Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-06

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The kidnapping Cuses--Jenu a. Go. In a
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ms NJ Fnult-lsumored Proposition 70 Cry
The kidnapping cases Of Jacob X, Lowe,
Daniel Davis, Anderson jennings, and Richard
p. Mitchell are set for to-day in the Lorain
Common Pleas. Jennings, Mitchell and Ba-
con, the Kentucky Slave ownor and oltchers
have been in this quarter and Canada for some
days, making thorough search by agents and
otherwise in the Queens free dominion for the
rescued John Failing to find him, and act
iug on the advice of Belden, the Government
counsel provided Ivy the Administration at
Washington, they have been trying to escape
meritcd Justice aud a trial in LJrain, thr ough
a writ OF Haboas Corpus, Issued by Judge Nc
Lean, and made returnable to Mclean or
Wilson. Marshal Johnson's engineering Of
the writ is wolth recording.
Early Saturday morning jennings called on
Sheriff Burr, at Elyra, who was just harness
ing his horse 10 attend sale advertised in a
distant part OF the county. and told him Mar
shal johnson was in town, and enquired when
he would be back. lie was told at night
jennings Lett and Burr went on his business
johnson called at the SherifFs office aud found
him absent lie dispatched a messenger for
the Sheriff, but the Lorain officer sent word
back that the Marshal could come to him if his
business was urgent. On the Sherifi7s retuln
at evening, Jennings accosted him by the
roadside Having other business to transact,
after putting out his horse, the Sheriff went
about it, and johnson and Jennings had to
forego he pleasure Of an interview until Sun
day morning. Then the U. S. Marahal en-.
quired Of the Sheriff if he received prisoners
on Sunday. The reply was he did on proper
papers. johnson wished to surrender the kid
nappers, but admitted he had 10 order to do
SO from the Lorain Court. The Sheriff OF
course declined 10 receive them. The Mar
shal ard his worthy associates left the jail and
took possession of the Sberifl's Office in the
Court House Sheriff Burr followed and po-
ltely notifying the piOus gentlemen that he did
not keep his office open for business on Sun
day, turned them out, and turned the key
The whole party had leisure for devotions till
Monday.
Monday morning the kidnappers, their bail
and Government counsel and officials were on,
hand bright and early to get the indicted into
all or the custody of the Lorain Sheriff, by
some sort of sharp practice. Foied in this, for
the Sheriff knew his duty too well to receive
them without an order of Court, the bafled and
enraged U. s. Attorney Beldel directed the
Marshal TO serve the writ of Habeas Corpus is
sued by Judge Mclean on Sheriff Burr. This
was done, and yesterday the Sheriff appeared
at the U s. Court House in this city and made
return Of the writ that the persons named there
in were not in his custody, which return was
accepted, and the Sheriff ffreturned to open Court
in Loran and call the kidnapPors to trial to-
dry.
The Hon Mr. Stanton, of Kentucky, has
come up to defend the Kentuckiaus. Mr..
Coo hran, the Mason county Clerk, is also on
hand. The Habeas Corpus movement to OBJ.
ain a discharge by U. S. Judges looks very
much as though trial is not courted to say the
least, and the street reports yesterday afternoon
were that the counsel of the Kentuckians and
u. s. officials had made proposition to the Lo-
rain authorities to cry quits all round! We shall
see what we shalt SEQ