
Slave owners, their agent and Major Murphy, a
keniuckian, and large slave holder Kite was
called ont and agreed to open the door, but at
| forwards refused, when two Kentucky officers
| assisted by some of the Deputy Marshals forced
| it, whereupon the Young negro man, named 81
mon, the father of the children, fred revolver
| three times before he opcrpowerea. By one
Of these shots special Marshal John Patterson,
!! who raised his to reach the pistol, had two
of his fingers on his right hand shot or the bah
! afterwards striking his lip.
In the house were found four adults, viz old
Simon and his wife, and young Simon and his
wifc, and four children of the latter, the oldest
near six years, and the Youngest tabe of about
nlne months. One of these, however was lying
on the floor dying, its head cut almost entirely
off. There was also cash about four inches
| long in the throat of the eldest and wound on
/ the head OF the other bov.
The officers state tina: when they question:
cd the boys about their wounds they said the
| folks threw them down and tried to kill them.
| The Young woman, Peggy, and her four chill
drcn belonged to Marshall, and her husband and
the old man Simon and the old woman Mary, TO
Gaines. Old Simon and Mary are the parents
] of Young Simon.
The other nine of the party, we were informed,
were put upon the cars yesterday, by director
of the underground railway and furnished with
through tickets
Those arrested in Kites house, were taken to
the L. S. Court Rooms about II O'clock. and
guarded there until o'clock, when Commission
er Pcndery came and opened his court.
Gaines appeared to claim his negroes Mar
| shall was represented by his son. but as he had
| no power ofauorney from his father, the case.
was postponed until o'clock this morning, in
order to give him time to supply his omission.
/ The fugitives were taken to the Hammond
| street station house to be kept over night The
Marshal attempted to GET hack to carry them
there, but the crowd frightened all the hackmea
that were called so they declined. They wCra
| afraid their carriages would be broken by tae
mob
About an hour after they were taken there.
Mr.. Gaines came along with the dead body Of
the murdered child He was taking it to Gov
! ing,on for interment that ii might rest in ground
| consccratcd to slavery.
| About g o'clock habeas corpus was issued
by Judge Burgoyne, and put into the hands of
Deputy Sheriff jeff. Buckingham. He went
| down to the Hammond street Station House. ac-
| companied by posse, and took possession of
the fugitives. Deputy Marshal Bennett refused
at first to give them up, but at length, after
sulting with Mayor Farran, came and agreed TO
compromise by permitting them o be lodged for
Siie hccpiiS III t!ic county Jili DuTili tllS uC-
bate, Lieut.. Hazcn, who has charge of the Ham
mond street Sutton House, refused to admit the
gentlemen who Swore out the habeas corpus
| When Gaines, the master came along he was
| freely admitted, and this gentlemen walked in
behind him, but WAS seized by Lieut. Hazeu and
put out,
Deputy Sheriff Buckingham having but the fu-
gitiycs in bus. got in himself, and directed it
to be driven to the Jail, but Mr.. Bennett jumped
on the box and ordered the driver to drive to
| the L. S. Court Rooms. Here another fuss en-
sued, and Bennett by the assistance of special
. Marshall, run tie fugitives up into his Office
But Buckingham sent for Sheriff Brdshears and
a large force, and BY these they were re-takeo
and finally lodged in the county Jail about s o.
clock last evening,
They are now in the custody Of the Sheriff ana
it is said will not be forthcoming to attend Com
missioner Pcndrey's Court this morning.
Judge Burgoyne, after Issuing the writ, start
ed to Columbus. Il is presumed he will be bac;
at II o'clock this morning, the hour at which
the writ is reurnahc.