Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-10-04
Marshal Lowe goes into the Hog
Tr:ide.

In the the telegraphic column is an ac
count of another exploit of the Marsha
OF the Southern District of Ohio in catch
ing runaway slaves.-The Columbus Jour
nal of the (Monday) morning gives full
particulars. 1t says:
alt appears that three fugative slave:
from the State of Kentucky, had been so
journing for some time in Iberia, in Nor
row county, and their masters having learn.
ed this fact, sent man into the neighbor.
hood with the ostensible purpose of buying
hogs. In this disguise he obtained access
to all the dwellings, in that neighborhood
and discovered and recognized the fugitives
| He Immediately apprized the masters OF
bis success, and they proceeded to Cincin-
natl and procured the services of Marshal
Sitford, and two assistats, who in company
with the two Kentucky owners, arrived in
this city on last Tuesday. On Wednesday
they sent the pseudo hog drover to Iberia
to ascertain if all was right, with the un-
derstanding that if anything was wrong so
that tteir plans would be disco. certed, he
was to come back on Thursday evening, if
not, he was to remain. In the meantime
Marshal Stifford had augmented his force
so that the whole number amounted. in all,
to twelve persons, including Marshal J. X.
Lowe, of this city.
The fugitive slaves were boarding at
three different places, and all within the
distance of half mile. Their plan of op-
erations was that posse of four should
90 to each house, secure their men, and
meet on the railroad between Iberia sat
tion and Morrow station, and signal the
night express train, get their fugatives on
board and run them through TO Cincinnati.
The man they sent froward not coming
back, things seemed to work smoothly, and
on Thursday evening they took the Cleve-
land train, and left it either at Morrow
station, or between Cardigton and Morrow
but some one on board the train suspecting
their intentions gave information of the
fact at Iberia station, and the note of alarm
was sounded, which brought together, in an
incredibly short time, some fifty or sixty
armed persons, both white and blabk, who
were determined on rescue. Tney imme-
diately started for the house which contain
ed the fugatives. In the meantime the
different squads of kidnappers had arrived
at the houses asst gned them, and Marshal
Sifford secured his fugitive, but hearing the
firing of guns in the direction of the other
houses, made good his escape, taking
with him the negro. The posse command
ed by Lowe, on their arrival at the house,
were surrounded by the rescuers and sever
al shots were exchanged, when Marshal
Lowe took to his heels and made his es-
cape. They, however, took one of the
Kentuckians and one of the assistants
prisoners. We learn that they took their
arms from them, and, after giving them a
lecture upon the business they were en-
gagged in, set them at liberty. The bal
lance of the marshal's assistants scamped
off in different directions, glad to escape
with their lives.
We understand that in the melee, one
negro had one of bis fingers shot off and
one of the assistant Marshals was badly
wounded-so badly, that when he arrived
at Columbus, be had to be carried away
from the baggage car.
We had supposed that Marshal's loves
experience in the Wellington rescue case
was sufficient to deter him from engaging
in operations of this kind, but it seems
that it has only whet his appetite and
sharpensd bis ingenuity for other adven-
lures in kidnapping. But Marshal Lowe
has been very unfortunate thus far in pecu-
liar kind of business, and we advised him
to dry up-resign, and turn his energies in
some other and more honorable direction.