The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-07-09

Negro stealing, and sentenced - the es-
trcmest penalty of the law. To prove
that this trial and cpuvictinu ere disgrace
fal IL Miss url jurisprudence, ~ have I.
uaIy to recspituhte the facts q t1e case
|. A Negro. belonging to Ais-"nf' /
rlsussr. hsi been III tha haott es cross |
iag tic river WITH parAis feoh us mas !
ten, sometime. Tor his owa and soaf-
times for his masters purposes y aay
or two before Dogs arrest, nc crossed
With his owners pass to attend merry
making in Kansas.
=. When across, he conceived the no.
tinn--in Democratic eyrS very cf'ai'n'
,ion--that liberty was as good tang
for blacks as whites, aud that, being no"
loose. he would fly to some spot where
that liberty might be enjoyed.
3. Nj boy ran public conveyance
from Lawrence to HoIton, in Calhoun
County, Kansas, outside OF Missouri j.
ris d,ction. Some s!avo-huntcfs, IN pur'
sui, of the runaway, overlook the Doe
tors wagon on one Of its trips, ana hnd,
| ing the absconding chattle therein, pro,
decided, without warrant or process Of
law. 10 arrest him, and DR.. boy aud 500,
who va. with the wagon at that time
|. boz. his son. and the Negro, beng
thus kidnapped on Kansas soil, by men
PLAYING the part of highwaymen, were
hurried of, under threats OF instant death
to the Missouri tine, and as soon as they
reached Platte City were thrust Into jan,
where the two first were with el.hcuily
protected from the ravonlng and b'ooay
appetite Of q mob, most OF WHOM never
owned SO much Of niger as toe.nali
tbs jail was but email improvement Oh
/ the Black Hole of Calcutta, but the
, poYs, innocent as our readers have alreaa,
discovered, were compelled to endure IT.
: horrors.
, 5. At q former, trial, the younger DO,
yas acquitted, but the unreasoninG preju
dice 10 case of the father did not permit
like result in him. The jury, however
D had honest mca enough among It's mem
a bers TO prevent conviction. They agree
to disagree. and the prisoner was re
c manded to Jail. =,
r 6. At this last trial, also at ST. Joseph
!. upon tue naked testimony that we hay
= related. verdict Of guilty was found, /
/, spite Of The most determined exertlons
/ bov's friends; aud unless tho Govcrno
r of tho State, who is a druuken Black
:, guard and loafcr, shall interfere ~ hi
e behalf, he will bo sent to the poniteni'ar
e for. seven years.
Here is the case-the whole Of it
= plainly and fairly stated. We need uial
!. 90 comments. [: is eloquent without
j word. Bat wha: may We not say IN RE-
j rotation of that abascncnt OF public Ju
.r .icc which hiss marked this trial from hr
"a to las.-that lawessno.s which arrests
L man on Kansas highroad, b. force
.e arms. and hustles him Of to an adjoioia
i. State for trial--thas impo:cncy Of Il
a coart, which could not protect p'ison
it 50 wrungfuiIy arrested and so illegal
charged perjurcd jary, which,
IN the face Of the facts like shese We ha'
,e stated, yielded {, popular clamor, al
al condemned to prolonged and d'ssraect
n. Imprisonment au innocent laan ii
o. trial, the conrt, tue jury, the cia@oT
il the mob. the yer let, aud the sent@"e
Of are worthy of that border poqu alton " i
of poured out its thousands 70 su93uGa
i. Kansas Elsewhere they would be ho.
SC cd down by popular indignation, wa''
none could resist, l. there TO rene
be for legal tyraanny ike this ?-Prea'
It Tribune.