Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-22
MORE ABOUT raE HILL KIDNAPPING
CASE.

From one Of our citizens, who has been
travelling in Illinois, we gather a few
items concerning the movements Of the
seoundrei Hexie and his kidnapped pris-
onsr, Capt. Hill. II appears that Hoxie
was afraid Df an Attempt at rescue If be
did not put d long distance between him.
self and the place of his theft, and there
fore hired conveyance and pashed on TO
Viola, in Mercer county. Here our in
formans saw them, Saturday morning
Hill vas in chains, and was compelled to
lie down on the floor with guard over
him. Our informant inquired into the
nature Of of the offense, and was told that
Hill was runaway military prisoner, who
had been captured in house Of illfame
in Davenport. Subsequently, however,
Mr.. Hill gave our informant the partieu.
lars Of the arrest, and Hoxie's villainy.-
During the recital, Hoxie threatened bis
prisoner with severe punishment if he did
not shut his mouth. Mr.. Hill said that
all be asked for was his rights guaranteed
him under the Constitution of the United
| States--a fair and impartial trial, but
that now he was beyond the reach of bis
friends, he had no hopes Of being heard
| until the Government reached his ease,
which may be in month and perhaps not
| in a yeaE. Hoxie told our informant that
he must keep close mUuth In Davenport
regarding what he had seen and heard, but
the scamp lnistook his msn when be un-
dertook to brighten our informant into
| silence. "
What surprises us IL, that Mr.. Hill
should 50 tanaely submit to the outrage of
being carried of aftargnavfng been releas-
ed By coaEae Of law from the custody of
| the Marshal. Haxie, in Hills presence,
acknowledged that be sisle his prisoner
from the DaEengoEs Jail, at least SO our
| informant says. Hill would have been
justified in letting daylight into Hoxie,
and then returning TO stand his trial, and
he should haze done that very thing
from what we can learn, the proper tools
for his release were offered him by more
than one individual during The morning
the party trrried In Viola.
Let Us ask what security there is for the
liberty Of any man, living under the lave
of the United States, if, after be has been
cleared By jury of his eounsEymen, be
can again be arrested for The same offence,
by an incompetent ofheial, aud when an
appeal is made for relief under the Habe-
as Corpus act, this incompetent official,
with impuRity, usurfs still further pow
ers, and under the shadow of night steals
the accused from the prison IN which be
had been placed for security, hurrJing
him out of the State without giving him
aR opportunity for defence, thus violating
the greatest la& of the lmd ? Itappeara
to Us there Ii no security. Every man IL
liable 10 have enemies, and in these times
of treason and crime be can, by a little
art, work the ruin of hrs foe. Tho gov.
eminent lends ready ear 10 praters Of
treason, and bare Suspicion Is sufficient
to procure the Incarceration Of the iudi-
vidual inside the gloomy walls Of Lafay-
cite or Warren. We trust the friends Of
MIR. Hill will NOT allow this palpable VIC.
lation of Law to 60 unpunished. Hoxie
deserves good hetcheling to ease him Of
superauoua egotism and seif-importance.
| Democrat and Nefcg, "f