The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-06
FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsR IN PHILA
DELPHIA.
THE EXCITEMENT 1TTENDJCfr IT.

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The negro Dangerfsld, claimed by Mrs. r,sv..
beth Simpson, Of L,udoun county, Va. and can,
tured in Harrisburg, Pa, arrived in phifadeInh;.
Saturday evening, in custody of the q. 8. Marsha
His friends had telegraphed in advance of his A..
rival, and secured counsel for him. while n.
| claimant had the greatest difficulty 10 procuring
lawyer to undertake the case. The North Ama,;,
can oil Monday morning, in which the fairest rs.
cora OF the proceedings is given, says:
As soon as the prisoner arrived at the oA,,. -
the U. g. Marshal, Mr.. Miller McKim. nrona;, =,
aD litio9iss OF this city pointed ont the fettered
wrists of the negro, and asked that the an'
might be removed, Marshal jenkins eYnia;nas
That they were placed there, first, because shasa
was q disposition at Harrisburg to effect a rsscna
and second, because the prisoner had endeavorsdl
conversation then ensued p""0o
Mr' jenkins" said Mr.. McKim, "I am far from
Wisuins harm to You, or any man, but heart;lv
"isn that the poor mau had escaped from von-y
II think II quite likely" was the renIv
And what is more, Mr.. jenkins. I ID M, .a-
any right to him. 'A0 '"An nave
rhat's .., none of my business" said the msrsba,
well sir, it's pity that the nnfor,unas .aal.
did not make bis escape from you" n'an
"Ive no doubt you think so and nroh.hIv
~"uio nave rtJoiced had the prisoner accomni;sb
ea Mo apas M. fssult oy using bis kofe upon ne p
from his th ughts or wishes lie ,oo,,,5 sa, "t'oei
ever, that II some one were to drag the morsh,
ihto slavery, be should not blame him for dafanJa
l,g MS liberty with a butcher knife or anvthino
The conversation between tbesa ror.;o.
pi.ohea AZ sey sufficiently high to be audibla for
l eonie Instance. 1t Was heard by a number ofsvm
pa.n,xers with slavery. The latter spread a 70.
port that Mr. McKim had wished that tho s:: :o
mad plunged the butcher knife into M JenLseaa JsNe
.mls report Tended greatly to exesperate seve,al
persons 10 the crowd, one of whom. win aaa.
to be arrested ooi'ioniss ought
Ine prisoner was taken at 81 O'clock to the offca
VI commissioner Loogstreth, seventh below Cha.o
LUZ esless. mere the writ upon which the arrest
srs WAS aae ~ was put ia evidence 1t described the
person OF the prisoner, and set forth that civ v.
ago ne escaped from widow Sinnson Of a,SSs Las
siiie' va the proof Of bis identity BEING danan-
oent upon this description. Mr. George Earla on.
pn,i Mors ~ sne neeroand demandeds postponement
p purg may be secured. He asked this also bscansa
~ VI. r,eice, another of the counsel was mot nras
on'. on Mr hopper, another attorney for he prison-
va, Sna .pe appeal, for the reason that he, as
yet' knew nothing of the merits of the case NJ
pe.jah,n Brewster. on behalf of the cIaimant
ooJecteo-the Fugitive Slave law ren,erinnrL
uu'y OF the Commits i 'ner plain beyond ali cav;,
noh,;,a 20 p,ooLs OF identity sufficient there was
-uu. 10 remand the fugitive to his claimant
AFTER some little skirmisbipe among ,ha
,essi ,aai gentlemen, Mr. Hopper asked that NJ
"Ho "PPcoieu MS the next friend IF <b
refugee, might be permitted to mata ~. Vi .ne
W "nich ar. Brewster cheerfully assente5 Thss
Commissioner also acquesced bnt directad ,h,
"a Hir mchlm should be first put upon oath M
.uch. then stated that be had been nformed as 20
the case by telegraph onIy few horrs hf Do W
t~enty'Ionr hours he had reason to be,ieva that
testimony would be forthcoming which yonJd
prove the prisoners title to liberty
mI. brewster now made an explanation of his
connection with the case. He did not desire 70
Dc misunderstood by any one, least of all bv the
gent'eman who appeared as the next friend Of the
fugitive. For his feelings, and for those of OIL
present. oe entertained the highest respect But
ne also respected his pro fessiop, ard had tatan
the case from sense of professional dutv after i,
hao Deen kicked about from one lawyer to anoth-
er, all OF whom refused, except at an exorh;tan.
Zee. to have anything to do with it,
The Commissioner then POSTPONED the case nm
III III O'CLOCK this morning, the prisoner. mean
tme' being consigned to Moyamensing
The Philadelphia Bulletin of Monday afternoon
contains the proceedings before the United Stat,
commissioner that morning. A large crowd of
auti slavery men and women were gathered around
the ONCE, and some of the latter "were in tears ,
including the notorious Mrs. Lucretia Mott. The
account says:
some delay was caused by a necessity that ex
isted Tor clearing out the Grand Jury room. and
Oy the confusion incident to the crowd When
the doors were tualiy opened for the adm;ss;o
OF the prisoner, the rush was frightfnI Nrs Mo,t
TOOK her seat beside the prisoner The latter w.
represented by Edward Ii. Hopper, VIM. 8 pair,
and GEORGE Earle, and Benz. II. Brewster, ESQ.
appeared on behalf of the claimant Tha la
named gentleman, before getting into the roon,
put ms head to a fractured pane of gIa.s and ar
nouoced that be would not come in through sncb
CROWD; ne insisted that the Marshal should bring
force 10 order that justice might be admipistaraS
properly This speech was follow ed by an effort
TO clear the passage, but the crowd was too dense
to be easily moved ~ WV oonee
FINALLY Marshal Yost appeared at the fractured
glass and announced that the room wonId be
cleared OF all persons who had no business in IL
Mr. Peirce objected to this course and while a
namoer OF city policemen were endeayoring to
,is Ieas sne room, the Commissioner stated his will,
hngness to allow all to remain who could be ac.
commodafed after the parties Interested were
provided with places. Very little progress was
made In clearing the room, although U. S. District
attorney 'andyke insisted that the room should
be cleared. Mr. Brewster then entered the anart
ment aud the examination com meuced
Mr. Earle stated that there a number of
witnesses outside who could not be got in. He
desired that some place should be obtained where
accommodations of decent character could he
procured Mr.. f. did not want to see the Infamous
star chamber practice of excluding the public in.
trodaced- Mr. h. objected to the presence of the
city police to prevent admission of parties The
right to do this would be inquired inte hereafter
The gentlemen employed to report the case could
not be accommodated. Mr. E protested that ius.
tice could not be administered. He objected to
going on in such place.
The Commissioner said that all the courts of
justice were liable to the objections named Eve.
ry facility should be afforded for getting witnesses
into the room.
The counsel for the defence asked To examine
the record upon which the warrant was issued.
and insisted upon their right to Inspect it,
The Commissioner said he had no record in his
possession.
under the authority of the act of 1885, He appear.
ed in behalf OF Eiz .beth Simpson, of Loudon CO.,
Virginia, who claims that Daniel DsngerieId,
slave, had escaped into Pennsylvania. That COM
plant having been made to the Commissioner
the warrant was issued and the fugitive WAS ar.
rested. Sir b. read the act of1S50, which provides
that the owner, or attorney of the latter NAV pur-
sue and take the fugitive, take him before Judge
or Commissioner, Who shall dispose of the case iu
n summary manner. Mr.. Brewster read the now
er Of attorney which authorizes Sanford p. Rogers
to pursue the fugitive
Mr.. Brewster also offered in evidence the Will
OF French Simpson, thelhusband of Mrs. s., the
claimant.
MIR. Earle objected that it (the wiil) was not the
whole record. He also contended that letters an.
ciilary should have been taken out in this State
to make the paper admissible. The Will
must be clearly proved, and the death of the tes.
tator must aiso be clearly proved to establish the
right.of Mrs. Simpson to make power of attor.
ney.
The Commissioner and Mr. Brewster agreed that
objections to any of the papers would be admisa-
bic at any stage of the proceedings.
MIR. Brewster said that be did not deem the Will
absolutely necessary to his case. All that has
been said so far was irrelevant 10 the purposes of
the prosecution. The act of Congress overrides
any local statute. MIR. b. .conended that sufficient
portion Of the records had been produced aud that
they were sufficiently authenticated under the act
Of Congress Of $780, As such he offered it.
MIR. Peirce coptended that the paper pot n eyi.
dence not 10 accordance with the act of 1890.
All that vas presented was transcript from the
records of the Court" Che act requires proper
certified copy of the records, aud not mere
script from the record. How much Of the record
is this. Is il a half, q fourth, or fifth? How
peirce asked the Commissioner to seize hold OF
this opportunity to deliver the oppressed from the
fangs Of the oppressor. This is not favored claim
under the law, and let him abide by its letter.
The Commissioner considered the fact that the
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