Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-04-16

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back and found Mitchell a, Oberlin. Mitchell was
at Wack's tavern. Saw Mitchell, asked if he had
seen the Niger then left, next dGy, for Columbus
found Mr.. Lowe, and found Mr.. Chitteudcn and
got n warrant from C. and put it into Levels hands
and then went back to Oberlin. getting there ten
or eleven o'clock Friday night on Sunday evening
went to Gen. Boyntor's, never had seen Boynton
until then. staid Mt Boynton's all night-ou relec.
ton Think, was Saturday night when we went to
Boyn'cn's. Lowe and witness went down, made
"a arrangement with Boynton's little boy, Shake
speare, to get John told Gen. Boynton that wit
ness had made an arrangement with his boy. vino
said it was his own business. Got acquainted
with q Mr.. Warren at Oberlip, and asked il be
knew of any one whom they could put confidence
ID in getting John out OF town, and asked him il
there was any body tout aide" he could get to
help the negro out.-Warren thought Boynton
would not divulge on him any way and mighthelp
him. Warren told witness that there would be
trouble heard a boy in front Of the tavern cay
there would be a general fight, and his father had
loaned his two guns. Warren said the people were
watching the bigger John, and had a man to ring
the alarm bell. Witness asked Boynton's boy il
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20 and hire John to dig his fathers potatoes, and
witness promised the boy $50 if he got John down
there. Never told old man Boynton that he would
give him $500 if he would get the boy for him, or
get any other negro. After making the arrange,
ment with the boy. went back to Oberlin from
Boynton's on Sunday, and stsid all night. The
BSnton boy-Shakespeare-was to hire John on
Monday and come and let them know
Shakespeare came and told US that tho ne
gro Frank-who | wanted to get too-had
got his throat cut, anu John had to stay and
wait on Frank, but there was a boy he could get to
dig the, potatoes. Shakespeare asked how it would
do to get John to go with him to find the boy he
spoke Of, and witness told him that would do, and
Shakespeare got John to come with hin, and Lowe
and Mitchell followed on and took John. After
they bad taken John, Shakespeare cam back and
told me that Lowe and Mitchell came up to his
buggy and he stopped, and they took John out and
had carried him to Wellington. The $50 were paid
to Shakespeare. He is about fourteen years old !;
witness supposes he had his daddy's horse and
buggy when he got John. Witness had o couple of
pistols with him.
First saw Lowe and Davis after the capture of
John, at Wellington, 10 a house in a room with
John on the first or second floor; there were fifty
or sixty persons there c~rowding 90 the steps. Do
not know the man now on trial do not know
Bushnell. A good many mon were outside and a
good many inside, the hall above and below was
filled, the stairs were filled, and the steps were
6lled; witness squeezed his way through the crowd
up stairs and went into the room found John in a
,, 49, ~ NOor. opl tho MAN ,r;,b JnbnI
let witness in Lowe, Mitchell, Davis and John
were in the room nobody passed in when witness
did did not show any weapon; did not say any
thing to the crowd when he went ur when wit
ness went into the house there were guns, and the
people were enauiring for the man who had John,
and did not stop. long to talk; people were coming
in buggies and wagons enquiring for the man who
had John none of the crowd attempted to follow
the witness into the room where John was there
was no fastening and we went up higher to get a
better room ; Mr.. Wadsworth came into the room,
don't remember that he raped to come in; dom
think the door stood open Mr.. Wadsworth told
US he would give US q better room above; the
crowd made no demonstration when we took the
boy ap another flight Of stairs Wadsworth Went
first, the witness next and John vas with US tive
could walk abreast up the stairs we were in the
upper part Of the house then can't say whether
the boy, when witness got there, was on the first OIL
second floor.
When l got into the upper room I took my stand
at the door, Wadsworth then left, and Lowe, Davii
and Mitchell, and John remained staid there from
3 o'clock till little before dusk don't recollect Blu
one window in the room and that looked out OIL
the town square; some men came and asked to lie
them in we let in a good many let in every maj
who wanted to come in people were let in within
FIVE minutes after we got up stairs; they cam
generally two at q time, would rap at the d;or anC
ask to como in, sometimes witness asked hov
many there were wanted to come in and let then
in, don't rccolIect seeing anything Of Bushnell
tho Sheriff of Lorain came in and brought n par
eel Of men, Sheriff wanted us to show our author
ity Tor taking the boy, staid some time, Ion
enough to read our papers and had time, witnes
supposes, to make q short prayer if he had wished
the Sheriff passed out and in a number of time.
suppose we let in first and last some twenty; afte
we got shut" Of the Sheriff we concluded to Il
: no more in some four or five stai1. three or fou
sraid in all the afternoon, these were white mer
the first force witness knew about was q lab
through the stoSepipe hole at witness. have til
hat which had a hole made In it by tho thing tina
damned through. There was q hole made n tn
hat, suppose the weapon was a gun. it mus
= knocked me down, witness was holding the doc
close to stove pipe hole, had a rops in the handl
of the latch. door opened out, and witnes. held til
door by the rope, it was a Smurl stove pipe hole
big as six such inkstands (inkstand pointed out
one of the men on the inside left by the sheri
called to the crowd outside, calling them d
towards because they did not come 10, did M
address the crowd, did not tell them what witness
business was, told nobody my business but thos
v no were inside the room, did not address th
!, crowd from the window, or any where else, sur
posed those 10 the hall could hear what | said
those inside, supposed they were listening. don
know that the people ontside in the hall hear
what witness SAID, it was about half an hour aftc
the lick on the head that John was taken away