Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-06

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facts and circumstances, advised us
; that as the testimonies of slaves was
not admissible against white persons,
and the other evidence being only
circumstaltial and corrobora,iye, and
not sufficient to sustain q charge of
tamperIng with slaves, that therefore
it was unnecessary to have q formal
Investigation before . magistrate.
Though there was not sufficient
legal evidence, all Of us wcre morally
certain Of TIC guilt CT Ruttan, that he
was All Abolition ince!diary and i'm
postor, and 1--we determined with one
voice that he should leave the State.
At our request, one OF ol:r number,
III the presence Of al! who were present
(some So Or 20 gcntlemen) informed
Iiuttan Of the extent OF the charge
against him-recolilltel the evidence
i'll support stated the reason
|why he was not detained for tlial-
gave l1m wholesome advice, and di.
rcctcd him in our names to leave the
Parish III twenty four hours. lie was
then released, and, without the slight
est injury having been pone his per
son or property, he left immediately.
This is a plain statement Of oar
|doclings with this man ],uttan, who,
i'll melting Our slaves to crimes themoss
horrible to contemplate, has cnnningly
|ayoidcd the penalty of>his vi'ianly by
Ia technicality, and is now indebted to
our forcbcarcnce and respect for tho
law Of The land fer the life he had
morally forfeited.
Any and every fact stated by Rut-
tan III his card to the Zy;6uue-up to
the the time he left ller:c-iili conflict
with this statement is simply false.
We do not hesitate TO pronounce each
of the following statements CT Rut,an
to be altogether l::lsc-vi;z::
That he purchased two slaves o.!
stock Of nedicien*, Or anything else o..
value in this parish.
That he was chained, Or Kept two
days without food. d: 9te a09.#iz
That he was stripped or whipped.
That the gentlemen witt, whom he
boarded interfered to prevent his
being hung, Or that there was any oc-
1casion for such interferencc-that., there
was any tears shed by any onc-that
any lady was present-that any money
or anything else was taken from him,
or !hat ll>j WAS injured either i'll person
or property by any onc-that he had
any Office or medicines to be burned
or destroyed.
! As for his adventures after leaving
OuacElta, we cannot speak, but ct>-
serve that he is is cautious now as
while he was III Trenton not to give
the names Of his friends III New Or
leans.
We arc forced to the conclusio:s
that this creature was an er1issary for
mischief among 1ls--tllat he is an in
famous i,nposter and scoun;lrel, and
VIC know him to be shameless liar.
Trenton, (0uacl'ita parish), Jan..2l,
1861.
John Thac1cr, merchant; William
Oliver and II. Drake, Of Oliver Is
Drake, Il. 7. FIournoy, of a. +. Flour
noy & Co; Abe Madden and +. L.
Terry of Terry Is Madden; \. Wise
and M. Wise, Of u. Wise 6 Co: J. =.
Crosley, merchant; Jctl,ro Moore,
merchant; O. B. Register, merchant;
II. II. Slaughter and VIM. Marbury, jr.
formerly of Marbal.y s. Slaughter ; D
D Turner; proprietor OF hotel; II N
Young, M D; B Il Cauthou,, A i
Oliver, } II Mnrphey, Jno Miles, J II
Ong, III D Darlington, II j Trent, J
l. c Newconb, Jas Oneal D. A Smith,
l. NJ Block and Perry Smith; r w
McClcnsEon, Joel E Tatnm, Isaac
Collins, e d Everett, Isaiah IIucy, !
A Lawlcr and A D AicClcndcn, plant
ers.
Twas present at the examination Of
Ruttan and concur in the statement
Faboye.
RANK <. G'TUBBS,
Dist. Attorney, l2th Dist, La.
TIE STATE Or LOUISIANA,
10th Judicial District.
w hereby certify that The names
signed to the above statement the
signatures Of gentlemen Of the highest
responsibility and lropricty in the
Parish Of Cuaclita; that their state
ment of facts may be implicitly relied
upon as the whole truth; and thougis
not personally present or participating
with them, yet from daily intercourse
with the people and place where it
occured, we have the utmost conf
dcncc in the entire truth Of tho state
mcut.
In testimony whereof, we Icrcun.o
Isign our names, this 2sth day Of Jan:
!, nary 1861.
! L w RICHARDSON,
Judge 10th Dist.
Y GooDLETT.
Clerk 10th Dist. Court.
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