, 1860-03-01

CH l. 1860.
; me till he run away; had entire control 6
, | him; knew him vel: By sight; be WAS snlal
: rei'cved, copper-colo1ed, some tweuty-eight +
: thirty years old my sister raised HIM; kne'
: him from child; can't say rs to his hair
1owned his father; be died in my possession
: he was q halt:breed, mother black woman
, both slaves; don't reco!lect who owned sh
mother; Harris owned ler when she died; sh
; was taken into Kentucky; Jim was L prett,
good looking boy; knew his features as well a
those Of Que Of my nssn children.
The negro saw in the Jonesboro' Jail We
"Jim;' we called him Jim. Gray, because II,
tolloS up the rule Of giving a niger the NAM
him Of Mrs. Gray; had nothing to do with jim:
confinement at Jone>boso'; did not know fo,
what or By whom be was confined; the shcr,l
wouldn't let NE have hun he said he must obe;
the Aab<as corpus at Ottawa; opposed it, are
sheriff both went from Jonesboro' 10 Spring,
field; ar. Albright was the jailor; I obtained !,
writ Of the Uuited States Commissioner q!
Springfield on my affidavit; gave the writ tu
United States Marshal Dougtesty, in priug
field went then to Decatur with this William
Dousherty; we waited two or three hours till
the cars came along with the negro. Albright
aud three Of ms sons; Dougherty went into the
cars aud talked with Albright; Of my own
knowledge know nothing what Dousher,y did
with the warrant; We came On to Ottawa; there
were on the cars Mr. Albright, my three sons,
the niger, and some other men j; don't recol-
lect all; objected to Albriaht's taking the nig-
ger from Jouesboro'; I told him he wts 1ny
property; had nothing to 10 with the taking
the a.gger up to Ottawa
The question whether the witness had made
Albrig ght his agent was objected to By defence,
as haring nothing to do with The present trial.
sired to show that the negro was taken By the
tile masters authority to Ottawa.
| Mr. Goodwin-This is an entirely different
issue from what We are here TO try. The in.
dict,nent charges rescue from the q. S. Dep
utr Marshal, not from an agent Of the master.
Ar. Philips did or said il this connection. as
to the effect Of the same, the defence can have
| every opportunity On legal points.
-Nr. Phillips rtsum<d-l requested Mr.. Al
bright, at Ottawa, to take charge of the niger;
sxid be had him in possession, and lie must
| keep him men came to me at Ottawa aud used
| rough language; sad the nigger would be run
of; said it was all in Atbright's hands; had
very little conversation with Albright ia the
cars going up; was satisfied he had legal pos
session; we left Douy;,erty at Decatur; don't
know what he did wlth the writ Of my own
knowledge.
The niger was taken into tue Court House:
went in after; sat down beside Judge Cation
be decided the negro WAS in the Possession Of
the Marshal; did not see the rescue; went
ont and was sitting On the front steps; the mig
ger WAS in the Court room; saw inan talk
that the in*u oughtn't TO talk to the uiyecr:
there WIS bookcase near; the position Of The
nigger was then changed; the louse was aw-
fully crowded; don't Know the man who smoke
to the niger; hare not seen the man since TO
krow him.
The negro Jim escaped without my consent;
never gave him permission to come q propo-
sition WIS nude to me at Ota ia to buy tie nje-
ger; some gentlemen came to ME in the street
as was gong to the Court House and offered
to buy tile niger: said I would eel him for
Sl,0to; a mum, d Mr. Bull, said "we buy him
through company to 1ibcrate him; we.will look
around to SEE ii VIC can Ket the money" lie
offered $500; nobody ever came to me after the
rescue, TO propose to pay me- for the niEver.
Lave never seen nor heard Of the nigger since
that day.
cRoss-HxANlSArIoS.
70 -Mr. drnoI.-Dont rcco11ect seeing Hos
sack, the defendant, on the day Of the rescue:
Mr.. Bull said, l think, that he and tile others
had a salary for conveying negroes oil, and SIT
has to be raised by few 0f us, $25 apiece.
tthis point tue evidence as to 31r. Bulls
EuuFEIait%l0Q HA3 EuItU 0uk Oy Lu1 C0Hft.
The father Of Jim belonged to me; don't
know who owned the mother when he was born:
l first knew Jim when be was tise years old
Harris then bought the mother and took her 10
kentuck4 3irs. Gray bought Jim Of Mr. Gray.
Have no personal knowledge Us to Mrs. Gray's
title to him; it vas u or 1G years ayo in The
then county Of Scott; Mrs. Gray was then
widow bought jim four or five years ago; I
sent my sou Dewitt to buy him; he brought me
back receipt for Il 900; the receipt is at home:
it is the only written evidence Of my title; it
was not left at home by me Intentionally; never
hai u partner in my lille; never owned q negro
jointly; when bought lin don't know where
be was; he couldn'. hare been out Of the State;
huu r. ae* Il JoIes.oro' Jail Ut the time hare
heard since he had been in JonesboTo' jail be-
fore; he came into my possession the day
bought him; be meyer was out Of my possession
from that time.
Have no oyerseer; negro once told me in
Sept. that: "Jim" had been across the river;
Cairo is the nearest place in Illinois to my plan
tation; live at the foot Of Nos; {Isiand in
the Mississippi SO numbered j know nothing Of
i: Of my own suowled8se; had not seen him
for two weeks. before he ran away; saw him
about August lst; next saw him in 1onesboro
jail; have no practice Of giving slaves passes;
It is cuu;r:.rs 10 o:dsrs 10, item to yisl: ether
plantations; there arc weeks On my plantation
that never sec my nigsers at all; "Jim's"
hair was curly like oil ni:gers; be was about
tive feet seven; don't know about his white
blood; never thought about it; perhaps he was
Dougbcrty; doubtful If l should know him
again; he was u young man, thirty or thirty
five; gagc him the Commissioners warrant In
the office Of the latter.
Don't remember seeing man called Judge
Davis at Bloomington; know 3. G. Roofs;
don't remember ii there was any conversation
about takiDg the boz Jim of on the Alton Road
ut Bloomington; went up intending to 70 to
Ottawa from Uecntur; there were four or fire
in the party beside my three SONS; We all had |
Derringer pistols; l didn't know Albright was
cunning; thought my sons would come up with
the uigger enquiFcd Of the landlord at Deca.
tur, who was to Keep watch; the nigge- had a
rope tied around his arms: will not say hia |
hands were not tied before him at Ottawa VIC
got off the cars; the rope was still on the Mig
ger; think Albright led him; remember La
Sale; did not hear there about excitement at
with Roots aud Bull about il; don't know that |
the nigger had q chain on him, nor il it was to-
ken Oft ut La Sale; neycc xaw ". Hossack till
s. ;.s.c1oay we stopped at Spicer's the "Geiger
House - as We passed through the street
heard some one say to the nigger, ueyer mind
boy, don't be scared, you are alf right" at ot-
tawa inquired, Is this an Abolition House?
for want Democratic XottI :" did not :n-
quire for a Democratic Sheriff; never have seen
Dousherty since left him Mt Decatur.
iett home on Friday; this Ottawa hearing
was the next Tuesday Or Wednesday I WIS in
ducel to 80 to Jonesboro On information from
Judge Riley, who lives near me, telling there
was in Jail a boy Of mine; ueyer heard Of anr
advertisement Of the boy in jail; advertised
hin, when he ran away. snid to Bull had
nothing TO do with tue nigyer, now he was in
Albrights charge; Mr. Cook came to me md
asked for the papers told him to 60 to AL
bright, had no control Of lin; can't Temen1-
ber al said; Nr. Cook came to me, and said
want to see them papers he said the uigge-
would be run off !; ! guaranteed the niger wouat
stay; was scared myself, there were so many
about and talking; didn't know if / mighn't be
be taken OF myself; was treated with courtesy
but that did not Danish the scare. Laughter, ia
which witness joincd.] Mr.. Cook was afraid the
uigeer would be run of BY Albright; hardly
remember was at 0ttawa, Twas so scared.
Never said since came here that had Il 900
to spend to convict these men said had
sold four niggera, and would sell four more to
get the worth Of my Niger, before ! was done;
The money is at Cape Gradeau.
Se1eral lawyers hare come to me here in Chi
caeo, offering and wanting to come into the
case, but have refused to pay them anything.
Direct setnnstd-1 hare commenced ciTil
action for the loss Of my nigger; I have engaged
counsel, and have said would spend the sum
named; have never said anything about this
prosecution in such connection; that is the
original affidavit before the G. 8. Commissioner,
ami hears uy signature.