New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-18
KIDNAPPING At OBERLIN 1.-THE Pro-
PIE EXCITED.
{ The y. Y. Tribune

was in one Of the bookstores about 80 p. m. yea
terday when gentleman came rushing in, pale with
excit sment and cried out "They have carried of
"of our men in broad daylight and are an hour on
" their way already"
{" They can't hnoe kin ," all screamed together,
and rushed into the street. The news only inst
getting ont having come from a gentleman who
CHANGED to meet the fleeing party, mile or two south
Of the village. Brief words were spoken, and then q
rush TO the livery stables. But nearly all the horses
were ont Such as could be obtained were speedily
on their way. Farmers wagons, private carriages,
and every hack in town chartered fast they
could be. In fifteen minutes the square alive with
students and citizens armed with weapons of DEATH
Revolvers slid quietly into their places, rifles were
loaded and capped, and shot-guns, muskets, pistols
and knives bristled peeped every side. The
great difficulty experienced in getting conveyances
however, a serious hindrance, and il was full
hour before could get started.
This side Of Pttsfed tire of, but in ten
minutes we had IL on again. SO far could learn,
the kidnappers had taken the road to Wellington,
which would be their nearest STATEN the Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad and we knew that
if they waited there for the train they could not get
away till o'clock. We pressed hard, and made
the nine miles in trfe over an hour Passing through
Pittsfeld halloOed to group at the store, and
bade them join us. Some lying fellow responded,
"Were all Democrats herer' Lay that away against
election. When we had arrived within two miles Of
Wellington, young man met us, driving furously,
and begged us TO push with all possible haste, IA
the rascals were already overtaken and surrounded
You may guess that no grass grew under our feet
Arrived at last. we dismounted little outside aud
forming in order marched up with arms in sight.
Quite crowd were collected, but only few seemed
resoute, though all were intensely anxious and ex-
cited They received with great cheering, as they
did also the companies that kept constantly arriving
thereafter The parties of whom we were in pursuit
in the second story of the Brick Hotel; but the
landlord, who was faithful Buchaneer, determined TO
keep every out. A Justice Of the Peace and his
assistants however could not be kept out and went
up to make official inquiries After them also few
OF our own company by gained admit
tance, and learning the facts reported them to ns.
II seems that young colored boy, Is or ~ years
Of age, had been wicked enough to run away from
somewhere down South, having that disposition to
better his circumstances, If possible, than which moth
ing could be audable. Correspondence had
been going with reference to said boy, similar 10
that | informed You Of few days since, by which
means somebody had come for him, but whether i,
was his master not, did not positively learn, and
do not care. a man. calling himseh L. ). Marshal
Lowe, had forms of papers with him, purporting to
have been issued by L. ). authorities al Columbus,
but mysteriousy lacking seal There was no assu-
therefore, that these persons had
the shadow Of the Great Pirate Act to shield them,
BY this time the alarm had spread widely, the acces
siOns from Oberln had become formidable, and the
square nearly full. Hundreds of ladies crowded
the sidewalks, the stores, all adjacent windows and
Bring him om!" Bring out The man" "Om
"raA ham I" "Om!" "Oat!" Companies of men,
fully armed, repeatedly neared the door, ready for
Their work but were met as frequently by the local
lac,x
that if they would only be patient the Marshal and
his men should be arrested for kidnapping, and be
judged by the letter of the law.
But minutes heightened into half hours, and half
hours added to each other, drew the night. The
prospect getting dark. The ruinor rife, and
scarcely questioned that telegram had been sent to
the United States Marshal at Cleveland for military
succor and although they could not come in by the
O'Clock train, they might charter extra. The men
would wait no longer, and prepared again for the as
sault. The poor fellows pleading face at the attic
window stirred the blood too deep for quiet, and the
word went round again that he mast te brought 0at!
The local officials withdrew promising not to IN.
terfere in any way. Just now too the Marshal ap-
peared under the protection of constable aud one OF
our party, and gong few doors one side, drew halt
the crowd after him to read his papers. He thought
that his papers, when exposed to view would fghten
everybody home. Poor man his simplicity was to be
| pted. The warrant of a company OF pirates though
they sit in Coumbas capitol has right in it, and
| the power of Democracy was weakness that day.
While the Marshal was reading, the front door
thrown open, and the crowd rushed up, headed by
persons who carried no Illegal, because concealed
weapons.
| The landlord appeared here, however, and
| seriously hndeyed those who sought entrance. In
twnkhng, therefore, ladder placed against the
balcony, guarded at both ends by the right men, aud
| all went mp who desired. Some picked men were
msrshaled and led up the second flight of stairs to the
attic door. Two or three men were inside TO guard
| the prey, and or more who had better motives.
But resistance not thought Of. for although the
assailants would not have harmed the guard 80 long
they were quiet, the first shot stroke of resist
| ance would have been answered in kind Alter "A
l moments hesitation, the door uuastened from
within opened from without and the instant while
! the crowd rushed down the front way huzzaug at
the top of their lungs, the prisoner was borne out
through a rear door toa carriage in waiting and i'm
medately took his departure for tue North amid the
shouts of his friends. am informed by an eye-wi,-
ness, that the Shareholder and his assistant were in
the hall the second hcor during the ascent TO and
the descent from the attic quietly standing aside out
of every ones way, and having no weapons at al in
/ sight.
| Nobody here believes ,ha, land-pirates have any
more right 10 life, liberty and the pursuit Of happ
ness" than water-pirates.
AS soon the first burst ofrejoieing was over Mar
shall Lowe appeared at the attic window beside the
gentleman who had protected him among the crowd,
and begged through his protector 10 know if his hf
would be safe now that the black man was given Up
! and gone. The cry was, Yes" Some shouted
They viii be safe now, if they are never to come
again; but il they come again, no one will be account
/ able for their lives a moment" The Aye" Ave"
Aye" that indorsed this must have made the gen
tlemen in question feel queer all the way from their
/ hats 10 their boots.
! Since writing the above, told that the Mar.
shals papers all right, having whatever seal was
necessary; bat the coward did not serve then and s
therefore, dc tacto, at any rate nothing better than
kidnapper. The fugitive had been sick for some tune
and was still weak. But not daring TO lay hands on
him in Oberlin, they hired boy to offer him ride
out into the country and back again, and when he
drew up to their carriage, two miles outside the VII
lsge they obliged him to change conveyanoes and at
once hurried him of. They selected the daytime and