Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-07
The Arrest of Sanborll---Further Partic.
MARS

1t was stated Thursday hat +. d. Sanborn, one
of the witnesses summoned 10y the United States
Senate committee of Investigation in the liarper's
Ferry affair, but recusant to The writ arrest
ell on Tuesday evening at his house in Concord
Massachusetts,, 10y II deputy scrgrant.at.arms aud
that he wns subsequently, discharged, on n writ of
hdbcas corpus, On tho ground that the warrant
should have been executed by the sergeant at
arms in person. 1t appears that after the dis.
charge of Sanborn, the auth orites If Concord
caused to lie arrested Silas Carleton, who served
the warrant, md George j. Coolidge, Watson
Freeman, Jr., and w. d. Tarleton. who assisted
in the arrest. They are charged with illegal pro-
ccedings, and were held to appear to-day for IL
hearing The excitement against these men ran
very high At one time. They were roughly han
did, and oven threatened with lynch law, but in
the end better councils prevailed. The carriage
o tho officers was considerably damaged by stones
and other missiles. One door was broken and the
glass shattered. The Boston papers have long.
but very one-sidcd, particulars of the arrest Of
Mr.. Sanbrn. We gather the following from the
Traveller:
The four men proceeded in II covered wagon to the
house of Mr., Sanborn VIXEN about nine o clock on
Tuesday night Freeman rang the door bell aud sam
horns sister answered the call. Freeman asked SAN
born in, and on being told that he was said that
he had letter for him aud wanted 10 see him. His
sister tuued to go In to speak 10 acr brother and as
she went she heard low whistle, un turning again
sue SAW TWO or thtee men IN the entry way who I'M
medately seized Mr. Sanhorn ana attempted to carry
him from the house, His sister resisted 10 the cs-
tent Of her power and Mr. Sanborn used Oh his pow
er in endeavorng 60 escape iroo the hands of the Of
fcers, who by this tue had got the handouts upon
| their prisoner When they had got him to the door
the sister stopped her stance and screamed to the
top OF her voice, and ae rmed the neighbors score
otwhom were soon on the spot. BY the time they
got there Sanborn had been dragged into the middle
of the street. without his hat and in his stocking feet
Sanborn AT this point held up his maneced hands
| over his head, and said, - "CitseDs look and see
| what the United Suites Senate have done for ma -
HIS remark made great sensation among the crowd
and matters legau to look squally for The u s. OIL
GERS. In the meantime messenger was DESPATCHED
to ring tue bells, and they pcaling ont The
alarm upon the evening air. The crowd was momsu-
| tarily increasing.
Mr.. Sanborns sister, seeing the crowd surrounding
the officers and her brother aud that she could do ma
more service there, seized the whip from the carriage
and began belaboring the horses in good earnest On,
one oil the men took tie whip from her. She then
Jumped into the carriage TO prevent her brother be-
! ing put into II, but she taken out with more
force than poleness having her clothes torn In the
struggle
MIR. Sauborn, in a statement which no published
! says:
Fifteen minutes AFTER l was handcu Hed standing
IN The street, Freeman read q warrant from Vice
| President Brecknridge for my arrest, with AN en-
dorsemen from Mr.. McNair sergeant ARMS of the
Limited States Senate, authorizing Slas Carle,un 70
se;xe me-
During the excitement the writ Of habeas corpus
was issued which resulted in the prisonsrs being ia.
Ken out OF the custody of the officers and released
from arrest Sanborn keeps school at Concord
and two of John Browns daughters are among his
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