The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-03

AIalsrs AaD REscUE--u. =. DEPUTY MAJ
sHAL AND POSSE rAKEH iRro CUSTODY.


snAL AND POSSE TAKEN iAro CUSTODY
Prom the Cincinnati Gsse,ts, friday
There has been great excitement during
last two DAYS, in Greene county, in thie
State, ~ consequence Of The arrest OF four
individuals charged With aiding slave 10
escape. On Tn sday, United Sts,es Dep.
uty Marshal Churchill, accompanied by
eleven ass,stsnts. LEFT this city Tor Mechan-
iesbarg, Champaign county Ohio, eleven
miles from Urbsna. having with him war.
rent issued BY Commissioner Newhall, for
the arrest o Charles and Edward Taylor.
brothers. Russell Hyde, and Hiram Cat.
t'idgr. who. says the warrant. did, about the
3lst day OF August, 1856, harbor and con.
cesl one Add White. a p.rson owins Ser.
vie and labor To Daniel &. Whiie, Of
Fiem'ngseurg. Kentucky. who hsd previous
81 said dste escaped into the state Of Ohio.
and was then fugitive from such service
and labor, so - 10 prevent the discovery
and arrest OF said Add White. The offence
charged, :, will be observed. IL not that the
slave va. aided in his escape from his mas.
Ter IN ksnsacky by the four accused Der.
-nns. but that they sheltered and pso,ec,ed
him IN Ohio; or In other words they nj,
hlm through" On the underground railroad
fne penalty for the oiFease 10 . noe Of :
thousand dollars and imprisonment.
On wednesday morning, the Desu,y
Marshal let Urbsna with his posse, In hired
carriages, and in Mechanics bssg. and the
aeighborhood. succeeded In arresting the
fur accused individuals. While tho ar.
rssis were IN progress, the most intense
excitement was created in the vicinity. The
a"ws spread rapidly, and . determination
vas expressed TO use every means the Law
provides 10 rescue the prisoners from IN.
hands OF the Border Ru@sns, ss the u0Ics,.
were called, whose sole object, il ~as con.
tidently. though enormously ASSERT d. was
to lake them over TO Kentucky and lynch
them.
A vii. 81 habsss corpus wa. procured from
Judge IN Champaign county, and the
Sheriff attempted TO serve il; but before ~
could do So, tie officers had conducted the
prisoners beyond the bounds Of the caunts.
= second wsrran' was then procured ln
Clarke county The Sheriff in this in.
s'snee pursued and came up with the psr,v:
but they refused 10 obey the writ. The
Sheriff not having force TO compel obedi.
encs, they proceeded on their journey 20
this city. A shird WI, was then obtained
In Greene county. and the Sheriff Of thai
County, with his posse. served il upon the |
United States officers II six O'Clock yester.
lay morning, in jamestown. The United
States o0csss resented the &C, Of the coun- |
y o6cess In s.isiDg their horses reins be. |
Ire making known their bssiaess. A warn |
alteration ensued. The Sheriff md 81, /
men were assisted By IN excited crowd Of
Two or three hundred pessons. ai1es and
pistols were displayed. The Marshal and
men Also drew their wsapoas, asd sev.
sssI shots were tired. Mr. ChusehilI d.
charged he revolver a the crowd. -, no
PIE ~as injured. The 6, M ID w.. .L..rs
Mud stubborn, but superior lumbar. .,s.
rallied and the Deputy Aarsh.l. vim All ~.
posse ~sss msds prisoness, and / dis.sse1 |.
ecsivsd yesterday afternoon seas.I ~.
hey were 10 b cent lase night e 0.G.-.
ieid for Trial.
At Springfield. st one o'clsck yes,ert.,
deputy 0assAaI Kisles arrested fsasc ~.
set % . similar change u thes ~
gsisss u 0skess, cd bsouGhs hiss 10 ~ \
~. vnsss - - hsl1, n csnaiaaiosee |.
's.Aalits o. - III q $4,000 - r.