Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-12-08
Correspondence of the Associated p.
THE SLAYER ECHO CASE
COLUMDIA. s q

COLUMBIA, S. G. Nov 90
The case of the SLAYER Echo was CIV
to the Grand Jury today. The case ~ "
ecuted on the part of the United St,..t r;S
the United States District Attorpev g. 2
of South Carolina, James Connsr T.. u:
Charleston, and Messrs. Hayue and /, l., q
retained as special counsel by the Gus .-s
MELT of the United States. The deta.'AhN dsh
conducted by L, W. Pratt and r. De +.
vile. of Charleston and Maxcy Gra,n ~ Il,
Edmund Bellinger, of Columbia. Tbss u
dictment is drawn against the defp8.n..~ 1
the crew or company % the brig P,|a
that being the real name Of the vossaI, .l' y
Echo being n fictitious title, uainte5 5+ -. N
board, by which the real name Of ~. VI va 4
! was concealed.
The Putnam Was built IN Baltaoor. -,
was owned first in New York and ..i
quently in New Orlean, Her first ,a-:.' +os
was made by Jonathan S. Dobson of Ne ,S.s
York, as "only owner and master" n
ship is therein described as brig. bu;r- 1-' :
Baltimore, in 1916; length 90 feet; brs,at.
% feet inches; depth 10 feet; neasursr,..,
187 tons Her last register was m.is :,
| New Orleans, Edw C. Townsend ii ;be ,,s
Of the brig Putnam. aud the descrjrti,,
! precisely similar t. tha: in the frs. rep...
/ The CAPTAIN of the SLAYER Edw. c, TovT,.,!
having been first lauded at Key Wes, :
be tried there The prisoners on trial l..
are Antouio Frank, Richard Thomos B,.
! Alexander Rodgers, Vital de Miranda L.
Gonzales Lima. Archibald Scott. John p,
John E Copell, Geo. ?. AkeE, H'm HsD,n
Antonio Melanowich, and FIVE other Cul,,,
The indictment charges that they. .b.,.
of the ships company of certain yesssI
ing brig brig called the Pwuam-s|
said vessel being then and there owned !, 4.
whole or in part by citizen Of the said &,
ted States, TO wit, one &. c. Townseui-s
practically and fcloniously receive on bo.3
sail yeas,i, SO owned as aforesaid, cen,
negroes, 10 Wit, three hundred negroes vi,
names are to the said Jurors unknown: 1,
tie said negroes not being held to ser7iss
labor by the laws of either of the Stats
Territories of the United States
The United States District AttorusT
day, submitted the indictment TO the G,r
Jury. His Honor, Justice Wayne, il q ::
else aud able manner, explained TO tie Z
the provisions of the Act of Congress Of Vi
Is, 1920. under which the indictments VI:
be found, if found at all. After readil: {
clearly explaining the several substantive
fences designated by the law, and in oria
assist the jury in their investigation, J.l
Wayne recapitulated briefly the counts il
indictment, which are eight il number.
first, charges that the prisoners did rs:z
on the brig Putnam three hundred usr4
not held in service if any Of the Stats 4
Territories Of the United States; sa;t +
being owned by one Edward c ToEnui!
: The second is repetition Of the trs s1lp
EXCEPT tha. the vessel is described IS II
? owned by sane person or persons uIE.'r
The third count charges that the. pEEE
did confne. and hold in confinement, ]:
brig Pntnanl, owned by the said TsElg
the said three hundred negroes. The IL
: varies the charge only so far as tie oEDs
is concerned The fifth charges the ?,
ers with aiding and sbettng in fuTe.:
: king the negroes on the ship Il:
. changes the count as 10 ownership. Il
2 enth charges that ne prisoners did rs
= and forcibly eonfne the negroes, or ~
forcibly con6ning them. Aud tie q
again Yari~s the count SIS to the owH5Es
the brig. His honor thought it uecS
! without at al intending to enter inioi
> sidera;ion Of the law, 10 make sI.
E mark. because fthe very genera ui:I.
u standing in regard TO the law Of PirseT,
with what respect to what ofensss sTe ?
r. and may be made SO by the statutes.
:. then went on 10 state what constituted
and the punishment therefor Ihejutg'
peated briefly the province Of gts1'
/ and the bills Eore then subul:ttod, 81.
jury retired.
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