The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-06-11
The T.eseue Case.

The rescue case was yesterday partially heart
before Judge Leagitt Of the Il. s. District Court
at Cincinnati The hames Ofthe prisoners arr
b. p Churchill aud J. q. Elliott, Of Cincinnati
j. N. Trader, Of Dayton, John POilcnboTgeri o
/ Urbans, and Samuel Garyey, Of Piqns, Deputy
/ L. S. Marshals, and assistants John Bunker
Jacob Starr and james Dewell, ofClaclnnati and
VIM Keelers, Of Hamilton, and L. u. Bently
Of Dayton.
The attorneys employed 10 the case were
Messrs. John 0'Neil, U. S. District Attorney,
and George F. Pugh, Esq, for the U. S. Mar
shal who sued out the habeas corpus to release
his deputies, and Messrs- Rodney Mason and
James s. Good, Esq, on behalf of the Sheriff,
whose return was read.
After hearing the testimony Of sheriff Layton
who had been pretty roughly handled 10y the
Msrshal's posse. and John 9. Elliott, one ofthc
prisoners the court, at the solicitation Of hr.
Mason, counsel for the Sheriff adjourned till to-
morrow week
In the course Of his remarks, Mr.. Mason indul
ged in some reflections upon The couiliCtion with
State authorities by U. s. officers when lac was
stopped by Judge Leavitt and apologized.
Every effort will doubtless be made 10 screen
the re8clte1s from punishment and try the pow
er of the Federal authority when in collision
with the State law We are glad that an op.
pOrtunity has been so soon afforded of testing
the matter, and that to0 without anything Sc
rious having transpired. The black republican
legislature did all in its power to pave the way
and prepare for resistance OF the execution Of
the U. S. laws. How far that resistance may
be exercised with impunity will now be seem
1t is understood that the number Of arrests of
those aiding and abetGng the rescue is quite
large, and IS intended to give them the full ben
eft Of the law.
A correspondent writing from Springfield to
the Dayton Empire, furnishes the following
statement of the case, which agrees with the ev-
idence so far adduced before Judge Leayitt, and
is sufficiently particular to afford proper under
standing of the circumstances.-Stat
A short time since deputy U. S. marshal
Churchill an efficient officer, went to the neigh
borhood of Mechanicsburgh, 0, to arresta fici-
tive named Addison who by the Vaccinations
fthe abolitionists Of that vicinity made good
his escape to a well known point north of Uncle
Sans dominions Deputy Churchill detcrmn-
ed to bring the abettCrS to Justice, and immed-
ately started for Cincinnati to get writ against
four of these enemies Of the Constitution. AS
soon as he rad the proper legal authority he re-
turned to the place Of his late BATTLE and sue
ceeded in aresting the four who are Hyde, Gut
ridge, and two named Taylor. He took them
as far as South Charleston, Clark Co., where
they were overtaken by Sheriff Layton, of Clark
Co., who had u writ Of habeas corpus for the
abettors.
SherifLaytor, without making himselfknown
or showing his legal authority to take the abet-
tors, Immediately seized the bride OF one of the
horses and for his inoTmalty got pretty well pei
ted This slight delay did not alter the determ-
nation of the officers who kept on their way and
reached jamestown. Here they were surround
ed by an excited mob from the counties of Clark,
Champaign and Green and knowing that it was
useless to fight against such odds, surrendered
and the party taken to Springfield and impris-
oncd. Although the required bail was offered,
yet the judge refused to act. The four abet-
tors were taken to Urbana the same night and
early the next morning were dismissed, because
no person appeared against them. Very natu-
raj they did not appear as they were confined
in the Springfield jail.
On Friday the officers were tried for assault
and battery on Sheriff Layton, and were bound
over to court in the sum one thousand dol
lars, or one hundred dollars cach there
being ten officers, bail was Immediately offered,
when 10, and behold! the officers were re-artcs-
ted for an assault with in ent to kill the Sheriff
1t was determined to postpone the trial until
to day (May 3O.) Squire Christie bound two of
the officers over to court for two thousand five
hundred dollars each and the remaining eight
officers for one thousand each making the little
sum Of $t3, GOO bail! The bai could have been
given, but during the trial, writ of habeas cor
pus ior the officers arrived from Cincinnati, and
they were taken there to day.