American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-06-27


ANOTHER FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.
United states Deputy Marshal Stabbed. Run.
away Negro Shot.
About ten o'clock Saturday morning
a bloody affair took place, on Vine
street, east side, a few doors above
Fourth, Deputy United States Mar.
shall j. 9. Elliott. was severely stab
bed by a runaway negro, whom he
was attempting to arrest. and The NY.
gro was shot and desperately woundN
by another of the United States MaY
shal's posse. 1t appears that two ne.
gross. lraiD Broadus ard Angeline
Broadus, oman and wife, slaves of
Colonel GA. Withers, Of Covington-
superintendent of the Covington and
Lexington Railroad-had for some time
been concealed in room No. 10 of the
building adj"ined the Gazette office
on the north, which apartment was rem
ted as a lodging-room by w. NJ. Con.
nelly
is said tina, Information concerning
their whereabouts was given by one
one Of the Underground railroad folks
whether from the prickings of CON
science, the temptations of gold, or the
instigations of malice, we have not been
informed. Friday night the room was
watched, and Saturday morning. war
rants having been procured for The ar
rest of the tugitives, Deputy United
States Marshals Jno. b. Anderson. B.
p. Churchill. j. G. Elliott. j. X. Lowe.
Jas. woodward and +. B. Carly. pro.
ceeded to bag the game which had been
freed. Woodward was stationed at the
traP.door on the roof of the house, to
prevent the possibility of escape in that
d'rection, The others approached the
room oy the stairs, and knocked, but no
response was given. The Enquirer of
yesterday describes that which follow.
ed thus: u.
"Mr. Elliott clambered up to the
transom window over the door, and,
looked In, remarked that they were
there, Tor he saw their dinner For
cling his body partially through the tran.
som, he saw the parties in a small room
| adjoining, and exclaimed. there thew
are He then endeavored 10 get into
the room, but instantly fell back on the
tioor upon his feet, and said no was
stabbed. Marshal Anderson then en-
deavored to kick the door in, but not
succeeding, grasped an old bedstead post
| near by and burst it open. At this
| moment shot was fred at the negro;
who was standing fronting the door
knife in hand. He fell to the floor
and after short scuflle, in which he
fought desperatoly,t the knife was wrench
ed from his hands and he was pinion.
ed"
Elliot received two wounds, one in the
breast, near the left shoulder, the 9th
Ell In the left arm, near the elbow
he negro was shot in the abdulnen.-
The instrument with which Mr.. Elliott
was wounded was sword cane. the
blade Of which was bloody for eight
inches. DIR. Blackman attended Mr.
Elliott, and found that internal hemorr.
hage ensued from the breast wound.
The captive negroes were taken a,
once before the Unired States Com,
rfiissioner.' E.=iast Newbali, and in re.
ma'kably short space of time were as
| certainod TO his satisfaction to he fusi.
live slaves belonging to Col. Withers,
and remanded to their master, to whom
they were despatched in hot haste, the
woman accompanying the Colonel in
an omnibus, guarded by TWO Deputy
United States Marshals, and the man
| being moved in an express wagon, with
guard Of three Of the MarshaIs. A
warrant was issued for Connolly, in
whose room the fugitives were found,
but at the latest accounts his wherea.
bouts had not been discovered.
We saw Marshal Elliott last evening
He was still in the Office Of the United
States Marshal. He was using an 4
merican jug far bed clothing. and evi.
IDENTITY suffering much. DOING and moan.
ing. AT 8 O'Clock last evening, DR.
BIackman reported him as improving,
with prospects of recovery
At 5 o'clock last evening the woun.
ded negro was consider ed much better