The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-30


Moines House in this city, and imme.
diately started to Fort La Fayette. There
was nothing unusual or remarkable in the
manner in which the arrest Was made
The prisoner was in the Office of the Des
Moines House when arrested. He quiet
ly made such arrangements for the jour
ney us were necessary, and when he left
the Office, some time after he was taken
in custody, other persons who were there
during the entire time noticed no unusual
occurrence On the 10th we were met
ON the cars of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Railroad by the Deputy Sheriff Of
Scott County, who served upon me writ
Of habcas corpus, issued by Judge Linder-
man Of the County Court, upon the APP
plieatien of James Grant. an Attorney
Without Immediately determining in my
own mind what course to pursue, pro-
ceeded to Davenport and delivered my
prisoner to the jailor of the county for
safe keeping until again demanded. Aff
ter consulting with those whose advice /
deemed it proper to ask, | resolved to
disregard the writ, as has been repeated
.ly done by other Marshals having the
custody of military prisoners. demand
cd the prisoner of the jailor, received
him, and went on my way. On the 10Th
of January delivered him to the com.
mandant Of Fort Lafayette, as his receipt
now in my possession attests. AT no time
was any unnecessary hardship practiced
upon the prisoner.
The above statement has been render
ed necessary by rumor and newspaper ar
ticles Of which the following is u sample
MoRE OF THE Hull KIDNAPPING CASE.
From one of our citizens, who has been
travelling in Illinois, we gather few items
concerning the movements Of the scoun-
drel Hoxie and his kidnapped prisoner,
Capt. Hill. 1t appears that Hsxie was
afraid of an attempt at rescue if he did
not put long distance between himself
and the place Of his theft, and therefore
hired conveyance and pushed on to Vi
ola, in Mercer county. Here our inform
ant saw them, Saturday morning. Hill
was in chains, and was compelled to lie
down on the floor with guard over him.
Our informant inquired iuto the nature Of
the offence, and was told that Hill was n
runaway military prisoner, who had been
captured in house Of illsfame in Daven-
port. Subsequently, however, Mr.. Hill
gave our informant the particulars Of the
4 arrest, and Hoxie's villainy. During the
recital, Hoxie threated his prisoner with
severe punishment if he did not shut his
mouth. Mr. Hill said that all he asked
for was bis rights guaranteed to him un-
der the Constitution of the United States,
fair and impartial trial, but that now
he WINS bbeyeiitaa the reach of his frienda,
he had no hopes of being heard until the
government reached his case, which may
be in month and perhaps not in year.
fIoxie told our informant that he must
keep close mouth in Davenport regard.
/ ing what he had seen and heard, but the
scamp mistook his man when he under
took to frishten our informant into 81.
lence.
What surprises Us is, that Mr.. Hill
t should so tamely submit to the outrage oil
being carried off after having been releas
ed by course of Law from the custody Of
the Marshal Hoxie, in Hills presence
acknowledged that he stole his prisone,
from the Jail, at least so our informant
says. Hill would have been justified in
letting daylight into Hoxie, and then re,
turning to stand his trial, and he should
have done just that very thing. From
what we can learn, the proper tools for hi.
release were offered him by more than ont
/ Individual during the morning tho party
tsrried in Viola Dem. ard News.
These paragraphs contain but single
truth. ] acas in Viola on Saturday morn
ing, Hill was not in chains, and nere
had been. He was not compelled 10 lii
down on the floor. No one was told tina
Hill was runaway military prisoner wht
had been captured in Davenport, but tn,
bystanders were told that he had been in
: dicted as traitor, and that ! held him Al
a military prisoner under an order from
the President to deliver him to Fort La
fayette. / did not threaten to intict Sc
) we're punishment on him, or in any othe
way restrain his statements. The charg.
that he had been cleared of crime by
jury Of. bis countrymen, is simply false
The only action that has ever been takel
in his case was by the Grand Jury which
indicted him.. The Attorney Genera
saw proper to aolie that indictment an,
discharge him from civil custody, 70
J, reasons which were doubtless satisfactor,
to him. The proper department issues
the order to take him into military custo
dy, and executed the order. Gen. Bank
: refused to obey writ Of habeas corpu
e issued by Chief Justice fancy, and Gen
! Dix NOT only rcfusedto obey writissue
t in similar case, but issued an order 70
y the arrest of the attorneys who sued
q out | held Hill as military prisoner
| and with such examples did not feel dis
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