New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-01
TIE FUGTTYvE SLAVE CASE.


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ARREST OF FUGITIVE SI.AyEs--A SLAVE ADrnEa
MURDERS HER CHnD RATHER THAN SEE II
RETURNED TO 6iAvERy. 3.Ass.;
Great e.citsu,ens existed Throughout the city the
vLole of Yesterday, In consequences Of tho ARES OF
party Of slaves, and the @urusr - ser ss s y
making the arrest. A party Of seventeen hsves
sscsnea from Boone and Kenton Counties, y Ken
tucky about sixteen miles from the Ohio On sunday
night lest, and taking with .sem Rvsr nsosss 70
Western Row, in this city Leaving tne nossss ~
sled standing there, they crossed the ver " 'ooe On
the ice. .,A.,arr
J, Five of them were the slaves Of Arcaioe 49, =.
Gaines, three of John Marshall both living W bocpe
County short distance beyond Florence, ana az "
Levi +. Daugherty, Of kenton County. We have noe
learned who claims the other three.
About o'clock this morning the masters and their
agents arrived in pursuit OF their property. hey
swore out warrant before j. l.. Pendery, esd, u. ;.
COMMISSIONER which put into the hsnisct Dcputy
u s. Marshal Geo. s. Bennett, who obtained Informs
ton that they were in house belonging 70 . son Of
,Io Kite the third house beyond Millcreek. The son
Was formerly owned in the neighborhood from which
tEev had escaped, and was brought from Slavery BY
he father.
ceeded there with his posse including the Siaveowne
and their agent and Major Murphy, kentuckian, anc
a large Slaveholder Kite was called out ana agreed
10 upsn the door, but afterward refused, when Two
Maisbas forced il, whereupon the young negro sasn
simon the father Of the children fired revolver three
times before be was overpowered by one OF tneso
shots Special Marshal John Patterson, who raised hs
arm 10 +, ach the pistol had two Of his fingers OF his
right hand sho, of, the ball afferward strikinks lip
In the house were found four adults, viz: old simon
and his wife, and young Simon and his wife and ioar
children Of the latter the oldest near az years ana ne
Youngest babe of about nine months. One Of theee,
however was lying on the floor dying, its head cut
almost entirely off There also cash about hour
inches long in the throat Of the eldest and wound on
| the head If the other boy.
| BOYS about their wounds they said the folks threw
| them down and tried to kill them
The young woman, Peggy, aud her four children be-
longe 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 Sinsou.
The other nine of the party, we were informed were
nut uron the cars yesterday by director Of the under
ground railway, and furnished with through ucke's.
| United States Court rooms about IL O'Clock, and
| guarded there until O'Clock, when Commissioner
| Pendery came and opened his court.
Gaines appeared to claim his negroes. Marshall
was by his son, but he had no power OF
attorney from his father the was postponed until
O'Clock this morning, in order to give him time 70
supply this omission.
| HE fugitives were then taken to the Hammond
street Staton-House TO be kept over night. The Mar
shall attempted TO get hack to carry them there, but
the crowd iiighteged all the hackmen that were called
| so that they declined. They were afraid their car
| rages would be broken by the mob
| About an hour after they were taken there, Mr.:
Gaines came along with the dead body Of the murdered
child. He was taking 1t to Coventry for intement
that il might rest in ground consecrated to Slavery
At about O'Clock habeas corpus was issued ~
Judge Burgoyne and put into the hands of Deputy
| sheriff JEFF. Buckingham. He went down TO the
| Hammond street Station-House, accompanied BY
posse and took possession of the fugitives Deputy
| Marka Bennett refused at first 10 give them up, but
at length, after consulting with Mayor Fanan, came
and agreed to compromise by permitting them 10 Do
lodged for safe keeping in the county jail. During
this debate Lieut.. Hazen, who has s1ge OF the Ham
mond street Stat0nHOure refused to admit the gen
teman who swore out the habeas corpus. When
Gaines, the master, came along, be was freely admit
ted and this gentleman walked in behind him, but was
seized by Lieut.. Hszen, and put out.
| Deputy Sheriff Buckingham having put the fugi-
tves In bus, got in himself and directed Il to be
driven TO the JAIL but Mr.. Bennett jumped on the box
and ordered the driver to drive to the United states
Cour.rooms. Here another fuss ensued, and Bennet,
by the assistance Of special Marshas, run the fagtivcs
up into his office. But Buckingham sent for Sheriff
Brashear and large force, and by these they were
retaken and finally lodged in the County jail about
| O'Clock last evening"
They are now in the custody Of the Sheriff, and Is
said will not be forthcoming to attend Commissioner
Penderys Court this morning.
Judge Burgoyne, after issuing the writ, started TO
| Columbus. II is presumed he will be back at IL
O'Clock this morning, the hour at which the writ Is re-
tumable.
| INQUEST ON TIE DEAD CHILD. LII =.
Coroner Menxies held inquest yesterday afternoon
on the body of the murdered slave child lis throat
| appeared to have been cut by single stroke Of .
knife and il died q few minutes after the arrest. Mr..
Sutton who lives next door TO Kites, testified that
after the other slaves arrested by the officers,
Mr. Gaines, the master, took this child and was in the
| act of carrying Il Off when objections were made to Il
| being removed before an inquest was held He st
length surrendered il to Mr.. sutton, In whose arms Il
| died. II I'll. .
The inquest was not concluded but win be resumed
| at O'Clock this morning ut the Coroner's Office.
THE OBJECT OF The HABEAs CORPUS. rLf.fl
II is said that it be proved that these slaves
have frequently been in Ohio in company with their
nasters and the question viii be raised before Judge
Burgoyne on the trial Of the hsbeas corpns whether
such bringing them into Free State has not rendered
| them free. ftii.l
The RECENT SLAVE SLAUGHTER-CIscIssArI,
JAN so-In the Upper House Of the Ohio Legislature
to-day Mr.. Brown introduced a preamble and resolu-
ton reciting the circumstances Of the recent slave
case in Cincinnati, denouncng the patcipaton In the
arrest and requiring the Judiciary COMMITTEES 70 IN
quire into il and report law TO prevent tho recm-
renee of such in Ohio. After debate the roso-
luton was adopted but afterward reeonsidered ind
referred 10 o committee.
SSow AT THE SoUTH.-In our day, certainly, we
! have known no such superabundsnce Of snow in this
region. As heavy falls may have been known. but
| mad uxuon fha md than