Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-03-09
Democratic Outrage.
A German Citizen Hanged, Beaten n.s
Robbed
Prom Tls Quincy tm.,wMEFeb. %,


of this city, who has resided in La Grange
for the hast twelve years, was brought /,
Quincy victim TO the horrors of pro-Sh.
very outrage-the recital of which is e.
nough to make the blood Of any man who
has a soul, boil in his veins We called
upon Mr.. Schaller and obtained the state
ment which we publish below. We saw
the evidence of the terrible treatment he
had undergone, heard The stosy of the affair
as given by him, and could not help believ.
ing every word of his statement. He is a
respectable and intelligent man, and his
plain and simple account Of the dastardly
outrage was, we venture TO say, implicitly
credited by the hundreds of our citizens who
called at Mr.. Dasbach's yesterday.
Mr.. Srhaller has always voted The Dem.
ocratic ticket, and we are assured by Ger
man citizens of Quincy, that in his visits to
this city, he has defended the institution as
it existed in Missouri. That he is innocent
of the charge of assisting negroes TO escape
as he insists-we have no doubt.
We trust that our German citizens, es-
pecially those who have been in the habit
of voting the Democratic ticket. will pom.
der well this hagitious outrage, and then de-
te,mine whether they can continue to vote
with party whose cardinal principle is the
spread and extension of that institution,
which is the parent of such damnable and
4 brutal lawlessness.
| STATEMENT OF MR.. soHALLER,
| have been a resident of Missouri fer
twelve years, having resided part of the
time in Palmyra and part of the time ia
Lagrange. In the latter place / have prop.
erty. | have never meddled with slaves or
Slavery, and have always been a Democrat.
Late last Fall, or early in the Winter, |
heard that ten slaves had run off; knew
nothing about it till heard of it, and do
/. not recollect of ever having seen them.
could therefore not have aided their escape.
Nobody in Lagrange ever suspected me of
tampering with slaves till last Sunday. |
went on that day to Canton to invite some
friends to party that was to take place
last Tuesday. On my arrival there, was
waited upon by three persons, Jim Ring,
Josh Owens, and Bill Webster, who inform.
ed me Of my being under suspicion of hay-
ing aided the escape of slave of Mr.
Harris, and would have to return with
them. A first took the matter for a joke,
but soon found that they were in earnest.
! On the night which the slave ran off, who
was caught again, at ten o'clock, | can prove
by twelve or fourteen persons, that was
in my house till twelve O'Clock, consequent
ly could not have aided the negro.
returned with the three, satisfied of my
innocence, and asked FOR fair trial only,
as l easily could have proved my innocence.
l was taken to the Lagrange Houee, asked
to be tried next day Monday. Int was re-
fused. On Monday night an armed posse
of % or 20 men came, tied our (my broth.
er Williams Nob's and Mattis's who haa
been taken before my return from Can,on)
and my hands, and put into hack. Ta
Others, Frank Gerlach and Mr.. Holmes
were set free, but ordered TO leave town.
our hands were tied and we were driven ia
the hack about three miles on the Memphis
road, where the hack stopped, and was
taken out. To my question where they
were taking rue to, cot the answer that ]
was to be hanged. asked them what for
and received as an answer that should tel
them all about the niger scrapes, abod
Vandoorn, etc.
As knew nothing about them, had net
err seen or heard Of Mr.. Vandoorn, couH
not give the snswer they wanted. The
took me a quarter of a mile into the wood
and hanged me. j caught the tree, but
beating my hands with sticks, they comPd
led me to let go my hold. Soon i was sens
less. When came TO again, / felt two PEI
sons, one on each side, whipping me VIII
whips or cowhides. My hands were til
TO the tree above my head, and | was e.
E tirely naked. The night was very eod
and soon my back was covered with crai
of frozen blood. l became weaks aqd
when they united me, i fell to the y00Sa~
: heard one of them say, "Now you can g
! you son of "a. When / put on ~
clothes again, | found my money (sl2Sh
gold) and watch gone. As i could p
stand, erawled as well as possible, TO ~
. house of my father.in-law, whore DIR. NJ
meyer treated me,
Ny brother, whom they had relea'''
told me that they must have abused me ~
more than an hour.
say again that am as innocent Of
charge as a child, and have never aided
r escape of slaves.
i, The American (Mattis) is still in y
!. Grange, sick from similar treatment.
Frederic SoHALtFA
SHOCKING AocIpENT.-In MoRfs
! cry, on S turday, 1Sth instant, little daH: