New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-14
AN OUTRAGE EXPOSED.

Il order T. correc. the missts,ements which hsNe
been made In relation 20 the outrage winch was oom-
uilted on Mr. James l. Bower, Of this county on zee
night Of the 2i,h OF June II is deemed necessary 20
circulate truthful seoount Of the facts IS they &C.
Cured
Between 10 and o'clock on the nigh, 10 question
man hacked st the door OF Nj Bowers residence,
and awakened both himself and wife from sleep.
They went 70 the wndoE and inquired no WAS there
when the stranger informed tenn that he vas on his
yay from the He sd Of Sssearss to Hsioess that bis
carriage had broken down. and he asked Tor piece OF
rore TO lie up the break. Mr.. Bowers invited the
stranger 10 stcp s night with them and have his dam
sges repsred 10 the morning to which, however the
Dan objected ss he said ne wished 70 contiaue ms
journey. Mr.. Bowers then went down s,fu. ~ p h
drawers ard Shirt putting ON hid boots aud hat IS ne
passed through the house, and getting rope whlen
was al hand, gave it to the man, telling hig
any ss LEFT he could throw II inside the gaze lac
stranger replied to this, at is pleasant night, you
=" had ss we'll 60 along and assist me-. Mr. Bowers,
su.pectirg no evil went with the man TO the carriage,
ob.erving when he reached that the horses head
was turned the wropg way. lie proesedsd 10 exam,
upop him, seized him and proceeded to bind him. He
cried 4" II urder, snd struggled violently to prevent
bic mouth and face from being tied up and resisted
their forts TO place him il me carrisgs.
There appeared to be great numbers OF those in the
mot posted alorg the road horseb>ck and IN car
iisges from near the Union Methodist Church: Mr..
Bowers Wa forced sloDg by az may az could get
around him to the bottom below the meeting house.
Tbey fred pistols to deter any one from coming to his
assistance; mis- wife. however being alarmed, ran 10
the place ard endeavored to throw her defenceess
form between her husband and his assalants. she
took hold of him as they were attempting to put nun
in a carriage; a rush was made to separate the ~
when she tore the mask from whom she recognized
exclaimipg as lie placed both Of his hands upon her
face "You sooundrel l know you, lease Perkins
NJ Bowers then recognized another as Horace
Beck, and said TO hiu, calling him by name, - You
ere going to wrong me-" Several others were ldenti'
fed. Four Of them, all armed, forciby pulled Mr..
Bowers from her husband, and held her III the road
enc Of them ssyirg to her, wonder you are no'
" afraid TO cone in such h-ll Of crowd as tas
Mr.. Bowers was forced into carriage, 10 when
was in disguise, together with materials Tor the
nefarous desigps of these men, who nov took him 70
a wood about mile from his house, stripped him
there along the public road, blindfoded him, tee ms
lands behind him, placed a rope around his neck and
tsned and iesthered him. They then 5e@oy@ sS, no
from has nook and r"i7"oou NIL III suas P"a"' w
The cause of this outage said to be the alleged
participation Of Mr. Boxers in the Intended escape OF
three negroes from Mr.. Samuel Baker and his GOD,
with which, however, Mr.. Bower wss in no way con
csrned. One of these negroes hiss bsen In the habit
Of running away since he was brought 10 this
county It seems that their plan OF escape beng DIS
covered they were thrown into ALL aud were induced
by threats and promises not to sell them out of the
county to fabricste story duplicating Mr.. Bowers in
knowledge Of their scheme, saying that they went
to hin 70 get him TO take them away and that ne told
them he could not Go IT, but that somebody else
would; all Of which was utterly false and without
foundation, ss far as Mr.. Bowers Is concerned.
Implications thus extorted from slaves in prison
(wno, under no circumstances, are allowed 10 this
State to give evidence against a white msu) are tor
tured into grave charges, which excite the magma
ton ard, the rumor spreads are heightened by ex'
sggeraton, and are deemed sufii ,ent cause for so
great an outrage upon lsw-sbidng and unofiendiDg
others
The admission alluded to in TIE Kent Necs Of the
26.h ut is fase, the deductions 10 the Dawson case
ere erroneous and all drawn from false premises,
or from facts magniied and distorted to suit the occa
tiop.
Sirce the occurrence, Mrs. Bowers has been in
very precarious situation her health bsing seriously
affected ard her life endangered by this outrageous
ire stment OF herself and husband ?.
(hsifsr rolcn Ken. Co. Nd July. 1883.