Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-09
Bootb FlourisbInF in the Country.

.H Booth Fl0urishing In the COuntry'
The rescued Booth appears to be "eutting
upp considerably II, therural districts Of Wis
cohan, and is having wild time generally
with the people and deputy the .. S. Mershals
who are after him and the $500 offered by
the Marshal for his cap turo and return to the u
s. gEastile IN Milwaukee. Booth stopped for
sopie days at Waupun with Mr.. Heg, the
sate Prison Commissioner and two deputies
appeared with letter from the Marshal to
MI. Heg requesting him to surrender Booth.
Mr.. neg called MIR. Booth into the Office and
introduced him to deputy Marshal Garlick,
and gave the officers every opportunity, as
Mr.. Il. states, to arrest him. Neither offered
to arrest Mr.. Booth, and the next day he went
to Ripou in a carfiago ''| aI'
At Ripon Mr.. Booth addressed a crowded
meeting Saturday evening, BE showed his
pistol now and then, and called it his "httle
habeas corpus" While he was pitching into
the Marshaispretty strong and into one who
had offered to arrest him for 5000 with
special vehemenee, Frank McCarty, of Fond
du Lac, stepped forth from the crowd on the
side of the platform, and saying, {" Mr.. Booth,
I have a writ for you" grasped his coat col
lar. The melee which followed, and subse-
quent proceedings, are thus related in letter
from Rpon, August 9TH, in the Madison Jour
nal;
Booth dashed his hand in his pocket for
hIs "habeas corpus, but before he could get
it out a dozen men had jumped between
/ them and Frank was twenty feet of before
/ be knew what touched him. A cry OF "put
/ him out "kill him." &c, arose from ali
parts of the house, and what with the shrieks
/ Of the women, and the shouts Of the men, and
the upsotting of benches, and the rush of eve
rybody to the center, we had perfect Pan
/ demonium for a few minutes Frank looked
down the barrels of number of revOlvers in
a marvellous short time A stalwart person
strobe through the thick Of the fight aud
hustled poor Frank to the door, and thence
to the street, some thirty feet. 1t would puz-
zle him to tell whether be was drawn, drag
ged, slung or projected.
1t was sometime before matters got quie
inside; but when order was restored, the peo
, ple organized a League Of Freedom Il
protect Booth from the Marshals. A com
mittee of safety was appointed and then tn
whole crowd escorted Booth to Prof. Daniels
house. They then selected guard--armeI
them, and agreed to meet next day Sunday
at3 P. P. NJ, and then dispersed.
To day fresh arrival of Marshals added
the excitement. Booth was escorted to th,
meeting to-day by some twenty men, arme'
with rifles, and an uncounted crowd.
He made a speech, repeating the story o
his prosecutions. Resolutions pledging pre-
lection to him, and not very complimentar
to the Marshals, were passed. The City Ha
was offered them, and they accepted itas thei
head quarters, and the people, in immens
: procession, adjourned thither. Sentinels an
guards were distributed around and with
Il, and it was placed in a state siege.
After some deliber,rtion a Committee wi
sent over to the Marshals, McCarty, Henr
! Striker and Garlick, advising them to leaV
/. town. The Marshals refused to receive an
message unless it was in writing. A Ion
discussion ensued between them in the ma
ter. Meantime Elder McKie delivered Sc
mon from dry-gOods box, to the people VII
g filed the streets. This Elder is rampai
5 abolitionist, and he made the fur fly in goo
old fashioned style.
The COMMITTEES finally reduced their pr
; position to writing and the Marshals gave
: written answer, the substance of which wa
e that they were here to arrest Booth, and tn
f they would 60 away when they had con
pleted their business.
The committee came back and reporte
e wbereupon the people organized Club
< minute men. The precise object is know
4 only to its members-whether to mob {
Marshals or merely to protect Booth. The
{ proceedings have occupied until 10 o'cloC
+ this evening. ---@--