The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-10
OLD TIMES,
Sunnydale, April ., 1860.

The Boston Journal furnishes some interest
ing particulars of the arrest, a brief account OF
which was furnished by telegraph a day or
two since
About o'clock a man named Freeman went
to Sanborn's door and rang the bell Sanborns
sister answered the call. Freeman asked if San
born was in, and on being told that he was, said
he had letter for him and wanted to see him.
His sister turned to go in to speak to her brother,
and "a she went she heard a low whistle On
turning again she saw tive or three men in the
entry way who immediately seized Mr.. Sanborn
and attempted to carry him from the house. His
sister resisted to the extent of her power, and
Mr. Sanborn used all his power in endeavOring
to escape from the hands of the officers, who by
this time had got the handouts upon their pris.
oner. When they got him to the door, the sig.
| ter stopped her resistance and screamed to the
top of her voice and alarmed the neighbors, a
score of whom were soon on the spot. BY the
time they got there SanbOrn had been dragged
into TIE middle of the street, without his hat
and in his stocking feet Sanborn at this point
held up his manaced hands over his head, and
shaking them, said -" Citizens, look and see
What the United States Senate have done for
me-" His remark made a great sensation
among the crowd, and matters began to look
squally for the q. s. officers. In the meantime
a messenger was dispatched to ring the bells,
and soon they were pealing out the alarm upon
the evening air. The crowd was momentarily
increasing.
Nr. Sanborns sister seeirg the crowd surrOun.
ding the officers and her brother, and that she
could do more service there, seized the whip
from the carriage that the officers had brought
to convey him away in, and began belaboring
81. in l.,,e 50
took the whip from her. She then jumped
into the carriage to prevent her brother being
put into it, but she was taken out with more
force than poteness, having her clothes torn in
the struggle.
Mr.. SanDorn resides in Sudbury street, a short
distance from the depot, his school and dwelling
beng connected. Since the agitation incident
upon the John Brown raid, he has been careful
not to go to the door of his house in the eve.
ming, lest he might meet UNIV ecome visitors On
this occasion he was less discreet. Immediately
on reaching the door, Freeman, one OF the off,
GERS, rushed into the entrance TO prevent his
retreat aud whistled for his assistants, who i'm.
mediately closed in about their prisoner, and
handwriting him on his own premises, hustled
him into the street.
The feeling manifested by the liberty-loying
citizens of Concord, when the intelligence of
the arrest reached them, was akin to the spirit
displayed by their patriotic forefathers in earlier
time.
The boys in Mr.. Sanborn's school, seeing the
peril in which their beloved mentor was placed
acted as scouts, and ran hastily from house to
house, ringing door bells and arousing citizens
Men rushed TO the scene with clinched fsts,
some of which contained effective weapons.
The women of yore we're foremost in the fray,
and by every possible means worried the offers.
Miss Sanborn seized an officer by the beard and
compelled him to relinquish his hold of Mr.. San
born. Miss Ann Whiting, daughter of Colenel
Whiting, approached officer Tarleton, raised his
hat, and looking him steadily in the face, said.
" Let me see what kind Of looking man YOU
are. You may come here again some dav, and
| shall want TO know you" |
Mr.. George L. Prescott seized the arm Of an |
officer, beneath the coat sleeve Of which a |
:" billy was concealed, and held on to it until |
Mr.. San5orn was released.
Nothing but the assurance that a writ would !
soon be obtained and Mr.. Sanbo-n released in a |
legal way prevented the exasperated citizens
from pummelling the officer and rescuing the |
prisoner. Several attempts were made to at
tack the officials. One man raised his fist to |
strike, but was restrained BY citizen who OBJ. I
served his movements. Another was on the |
point of hurting q stone at the officers but was
arrested IN the attempt.
The citizens generally, without distinction Of
party, united in sympathizing with Mr.. Sanborn.
But three men were found who defended the
course of the officers, and one of them was the
and another as officer in the Custom
House. The latter vas roughly handled in the
melee by George Howard, Town Clerk, who
aid the Democrat officer on bis back in q ditch
The carriage of the officers was considerably
iamaged by stones and other missiles. One
ioor was broken and the glass shattered
Mr.. Ssnborn was subsequently discharged upon
writ of Habeas Corpus, upon tho ground that
he arrest vas Illegal, in which opinion the entire
Supreme Court concurred. This was the same
round taken in the Senate by Senators Bing-
lam, Sumner. Hale and Toombs, although arri-
ed at upon different train of reasoning.