The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-06-19
From tho Cincinnati Cvnurncrcin
Terrible Tragedy !

About ten o'clock Saturday morn
ing, a bloody affair took place on
Vine street, east side, q few doors
above Fourth. Deputy U. S Mar.
shal j. Q. Elliott was severely stab.
bed by a runaway negro whom he
was attempting to arrest, and the
negro shot and desperately wounded
by another of the U. S. Marshal's
posse. 1t tappcars that two negroes, ,
Irwin Broadus and Angeline Broad.
us, Oman and VITA, } slaves of Colo
mel &. A. Withers, of Kentucky
Superintendent ofthe Covington and
Lexington Railroad--had for some
time been concealed in No. 1s of the
building adjoining the Gazette of.
flee on the North, which apartment
was rented rs lodging room by W.
NJ. Connolly. 1t is said that iuior.
nation concerning their whcrea.
bouts was given BY one of the Tn.
ldergrouu Railroad iolks--whether
from the plickings OF c;encc, the
temptations OF gold, or the instiga-
ton of malice. we have not been in.
formed. Friday night the room
was watched, and Saturday morning
warrants having been procured for
the arrest of the fugitives, Deputy
u. $. Marshals Jno. B. Anderson,
b. T.. Churchill, j. G. Elliott. j. X
Lowe. James Woodward and L. b.
Carty, proceeded to bag the game
which had been freed. Woodward
was stationed at the trap door on the
roof of the house. to prevent the pos
sibility Of escape in that direction =.
The Others approached the room by
the stairs, and knocked. but no re.
sponsc was given. The Enquirer of
yesterday, describes that which fol.
lowed, thus:
"Mr. Elliott clawbered up to the
Itrlnsom window over the door, and
looking in remarked that they were
there, for he saw their dinner For
cling his body partially through the
transom, he saw the parties in q
small room adjoining, and exclaim.
ed, Here they are lie then en-.
deavored to get into the room, but
instantly fell back on the floor upon
his feet, and sal he was stabbed. -
Marshal Anderson then endeavored
to kick the door in, bnt not succeed.
ing, grasped an old bcdstead pos
near by and burst it open. At thi.
moment a shot was fired at the he
gro, who was standing front the door
knife in hand. lie fell to the floor
and after short scutlle, in which he
fought desperately, the knife wa:
wrenched from bis hA'.d, ""d no va
plnionr,i."
Elliott received two wounds one il
the breast, near the left shoulder, tn,
other in the left arm, near the elbow
The negro was shot in the abdomen
The instrument with which Mr.. Ell
lott was wounded, was a sword cane
the blade Of which was bloody {,
eight inches. DR.. Blackman atten
ded Mr.. Elliott, and found that in
ternal helnorhage ensued from th
breast wound.
The captive negroes were takeI
at once before U. S. COMMISSIONS
L. r. Newhall, and in a remarkabl,
short space Of time were ascertainet
to his satisfaction to be'fugitive slave
belonging to Col. Withers, and re
manded to their master, to whom
they were dispatched in hot haste
the woman accompanying the Colo
mel in an omnibus. guarded by tw,
Deputy U. S. Marshals, and the maj
being moved in an expIess wagon
with guard Of three of the Mar
shals. A warrant was issued 70
Cnnolly, in whose room the fugitive
were found, but at the latest account
his whereabouts had not been dis
covered,