Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-07-14
The Kidnapping Cases.

Jennings d. Go. IN a Niiqqer
John" non ea-Ha6eas Corpus at
Famt-Rumored Proposition to Cry
QUITS.
The kidnapping cases Of Jacob Z. Lowe,
Daniel Davis, Anderson Jennings, and
Richard P. Mitchell, are set for to-day in
the Lorain Common Pleas. Jennings,
Mitchell and Bacon, the Kentucky Slave
owner and catchers have been in this quar-
ter and Canada for some days, making
thorough search by agents and otherwise
in the Queens free dominion for the res
eued John. Failing to find him, and act
ing on the advice of Belden, the Govern
ment counsel provided by the Administra-
ton at Washington, they have been trying
to escape merited Justice and a trial in Lo-
rain, through writ of Habeas Corpds, is
sued by Judge Mclean, and made return
able to Mclean or Wilson. Marshal John
sons engineering of the writ is worth re-
cording.
Early Saturday morning Jennings called
on Sheriff Burr, at Elyria, who was just bar
Messing his horse 10 attend sale adYer-
tised in distant part of the county, and
told him Marshal johnson was in town,
and enquired when he would be back. He
was told at night. Jennings left and Burr
went on his business johnson called at the
Sheriffs office and found him absent. He
dispatched messenger for the Sheriff, but
the Lorain officer sent word back that the
Marshal could come and see him if ais bu-
siness was very urgent. On the Sheriff's
return 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 bad to forego the pleasure of an
interview until Sunday morning. Then
the q. S. Marshal enquired of the Sheriff if
he received prisoners on Sunday. The
reply was he did on proper papers. john
son wished TO surrender the kidnappers,
but admitted be had no order from the Lo-
rain Court. The Sheriff of course declined
to receive them. The Marshall and his
worthy associates left the Jail and took pos
session of the Sheriff's office in the Court
House. Sheriff Burr followed, and polite
ly notifying the pious gentlemen that he
did not keep his office open for business on
Sunday, turned them out, and turned the
key. The whole party had leisure for de-
votions till Monday.
Monday morning the kidnappers, their
bail and Government counsel and officials
were on. hand bright and early to get the
indicted into Jail or the custody of the Lo
rain Sheriff, by some sort of sharp practice.
Fooled in this, for the Sheriff knew bis du
ty too well to receive them without an Or
der of Court, the baffied and enraged u s.
Attorney Belden directed the Marshal to
serve the writ of Habeas Corpus issued 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 therein were not in his custody,
which return was accepted, and the Sheriff
returned to open Court in Lorain and call
the kidnappers to trial to-day.
The Hon. Mr.. Stanton, of Kentucky, has
come up to defend the Kentuckians. Mr..
Cochran, the Mason county Clerk, is also
on hand. The Habeas Corpus movement
to obtain discharge by U. S. Judges looks
very much as though trial is not courted
to say the least, and the street reports yes
terdav afternoon were that the counsel of
the Kentuckians and q. s. officials had
made proposition to the Lorain authori-
ties to cry quits all around! We shall
see what we shall see.- Cleyeland Leader,
July 9Th.