Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-12

W. R sanboru, Of Concord, Mass, quiet
gentleman Of excellent character, was summon
- 20 appear before thu Harper's Ferry Inves-
,igstinq Committee, but declined to obey the
summons utterly d aying the authority Of the
Senate to compel L,s attendance in any such |
way rs proposed. Mr.. 8. expected to be put |
under nominal arrest by the Sergeant at Arms
in person, and have the question Of its legality |
tried in the Massachusetts, Supreme Court.
An attempt, however, was made to kidnaP him
BY certain officials eager 70 do tho dirty work
Of the slave power, and under such outrageous
circumstances that Mr. Sumner has called the
attention Of the Senate 10 the matter Mr. San
horn has also memorialiEsd the Senate, claim
ing that he rightfully resisted the summons Of
that body, that his arrOst was uuwarTanted and
brutal, and asking redress at the hands Of the
Senate.
The kidnapping of SanbOrn aud the stout re.
sis,ance Of himself and friends which proved
successful, created much excitement in Concord,
and his discharge on legal grounds by the
highest law authority Of the State upon the ha-
beas corpus issued by Justice Hoard of the su'
preme Court, was the occasion of great rsjoie,
ing His arrival by ths train at Concord was
attended by spontaneous demonstration. Mr.
Sanborn sddressed the crowd Of citizens, and
exhibited the mauscles put upon him by the
slave officials. The indignation towards the
ruffians who Sc eel and hanJcuhsd free eiti-
zen Of Massachusetts,, claiming some authority
from the United States Senate, was Intense
The kidnappers have been arrested and held
for trial, We append from Boston paper Mr..
SanbOrn's statement Of the outrage. and the aid
in resisting rendered by his brave sister and
Others He says
Earlier in the evening one Of these men had
visited my house, and finding the door unlocked,
had gone in, and being met by the servant, told
her ILat he had an lInI Ortant paper for me-
nd as she understood him, it was something
about situation. / was out at the time, anu
was told of it when / returned. How long the
ruffisns had been looking about town do not
know, but am informed they had been here
some hours, probably watching my foctsteI
in which honorable employment they we're
, aidsd, as l am told and believe, by Joseph
Holbrook, sometimes called Colonel HobToOki
an officer in the 3 iston Custom House, resld-
ing here, and Charl B Davis, POstma-te ter o.
c this town. These neighboTs OF mine, with one
of whom formerly boarded, have, as believe
assisted in committing this outrage. Some
: weeks ago the person calling himself Carleton
was here as a spy, and made his headquarters
at the Pos. Office
! az first offered no resistance, but when the
hanLcufis were put on refused TO 90, not haN
ing heard any warrant, or seen any signatures
or been told the names Of the officers OF III
: nature of my offence, SO tar as can recoilect
j When they dragged me into the open air, wi h
=, out allowing me to put on my bootss oveTcoa
" or hat, l cried Murder" aud resisted with M
feet as we'll as | could with four stout mel
holding me. They dragged me 10 the carriage
which had been brought up by fifth or slItI
- confederate and attempted 10 put me in. l bryk
! the side of the carriage vi h my ;eet, and m
sister seizing one of the ruffians, they drOPpe
It me on my feet again. Again they tried to pu
l. me in but my sister whipped the horses, whI:
q started, and toied them again They were sti
struggling with me and her-fve men agains
a man and a woman-when the neighbors cam
, running to my aid. The ruffians stih attempte
TO kidnap me. but they soon fornd they WEI
# everpowered. Then, and no. till then, di
thsy read their warrants in the street, by tn
y LIGHT Of a lantern, while stood handcuffed an
/. half clothed In their hands. This must hav
" been fifteen minutes after my first S izure.
4 Ihave learned from what seems good authO
ity that the rufians who seiIed me contrary
le law, as Chief Justice Shaw has just decide
d lett the Lexington House at ct and thst the
were in two carriages. Some Of them, l al
told, hid themselves in an old barn stone
throw from my door, where it is supposed the
were crssed by JJsePh Ho.bTook, Custol
nt House officer. They must have been in TOW
be two hours before they feloniOusy entered n
~ house 10 assault me- opened the door m,
= cell te the young man, whom / conclude to
II a son of Marshal Freeman.
as Nothing but my own resistance and shat
nd nv sister, Miss Sarah E. SsnbOIn, prevent
a me from being carried away by this band
kidnappers before help c IUl arrive. Mr.. Edw
ao BigeIUW first camo to my aid, and in ten mi
n utes twenty or thirty persons, neighbors a
Ia friends of mine, WIRE around me. They col
/, lpelIed the reading OF the warrant and the givi
Of names which the Tuffians very unwilling
yes paye. Freeman treated me with the most COT
ng Iesy, and l took pains to inform my nelghbC
IF Of this, and entreated them specially not
iniure him. also requested them not to m
treat any ofthem, and | think none were Sc
Ia iously injured 1 Yves taken by force from I
the kidnaPPers by Sheriff Moore and bis pos
Of ,hen numbering some 200 men, women a
=, children. My manaeled wrists were in sol
eu danger of being broken in the affrsy, but thou
10 nv hands are stiff think there is no disOC
.he ton of the Joints. have ths handouts In d
he possession, and shall keep them to show
-. family, and at my death give them tOthe to'
." Of Concord to be hung in the Town Hall, if
a1 people will accept them, that they may
So reminded of second resistance to brutal ;
ma Vression made on their historic village. It
"a, nv intention to see Mr.. Carleton and his {
'n' lows brought to justice in our courts, am
Ia shall direct my attorney, also, to institute So
e a against them for damages. Their warra
bs bears date Feb 10, six weeks ago, nearly
Which time have been in Concori, aud mi
have been arrested 10 broad daylight any
for the last month Why, then, should IL
OK sneak into town by night and get admittal
2s5 to my house by means of forged letter! D.
Ssl this look as if our liberties were in danger
~ not
- The foil bench of our Supreme Court hi
,ss2 set me free, and return to night to Conc
. to pursue the duties Of my PrOfessiNp-
,l7S F. B SANB0RN
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