, 1860-02-28
DEuOCRATIC OUTRAGE.


From tl.s Quincy {1ll.' wllx. Feb. 9th!
YESTERDAY, respectable German cnizen OF
La{;ranse, No.. Mr.. Frederick Schal!er r. bro
thcr-in.law Of Mr. II. Dasbach, Of this clty) who
has resided in LaGrange for the LIST tweise
years, WAS brought to Quincy victim to tue
horrors Of u Pro-Slaycry outrage-.thc recital
Of which is enough to make tha blood Of any
man. WHO has sonf, boil in his yeln3- We
called upou Mr. Schaller and obsainea the state"
ment which we publish below, We saw the
bloody evidence Of the horrible treatment
lie had undergone, heard the story Of the a1a'r
as eiren by lin, and could not help believing
every word Of his statement. lie is respecfa-
BILE and intelligent nan, and bis plain and still
ME account of the dastar1ly outrage, was, We
venture to :ay, implicitly credited by 1ae NM
dre,ls Of our citizens who called ~ Sr. Oas-
bach's yesterday.
Nr. Sclaller has always voted the Democratic
ticket. and wa are assured by German citizens
of Quincy that in Ills visits to this city he mas
defended the institution rs it cxistedin Missouri
That l,e is innocent Of the charge oil assisting
negroes to cscape-as tc nss'sts--"e na'e no
Ioubt. -.u..
We trust that our German citizens, especially
those who hare been in the habit ot voting the
Democratic ticket, will ponder well this hayy1-
tipus outrage urd then determine whether they
can continue to vote with a party whose eatai-
NIL principle Is the spread and extens1ou Vt al.at
institution which isthc parent o1 suen oalno@p'e
We are under obligations to the editors Of tnc
Tribune far tie Translation Of Mr. Schaliers
statement:
STATEMENT OF Nc. scuA1LER.
hare been residen. of Missouri for twelve
years huyiu. resided part Of the time IN fal-
iuyra ind part OF the time in Lagrange. IN tue
lutter place have property. | hare never
4ncddlca will. slatcs or slavery, ard hare ai"oss
been Il Democrat
Late last fall OF early IN the winter heard
that ten slaves had run of; knew nothing
about it till heard Of it, and Go not recollecs
| of ever hasing seen them. could therefore
not haze aided their escape. Nobody III u
siuyes, till last Sunday. went on that day to
Canton. to invite some friends to up artythat was
| tn take place last Tuesday. On my arrival there
| wus waited upon By three persons, jim ling,
Josh. Owens and Bill Webster, who informed
/ me Of my being under suspicion Of having AID
cd tue escape OF II slave Of NJ has1's, s. aod
would have to return with them. At tirst
took the matter for q joke, but soon found that
| thcv we're in earnest. On the night On which
| tue slave ran off, who was caught again, at ten
o'clock, + can prove by twelve or fourteen per
sors that was in ms house III tweise' o c'ocA'
| consequently could not have aldc.s the negro:
| returned with the tlree, satisfied Of MY IN.
| noccnce. and asked for fair trial only. as
easily could hare proven my innocence was
taken to the Lagrange House, aud asked to be
tried next day, (Non.!ay,) but was refused
Monday night uu armed posse OF - or ~ men
came, tied our (my brother Williams. Mob.
Maths. vho had been taken before my return
from C.nton,) and my hands, and put INTO
hack. Two others, Frank Gcrtach md AF.
Holmes. we're set free, but ordered to leave
town. Ou. hands were tied and We were driven
in the hack about rec miles OH the Memphis
road. where the hack stopped, and was taken
| out, To nv question where they were taxing
| INC to, I got the auswsr that was to be hanged.
| asked them what fur, and 1ee.ived ns az
| answer that should tell them all about tte mig
ger scrapes, about Tandooru, ETC.
AS knew nothing about them, bad never
I seen or heard of Mr. Sandocen, could not :;'se
| the answer ther wonted. They took me abou!
auarter Of mile into the woods and hanged
me. l caught the tree, but, BY beating ny
hands with sticks they compelled me to Jet ~
| NV bold. Som was sense1ess. When can't
to a.ain, fel. two persons, one on each side
whipping me with whips or cnwhides: Ny
hands were tied to the tree above my head, ant
was entirely naked The night vas very colt
aud soon my back was cOvered with . crust O
| frozen blood. became weaker, and wheu the5
uusicd me, / fell TO the ground. heard one y
them saJ, Now you can 80 you son Of bitch.
| When l nut on MY clothes uyaiu, found my
money ($l.5 in go1d) and watch gonc- As
could not stand, crawled as well Us possible
to the house Of my faiher-ln law, where Dr
Nienleyer treated me.
! Nv brother, who m they had release@, tolc
| me hst they must have abused nc for noFt
| than an hour
aga;n say that I am rs innocent Of th'
cape Of Slaves.
The American (s1attis) is still in Lagrange
sick from similar treatment.
FREDERIC ScuALLEn.