Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-26

need not answer questions unless he chose
that Brown replied he had nothing 20 o0u,
cesl had no fngors 70 ask, thnt he had arms
enough foF 1900 menand could get nnooEh
Tor 5000 if wanted
Armistead Ball detailed particulars Of bic
arrest by the insurgents; had interviews
after his errest with Brown, who stated that
he had como for no child's play, and was
prepared 10 make war against the people,
and they would not be injured " they re'
mained quiet his object was TO place United
States arms in the hands Of black men, and
proposed to free all the slaves in the vicinity.
Brown repeatedly said his whole object was
TO release tho slaves. ! asked him IL some
plan could not be arranged for the liberation
I Of myself and the other prisoners he said
| We could only be released by furnishing
able bodied slaves IN the place OF each;
recognize Stephens, Green and Brown; Capt
/ Brown told the prisoner when the charge
Of the marines was about being made, that
though he did not intend to iniore them him,
SELF that they should equally occupy the
post Of danger with himself that u they
were not dear enough to their fellow eitizens
for them to accept the terms he had propos,
cd for their release, they must be the most
harbarous. Coffee, on tho other hand, told
himself and irieEds to get behind the en-
ginea, that he did not wish to see any Of us
Injured heard one Of the insurgents say,
"haye dropped him Beckmani did not eee
Capt Brown FIRE once from the engine house
does not think he fred once Green fired
several times; prisoners never were uprea'
, aonably exposed.
John Alstadt, one of the slave drovers
who was brought into the Armory with the
, slaves, detailed the particulars of battering
D down Of bis door, and his seizure by sil
i armed msn.
4 AT this point Stevens appeared to b,
fainting, and mattrass was procured f0
him, on which he laid during the balance o
i the examination
Alstadt resumed-Thinks Brown fire.
, several times; knows be saw him with gul
= levelledi saw all the prisoners except yel
I. low man, Copeland.
y Alexander Kelly detailed The particular
/ Of tho collision with the insurgents, and eS
! changing several shots; could not identit
q any Of the prisoners.
If Mr.. johnson testified 10 the arrest
o. Copeland, yellow man, who was attemp
ia ing to escape across the river, he was arms
o with spear and rifle in the middle of u
al Shenandoah; said he had been placed
I'd charge Of Halls Rifle Factory by Car
Brown
at Andrew Kennedy was at the Jail VIII,
a Copeland was brought in; questioned hii
said he came from tho Western Reserve
ad Ohio, that Brown came there in August al
as employed him at $40 per month.
Faulkner objected to the testimony as il
ma plicaling the white prisoners The presidi
ife Judge said his testimony could only be !
ir. ceived as duplicating himself Kennedy
I sumcd-Copeland said their object was
ir, release the slaves of this country; that
at, knew Of nineteen in the party, bus the
!, were several others he did not know.
Jas. A. Bruo was one Of the prisoners
el~ the Engine House, and was permitted to
al. out several times with flag of truce d
Nv ring the firing Coffee fred twice, and at
Nh. second FIRE Brown remarked, "that mar
,i,- down" witness then asked permission to
be out, and found that Beckham had Just b.
,or shot and has no doubt that Coffee shot hi
,rn Alstadt recalled Thinks that Brown s
NO.. the marine who was killed-saw him FIRE
ato The preliminary examination being G
+ n cluded, the Court remanded the prison
ich for trial at the Circuit Court