The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-02
The Fugitive Slave Case In Cincinnati


The Cincinnati papers bring fuI accounts Of tn
escape Of l6 slaves from Kentucky Saturda,
night to that city, and Of the tragedy that follow
ed as heretofore mentioned by telegraph. 1t ap
pears several of them took refuge in the house of
colored man name Kite, whittier the L.. $. Mar
shal anda posse proceeded to arrest them. This
Columbian, Of Tuesday after stating these facts
says:
Arriving at the premises. word was sent the fl
gtiyes 10 surrender. a firm and decided mega
tive was the response. The officers backed by
large crowd, then made a descent. Break inG
open the doors, they were assailed by the negroe'
with cudgels and pistols Several shots were fired
but only one took effect, far as we could ascer
tain. bullet struck man named John Patter
son. one of the Marshars deputies, tearing off 8
finger of his right hand and dislocating several o.
his teeth No other of the officers injured, the
negroes being rendered powerleSs before they
could reload their weapons
. On looking around, horrible was the sight which
met the eyes of the officers In one corner of the
room was a negro child bleeding to death. His
throat was cut from ear to car, and the blood was
spouting out prOfusely, showing that the deed was
but recently committed Scarcely was this fact
noticed when q scream issuing from an adjoining
room drew their attention thither. A glance into
the apartment revealed a negro woman holding in
her hand knife literally dripping with gore, over
the heads Of two little negro children, who were
crouehed to the foor and uttering the cries whose
agoniZed peals first startled them. Quickly tho
knife was wrenched from the hand of the infu-
rated negrcss. and a more close investigation in
stituted as to the condition of the infants. They
were discovered to be cut across the head and
shoulders, but not very seriously injured although
the blood trickled down their backs and upon their
sleeves.
The negreSs ayowed herself the mother of the
children, and said that she had killed one, and
would like to kill the three others rather than
thf
crowd about the premises had become prodigous,
and it was with no inconSiderable difficulty that
the negroes were secured in carriages and brought
to the United States District Court rooms. on
Fourth street. Thepopulace followed the vehicles
closely, but evinced no active desire to effect a
rescue. Rumors of the story soon circulated all
over the city.
The door was besieged with applicants for ad-
mission; but all, officers alone excepted, were re
fused admittancC. United States Commissioner
Penderey held Il lnomeutary session of court, and
fixed this morning at o'clock, as the time of in
vestigation, ordering the prisoners to be kept Ill
the close custody Of the marshal until that hour
After The crowd had mostly dispersed, the ne
grocs were removed to the Hammond street Sta
ton House, and there ceniined during the after
noon. Here, as in the former case, access was de-
MED ALL excepting officers and friends Of the mas
ters The application OF this rule seemed some
what TO displeasc an amiable looking gentleman,
whose meek aud modest mlen were generally voted
to be those Of an abolitioniSt.
Toward evening Deputy Sheriff jeff Bucking-
ham, arrived with writ of hdbeos corpus from
Judge Burgoyne, of the Probate Court, requiring
the production of the negroes forthwith before
him, and sum1noning Deputy Marshals Bennett
and Ellis to show cause why they made the arrest
To this proposal, so far as the production of the
negroes was concerned Bennett at first refused to
accede claiming that, under Judge MeLeans ru-
ling, no State Court had right to demand and
enforce the presence of prisoners held under the
United States law. A disposition being evinced by
the State officers to see the mandate OF Judge Bur
goyne complied with, compromise finally
agreed to, by which the negroes were to be com
Inited to the county Jail until morning, and then
placed at the disposal of the Marshal he agreeing
to bring them before the Probate Court by eleven
O'Clock A. NJ, on condition that he should not be
with in taking them to the L. s. Com
mis6ioners room, at o'clock.
An omnibus was then sent for in which to re-
move the negroes Arriving in front of the door,
they were taken from their cells, and then it was
that we caught a glimpse of their ebony proper
tons One of the men and one of the women are
very largely built and seem almost OF Herculean
strength. The other male and female are not
above the medium height. The smaller one of the
women il was who murdered the child.
Making the inquiry of Mr. Gaines, he informed
us that the women and children were his property,
and that the two men belonged to Mr. Marshall
There was something of intelligence in the coun-
tenance of the younger female, and nothing OF that
ferocity that might have been expected. She held
a babe in her arms, and seemed to regard it with
tie usual tenderness of a mother.
Finally, the party of slaves were placed in the
omnibus, and deputy marshal Bennett aud deputy
sheriff Buckingham got inside the vehicle with the
negroes. Deputy marshal Ellis took the seat with
the driver. Reaching Fourth street, the omnibus
turned to the loft instead of the right toward Syca
more ST. Soon the driver paused before the u, S.
Courtroom. The door of the omnibus was thrown
open, and the negroes, assisted by the marshals
and deputies, were hurried up stairs before the
sheriffs were fairly aware of the game being play
cd upon them
They did appreciate il, however before it was
entirely consunmated, and strongly expressed their
They even family attempted 10
resist the marshals, but their force was too small
to enable them to do SO effectually. Besides, de-
putty marshal Ellis called on all the people, in the
name OF the United States to assist and iiourished
a huge revolver, threatening to use it, if the
emergency required, sooner than relinquish his
prisoners.
BY this time the slaves were up stairs, but with
them was JEFF. Buckingham, who soon appeared
at the balcony and, In loud voice, requested the
friends of justice and States Rights" to inform
Sheriff Brashears of his position, and request him
to send sufficient force to secure possession of
the negroes in accordance with the requirement Of
the Probate Court
The commoton caused by this announcement
brought another crowd TO the spot, which aug
menied ior half hour, and then dwindled away
as The prospect OF collision grew less and less ap.
parent.
At eight o'clock last evening the negroes were
peaceabiy removed from the United States court
room to the county JAIL where they now remain
Jallor Mclean informs that the sheriff has en-
tire custody OF their personstLat the marshal can
OBTAIN them only By the consent Of the sheriff
The prospect for an exciting time this morning is
'mhehse The people are becoming interested.
A conflict between the State and United States
government seems inevitable. 1t may be ayerted
W. hope 1t will. Rumor says that Judge Bur
goyne has gone to Columbus to consult Governor
Chase IN reference to the matter. This story needs
confirmation.
All the rest of the l6 slaves made their escape
from the city by means of the Underground rail
road"
FIRE IN MADISoS.-This morning, about
CLOCK ire broke ont on the freight train at the
Depot of the Georgia Railroad consuming two
freight and box loads of cot on destined for
Augusta. One hundred bales of cotton with tha