The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-26

aid that it was all right /; he should send
he negro off to Canada on propellernext
lay.
About that time Hartman and the negro
we're seen on the train at Grafton, and it is
that the kidnapping must have
'een attempted then, but failed from some
,ause.
Yesterday Hartman came to depot off
ser CLARK Warren, and wanted to get change
tor $40 Kentucky bill, but did not sue.
Geed. Money had been very scarce with
hartmann previous to this. That after
noon the ticket clerk at the depot sold two
CINCINNATI second-class tickets to Hartman,
anu the couple left on the $50 p NJ train.
6aggage-master Burgess reports seeing
Hartman and the negro change cars for
Cincinnati at Columbus on the arrival of
the train there
Without doubt the fellow Hartmann bas
been lying around for some time, endeay.
oriug to run off the negro. 1t would seem
that he has been pretending to be in the
interest of the Underground Railroad, and
thus obtained the confidence of the ne.
groes.
The following is from the Morning
Leader" of the 18th:
NEGRO ABDUCTED.
Considerable excitement wa. caused
about town yesterday at the announcement
that negro man had been deceived from
here to Cincinnati, there to be delivered
over to his former owners from Kentucky.
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From the circumstances no other con-
clusion can be arrived at except that the
negro was taken to Cincinnati by Hart
man, to be delivered over, either to the of
tcers or to his master, with the understand
ing that he was to be taken into slavery
It is somewhat difficult to understand how
the negro was induced to 60 peaceably to
Cincinnati ON the train, but probably he
was piled with liquor, and lured away by
the false representations of his pretended
friend. Hartman had not been accustomed
to having much money, and what he has
had lately was in all probability furnished
him by the former master of the slave, and
he deliberately planned the delivery of his
victim.
If Hartman returns at all to this city he
will probably arrive at 245 this morning,
but we doubt if he will care to meet the
excitement that prevails here in regard to
the matter. He will probably try some
other field of labor.
The following item may be found in the
Cleveland Herald" of Saturday afternoon
the 10Th:
THE NEGRO ABDUCTION.
George Hartmann, the man accused of
kidnapping a negro on Thursday evening,
returned to this city by the 945 train from
Cincinnati. A large number of colored
people were on hand to give him warm
reception, but they were put on false
scent, and so Hartman got chance to eS-
cape. He made his way to the Police
Station, in order to enquire about the
charges made against him, and was imme-
diately put under arrest. He declines to
answer any questions, or to give any &C.
count of his proceedings. Joseph Adams
is his lawyer.
We learn that a week or two since Hart
man told Mr. Langston on the cars that he
had negro in Oberlin that he was going
to bring to Cleveland, and teach him to
read and write, and try to find some sita-
alton for him. The negro, (who is apps
rently "a years old) has frequently of late
been seen in company with Hartmann.
We also learn that U. S, Deputy Marshal
Mason, of Cincinnati, was with Hartman
and the negro between Columbus and Gin
cinnati. Hartman will probably be ex-
amined on Monday.
Hartman attempted to get bail, but up
to the hour of going to press cannot find
any one to become his surety.
From the above facts your readers can
get some idea how the fugitive slave arrest
mentioned by the Cincinnati "Times" was
made in Cleveland 1t is clear that there
was no arrest at all, but simply case Of
base kidnapping. The kidnapper Hart
man is now in the county jail The
Grand Jury of Cuyahoya County being
in session to-day, had the case of Hartman
before them, but failed to find a bill of in.
dictment against him, for the want of an
efficient law in Ohio to punish and prevent
man-stealing an :: kidnapping.
When the fact was made known in the
Criminal Court this afternoon at 5 O'Clock
that no bill was found, no little excitement
was manifested Several colored men
FASTENED to the Jail to see the black-hearted
scoundrel discharged In few minutes
Hartman came running int the court .
room, calling manfully upon the Sheriff for
protection. -Four or FIVE men were Just at
his heels, apparently bent on summary f
vengeance. "IHe end as not yet ;"
Our last Slavocratic or Sham-Democratic
Legislature, repealed all laws on the sub.
ject of kidnapping, but the following few
lines, which were enacted in 1881:
"SEc. 1. That no person or persons,
under any pretence whatever, shall by vic.
lence, fraud or deception, sieze upon any
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