The national Republican., 1862-03-03

IOWBu u h00 tuO WOm6Vs ana IOQutI0U Wuy bOI
much secrssy should be observed N the trans.
action. Keese, however, refused to lst me see
the woman. then told him that knew the
yaots OF the matter, and would eive them pub.
gaining the legality Of the proossding. leit |
the place and returned to Justice J0hnson's
ONCE. A short time afterwards Reese came
into the office Of Justice j., and inquired Of
that gentleman whether color was not prinsa
that 1t was not, and that he would not issue y
commitment on any suoh presumption. KeeSe
then left. About half an hour after this Keese
and Busher left Justice Donn's Office together,
taking along with them the woman.
FRANK HBNHY,
Reporter Of Republican.
Sworn sp,Ssubscribsd e. before me this I'd day
~ GILBERr L. GIssRsos, Up. T.. 81
Reese Is employed as a domestic 10 the family
Of VIM. p. Mcconnell, dentist, 49, Pennsylvsnis
avenue, and 10 free woman. We called yes.
terday morning To see her, for The purpose OF
obtaining her statement. AZ soon as We saw
had seen on Tuesday night In Justice Donn's
once, In custody Of .Keose. In the presence OF
several gentlemen, whose names appear below, |
the woman made the following statement
srArnMExT OF JULIA BLACKWELL. |
Ny name 10 Julia Blackwell. About half past
nine O'Clock on Tuesday night was going on
an errand to grocery store. l had got but
short distance from Dr.. MoConnell's door, when
hold Of me and shook me, threatening Il / made
q noise to choke me TO death. The man was
the same one whom you tmeaniDg the reporter
saw with me In the ONCE ttohich Dds Keesel OF
Justice Dom. 10 said that he was going TO
! began to CRY, and told him that was q free
woman, begging him all the while tO lot me 60.
He CURSED and swore at me. and again threat
ened to strange me If made noise. then
Both Of the men were together. l was then
taken to magistrates once Cor a. first sup.
posed, from seeing bars at the window, to the
They put ~1 in sa.n back Ssr
my parents lived, and II WAS free woman.
told him that was free. he tKeesel then
said 1t was a lie, that he knew my master, and
that he had sold my brother Daniel. :! again
to let me go. Re then gave me Bible and
told mo that II would swear that vas II
slave, he ,could set me free and would give me
my free papers. / refused to swear, when be
raj. rail- gentle men then came into the once and
asked him [Keesel what was the matter. saw
Nou [meaning the reporter1 look into the room.
He refused TO let any one come into the back
office, was taken, as supposed, te the jail BY
i the two men. He (Keese1 spoke 10 several
mon inside Of the jail. They asked me II
Was free and where ! lived. told them
tnA j WAN Ie0 6uu uN0u WIN hCSOns
nell, on the Avenue. One Of the men in the
jail said, ~ believe she tells the truth, and Is
free girl" Tho man who arrested me then told
me could 60 home, for which thanked him.
Trinity church, and asked me II could then
and my way home. told him could, and he
! left ma. was very much frightened. II was
near IL O'Clock when returned home.
The statement Of the girl was made In our
presence.
W. H. MIrcHELL,
JoHS Il. JOHNSON,
WV. P. MCCONNELL,
FRANK HENRY.
know tho girl, Julia Blackwell to be free
!, have known her between two and three
years. and for q considerable time she has been
employed In my family az domestic. have
every confidence In her statements. On Tues
she she was sent on an errand, and did not return
, until near IL O'Clock. asked her whore she
. had been, when she made abatement corrob-
! Grating the above. WM. p. MCDONNELL,
Dentist, 4s2 Penn. avenue.
The girl told the same story to Prof. Gran
The above statements are substantially the
o same as those made TO my wife, and subse-
Q quently to myself, without any expectation OF
ithsE as that they would Se Masd made public sas:
d In confirmation of the above facts, We sub
:. Join the following letter, which we received OF
9 Saturday. from highly respectable gentle
q man:
: Editor Of Republican: In your issue Of Fri
Q day last, you gave the particulars Of reoeD
!. could not gain admittance to the back room o
o the Justice Of tho Peace before whom thi
case was brought, will give few facts, as Re
d lated by the girl who was arrested by this ON
The girl, who is free, was sent out on an Of
u rand, by the persons with whom she lives. and
as she was returning home. was seized BY thi
officer and taken to what she calls the guard
Il house, from there to the magistrates ofice
and this officer kept alternately oursing AM
O threatening the girl to get her to say that sh
]. was q slave, telling her he knew her master
j. her sister, and others, whom he did not, ant
n she was slave, as he would set her FREQ; an,
i. when the girl would not, he told her that HI
"a would be id II he would not make her, DO
10 The girl steadily refused, and to this she owe
Y commit her, feeling satisfied that tho girl Wa
n free which she 10 and has been for years
"A THIS Is disgracsfal, and II Ia high time 1t wa
10 stopped, and am sure the public will not eny,
ID poor girl Of her liberty, and she entitled b.
ID laio to It at that. Yours, ...... M
~ Lecture OF Hon. Gerrit smith.
y, A large audience greeted this distinguishe
a. a. friend Of freedom on Saturday night, at tn
AZ Smithsonian. The lecture was delivered befur
II the Washington Lecture Association; ite sui
s ,n jeot, The War" and was In the happiest vel
~ ~ Of this earnest and sincere orator.
~ He dwelt particularly upon the extent Of tn
Y war power, which he declared to be SO ampl
r.. that Congress may burn every school house !
"a Missouri TO prevent their being y refuge 70
ot rebels; may throw open every Jail In Kentucky
0s or and open every prison in Maryland, and arl
.s and organize the prisoners for their. country
o. uo.onvp, y, may oIsanno ~" i =. ~ ~ - "