Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-04-14
THE ARREST OF MR.. sANBoRN,
FULL PARTIC ULARS.
EXCITEMENT IN CONCORD.
HHA y,
STATEMENT OF sANPoRN

accounts oil the arrest oil Il. ID. OanDorh. with
minor differences they present the same facts.
Enough is known to warrant the assertion that un-
derhanded and improper meaps wore taken 10 .ac.
complish the arrest. The, efforts Of the officers
were however, vigorously resisted, end the, SemOv
al of Mr. Sanborn prevented by the issue Of
writ of habeas corpus. Two letters we're subse,
quently addressed by the gentleman to the Boston
Journal. . r.v
STATEMENT OF Mr.. sANBoRN.
CONCORD, Mass, April q 1S50--1ll o'clock Of
night.--To the Caizens Of Massachusetts IL heye
to inform you that cowardly assault was ,copmit-
ted on me this evening" at about 81 o'clock, in my
own house, by four or I've persons claiming 80
have authority to arrest me. The facts arc
these - ..,
! came in fr, M a call at 9 o'clock, and was
sitting, in my slippers, at my desk, when knock
ing called me 20 the door. l went down stairs,
opened the door, when small man eptered and
said, does Mr. Sanborn live here 2? That is my
name SIR said !; putting out my hand to welcome
him. Here is paper Cor YOU sait he, handing
me a folded one, which l took. .l..t.,,
At that momgnt a gray-haired, tall and, ssopt
man entered the oper door end said, i arrest you,
Mr.. Sanborn.' by what authority said |, and
what's your name? lie gave no name, but said,
4 am from the U. s Marshals Office" OF some
thing of that sort. WHAT'S your authority-youT
warrant ?" repeated I. we have a warrant said
some one, for by this time two more men had ap-
peared Show it--read itp said /. A small man,
calling himself Freeman (afterwards), for rome
would give their namss began to read paper,
but had got only through few limos, when the
gray haired rufian took a pair Of handouts from
his pocket and proceeded to pu them on my wrists;
I standing in my own house, without hat or
boots, only in slippers of cloth. ...lu .e,
A whistle was given, some mon rushed in, none
of them known to me, and carried me by force to
the street, where stood carriage with two horses.
They lifted me from the ground, and tried to put
mo in the carriage. I resisted with my feet, for
my hands were fast in the manacles. They tried
two or three times without success, breaking the
carriage but the horses started, and they could
not get me in. In the meantime my cries and
those of my sister had called the neighbOrs from
their homes, who surrounded the rufians and pre-
vented thom from carrying me off.
stood in the stroetin my slippers half an hour,
wearing the handouts, until Deputy Sheriff Moore,
took me By force from the ruffans' hands, under q
writ of habeas corpus Issued by Judge Hoar.-
Their names, given after long time and reluet-
anuy, were Slas Carlton, Coolidge, ,7-T
Tarleton, and--Freeman There were two or
three others, whose names had not learned.
Fifteen minutes after l was handcufed, stand
ing in the street, Freeman read me wnrrantt
signed by Wee President Breckinridge, for my
arrest with an endorsement from McNair, Ser
geant.at Arms of the United States Senate, author
izing Sas Carlton to seize How he did it
have said People of Massachusetts,, act as it
seems to you bcHtiu this case .
b. f. SANBORN