Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-07-30
EXCITING KIDNAPPING CASE I'm CHI
CAGO.

Three negroes were kidnapped in Chicago a
few days ago, and sent to St. Louis. A colorcd
man named William Turner, was the tool employ.
ed by the men-stealers 60 decoy on the Victims
The Negroes kidnapped were W. and j. Anderson,
brothers, and A. Scott, their cousin. The latter
has a brother in Chicago, aud the unfortunate men
had stopped in that city to reside. Their claim
ant in Missouri, Captain Frost, offered a reward Of
$4,000 for the recovery of his lively %chat.els, and
Charles Noyes, Charles w. Smith, and an expo
liceman named Dewey. were tempted by the re-
ward to kidnap the men. Both the others had
been corrected with the police. The Journal
says:
Turner was in the employ of Charles Noyes,
and took care of the rooms, and q bow who knew
the fugitives by sight was sent up from St. Louis.
Through Turner, Noyes and Smith found access to
The Andersons and Scott, and began their over
lures. Sagacions detectives both, their plans
were %skillfully laid. Noyes was about to retire from
oity life, he was going to the country; he was in
love with the fields, had bought a farm in the West
ern part of the State, and these "boys" were just
the men to whom he would entrust its culture
lie was liberal in his offers of wages, and Smith
was eloquent in expatiating on the charms of the
life they would enjoy With Mr.. Noyes.
An entire second-class car was chartered on the
Illinois Central Railroad through to St. Louis for
$3.50, On Friday night of last week, the kidnap-
pers took their victims on board the cars and went
southwark to complete their contract with Captain
Frost.
A private dispatch was received here on Mon
day last, shat three fugitive slaves from Chicago,
hcI Ioo, lo-Ial 49, DIzzI- I-- z--.-.A. d.
Louis. The intelligence caused inquiry to be insti-
tuted, and the friends here, of these ~fugitives, who
had missed them flashed into excitement.
A woman of color, a passenger over tho St.
Louis and Chicago road yesterday, puts the finish
to the story, by the statement that the men, An
dersons and Scott, who were we'll known to her. we're
SO landed on Bloody leland on Monday, and that
they were that night cruelty whipped.
On Tuesday Noyes and Smith returned to this
city, and almost Immediately the former was in the
street Offering for sale a draf. on St. LOUIS for
81. Goethe price of blood of course. AT the
counter of Messrs. Morford, however, Noyes OBJ
tanned his money.
The excitement in our community yesterday
morning was intense. Such were some of the
demonstrations threatened yesterday forenoon,
about the same time that warrants were sworn out
against Noyes, Smith, Turner, and the Ocrtman.-
Turner, Smith and Oertnan were also arrested,
while Noyes, who had been seen about town, and
indeed had c~ooversed vita some of our leading
citizens as late as 10 A. NJ. was unfortunately
and shamefully allowed to elude capture, carrying
with him the $ 1900. We believe officers are on his
track.
The parties being brought before a Justice. on
motion of the Prosecuting Attorney, the case was
continued that Noyes might, (f arrested, be tried
at the same time. The penalty for this offence
in Illinois, is one to seven years imprisonment for
each person kidnapped, and they will stand a
chance Of getting it. Dewey has also been arrest
ed.