Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-12
THE KIDNAPPING CASE.

The editor of the Meigs County Telegraph giveS
the following account of the kidnapping, manaclinG
and Imprisonment of Lincoln. 1t contains some
facts additional to those we have already ptp.
lshed: -..,r- a
Dear Telegraph: In the absence Of matters Of
interest transpring in the Legislature, We will
give to-day an unvarnished account of most bru,.
tai outrage committed day or two since, BY q
certain Sam. Davis. of this City. who is the Sub:
Deputy of Deputy U. S. Marshal, which has
caused very considerable degree of feeling, which
we are happy to say is no. confined TO aty politi.
cal party, bot is as heartily denounced by decent
Democrats as by any other class of citizens.
Some time in September last this same Davis
with gang of other rufians, undertook to kidnap
from OberiD one of the Students of the Coiisge a.
that place, on the pretence that he was fugitive
slave As there are some twelve hthdred students
in the College, with about forty Professors and
teachers, it was thought to be a rather bold I'M
dertaking to seize one of this number as slave
and so he was pveigled under false pretenses to-
the neighboring village of Wellington, and there
seized. But before his kidnappers' s'coud get away
with him the trick suspected and a large mum.
Der of the citizens of Oberlin hastened to the scene
for the purpose of seeing fair play. At the sight
of the crowd, the coward!y man.tbieves became
alarmed and fed leaving their intended victiur sJ
go thence without delay. Here il was supposed
the matter ended and would be heard Of no more
But no; so. Some time last November, a packed
jury in the U. S. District Court, found an ihdies.
mens against about forty of the citizens of Oberlin
and Wellington, under some clause of the Fugitive
Slave Law, for refusing to aid in the kidnspping;
of this Student or preventing others from doing:
so. Among these forty indicted persons were
ProfessorPeck, Hon Ralph Plumb, aud one or more
Congregational or Presby yte-ian Clergymen, and q,
number Of Theological Students. It is aduf!tlee
on all hands that the State Of Ohio has no bsttor
citizens than these men. although one or two of
the serva presses Of the State to gain the favor Of
the slave power at Washington, speak of them as
"felons." .-..
Soon after the scene Of September, MI. lincoln
youhg man of fne eduea,bn.. Theological Ssu.-
dent, who happened to be III the crowd CAME to-
Dublin, in this county, and engaged to teach
school. He happened to be one of the forty who
were indicted Those who lived at Obcrlin and
Wellington. as soon they were indicted, repair.
ed to Cleveland and surrendered themselves to the
Court and demabded a trial. The Court refused
to try them, but dismissed them all tOithout ba,'
until the April term of the Court. Mr.. Linoou
being engaged in his school in this county did
not 60, but wrote to the Marshal where hs Wal
and bis employment, aad that il necessary hs'
would go to Cleveland at any time. OF give whass
ever security might be desitsdf for his appeatanos
at the tune to which the case had been continued
by the Court. Here the mater rested uhtii Friday
last. .. r.s. .5..
In the meantime this fellow, Davis, took otfenss
at a letter which he supposed Lincoln had written
and set about to seek revenge. For this purpose
he wrote to Deputy Marshal at OlssslAhd, and
got him to send on warrant, Unknown to the
Judge for the arrest Of Einoon. ARMED viii
this bit of paper. he prepared himself with sss'
of huge iroa manaeles. and with two Or three az
brutal villains as himself, started to Dublin 70 ~