Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-12-10
Tne Fugitive Slave Case.

For about a week our city has been cpt
in turmoil about fugitive slave, or Il
negro allelged so to be, who was taken in
Illinois, and had progressed SD far on his
roal to Kentucky. Ii he makes the same
time" all the way home he may possibly
cat Christmas dinner on the plantation"
about the year 1860 Such complication
Of suits, affidavits. and arguments, we new
cr heard OF in any similar case or any
case at all. We will try and disentanglc
it as briefly as possible, and let our readers
know what has been DONE and what is now
doing. y man by the name of Nallan
bingham, from Frankfort, Kentucky, found
negro in Illinois whom he claims as his
slave. and brought him here on the road
home. The negro claiming to be free, Il
hobcas corpus was procured here, from
Judge Wallace of the Common Please
Court, by which the progress of Mr.. Y.
was brought to short stop. After hear
ing the case. Judge Wallace discharged
the negro. The result being anticipated,
of course a new writ, issued by the t. :.
commissioner Rea, was ready, and the ne
gro was again taken in custody to await the
action of that functionary. For several
days the case has been before him, but af-
ter the argument and before the decision,
the claimant was arrested on an affidavit
charging him with an attempt To "kidnap"
the alleged slave Thus both claimed
and claimant were tied fast by the law to-
gcthcr. Yesterday the commissioner dcci-
died. that Mlr. Nallandingham was entitled
to the negro, but that interesting specimen
OF the ''chivalry" being unable to avail
himself of the property in consequence of
the Mayors polite request for him to stay
and talk over the kidnapping affair, the
decision has not done him any good yet
For fear the fun would slack if the public
attention were occupied with bat one suit,
rs soon as the commissioner decision was
announced. the Deputy Marshall in charge
of the negro was invited 10y another haJeas
from Judge Wallace to explain bv what
authority he kept the said negro in his Gus
tcdy. The two suits were boiling away
jolllly yesterday afternoon, with Il promise
OF plenty more when these gave out
Thus the case stands to this present WI
ting. 4 o'clock. ?. N.Y. The slave hunter
is on trial for Kidnapping before the May
or, and the slave. or the Marshal, is on
trial before Judge Wallace on the haheaS
corpus. 1t is said that the Mayor will be
arrested as soon as his case is ended, for
entertaining the kidnapping" charge, and,
of course a set of suit will be found to OPP
crate on the claimant. 1t Is further stated
that If the negro is not discharged on the
haueas corpus. aS Is very unlikely, he will
he arrested on a charge of stealing the
horse on which he attempted to escape the
other day. Altogether there don't appear
to lie any immediate prospect Of a com
plctc termination Of the business If all
legal hindrancrs fail there will be no re
SOFT to force. or any illegal means of re-
cuin, the negro, so far as we can Judge
When all is known we shall have some
thing to say of the case, and of the gen
tlcmen who have hired themselves out
for bloodlIoundS to the slave hunter for
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