Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-06-04
Fueitive slave Case ?

There has been great excitement during the
last two days. in Greene county, IN this State, in
consequence of the arrest OF four individuals
charged with aiding slave to escape. On Tues
day, United States Deputy Marshal Churchill,
accompanied By eleven assistants, left this city
Cor Merchandising, Champaign county, Ohio,
eleven miles, from Urbana, having with him
warrant issued by Commissioner Newhall fer Inc
arrest of Charles and Edward Taylor brothers.
Russell Hyde and Hiram Guttridge, who, saws the
warrant, did, about the 2lst day ofAugust, 1856,
harbor and conceal one Add White, q person ow
ing service and labor to Daniel G.. White, of
Flemingsburg, Kentucky, who had, previous to
said data, escaped int the State Of Ohio, and
vas then fugitive from such service and labor,
so a. to prevent the discovery and arrest of the
said Add White. The offence charged, il will
be observed, is not that the slave was aided in
the escape from his master in kentucky by the
four accused persons but that they sheltered and
protected him in Ohio; OF, in other words they
put him through on the Underground Railroad.
The penalty for the offence is . fine of thousand
dollars and imprisonment.
On Wednesday morning the Deputy Marshal
left Urbana with his posse, in hired carriages and
in fredericksburg, and tbs neighborhood suceee.
ded in arresting the four accused Individuals
While the arrests were in progress, the most
intense excitement. was created in the vicinity.
The news spread rapidly, and determination
was expressed TO use every means the law pro-
Vides TO rescue the prisoners from the hands of
the Border Rufisns, as the officers were called,
whose sole object, it was confidently, though
errSneously asserted, was to take them over to
Kentucky and lynch them.
A writ of hGbe0S cOrpsS was procured from a
Judge in Champaign county, and the Sheriff at.
tempted to seryeIt; but before he could do So
the officers had conducted the prisoners beyond
the bounds of the county. second warran,
was then procured in Clarke county. The Sher.
if in this instance pursued and came up with the
party; but they refused to obey the writ. The
Sheriff not having force to compel obedience, they
proceeded on their journey to this city A third
writ was then obtained in Greene County, and
the Sheriff of that county, with his posse, served
1t upsn the u. s. officers at six o'clock Yesterday
morning, in jamestown. The U. S. officers re-
scented the act o. the county ofisers in Selling
their horses, reins before making known their
business. warn alteration ensued The
Shent and his men were assisted by an excited
crowd of two or three hundred persons Rifles
and pistols were displayed. The Marshal and
his men drew their weapons, and several shots
were fired. Mr. Churchill discharged his revolt
yer at the crowd, but no one was injured The
conflict was sharp and stubborn, lkut superior
numbers prevailed and the Deputy Marshal with
all his posse, were made prisoners, and a dis.
patch received yesterday afternoon stated that
they were to be sent last night to Springfield for
trial.
At Springfield; al one o'clock Yesterday, Den
uty Marshal Kiefer arrested Issac Sargent on a
similar charge TO that made against the others,
and brought him to this city, where he was held
by Commissioner Newhall in 81 500 bail for ex.
animation next week.-CiHeiHHah Gazette, May
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