, 1861-04-11
THE ARREST or 1HEHARRIs> FAMILY.
To the Public.

| N6lUA9Q, apt1l .,
contaiaed il the Chicago FHRur, IL in reation anso to
the arrest Of the fu9itives In this city on Wednes
day last; but 80 much has been said and eo many
dna to the public and to nyee6 that correct state
ment Of facts ahould be made. -
Ths dqty Of Marshal Is sgggestea By the Ian
do solemnly swear that will faithfully esecmt
Sn la,a gFsg d5eSted to ths Marshal d ths
" Of the United States, and true returns make and
" In all things well and truly and without malice or
aZ:ia!tty perform the dudes of the office Of Mar
= shal Of the Northern District Of Illinois during
my continuance In sa1d office and take only nv
''lawfu1 fees. go help me God-' The 1aw makes #
ns much the duty Of The Marshal to execute war
rant for the arrest ef fugitive elave az It makes II
his duty to execute any other procese and haYinr.
sworn to execute the law in good faith, I. eaT no
ny hands but to execute IT, The VARIANT va lp Raa aa
carefully examined by one eminently qualified to
judge Of its legality, aud was told BY persons IN
my duty clearly was, and tcat anything short ofIts
faithful execution would be palpable violation OF
my oath. knew too that If Isucceeded in eetting
responsible for the fa value ii aach 1ngitives @ ia
the State from which they escaped in the event Of
thsir escape, whether With q without my assent.
as much as mob OF several hundred negroes id
assemble Immediately after the arrest that the /
tainty efa serious rtsk and probable loss Of life
therefore decided to have tie arrests made early
lu'the morning, before there were MaDy persons
minutes past Elk O'Clock in broad daylight and At
halast elk the train started for Springfield {stop
ping out Of the city limits two hours and half |
t4ke them forWard). he warrant described tie
fugihyes So infinitely that it was impossible to
mistake them.@ The claimants brought letters |
from citizens Of St. Louis Of the highest reapeca-
biity, among others one from O. b. Ffley, jata
Mayor, indorafng: him as 3 man of high moral |
character, and one whose statements were entitled
Tha Fa{n
State q 1 not e They were aa9n ii
children, which was bat partially dressed. d. - 'D'
10 such language was used towards the woman |
IS fs attributed to one of the party making the az
shal, Jones, was the while frownfng down the ef.
forts Of grizzly headed colored person to get out
Of bed room, against the DOT Of which the mBes-
It's back, with revolver at the key hole should |
the grizzly colored person prove obstreperous, il
utterly false was not present at the arrest, did
did not see them or any Of them. until they got
Of the omnibus at the depot. The statement that
! ~ took none but roslavery Democrats into ny
bly, with reference to such afAirs as this regular
neputyship. is utterly untrue. The only Deputy
IN the country: He supported Scott in 1852; pub
in 1858, and was heartily Lincoln man. in leo,
and never voted Demo ratio t'cket in his life:.:
In regard to the statement that "other tools of |
like antecedents and sympathies were chosen, and
their hard hearted1ess tested as the tries the
that did not know one Of the men selected by my |
Deputy to aseist him in the arrest-had no CONVEX.
sation with any Of them On the subject, nor do I
A1lusio9 is twice made In the TRIBuNE'a article
to the probability Of my being rewarded by " ser
81 p1e 5o of ageT
ton On Clark street. marked - Mrs. j. R. Jones -
but the writer Of the article carefully avoids Civ
The pitcher, leaving its readers to. infer that
the reward above referred to had already been
received, shall be pardoned fer saying that the
Merchants Association Of Chiclgo, as 9 return for
the zeal which it was supposedly had manifested
IN looking after during the past win
knew nothing of until reached home on Sunday
last.
The statement that 'shired the wretch Hayes
to betray his colored brethren ~ is utterly false
Neither my deputy nor myself ever eaw or heard
Of the man Hayes, until we saw his name connect
ed with the matter in the TRI ,.uNE; We had moth
The statement that l. the rutalites that were in
dicted upon the whole family, dragged, bound and
Gagged, ~ haf naked down s;a,rs The oaths and
Of Marshal Jones did his bidding" &c. &c. il Ut
EeEly false and without a ee4blance of truth
There was no more violence nRed than was abeo- |
Eutely necessary TO make the arrest. No revolver
vas displayed or seen in the transaction, and no
s4o0 reward referred to until we saw tt In the Tn1
suFE. have only to add, In conclusion, that be-
should execute the wsrrant in good faith painful
as the duty was, sought TO do it IN such manner
as to avoid any scenes OF 1aw1ess violence and the
more than probable loss Of life In the event Of
riot-and the riot iteelf-which would have been
Inevitable had the arrest been made at any other
lime y OF n any other manner. I very much doubt
eensnre me for fafthfu1 discharge Of an exceed |
|ngly unpleasant duty, have really any more syn-
their sufetings, than myself; or that they are at
heart more thoroughly opposed to slavery than |
IN. The difference between them aad myself ia,
hat have takena solemn oath to execute the law
while they have not. If for faithful discharge OF
ny duty an to be condemned, then am pre-
pared TO take the consequences.
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