Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-06

Fugitive slave Act Arrests In Illinois.
Democratic U. s. official slave hounds in
Illinois are determined to make that State
thoroughly Republican, by enforcing the alb.
horrent provisions of the Fugitive Act. At the
recent session of the Grand Jury of the U. s.
District Court in Chiesgo, several respectable
citizens Of Ottawa were indicted for the rescue
Of an alleged fugitive slave named Jim, and
three Of them, Messrs. John Hossaek, James
Stout and Joseph Stout, have been arrested by
the U. S. Marshal and committed to the Chi.
cago jail to await their trials. OF the prisoners
the Tribune says: .--..s....
John Hosssek is a citizen OF Ottawa, twenty
cns years resident Of illinois, and ffty-three
years of age. A produce dealer by calling, a
wealthy, intelligent, liberty loving man. He is
native of Scotland, and very widely esteemed
throughout this whole region.
Joseph Stout is a practicing physician, fif-
teen years a resident of Ottawa, graduate of
Cincinnati Medical School. He is iOrty-One
years Of age, and is a native Of the State Of
New Jersey
james Stout, brother Of the last named and
his junior by year or two, is lawyer. Both
brothers are well known for their large hearted
and outspOken sympathy with Anti-Slsvery
reform
The arrest created no little excitement at
Ottawa, but the citizens in custody counsellsd
peace and quiet. A large number assembled
at the depot, aud much feeling and sympathy
was manifested. At Chicago the prisoners
were taken directly to Jail, and made cOmforta.
ble as prison can be to innocent men, in the
debtors quarters. Hundreds of citizens called
upon them as the intelligence spread through
the city. The Tribune says:
When they will be brought before the Court
is uncertain. They refuse, two of them at
least, to give bonds should the same be fixed,
but will demand trial as early as possible.
Ths Ottawa Rescue Case is this: On or
about the 9Th of October, negro named Jim
vas seized by mob on one of the trains of the
Illinois Central Road in Perry County. The
persons who made the arrest were not officers
of law, but were nUtoriously known as the
"JonesbOrO' hlnappers." The negro was
thrown into Jail in Union County. the sheriff
of Perry refusing to have anything to do with
the matter. A writ of habeas corpus was pro
cured from Judge Cation, of Ottawa. The kid
nappers of Union. when on their way to 0tta.
wa with Jim, aseertained at Springfield that
different papers were necessary to hold their
prey. They procured writ from U. s. Com
missioner COrneau, in pursuance Of the Fugi-
tive Slave Act, and one of the kidnappers as
made DrPuty U. S. Marshal for the occasion.
What followed we copy from the Tribune
The gang then proceeded to Ottawa In
| passing through La Sale they were obliged to
traverse the principal street of that city from
the Illinois Central dapot to the Rock Island
road. The appearance there of tn, phenome>
non of negro tied with cable, and driven by
half dozen men, with murderous weapons in
their hands, infamed the poPulace, and more
| especially the Irish laborers on the Canal basin,
in the highest degree. The latter were with
difficulty restrained from mobbing the white
men and setting the negro free on the spot.
! Arrived at Ottawa, large crowd assembled at
the Court House 20 witness the proceedings
under the writ of habeas corpus. Judge Cation
decided that the arrest in the first instance was
illegal, and that the negro must he discharged
therefrom; but it appearing that he was held
| also Dy hnluo Ol q VIII lheueQ uuueE Eue
Fugitive Slave Act Of Congress, he must be
remanded to the custody Of Che alleged Deputy
Marshal When tho decision was pronosnced
some person in the crowd requested all who
were in favor of assisting in the execution OF
the law to say Aye. Almost every man in the
room responded Aye. "Come here, you black
scoundrel," !" said another, ,seizing him by the
arm and jerking him in the direction Of the
door. There was a rush and hubbub about
one minute in duration, and Jim was gone.
The crowd around the door was very great,
and before the marshal and his posse could
gain the street by the ordinary means Of egress,
there was no Jim in the city limits. 1t is said
that he ran off with pair of horses.
The alleged owner of Jim is Richard Phillips,
of Cape Guardian, Missouri. Suppose that
when he and his slave hounds come to Illinois
to hsrrass by fine and imprisonment certain
citizens for observing the Golden Rule Of
Christianity, they should meet with the South
ern treatment of Northern sojourners in the
Slave States-should be whipped. tarred, Tea
thered, rode on rails, hung up, have heads
shaved, be cast into prison, half starved, duck
ed, ETC., etc, and then driven out Would it
be more than even, handed justice more than
their deserts under the circumstance.