The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-08

zen, of Lagrange, Missouri, Mr.. Freder.
lex Schaller. "a brother.in-law Of Mr..
Dasbach, Of this city,) who has resided
in Lagrange for the last twelve years,
| was brought to Quincy victim to the
horrors Of on outrage, the recital ofwhich
is enough to make the blood Of any man,
who has a soul, DOLL in his veins. We
called upon Mr.. Schalcr and obtained
the statement which We publish below
We saw the bloody evidence OF the hor,
rible treatment he had undergone, heard
the story of the affair as given by him,
and could not help believing every word
of his statement. lie is respectable
and intelligent man, aud his plain aud
simple account of the dastardly outrage,
was, we venture to say, implicitly cred.
tied by the hundreds Of our citizens who
called at Mr. Dasbach's yesterday.
Mr. Scha'ler has always voted the
Democratic ticket, and We are assured,
by German citizens of Quincy, that in
his visits to this city he has defended the
institution as it existed in Missouri
That he Is entirely innocent Of the
charge of assisting negroes to escape, as
he asserts, we have no doubt.
We are under Obligations to the edit
ors Of the Tribune:
STATEMENT OF MR.. SCHALLER.
/ have been a resident of Missouri for
twelve years, have resided part Of the
time in Palmyra, and part Of the time in
Lagrange. In the latter place | have
property. l have never meddled with
slaves or slavery, and have always been a
Democrat. Last fall, or early in the win.
ter, heard that ten slaves had run off
l knew nothing about it till heard of
it., and do not rcco!Iect of ever having
seen them. l could therefore not have
aided their escape Nobody in Lagrange
ever suspected me Of tampering with
slaves till last Sunday. went on that
day to Canton, to invite some friends to
a party that was to take place last Tues
day.
On my arrival there was waited up,
on by three persons. Jim Ring, Josh
Iwens and Bill Webster, who informed
me of my being under suspicion of hay
in. aided the escape of Il slave Of MIR,
Harris, and would have to return with
them. At first | took the matter for Il
joke, but soon found that they were in
earnest. On the night on which the
slave ran off, who was caught again at
ten o'clock. ! can prove by twelve or
fourteen persons that was in my house
till II o'clock, consequently could not
have aided the negro
| returned with the three, satisfied Of
my innocence, and asked for a fair tri |
, only, as | easily could have proven my
| innocence. Was taken to the Lagrange
House, aud asked to be tried next day.
(Monday,) but was refused. Monday
night an armed posse Of twenty five or
thirty men came, tied our (my brother
Williams hands, and put US into hack
Two others, Frank Gerlach and Mr.
Holmes, were set free, but ordered to
leave town. Our hands were tied, and
we were driven in the hack about three
miles on the Memphis road, where the
hack stopped, and was taken out. To
My question where they were taking me
to, got the answer that was to be
hanged. asked them what for, aud
received as answer that | should tell
them all about the niger scrapcs, about
Eanaorn, etc.
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not give the answer they wanted. They
took me about n quarter Of mile into
the woods and hanged me- | caught the
tree, but, by beating my hands with
sticks they compelled me to let 90 my
hold. Soon was senscless. When
came to again, felt two persons, one on
each side, whipping me with whips or
covhides. My hands we're tied to the
tree above my head, and l was entirely
naked. The night was very cold and
soon my back was covered with a crust
OF frozen blood | became weaker, and
when they united me, l fell to the
ground. | heard one of them say. "Now
you can 90, you son of bitch -
/ When put my clothes on again, |
found my money (sl2s in eold) and
watch gone. As could no. stand, !
crawlcd as well as possible, to the house
OF my father law, where DIR. Niemeycr
treated me. My brother, whom they
had released, told me that they mus,
have abused me for more than an hour.
again say that | am as innocen. Of
the charge as Il child, and have never
aided the escape of slaves.
The American (Ma,tis.) is still in
Lagrange, sick from similar treatment.
FREDERIC SCUAIIER