New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-10
INFAMOUS OUTRAGE IN ILLINOIS.
THREE FREE MEN CARRIED INTO SLAVERY
LAW, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY OUTRAGED
BRUTE FORCE TRIUMPHANT.

BRUTE FORCE TRIUMPHANT.
Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune
CLIFTON H., July 4, 1860.
DEAR SIR: About o'clock last Sunday evening,
most la. bsrrus mep that ever with. ssed IL ems
by hat Developed at The trial of some of the par
tee Yesterday that several from Missouri have bad
their headquarters at Ashkup the past three weeks or
more, where with the assistance Of one George d.
Smith, trader in Ashkum, and Mr. Cornelius. for
merry X. ntuckan, who lives 10 the immediate neigh.
bortocd Of Astkuu, have been working up plan for
several weeks TO kidnap some colored men who have
been living in this town.
About O'Clock they had managed to get five of the
boys into the Sellua House, where Smith made himself
very free in epteTt ming then when eight other
armed 20 the teeth, rushed in snd presenting their
mes powerful Of the b"ya made rnsh and knocking
down several Of the rnians, made their escape, the
other three were pounded severely on the head with
the but Of their psf Is over red. hand-cnfed,
thrown l. 70 q wagon aud driven off before any alsr
could be given all done in The space of ten minutes
What makes the affair the diabolical, is the ia It
that one of the carried off slave, aud
one bad beer freed by bis master the third might
OF might not have been elave, but little known
Of him.
II sppssrs from Whist we Learn sirce the affair oc-
that Of the boys that escaped probably had
been slave and that his master one Of the rand
who figured here. Il appears that this save-o wDar
uate bsresin with Smith and Cornelius NJ Ashkur-
that If they would assist him TO take Ned" one o.
the boys that .ecaped that they wonid catch as many
more SO they could, take them South, sell them and
divide the spols After the three were taken, they
were driven to Askhnm about four miles where they
Mt on board The cars Of the Illinois Central Rail
roac Company.
There seemed to BE- perfect uudprstandir betwoan
thu kidnappers and the conductor of the tranas the
bad hardly TO stop before the negroes
thus Oh bord, and the train set moving. sufficient
number of czeps went on board the train from here
t, prevent the negroes frou being cut board and
fully prepared to do TO- hsd the train made the
uaus stop; but before half If the citizens who went
on the train could get of TO render the req hired as
sis'sbce, the train wa in motto and learn the
kidnapped negroes were taken 10 8 Louis.
In sdduioD tote nine kidcsppers, who were doubly
who work On the track of the Railroad Company,
for shout Is miles distant numbering about 25 were
in attendance apparently IN render assistance il
needed AL stout, able bodied Irshmen
hore and pray that |. may never be my lot to wit
nets NJ Other such scene.
In bsste yor,, truly, J. KINGMAN
10 addition the above We have the fol- wing from
sn eye witness:
JfLr 3-We have to-day Ave persons on trial for
assisting the kidpapperstbree Irshmep of Clifton and
two Yankees Tor something els-l from Ashkcm. We
have en- ployed Pm able lawyer from Kankakee City,
and shsIl give them q thorough exsuina ion. Con.
ducor muchmore Of tho Illinois Central trains
Up this uornpR and informed us "thst the ssves
~ had been taken " 81 Lout," and he cursed MIR.
White for daring STOW his indignation a. such pro-
Ptdngs and brs ninre the inter- ss Of the Railroad
Company. The conductor also stated tina. "had any
of VI iDerfered certainly would have been shot,
and that the id ringers were no liter than 80 macy
hessis, and he did not consider The Republicans much
better"
LATER.-Three Of the men on trial have been held
TO ta in $500 each to appear at the next term Of the
Court.