Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-06
abe Anti-8laperp Busle.
SALEM, ONO, JUNE 6, 1867.
KIDNAPPERs DEFYING The STATE
OFFICERS,

last week showed considerable manhood in thell
resistance to some United States officers and theii
mepials while g xecutiug the fugitive slave law
The facts Of the case, as we gather them from the
Cincinnati and Xenia papers are as follows
On Tuesday of last week, United States Deputy
MarshalChnrchill and clsven assistants left Cincin'
natl to arrest certain individuals in Champaign
county. They were armed with n warrant from
fugitive slave commissioner Newhall AMI succeed
Cd in arresting Charles and Edmund Taylor
brothers, Russell Hyde and Hiram GuthridGe.-
This was we believe the second attempt made FOL
the arrest of these offenders against the kidnap-
ping law Of tho United States. Their crime as
charged in the warrant was that on or about the 81
day of August, 1856 they did harb or and conceal
one Add White, a person owing service and labor
to Daniel G. White, of Flemingsburg, Kentucky,
who had, previous to said date escaped into the
State of Ohio, and was then a fugitive from such
service and labor, SO as 10 prevent the discovery
and arrest of the said Add White. The offence
charged, it will be observed. is not that the slave
was aided in his escape from his master in Ken
lucky by the four accused persons but that they
sheltered and protected him in Ohio or, in other
words, they 'put him through" on the Under
ground Railroad. The penalty for the offence is q
enc of a thousand dollars and imprisonment
The arrests were made on Wednesday OF Me-
ehanicsburgh. The news spread rapidly, and a
determination was expressed to use every means
the law provides to rescue the prisoners from the
hands of the Border Rufians as the officers
were called whose sole object, it was confidently.
asserted, was to take them over to Kentucky and
lynch them.
--;t % bob,o. rorpus mn Dronurpd frou n
Judge in Champaign county, and the Sheriff at
tempted to serve it but before he could do go,
the officers had conducted the prisoners beyond
tho bounds of the County. A second warrant was
then procured in Clarke county. The Sheriff in
this instance pursued and came up with the par
~ but they refused to obey the writ. Tho Sher-
1T not having force to compel obedience, they pro-
eeeded on their journey to Cincinnati. A third
writ was then obtained in G reene county, and the
Sheriff Of that county, with his posse, served it
upon the United States officers at Charleston.
The Sheriff and his men were assisted by on excl
ted crowd of two or three hundred persons. HI
des and pistols were displayed. The Marshal and
men drew their weapons, and several shots were
fred. Churchill discharged his revolver at the
crowd, but no one was injured. The conflict was
sharp and stubborn, but superior numbers prevail
Cd and the Deputy Marshal, with all his posse were
made prisoners.
At Springfield another United Stutes Marshal
arrested a fifth individual, Isaao Sargent for the
same offence as charged against the Taylors and
their companions. and took him to Cincinnati,
where the Commissioner held him in Sl,5O0 bail
for his appearance for trial. The four individuals
6rst arrested were discharged from tue Marshals
custody at Springfield, on q writ of Haous Corpus
The Marshals, nine of them, two ran away
when the attempt was made to arrest shem' were
tried at Charleston on q charge of assault and bot
terry and held by the magistrate in $3.50 bail each.
Being unable to give bail, they were taken to
Springfield and lodgings assigned them for the
night in the county Jail. The next morning they
we're arrested on a second charge of maliciously
shooting with intent to kill Sheriff Lyton. The
examination on this charge was postponed TIL next
day, (30th), and as these United States ofhcials
complained bitterly that their lodgings tho preVI
GUS night were ungenteel as we'll as uncomfortable,
they were assigned a room in a public house. AT
the time appointed. the examination came Oh, and
the minor charge of assault and battery was dis
missed and for the grave one OF shooting with H.
tent to kill, they were remanded to Jail. Soon at
ter arriving at their old quarters. still another
Deputy Marshal served a writ of Habeas Corpus
upon the state off Ger who held them in custody and
they we're taken to Cincinnati for IA hearing before
the United States Court. This writ was issued by
Judge Leavit, who it seems had returned from his
Presbyterian labors in the Old School Assembly at
Lexington in time to save the Union and the kid
nappers by this timely interposition.
- n.s-o. A. sHa sab
were released for a day or two on bail Of $500
each, and then after a partial examination their
case was still further postponed. On this exam
instion Sheriff Layton gives the following ac-
cunt of the contest between himself and his
company and the Marshals. He said 81 rode
up to the the FIRST carriage but one, as the
Deputy Sherids wee on the road near Charles
ton. l said l am Sheriff Of this county and
must arrest you. One Of them said stop or I'll
shoot you. / had o six-shooter with me-; Comp
ton was with me, and he also had a revolver
Compton jumped from the buggy and siezed one
Of their horses. Three shots were fred by the
party; I know one of them came from the first
buggy. and / think they all did. The men got
out of the buggies, two of them siezed me l
had my revolver in my hand, bnt did not pre-
sent it; they took my pistol from me. and struck
me. two of them holding my arms. / heard
them say they were U. S. officers, and think
they said they had authority for their proceed
ings, was struck on the head With q pistol,
and was ALEC wounded or the temple and else
where, ! suppose ] was trying to shoot. and they
were trying to get my pistol from me; took my
pistol SO that il l was shot ] could shoot again.
Cross-examined When started heard the of
fcers were armed and accompanied by q crowd OF
Kentqckians. When ! overlook the party they
were not travelling tho aiFeeF way to Cincinnati.
After getting up from the ground when was
knocked down, / asked them by what authority
they held their prisoners. One Of them replied
go to HI"
While the Deputy Marshals were in custody,
their chief, the U. S. Marshal telegraphed to
Washington for instructions. The Secretary of