Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-12


ANEoRo ADDUoTED. Considerable excitement
was caused about town yesterday at the announce.
ment ihai negro man had been decoyed ircm
here to Cincinnati there to be delivered over to
bis former owners from Kentucky. From various
sources We gather the following facts relative TO
the case which are well substantiated by mapy
witnesses
Tue negro has lived at Obcru for some time past
and one George Hartman, formerly driver for one
Of the River street Hotels and moro lately driver
Of an omnibus for the Omnibus Company had made
his acquaintance there. This Hartman is not now
ia the employ Of the Omnibus Co., having been
laid of for the winter some few days since. His
duties consisted in part to furnishing the passen
gers with omnibus checks for which purpose he
was daily upon the cars between here and Ober~
liz.
A week or two since he told Mr.. Llngslon on
the cars that he had a negro in Oberlin he was 60.
ing to bring TO Cleveland and teach TO read
and write, aud try to find some situation for him.
The negro man, (who is apparently "a years old),
has frequently Of late been seen ia company with
Hartman
On Thursday Hartman asked officer Clark War
ren to changea $50 bill for hm The bill was on
a Kentucky bank and apparently just from the
bank This of ITSELF don't amount to anythiug, but
may have something to do with the case, On that
evening he gave out that he was going to Caution
to return yesterday morning. The negro was with
him at the depot, and the two got supper at the
coffee rooms, Hartman paying for the same, and
having, as the waiter said, "a pocket full of mon
ey." He also gotta bottle OF whiskey up town ,aul
! 4 =.
He had in the afternoon gone to the Omnibus sta
bes and asked the loan of two halters, ito take up
two horses that were down at the depot" The
halterS were refused him. Ou the starting of tho
5 so p. M. Columbus train, the two took passage
thereon. Baggage master Burgess states that ON
lhe way TO Columbus be noticed that Hartman sat
close beside the negro and apparently was keeping
watch over Lin. He suspected that there was
"something in the wiud," and asked Hartman
where he was going lie replied that he was GO
lug to Columbus with the negro and should stop
there He afterwards said that the negro was a run
away slave and Marsha(or sheriff, MIR. b. does not
remember which) at Cincinnati had offered him S25
IL he would take him there. On the arrival at Co
lumbus Mr.. Burgess saw the two get on board The
Cincinnati traiu as it left the depot.
n uug VI lMO pItNlouS 10 lnlbi Tue keeper OF INT
refr6shment rooms at the depot, who had seen th,
negro with Hartman, asked him where he was -
Hartman replied that he had sent him to Canada oil
a propeller,
, From all the crcumatances no other conclusion
! can be arrived at, except that the negro wa
taken to Cincinnati by Hartman to be deliyeret
over, either TO the officers OF 10 Lis master, will
the understanding that he was to be taken int
+ slavery, In all probability Hartman had pretend
ed TO be 30 friendly to him. that he had told hin
D his story, aud had then, Hartman, with cool dc
, lluination, written to his former master to max
negotiations for his delivery. 1t is somewhat dii
! fcult to understand how the negro was induced {
go peaceably tO Cincinnati on the train, but prol
ably he was piled with liquor, and lured away b.
the false representations Of his pretended friend
Hartman had not been accustomed to having muc
money and what he has had lately was IN all prot
ability furnished him by the former master OF th
slave, and he deliberately planned the delivery
his vi,tim
If Hartman returns at all to this city he wi
probably arrive on the Gas train this morning. bI
we doubt II he will care to meet the exctemeI
- which prevails here In regard to the matter. II
- will probably try some other field OF labor