The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-12-25

right arm, with which he attempted st times
to avert the blows, so bruised that the nexI
day il was swollen to twice its usual size-
During this fogging the muLzle OF gun wa'
thrust against his side with such yiolenct
that from the effect he has not recovered.
Mr.. Renick during this time was receiving
similar treatment at the hands Of another
portion of the company, though not as Sc.
we're. Barber and Renick were now order ed
to their feet, and commenced dressing, wher
Mr.. Gordon gave one OF the colored men 8
whip, saying, They have not got enough yet
give them some more" and Some twelve OF
fifteen blows were we'll laid on. The com.
pany then proceeded with scissors 10 she !
the heads OF Barber and Renick, and in this
made thorough work.
Mr.. Gordon then administered an obliga.
tion to them to the effect that they would
never again vote the Democratic ticket, or be
engaged in arresting fugitive slave. IIe
then lectured them some five or ten minutes
on the enormity OF their crime, and assured
them that they had been fortunate in falling
into the hands OF the better portion Of com-
mpnity, stating if they had fallen into the
hands of the roughs they would have Jared
much worse. Barber and Renick were then,
about one o'clock at night, permitted to put
on their clothes. Barber asked that his mon
ey, papers and other things taken from him,
be given to him. This was not done, some
one remaIking that he had no business there,
and he did not deserve them. During the
time alter the company left the railroad to
the close, Mr.. Gordon was present, actively
engaged in these proceedings. and when his
name was mentioned cautioned those present
not to use names. During the most of the
time there we're from thiIty to fifty men
present. Soon after this transaction, Mr.
Gordon left and was understood to be in Can
ada. think that in April last, he came to
ME and Voluntarily entered securities for his
appearance at Court. Until after his trial no
bond but his own was required.
do not say that the foregoing is literally
true. But do say that it is faithful nara
tive Of what the testimony disclosed on the
trial, and that there was no testimony which
in the slightest degree tended to contradict
it or modify its effect. And for the truth OF
this refer to the Court, the jurors, the de-
fenoants attornies, and every other person
who listened to the trial.
This is the case Inherited from my pre-
deceSsor, with the recorded evidence taken
before the grand jury. examined the tes-
timony. | thought it ought to be prosecuted.
tried, without unusual zeal or resort to unusual
technical or dishonorable means, to procure
a conviction. The jury was made up Of elev-
en- Republicans and one Democrat. The
charge of the Court was most impartial as
was admitted by the defendants at'ornies.--
The jury without dissenting voice at once
pronounced the defendant guilty. The Court
sentenced him to one half the Imprisonment
provided by the statutes. If this sentence
was too severe it is difficult to imagine for
what kind of case the balance Of the i'm
prisonment was provided. The msappre
hepsion OF the iacts and perverson Of the tes-
timony, as well as the reflections sast upon
all who have been officially connected with
this case have seemed to me to render 1T
proper that should make this statement at |
some length. ! leave it with the single re
,ret that there should have been occasion for
is existence. r. f. PAINE.