The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22
Democratic Outrage.
GERMAN CITIZEN HANGED, BEATEN
AND ROBBED.


\ GERMAN CITIZEN HANGED, BEATEN
AND ROBBED.
From the Quincy (El.) Wing, Feb. 28
< esterdaya respectable German citizen
nf Arrange, Mo, Mr. Friedrich Schal
Ter brothcr-in-law of Mr.. II. Dasbach,
uf this eitv) who has resided in LaGrange
for the lasl twelve years, was brought to
Quincy rictim to the horrors Of a Pre-
Alavnfy outrage-the recital of which rs
enough to make the blood of any man
who hrs soul, boil in his veins. We
called upon Mr. Schaller and obtained the
statement which we publish below. We
raw tho bloody evidence of the terrible
treatment he had undergone, heard the
story of the affair as given by him, aud
could DOT help believing every word of
lis statement. lie is a respectable and
Intelligent man, and his plain and sian
pic account of the dastardly outrage was,
VS. venture TO say, implicitly credited by
ghe hundreds Of our citizens who called
nt Mr. Dasbach'S yesterday.
Mr. Schallor Las always voted the
Democratic ticket. aud we are assured b.
German citizens Of Quincy. that in his
visits to this city he has defended the in
stitutious as it existed IN Missouri. That
he is innocent of the charge of assisting
negroes 10 escapc-as he inslstS-we have
no doubt
We trust that our German citizens, cs-
rrccially those who have been in the hab-
it of voting the Democratic ticket, will
ponder well this fagltious outrage and
then determine whether they can continue
30 vote with party whose cardinal prin-
cipe is the spread and extension of that
Institution which is the parent Of such
damnahle and brutal lawlessuess.
We are under obligations to the editors
az The Tribune for the translation Of Mr.
Schaller's statements
STATEMENT OF Mr.. sCHALLER,
have been a resident of Missouri for
twelve years, having resided part of the
tune in Palmyra, aud part of the time in
I.aGrange. In the latter place have
property. ] have never meddled with
hlavcs or Slavery, aud have always been a
Democrat.
Late last Fall or early in the Winter |
i.eard that ten slaves had run off. knew
uathiGg about it till | heard uf it, and do
not recoIlect of ever having seen them.
! could therefore not have aided thcir
escape. Nobody in LaGrange ever sus-
j,ected me Of tampering with slaves, till
last Sunday. ! went on that day to Can,
,on, to invite some friends TO party tia
Was to take place last Tuesday. Or my
arrival there vas waited upon by three
persons, Jim Ring, Josh Ovens, and Bill
Webster, who informed me Of my being
under suspicion of having aided the es-
cape Of slave of Mr.. - Harris, and
would have to return with them. At
first took the matter for joke, but soon
found that they were in earnest. On
the night on which the slave ran off, who
VAS caught again, at ten o'clock, can
Prove by twelve or fourteen persons that
vas IN my house till twelve o'clock
consequently could not have aided .ka Re,
gro.
I returned with the three, satisfied OF
my Innocence, and asked for fair trial
.oply, as | easily could have proven my
innocence. J. was taken to the LaGrange
House. and asked to be tried next day
tMouday), but was refused. On Monday
night an armed posse of 25 or 80 men
came, tied our (my brother Williams,
Sob Mattis's. who had been taken before
my rctarn from Canton), and my hands,
and put Us into hack. Two others, Frank
Gerlach and Mr. Holmes, were set free,
tut orderei to leave town. Oar hands
we're tied and VIC were driven in the hack
about thYes miles on the Memphis road,
where tae hack stopped and | was taken
ogt. Tq NY question where they were
taking mo to, got the answer that was
fa ke hanged. ] asked them what for,
ani received as aa answer that should
tell them ali about the niger scrapes,
ABOUT FsRaoarR, etc.
As ! kneR nqthiug about them, had
maze. seen or heard of Mr.. Vandoorn, |
could pot giys the answer they wanted.
They took ne abouta quarter of mile
into the woods and hanged me / caught
she tree, but by beating my hands with
.ticks they Compelled me to let go my
hold. Soon | vas senseless. When |
calpe to agaip, felt two persons, one on
each side. whipping me with whips or
ccxhides. Ny hxnde were tied TO the