New-York daily tribune., 1861-03-05
TIE LATE ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING.

John Bell tpublished in yesterdays papers as John
poblemus, whb bis wife and child, left their good
master. VIM. Crawford, tobacco merchant in Green
brier County Va, between six and seven weeks ago.
and ALI travelled afoot until they reached this city on
Wednesday last. Here he went about ASKING ior
assistance 10 get on" Among other places ne went
into store up town, where one OF the cierks aI'er
hearing his story said he would take him 70 ienos
who would help him get 10 Canada. Bell went Win
the clerk to place description Of which would very
well answer for the U. s. Marshsls Once Here par
ties were very friendly toward him, and hnaly In
duced him 10 ~ 10 the Northern Hotel, corner OF Court
landt and West streets 1t was thep little after noon
of Thursday and be sat down at the hotel TO what ne
deemed prncely dinner, with fine liquor accompanl'
ments.
In the course of the afternoon be assisted in putting
some boards and timber up from the back yard through
a window. Afterward, Of the men who had ac-
companied him to the bote-a large, stout man. win
mustache-now proposed TO hire him at $50 a month,
to take care Of four children and do other work about
the house. He said, "You boys down South can gen.
orally fiddle and sing; can you hddle some +! can
play two or three tunes was the reply. The big man
said he would 20 and get a fiddle He soon returned,
and told John they had better 20 up stairs where no.
body would be disturbed. The negro accompanied Dy
three persons, went up several stories, ana nhaliy
stopped in an apartment where, instead OF the hdoe,
were produced pair Of handouts, which the men ap-
piled to their VICTIM although they used no violence,
and pretended to be his friends During the pighttwo-
Irishmen watched himhe porter Joe at hrst until re
heyed by another servant named Dennis.
On Saturday afternoon the handouts were taken on,
and one of his good friends said he was TO 20 with them
TO Albany. They had made some changes In his ap-
psrel, putting on glazed cap and different pants.
little before D. H. bis three friends got him into
close carriage, and accompanied him 70 Pier No. Is,
the wharf of the steamer Yorktown for Norfolk, tell
ing him on the way not attempt TO look out They
arrived at their destination just about the time the
Yorktown was to leave. Johns suspicious, however,
had been for some time aroused, and after the party
had aliphted and had reached the end Of the gang
plank and an attempt made to force him aboard,
be caught hold of the gang plank and with 90 sronga
grasp that the kdnappers could not unoose him. Then
he commenced hslloa and raid that they wanted 10
take him South an cell bim with other excsmstons,
which attracted the attention of bysanders, among
whom was Officer Armstrong of the steamboat squad
The officer ran at once the scene and asked the par
ties II they had any papers TO warrant their taxing
avay that man. Ex-CouDcilman Cornelius w. Camp
bell .aid they had not but that Lorenzo de Angels
deputy in the Marshal's Office, had the papers
The kidnappers, finding that they were discovered
took themselves of very quickly Indeed, they disaP-
peared before the negro got away though he evInced
dispostion to leave the scene as possible He
went of at back or eide gangway seeming very much
beyidered and frightened half TO death. The negroes
about the dock showed him along, however, and be got
upon dray and was driven off. About ten minutes
| afterward q large, stout man, with a mustache aP-
peared on the wharf and asked Officer Armstrong II he
had that Niger and added that he had been there no
Cd d-d crowd could have got the niger away.
Tie officer asked if he had the pspers The big man
said no. but that they would be there, though not be-
| fore the boat left.
The ex Councilman, Cor. W. Campbell, above re-
ferred TO- we believe Of the keepers Of the Sons
Of Malta saloon Heenan headquarters No. S|g Broad
| way To what extent Marshal Ey nders is implicated
| in this business, does not appear.
| Tie immediate actors should at once be arrested
Even with . warrant, they would not have had the
night 10 force the man board vessel until he had
| had hearing before United States Commissioner.
But they were acting without any warrant, none OF
the United States Commissioners having issued any,
and no affidavit made upon which warrant could
| be Issued. A few months ago coored man named
John Thomas was taken to Richmond by two Marshal
officers in this way without any wsran or hearing OF
| the Gaze before United States Commissioner.