Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-11-10
kidnapping a. Columb u..

road depot yesterday morning, forced or
board the $40 train for Cincinnati, and
carried of. The seizure was made by Dep
uty Marshal Jacob Lowe, who also holds
the office of Deputy Sheriff of Franklin
county, and Robert Mitchell, Constable Of
this city, and number of helpers. Nc
warrant or authority Of any kind was
shown. They told the .bys,anders he had
been robbing somebody. Although the
man was seized by as many as could find
a place to take hold, being powerful man
he threw them off, and it was only after a
contest that lasted, We are credibly inform.
ell, half or three quarters of an hour, that
they succeeded in subduing him so as to
force him into the cars; during the strug-
gle Deputy Lowe taking every available
chance to hit him on the head with q
heavy cane.
A colored man named Henry Alfred re-
lates the following circumstances: He and
Rice lived at Mt. Gilead. A man calling
himself D. G. Watson, who had been here
several days. engaged Rice and himself to
come to Columbus to be employed in re-
freshment saloon that he was going to set
up. They started gelher on Thursday
for Columbus. The colored men stayed
over nj ght at Delaware, where Rice had
relatives; but Watson came on 10 Colum-
bus and met them with the gang when
they arrived in the morning. Alfred was
uot seized, but was roughly handled to
prevent his interference Journal.
Oct 29th.
OF what followed in the progress and
consummation of the man-theft, the Cin-
cinnati Gazette gives this account from nm
eye witness, a reliable a candid citizen OF
Cincinnati:
At Xenia, yesterday morning. tele-
graphic dispatch was received from Colum-
bus, stating that negro had been kidnap-
ped, named John Rice, and was in custody
of parties on the train, passing Xenia for
Cincinnati, at ii o'clock, A. n.
An affidavit was sworn out before Judge
White, of the Common Please Court, and
writ of habeas corpus was issued, CON-
manding the Sheriff of our County to
take the body of said John Rice, and have
him forthwith before the Court, and to
summons the persons having him in GUS
tody, to appear before the Court, and show
by what authority they detained him.
The writ was put in the hands of Sher-
iff Samuel Krumbaugh, for execution, who
boarded the train, and found that the ne
gro, was locked up in the closet in the
front car, and guarded by some person
who it was afterward found were U. S.
Deputy Marshal, w. L. Manson and his
assistants.
The Marshals declared that they had
him on charge Of stealing, and that any
one who attempted to take him would take
him at the peril of their lives. The Sher-
if showed his writ, and demanded admit
tance to the prisoner. While they were
parleyIng, the train started, carrying with
it Sheriff and all. James Elliot, Attorney
of this city, who had been in attendance
mn the Green County Court for some days
happened to be on the train on his way
home, and said that he would volunteer
his services in behalf of the prisoner
This they refused TO do, stating that when
they got TO Cincinnati fair trial should
be given him, and there would be an op-
portunity to consult him. Sheriff Krrin-
baugh having no jurisdiction beyond Green
County, he telegraphed to Sheriff Kessler
to meet him at the depot, to serve the
writ, and after the arrival of the train, a
messenger was sent to our Sheriff, asking
the attendance of himself or Deputies at
the Marshals office, to serve the wit, but
no Deputies appeared. On the arrival of
the train at the depot, large party were
in waiting to assist the Marshals, among
whom the most conspicuous were II. H.
Robinson, and several members of the In
dependent Detective Police. The negro
was brought out of the closet manacled,
and looking awfully frightened. He was
hustled into hack, which was filled with
officers, and driven through back streets in
great haste to the Custom House Building.
Mr.. Elliott, that the prisoner might be hur-
ried off without counsel, took hack and
arrived at the Custom House Building at
the same time with the prisoner.
The negro was hurried up stairs and
back TO the Marshaps office. Here a
couple of men met the negro and appear
ed delighted to see him, and shaking hands
with him. He did not return their recog-
milton, and when they asked him if he
knew them, he shook his head. They
then hurried him into Commissioner New
halls office. Mr.. Elliot here spoke to the
prisoner; told him that lie was lawyer
and would undertake his defense. The
prisoner was desirous to obtain his services;
said his wife owned property at MI. Gile-
ad, Morrow county, and would compensate
him, if he would undertake the defense.-l
He said he was free man could prove it
by witnesses at Mt. Gilead, that lie had |
been induced to come down from Mt. Gill
cad 10 Columbus, by man who promised
to give him work, and that there he was
seized.
Before Mr.. Elliot had time to complete
his conversation with the prisoner, or ex-
anime the writ, Commissioner Newhall
called up witness and the Hon. Geo. E.
Pugh took seat at the table as counsel
for the claimant. Mr.. Elliot here inter
posed and stated TO the Court that prison
er desired him to appear as counsel, and
he asked for postponement of the case
until witnesses could be brought from Nor
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