Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-27
from the Cincinnati Gazette
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Attempt 10 Capture Bracken 0unty
SIaves-Disr, gard of Federal Au-
fhOrttY,

thOr1ty.
During the latter part of last May, three
slave brothers. belonging to Mess s. Reed &
Pollock, near GeIm ,nIown, KY. managed 10
maNe their escape. and alter some Inquiry, il
ives a.certained that they had located uear
Iberia Morrow county. IN this State. Messrs.
Reed & Pollock Game 10 Cincinnati AID
caused warrants to be issued tor the appTe-
d. usiun of the fugitives; aud in the early Lart
of Lust ", elk the Instruments of the law were
placed In The hands OF the UniIed States Mar
enal for the Southern District of Ohio for eX-
ecuLion. Early Tue-day morning the Mar
snail aided bs eight or ten special deputies,
proceeded to fulfill the Ia K, and as the expedi-
ton was one involving great personal dan
ger, the utmost precautions were catered
into. The negroes were found TO be stationed
at three different houses. and with hopes that
each might be simultaneously arrested. the
posse was divided into three parties, and each
given house 10 surround and a negro TO
catch, with instructions where to rendezvous,
should the trial prove either successful or a
failure. The farm houses at which the ne
groes were living are all i'll the vicinity OF
Iberia, but the third from the first is over a
mile distant IL was dark when the parties
started on their mission-three 10 the first
house. four to the second, and three the third,
the latter being headed by the Marshal.
This latter party succeeded in seizing the
negro at the third house, and by taking Cir
cuItous route, reached a railroad station some
sixteen miles below iberia. They had wulked
the whole distance through drencbing rain
and were cold aud tired enough when they
reached that barbor of rest and safety. They
took u freight train for Columbus, and from
thence came to this city, arriving here Fri
day evening. That night an examination
was had before Commissioner Newhall, and
the usual ceremonies having been gone
through With, he was remanded into the GUS
toby of the claimant, and taken over into
Kentucky.
This part of the undertaking was all adroit-
ly concealed and carried out, but the 0epu-
ties were not SO successful as their Chief
Those who were detailed at house No. /,
when they entered, found that the negro had
fed. AS they left the house they met eight
men-siX whites ind two DegTOeS-armed,
who asked them where they had been, TO
which t-ey replied that they were railroad
men and were going 10 the depot. As they
carried coiOred lantern their reply was
plausible enough. They went and concealed
themselves.
As the four men composing the posse num-
Der went to the house set apart for them.
they also found their negro oboent, and were
laughed at by two women who were quietly
smoking their pipes. When they went out
they met a number of men. one OF whom,
resembling the sUughi-for slave. they seized
hold OF. "A struggle then commenced, during
which one of tine slave-caichers shot of the
right hand 1ugers OF negro, and also shot a
White man IN the groin. Ii il feared that this
last shot proved faIal, but nothing definite Is
know by our inio mant, who was one Of the
Marshal1 posse. The firing lasted about i've
minutes. the slave-c iIchers concealed
themselves well as they could. Three OF
then-two of posse lumber one and one OF
posse humber two-arrIved al the rendeZ-
vous al the same time, aud being courageous
fellows, resolved to go back and help their
friends. As they neared the place one OF
them laid down in a fence corner, while the
other two, being less discreet. went on. They
were seized 10y party OF about twenty
armed men, their revolvers and money taken
from them, aud their clothes torn nearly
from their backs. The mob got rope, in
teuding 10 hang them but not succeeding
well in that, they drew themselves up into d
phantom, and leveling their rifles at the pris-
Oners, threatened to shoot them. This was
prevented by some citizens. They then pro-
cured pair OF scissors and cut the hair OF
the men close to their scalps, u la Heenan.
and then turning them tree, set upon them
with clubs and beat them out of the neigh
borhood.
The slaye-catchers had a sorry time OF II
In the rain that dark night, but they eventu-
ally succeeded in getting aboard the cars aud
reaching iheir respective homes, tue victims
OF N sad experience.
Some of our citizens supposed from the
flo ting stories that Deputy United States
Marslal Aalscn, Was one of the p rson-
whose head Was shaven, bui such Is not th'
case Til. two sias e-catchers who were 90
unfortunate, ale not residents OF Cincinnati.
uuI auuihrr portion vi Onio. We Understand
thai the whole matter will be laid before the
Do partment at Washington, and il il mol I'm
probable that the vengeance of the general
Government will Dc brought down upos the
drvo,ed citizens of Iberia.
The name OF the negro remanded inio sla-
very is Alexander Martin.