Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-19


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II vii Ia -. ramons herad that an H..
fo.s,sr rial Elliott IT, G. Denntv
wsrshs, WV .~ara ~. :, hen. ,i,o arres s
were made. the warrants were read
IN full. that when called ON bv a Jps,
ice az tba' peace thev ner,nitted lin,
~ x.m;oa' ~ warr5nts. and he des
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,.hsa era~taLea The II s ofI,cers ms.
80 - 'r;n,srt lsnrnse =, fhat ''seversl
shots 49, were fired by' Comn,on before
sbcJf e. ofsice,.s returned the Err,
,i, ~ ,aro ,sss no ,v;olah %, n, the
SbariG 81 vienna and that there " al
No announcement OF his authority
made bv sber;ff Layton whet, Nos and
Compton came up with them. These
no;nts were 20 be- disproved by affida-
VII which waro road.s sa1-1e- : '-'1''..
Hiram f,uttridgedepose that when
arrested. tho warrant was not read
and the u, S. Marshals refused TO tell
him tha charoe Int said they would
da's As -, TT,ns,,a - At,,sn, ,ot so,;re
Fowler TO ask what the charge rs o. was.
lsowler did 40 -but. Cbereh;ll refused
saving thew should know-at Ijrbana'
They started TO 90 there, but had gene
only f;vo or six miles when thew urn.
ed off toward the south. instead of
west, TO Urbana; that they were fol-
lowed bv two of Mr.. Guttridaes nei'-
bors, who wished 70 know what was
going TO be done with their friends.
THESE persons following were Messrs.
Rutan and Colwell; that one ofthe u.
s. MfS.halls (ChurchilD went back
and demanded why Messrs. Rutan
and Colwell wero following. Mr..
Colwell was struck by one Of the
Marshalls, and struck at three times.
The Marshalls said several times, as
they went along, that no writ of .ha-
beas corpus should be served while
they were alive. Allthe u. 5. posse
wern under the influence OF liquor,
Churchill least Of any. They refu.
sed 10 let the friends of the prisoners
see them, as also they refused Squire
Clark. When Sheriff Layton came
up with the U. S. posse he said he
had writ and was the Sheriff of that
county. Mr.. Compton, who assisted
the Sheriff. was fired az twice before
he tried TO fire in return, Sheriff Lay
ton was badly beaten, from two TO
Ave men being on him, and as many
on Mr.. Compton. When Messrs. Ru-
tan and Colwell were ordered back.
affiant begged them not to turn back
as he was afraid he was going 10 be
assassinated Saw Taylor, one Of the
prisoners, seized by the hair of the
head. hand .cuffed, and ordered 20
keep his id Abolition mouth shut
A. p. Joiner testified 10 the circum-
stances Of Guttridges arrest, his ask
ing what he was taken for, and the
refusal Of tho United States Marshall
10 tell. .s..fs..,. -
Russell Hyde testified that he was
arrested ut Mechanicsburg by Elliot,
who read a line or two at the top,
and the Same at the bottom Of the
writ, but did not read il all, and re-
fused 10 let il BIO seen. The affidavit
detailed the going 10 Urbana, tho
turning off when they had gone four
or five miles, the ordering Rutan and
Colwell not 70 follow, Rutan saying
they were going to see fair play, the
striking of Colwell, his drawing his
pistol, Squire Rutan, preventing his
firing il, the Marshalls drawing their
pistols, and Taylor begging his neigh
bors not TO stop behind. The affiant
then said ono of tho United States
posse seized Taylor's arms, another
his hair, and third his throat while
they handcuffed him, aud went on TO
detail the assault on Sheriff Layton
and Mr.. Compton. and the remark
made by one. of the posse that these
mon Layton and Compton) must be
id fools 10. attempt TO stop them
with two men, and the next time they
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