The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-18

UNITED sTtTes DEPUrz MARSHAL L.sTAsDED--
A RyEAwAY SLAVE SHOT. ?

a RvHAwAY SLAVE sHoT. p
Yesterday morning, At ten o'clock, the
vicinity Of the corner. OF Vine and Fourth
streets was the scene OF intense excitement.
A most bloody affair took place which result.
ed in United States Deputy, Marshal, John
C. Elliott being mo'tally stabbed BY q run
away slave from Kentucky, and the slave be-
ing shot.
The particulars OF the affair are as fol.
lows: About seVen years ago Col. C. A.
Withers, of CoyingtOn, Kentucky, (Superin-
tendent of the Covingten and Lexington
Railroad) purchased from his nephew slave
woman, whose husband was owned by a gen.
tleman in the immediate peighborhood. The
purchase was made solely with the view
Of preventing the separation OF the slaves,
as the Colonels nephew was about to locate
in Missouri. Two years afterward the own.
er oil the slave man died, and his SOB, becom-
ing heir to the estate, desired TO dispose of
the man by sending him to the, South and Of
fering him for sale. ,Col.d WitkerS, again
come forward and prevented the sepsration
Of. nan and wife by pWchasihg the husband.
He. located The pair IN a good house, well
and conveniently furnished, and treated them
lin the most kind manner, as every one &C.
quainted with the Colonel would testify that
nothing but the "milk of humon kindness
flows through, Shis veins" Recently the
mahagefs and agents Of the Underground
Railroad have been tamperirg with the slaves
and on Saturday evening, June 10, they
made their escape. E,e~ N.
| 1t is we'll known that there is a,regularly
organized vigilance committee Of the Under.
ground Railroad directors ip this city, and. in
fact, all the Northern and most soetheth cit
les. A member of this lawless institution,
becoming, no doubt, disguised with his unen.
viable position, exposed the affair OF the run
ming off of Col. Withers' slaves, and their
whereabouts. A meeting of the Vigilance
Committee was held on Friday, and money
raised to run the slaves off at twelve o'clock
last night. .,... -. .. a.. ,r,...... ,,-.
] From the information obtained, It was as.
certaned that the slaves of Col. Withers,
whose names are Irwin and Angeline Broad
us, were secreted in room No. Is, in Taft's
Building, On Vine street, just above Fourth,
adjoining the Gdsette office. This room was
occupied by VIM. A. Conolly, one Of the
editors of The Cincinnati Daily Commercial
! The room of Conolly was closely watched
during Friday night, and at ten O'Clock yes
terday morning United States Deputy Mar.
shaisy Jno. r. Anderson, B. P. Churchill,
Jno. c Elliott, j. X. Lowe, Jas. Woodward,
and E. B. Carly, having the proper official
! documents, proceeded to make the arrest
In order to prevent the escape Of the slaves
over the rootof the adjoining buildings, Mr..
Woodward was stationed on the roof of the
house at the trap door, having gaiued access
fromss, house two doors .eff... Fne officers
wcntrp stairs to- The, room, ,sand one of them
knocked at the door; no response being giy-
en-, MIR. Elliott elacabered up to tie transom
window over the door, and looking in, re-
marked that "they were there, for he saw
their dinner" Forcing his body partially
through the transom, be saw the parties in
small room adjoining, and exclaimed, "here
they are" He then endeavorec to get into
the room, but instantly fell back on the floor,
and said he was stabbed. Marshal Ander.
son then cndeavored to kick the door in, bu,
not succeeding, grasped an old bed POST near
by and burst it open. At this moment Q
shot was fred at the negro, who was stand
ing fronting the door, knife in hand.s He
fell 10 the floor, and after short scuffl., il
which the Knife wast wrenched from his
hunas ard be was pinioned.'. :
, In TIE E!ern time Mr.. Elliott FAD gone
, down stairs, and WAS assisted, to the Office
of the United States Marshal, on the oppo
sitp, corner, when it was discovered that hi
had received Two wounds: one of a most sc
rious nature in the left breast, near tn,
shoulder, and fesh cut upon the inside o
the left arm, at the elbow. ..,
The slaves were conveyed to the Marshall
Office also, and on examination the negro Ir
, win was found to be silotin the abdomen.
The wounds made upon Mr.. Elliott wer,
inflicted by the dirk OF d cane, and, owing tt
the narrow breadth, it was an impossibility
to probe the wound to any extent.
The wound Of the negro was in the cavit
ofthe stomach, but the locality and direction
of tie ball could not be discovered. In al
! probability it will prove fatal. ,--
: Owing to intense EXETER ement prevailing
. and the great crowd constantly accumulat
, ing in front Of the Custom. house, it wa
. deemedtadyisabte to,heve an immediate hear
ingo the fugitives., '.l,.r.,....t, r
1 ..United States Commissioner z. r. New
. hall heard the case, and the ownership O
the slaves: being clearly proved; they, ~wer
> remanded by order of the Commissioner
back to their ewner.: y :=, ~. -;
Yesterday afternoon United States Com
i missioherNewhall issued warrant1fc 1fc-, the
amest,of Conolly, one of the editors Of tn
Comnsrcicl, uhderthe act pnishing the Of
/ fence efkarbcring fugitive slaves; the pen
atty of which is, punishment by imprison
ment in the State Penitentiary for six month
ard Il fine Of one thousand dollars. Conol
al ly,iiowever, was not to be found in the city
bpt information WAS obtained that he ha
le;lt on the morning train of the Cipcinnat
0 Dayton and Hamilton Railroad.- Gin. Enc