Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-15
WHOLE NO. 657.

e we published yesterday hnd 70 ceuse for Ir.
e 'irc Broadhus to Gray in this city thought he
! might have been over here n hundred times sup
pnsed Augeliue returned with his mother from
their visit 10 Ohio voluntarily Was not there. w
! IAs WOODWARD.
i Sworn-Wus deputy q. s. Ma,shal In June
1857 is u CArpenter and present at the
arrest Of the slaves was on the roof when Elliott
WAS shot and jumped down through tue skvligbt
saw all that was going on. When the dorr was
iOpened went into the room and examined it staid
there while the negroes taken over to Court.
Found in the room bel and table With papers
on it. "On tho papers were what call sbors
hand wrltings." paper was shown him with
certain rieroglyphlcs upon it which ho declared
were similar to those he saw in the room
! Crossexamned-Th The papers he found had such
characters US lie understood TO be short hands
! The Grrestng party consisted Of John Anderson,
! Mr.. Elliott. Carty, and two young men from Ken
lucky. They in the hall when the door
broken open, may have been arwed heard
four sh0ta .rslaa
It is his impression and always has been, that
the shot fred about the time Elliott fell, fred
inside the room when the door broken opeu
one two shots were fred outside the ROOM
Tho young man from Kentucky had pistol;
don't know his name when they jumped down
ihe negro man was complaining tina. he had been
wounded; he was not bleeding.
WARREN KENNEDY,
Sworn--ls the agent Of Alphonso Taft fo- let.
sing his building; Room No Is on the 18th. Of
june last rented TO VIM. VI. Connolly didn's
see Connolly after he ef; the building, quite early,
On tho morning of the trouble had No notice VI
his leaving,
RoDT. N. RILEY ,,
Testifed-That he knew Connolly we'll enough
to speak to him and on Thursday the llth Of
June last met him at the southwest corner of 5th.
and Vine, between G30 and 7:30 p NJ; had con.
KgtfI li., H..
the building next the GAZETTE building be had
IN oIe hand g bucket and what he said was pro-
visions in the other he said that be had been
taking notes in the U. S. Court room and hadn's
time to 20 home, and so taking some provision
for himself and his brother to bis room saw him
20 up the stairway of Tatts building.
MRS CHARLES a. wITnERs rt
Tcs,ifed--To the fact of going to visit her faith
er in Warren county, and taking Angeine with.
her. In answer TO u question from the defence
Did che on hor return have conversation with
Angeline about her freedom, telling her that she
free il she fit to assert her right 7" Mrs.
w. answered--No not at time"
The District Attorney then read the following
letters. The first is not dated, but was postmark-
cd February II tn:
CONFIDENTIAL.
siR: Learning that you are also Mason, I
address you as such in frank and confidential,
but. trust, not inpertinent letter. On one oc.
casion, in Cincinnati, reported fugitive SLAVE
case and subsequently exposed the fact that there
were great frauds connected with it, The result
was that there was governmental commissioner
sent out and the fees III that case cut down from
$40 900 to SIS 600 For exposing this fraud
made bitter ehemies Some time attcrwaIG WAS
asked 70 allow two Colorei persons to remain in q
'Uom in which sometimes wrote.
| consented without asking whether they were
ayes, or whose slaves they were, and when cav
he negroes they told me that the wiman had been
ent to Ohio by her owner, and resided, by his con-
ent, for months at the residence of his father-in-
aw. Quaker near, Wninsville; O.. and that the
nan allowed for long time tn drive cart
If dray, ! now forget which, i'll Cincinnati, and
hat his procured license for him from tho
Mayor Of Cincinnati. neeG noi tell you, sir, that
~ the decisions prior to the Dred Scott case. and
to the opinions of two Judges in that,
;Ase their residence by the masters consent, was
"a effect, manuuissun.
ii | was wrong, at least such was my belief.
and told the negroes that believed that would
be good legal defence, though would not advise
them to ask the laws interference in their behalf
until they were caught. You know all about the
inding of the slaves in my room. Knowing that
with the bitter enemty Of the Deputy Marshals
or my exposure of thu former fraud, and the ex-
element of the circumstances. could not hope for
air chance in Court did not wait for legal process
o be issued against me. bus lei: az once. | gave
Up good permanent situation, J left family to
whom WAS fundly attached, and | came East.
Ound employment and have since sent twu.thirds
# all my earnings to my family, who now on
heir way East. By-theby, another reason why
eft was that | might provide for my family, and
because knew that | had no money spend in
eeing lawyers to defend me. Well, ! gave up all
hought of returning, IS ] first intended. TO Cincn-
,ati. and made up my mind to reside permanently
n New York.
Recently one Of the Cincinnati Marshals came
IN here after me. OF course, / did not
wish to give him the chance of trying to take me.
kept out of his way, but did not change my usual
'outine of life. / did not seek to create public
ympathy, as might have done. since have good
riends in every paper in this city nor to any Of
hem did mention fact, which you doubtless
veil know that the same men bo asked me to let
he u negroes stay in my room were the persons who
lcted in concert with the Deputy Marshals, and
gave the information in regard to the hiding place
If the negroes. Do you, as an honest man, think
his was the fair thing? Don't you think l acted
10 the whole matter Il more Christian and manly
part than those who hunted me? Answer this TO
your own heart
Now to the point, why write this letter. For
my own part do not feel apprehensve of being
taken. and if taken, and the facts all ma lie public,
that would have friend less You know that
the publication of the facts would not make eiyher
the Fugitive Slave law or the exeeutois prove pop
ular-but this is not 10 the point. My wife thinks
may be caught. and some hing terrible be done to
me- and to oblige her have proposition to
make. r1
am so little acquainted with legal business.
thar, really dom t know whether it lie feasible---
but il is this: If have or have not violated any
law, | am willing to let such an entry be made
against me, and TO pay the same fine as was
assessed in that, but much more marked Indiana
case, This was $50, This will save the United
States from loss by the search made FOR me. I
have now already lost heavily by the affair. and
inly make this proposition because l wish my
family to be happy.
Ia ine Of this kind, and nolle, or something
of that kind can be entered, will pay THAI
amount. II there are any legal difficulties. and
lhis that suggest cant be done, ! suppose ths
Deputy MarShals will have TO crack ahead and
line me. remain tfaierndHN
WM NJ. CosNsLLr.
coSFIpENTIAL -"
iai New YORK, Feb. 18th, 1858.
Sir:---S'nce writing to you few days snoe.
have aseertained that the Deputy Marshais whs
came after me are not TIE ones Isappossd, sud
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