Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-12-24

li1srv culture. He va. noD ~ the fight
A HarPer's Ferry, but was slatoned at an
outpost lor some purPosr-PerhaPs to re-
cetye and lead expected rclntorcemeu's.
Ia company with TIdd, Coppc, and
Brown. he came To Chamber-hurg Ihe
ni.hr Cook was put in jail; and rhe whole
four remained in this immediate vtInIiy
for several davs. They were seen l'e'
Queally bv different PERSONS and suspec-
ted to be the fugltIves ; but nothing w's
known oc them with any degree of posi-
nyeness, excepting by few, who we've
pro(eSsIonalIv or otherwise Coutitcuurhi
advised of their nam,s AID purpose.
They sept III barn near town lw" n'S'I>
and were seen there and they called al
several houses in town after dark to get
food. 1t Is generally understood that they
desired and contemplated the rescue Of
Cook from prl>on TAT they were Preva''-
ed upon not Ia attempt .. (hcN hr"
each four revolycls, in aduil"n To- heu
bowie krrvcs and rIilc'. Il is believed
that bui one wbi'e person communicated
with ;hcm directly turng lheIr stay here.
and that person was woman though /"
is moe than probable that they were adj
vised indirectly by several ot our cIlzers.
Although il was well known that ihci
were here. no one at mp'ed 10 hunI or
arrest them. No reward lad been otter
ed for them. In fact, lhe Virgin ans be.
Hevcd ,ha, Tldd, Anderson and Blown
vere dead, and ihry Did uol know that
there had been tNo CopQirs IN tie l">ur-
recllon. Gov. Wise was luiurmed ihdl
there were four ugilives in thI, nelghhor-
hood, and he al once offered reward OF
/ :. 800 a head for them. Bat II dld not
,cmpt any one to Try the arrest; indeed,
AZ was well known that they could not be
taken alive. They might have been over.
whelmed bv numbers and taken dead or
rrippled but with each one prepared 10
ire rwcnly.lour balls, with fearful prerl>'
lon, in as many seconds, the attempt
would have been a most costly one.
Alter Cook had been remaudcd to VIZ.
Cinia, Merriam disguised himself, and
went to Boston direct nv railroad. Passlng
through Philadelphia aud New York. In
Philadelphia. he stopped aI toe Merchants
Hotel, and, believe, registered hs name
correctly. he was known 10 but very
few persons out Of Boston, and when he
passed through Philadelphia, the general
beIjef was rhat he had dred Of wounds re-
ceyed at Harper's Ferry, AMI been buried
Ibv his companions in the mountains.
Obituary notices Of him had been publish
ed in several of tie New York and Bos.
ton papers. He reached Boston, AID
from thence he went TO Canada, where
he snlI remains.
Tidd, Coppic. and Brown. ejrg bettcT
1 known, started for lhe North on foo
through Tie mountains. Brown was
wounded. and often had to be assisted by
his companions, and a rmes they carried
him 10 facilitate their prC grrss. They
reached the North mountain, near Stras.
burg. in this county, and from thence
passed on to Snirleys shurg, IN Huntingdon
county. They we're zen days reaching
Shirryshurg, some forty niles distant
From that place they went on TO the Ju-
niata, at Bells Mills, where they sepera
ted. Copprc reached Canada first. and
rldd was some days behind him. Brown
has never gone to Cauata he is slllI in
the Northern States, and will probably
remain there. Anderson made his escape,
|doJbrIess, through lhe aid OF negro
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