Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-06-18
From the Cincinnati Daily Times, June 10.
Arrest Of Fugitive Slaves!
THEIR DESPERATE REsIsTANCEn

AIICSG VI uSAsAsC SAdA CSs
THEIR DESPERATE RESISTANCEn
Marshal Elliott Stabbed---0ne Of the
Slaves Shot.
THE WOUNDS PROBABLY MORTAL.
Rooms i'm Which the Fugitives
were Secreted.
Two slaves, a man and woman, belong
ing to C. A. Withers, residing in Covlng-
ton, KY, made their escape last Saturday,
and their owner had reason to believe they
were secreted in this City. He received
intelligence which led him to believe they
were secreted in room No. 1s, ola build
ing occupied by VIM. A. Connolly, report
er of the Daily Commercial, and according
ly this morning, in connection with U. s.
Marshals Churchill and Elliott, he repaired
to said room.
One of the party knocked for admittence.
1t was denied, when Elliott knocked out
n of the PANELS of the door, when the
negro man made a lunge at him with a
dirk cane, inficting a wound just below
the third rib on the left breast.
One of the party, said to be Withers, the
owner of the slaves, then fred at the negro,
the ball taking effect just below the breast
bone. Elliott, as soon as be was stabbed,
walked down the steps and across the
street to the Custom House, with a pistol
in his hand. He was noticed by some by
ISLANDERS, assisted up the steps into one of
the offices back of the District Court
room. The negro and his wife were also
brought over to the Custom House, and
placed in one of the rooms.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
DR.. Blackman was called in to examine
the wound of Marshal Elliott, and express
ed the opinion that internal hemorrage
had taken place-the blood issuing from
an %incision in the arm, which the Doctor
saw proper to make, gave evidence of such
fact. He is of the opinion that the wound
may prove mortal, but entertains some
slight hope if the hemorrage has not been
too great, that Elliott's life may yet be
saved, and thinks that a few hours may de-
termire the result. DR.. cambridge attend
ed to the negro, and probed the wound.
He is of opinion that the ball has not pene-
trated to any great depth, but taken a
slanting direction, and thinks if none of the
e%ntrails have been injured, he may still
survive. He did not succeed in finding
the ball. Both of the wounded men were
suffering in tensely at the time we saw
them, at IL o'clock. The negro woman
was with her husband, and almost physteri-
cal in her lamentations over him.
REMOVAL OF THE SLAVES.
An omnibus was provided, and about
half-past IL o'clock the woman was placed
therein, and accompanied by several of the
Marshals, taken over to Kentucky, to the
house of her owner. At about the same
time the wounded slave was placed in an
express wagon, and being properly guard
ed was also taken TO his masters residence.
Considerable excitement prevailed along
Fourth and Vine streets, and hundreds
focked to the vicinity Of the Custom
1lOuSo, duu iuaHJ HcI6 tdScI = SoS DOLil
Elliott and the wounded slave.
APPEARANCE OF HI ROOM FRO wHICH
THE SLAVES WERE AIKEN.
We paid a visit TO the room No. Is,
in which the slaves were found. 1t is in
the fourth story and connects with another
room, which did not have the appearance
of being used, although the door which
led to both rooms was open. A badly
disarranged bed stood in one corner, and a
table opposite, on which was a large dish,
containing cooked meat and other provi-
sions, which, apparently, had not been
touched. A pair of woman's shoes we
noticed on the floor, qnitc new, and a bon
net lay on the table. Law books and
manuscripts, in disorder, were on the table,
of which there were two. In one of the
law books was the name of VIM. M. Con-
nelly, lawyer. Some of the manuscript
was traced with short hand or phonetic.
characters evidently the report o some trial.
We noticed the word "Xenia" n one or
two places. The entire room had the ap-
pearance of great disorder.
On the door, a PANEL of which had evil
IDENTIFY been knocked out with the rail of a
bedstead which we saw on the floor, we
found the following in pencil, and looking
as if but recently written:
"Wm. You can see me at my office, if
you wish, this evening"
The name, as we'll as We can make out,
signed to this is, "Heid" or "Herd."
On another part of the door we discov-
cred the following, which looked as if it
had been traced for some time, also in pen
Gil:
"Be in at IL. J. G+l"
LATER.
Since writing the above we are credibly
informed that it was not Mr.. Whithers who
shot the negro, but that he was sitting
talking to a gentleman when the parties
made the arrest, some distance from the
scene.
We also learn that Mr.. Withers has
been the owner of the negro man but a
few months, and he bought him at the ear
nest solicitation of the slave woman, his
wife, to prevent his being sent South. Mr..
Withers was absent from home at the time
the slaves made their escape, being with
the excursionists at st. Louis.
STILL LATER
We have just seen and conversed with
Marshal Sifford, who accompanied the
slaves to Kentucky, to the house of their
master. He thought the wounded msn
was somewhat better, but still little prob
ability that the he would survive.
The parties who visited the room for the
purpose of making the arrest were Chur-
chill, Anderson, Elliott, Lowe, Woodward,
Garfu and Davis They wera NOT informed