Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-08-06
TnRRR FUGITIVE SLAVES KIDNAPPED.

men our paper went TO press on Thursday ev-
sning, We referred, 10 q brief article, to an excite
ment prevailing ameng our colored citizens rela-
tive 70 q rumored recent rendition Of three fugi-
tive slaves, from the State of Mise uri, into the
custody Of their masters. 1t was fret promulgai-
Cd on Tuesday evening among the colored resi-
dents, accompanied by the exciting hint that q
young colored man named William Turner, a res.
iaent Of this city. had boon the tool and decoy Of
the oaptors, and the cause Of their return to GER
titude.
Turner was Immediately advised Of his danger
BY some of his personal frien Is. lie had been
drinking at a saloon on South Clark street, and
was in a most pot-vsliant mood, which, fortunate
ly for himself, however, did not hold out against
the solicitations Of his friends, one OF them a col
cred man named Perkins, who finally persuaded
him that the lookup would be his safest lodg-
ing for the night, and accordingly, as we sta.ot
in our las. issue, Turner was put into the cells
by tho City Marshal for the safe keeping which
same none too soon for him.
The oolored men, disappointed In not finding
Turner, seized upon Perkins, whose interference
banked them of their revenge, and he was
roughly handled, though not as severely as was
Yumored yesterday, for il was among the rumors
of the street that be had been taken 10 the lake
shore, where he received three hundred lashes.
Il is ssid that both Perkins and Turner have de-
served the suspicious Of their brethren by q
s~wiuship 10 t~reachery to their color.
Among the latter events Of that evening and
yesterday morning were the startling develop
ments that the white kidnappers in whose pay
Turner had been, were ex-city detectives from
this city, in whom the prehensile trait had gain
cd such excess of development that they had
turned from common criminal cases to o general
willingness to catch anything and everything for
pay.
These men are Charles Noyes, formerly in the
city employ, and later of the late firm of c. 2.
Bradley & Co., and Charles W. Smith, a detective
under the Wentworth and, we think, q former I'D
ministra,ion. They we're aided by this colored
man Turner, and q white boy, acting in the ca
pacity Of a biped terrier. named Charles Oertmar.
belonging. it is said, in st. Louis, and known as
"Sandy."
1t would appear that, some three weeks since,
three articles Of personal property belonging to
Capt. Frost Of St. Louis committed a larceny,
each Of himself, his body, and transferred that ar
t:cle, belonging to Capt. Frost, to this city in
short, ran away, under their ignorant interpreta-
tiOn of that "glittering generality" that "all mon
are created Free"
They came to this city. Their names were
WashingtonADderson, James Anderson, his broth
Or, and Henry Scott, their cousin. The latter has
. brother in this city, and the three fIgitives set
tied Town here to reside. A reward of 5 $500 was
was offered by Capt. Frost for tho recovery of his
property, his lively chattels. The reward was
tempting. and met and conquered the eyes and
Acrupl.s OF .ha dAtantiuas. and .hay, ha-;ns ~eeer
tanned the whereabouts Of the runaways, laid theil
plans.
Turner was then in the employ Of CharlesNoyes
and took care of his rooms, and the boy Oertman
who knew the ~fugitives by sight. was sent up from
Ct. Louis. Through Turner, Noyes end Smith
found access to the Andersons and Scott, and be
gan their overtures. Sagacious detectives both
their plans were s~killfully laid. Noyes was abou
to retire from city life he was going to the coun
try be was in love with the fields; had bought
farm in the western part Of the State, and these
'boys" were just the men to whom be wouli
intrust it's culture. He was liberal in his offers o.
wages, and Smith was eloquent in e1patiating or
the charms of the life they would enjoy with Mr.
Noyes.
To make the thing work more smoothly (and
there is q skill in this that leads US to admire Mr.
Noyes,) the colored men were taken the rounds Of
our agricultural stores. They were fattered in
being consulted freely upon tool, seeds, &C.; each
was allowed to select his own implements, and
they went in with a will and adjusted to their taste
and their brawny arms, forgetting they were thu
property Of Capt. Frost, sundry hoes, and rakes
and axes. and scythes. and grew vaatly delighted
at the confidence reposed in them by their gener
Gus employer. We would not have given mucl
for the safety Of these later followers Of the Apos
ties to the Gentiles could these modern Onesim,
while with scythe and axe in hand, have auddenl
read the beno6cient intentions Of Messrs. Noye
and Smith. But the plan was too we'll conceived
and, laden with farm implements and garde
seeds, with the sweet ~pastorals of Charley Smit
still ringing iu their ears, the three colorcd me
followed Noyes to his room. where Turner mad
them happy with congratulations and merry wi:
feast, in fact quite transporting them, the viii
Smith and Noyes were busy at o transportatio
which should prove much more substantial in i
realized effect.
An ertire second-class car was chartered on Il
Illinois Central Railroad through to St. Louis f
$3.50. The purchases were made on Friday Of la
week. and that night the kidnap2ers took their vi
tins On board the cars aud went southwark to col
plete their contract with Capt. Frost. So W,
had the thing been executed that but for the to
tale telegraph nothing would have i~nterfered
it was. it came too late for the deceived ~fugi;ives
private despatch was received here on Mo
day last, that three fugitive slaves from Chica
had been landed on Bloody Island. opposite {
Louir. The intelligence caused inquiry to be
ptituted. and the friends here of these fugitive
who bad missed them. flashed into excitement.
A woman of color. q passenger over the
Louis and Chicago road yesterday, puts the fni
to the story by the statement that the men, And
sons and Scott. who were we'll known to her, we
80 landed on Bloody Island on Monday. and th
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