The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-11-18
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Marshal IohnsOn's ssBImrc's F.
Nest aud thc l8RE in 10.
The world has been amply modified Of
, very startling confession" which Mar
,hal johnson had wormed out Of poor
negro prisoner in a Virginia Jail, which
was TO ''implieSto" large number Of dis
tingulshed citizens in Ohio, in the Har-
per's Ferry affair. This confession was
reported 10 be Of such immense imporgs
ance, that Gov. Wise had forbidden Ito
publication until the parties implicated
could be seeuredi But il seems the la
bors Of the "mountain' could be protrsot-
cd no longer, and behold the following
amouso" is delivered in the Cleveland
Democrai Of this morning:
Question-Aro you John Copeland Of
Oberlin, and the same person. that was
indicted last year at Cleveland for rescu-
ing the Slave "lohnln
AnaW ri am.
Q.-Do your parents reside 1t obor-
Lint
A.-They do.
Q.--Who induced you 10 enter into the
HWper's FerSy movement
Al. n, KNgi aud John Brown Jr.,
wrote letters to Leary at Ohcrlin, which
| saw, aud was thus induced So 20 into IL.
Q.-Who furnished you the means 10
come 10 Virginiai
A.-Ralph and Samuel Plumb gave
me the money-Sl5-to bear my oxpen-
ses,
Q.-Whst other Oberlin persons were
at Harper's Furryl
A.--None but Leary and myself
Q.-Where Is Leary!
Ale was killed in the river near the
Rife Works.
Odd no come through Cleveland
A.-Nes.
Q.--On what day did you leave ,herel
A-The day Of the October election.
Q--Where did you stop at in Cleve-
landl
Al stopped at Isaac Sturtevanrs on
Walnut street. Was there from Mon
day noon until Tuesday evening at
o'clock.
Odd Mr.. and Mrs Sturtcvnut know
what you were going 10 Virginia forl
Airs. Sturtcvunt did. She was the
person who talked 20 me about il, sup
pose Mr.. 3, knew IT,
Q.-Whero did Plumb give you the
money, and who was PRESENT.
A--Ralph Plub gave Il TO me. Sam
uel Plumb and Leary were present. II
wis IN Plumb's office at Cberlin.
Odd the Plumbs know whore you
were goingl
Ayes, and wished us good luck, and
gave me the money just before leaving
/ Monday morning.
Odd Charles II. Langston sec you
In Cleveland
Allie did, and knew was coming on
TO Join Browns company.
Q--Who directed you to 90 to Sturte-
wants at Cloyelondl
I A-Loary. He was directed by John
Brown, Jr., TO 70 there.
Odd You hear Ralph Plumb, on the
day the slave "John" was rescued, urge
persons to 60 to Wellington, and il so
n Al did. He was on the payomentii
front Of Watson's grocery.
Q-IIave you any knowledge Of an Qt
tempt to raise an insurrection at any 9th
or State or region of our country
Al understood that there was an In
tention to attempt a movement Of tha
kind in Kentucky about the same time.
Odd you know from Brown or any
other person that help was expected from
the slaves in the neighbOrhoodl
Al did from Brown, that help woul,
come from the slaves, but did not un,
derstand at any time, until Monday morn
ing after the fight had commenced, tha
anything else than running off slaves wal
intended, being at the Rife Works hal
a mile from the Engine House.
Odd you learn from Brown or an
OF the company that persons at Harper
Ferry sympathized with them, or were il
any way connected with the movement
A-From Brown | understood tha
there were laboring men atHurper's Fer
ry who wished TO get rid Of the sluv0s,a
would aid in running them Off.
In introducing the above, the Demo
Graf says;
at will be seen thai Copeland impli
cafes the brothers Piumb-Ralph Plumb
: also one Of the indicted, giving him th
: money to 60 TO Harper's Ferry to join th
} army of Brown, and wishing him goo
luck in his undertaking."
In another place, the Democrat says:
"URta after he pas fully implicated, h,
denies knololedge Of the ShsHrrectioHarl
character Of ne expedition, and AYERS tha
his only thought was that ofstealng mig
gers TO send them to Canada and ther,
I, free them"
viii Marshal Johnson be good enougl
to tell us how il was, that the brother
Plumb knew Of the "insunectionmy char
acter of the expedition" and wish !
: "good luck" when Copeland himself haI
no knowledge Ofitl
Mr.. Johnson's questions about the res
cue case, which had been judicially dis
| posed Of, shows something Of the sleep
/, less watchfulness for all the interests o
Human Slavery, which gives that oficia
so much influence at Washington.
AdVertise-"Advice Gratis.''