Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-03
tn CaAE or D0tTOR olIS.
His spseth II L.ssastsr, che.
How He was Arrested, and How
He was Treated at Fort
Lafa yette.
c8k HORRORS o. An ABOLITION
BANilLE.

Or. Ed'on Is. Old, recently released
tom imprh onment in Fort Lafay.,,.
md sgrsnd reception a, Lancaster. Ohn
bis pace oil residence,--op SATURDAY,
The 2oth ult. No lr.s than IL. 900 ,~o,
pie participated 10 tho stion. Mr.. q
U. Martin made the wslcom ng .pe. eb
. 10 ~hlct DIR. OIds replied at leop Il,
FROM the Doctors remarks We extr &c
the following:
On the l2.h Of August last, after {
o'clock at night, my house VA. iorcib /,
uttered by thee Government ruflian
who with violence seized nv pr,so,
md. holding revolver ut my head. do
manded my surrender.
during the time they were making
such repeated and violent 10. /. TO burs,
open my door, they gave ne 10 innn ;.
Ton that they were Government officers,
n hat they had any Government .u.
thoriiy Tor my arrest. They came (.
assass'ns and fobbers,-they beb ave.,
IKE assasslns and roi bers; and, lad
not been informed by the boa.tings q
certain Republicans tnat Aili ,ay,,s de-
'l.ned 10 cause my arrest had been for
warded 10 the War Departra ont, |
should most undo. btedly have take,,
these .overnmen. rufii4ns for nlidnlgh,
robbers.
When, after my capture. l demanded
70 know by what authority ,iey had
thus rndely broken into my room, and
b, what authority they had hus se,zeo
~, person, they very grum h,ngly in-
formed the that they were q. ting node,
"ni' ofi'y Of the var De, iutmen,. l
then de'nan led 10 be sl,o~n their war
rant. They lntoim. d me ,uf | hid no
gat 10 MAZE any kneh Il, IN nj thu,
The o'd.r which they held VS. Tor the,,
protection, aud not for my urat,ti ,.,iun
ney, Eowevsr. permitted m. To >ee il
ihe document was siga.d by tn.
Assistant Secretary of Wst-- was d., ed
Al v ashing,on CITY. An..ast 20. 1869
II wa dire ted to W. IL. Set. and
commissioned bun 10 take v It'll him ooe
assistant, aud to proeeei 10 l.aoca.,e..
ONO, a. q arrest Eds Is. Ida. aud /.
convey h'n TO New York, n, d to dc i've,
Ilm 10 lie commanding IF er At F,,,
In ayslte and thai II he vs. res . I'd
y ~. execute" Il he or der, he ~n- d,
'sc'e" 70 call u ,on GOV. Todd, Of Ohio,
sary.
me .dcr contained no intimation OF
'"e :" .ture aud Cause" ., the accusnti. n
r." st NE !; indeed, Il charged me ~,in
w commission oil no o'f nee whatever /;
ma WHEN ! demanded OF my capiu,,
what were the hArges against me, they
replied that they did nj know"
These . v.rum-nt futians were di-
recled to ''peace"biu" arrest me. VT
with violence they burs, npon the do i
OF my room, and with y rev liver ut NY
head they arrested me. They came al
he hour usually sviec Ell BY robbers
aud ASA, sins TO break into mems huu ..s
aud Commit deeds Of violence; AID had
| been aimed | should hav. shot them
down 4. robbers q, d Ass ,ss,ns. / have
reflected much on the manner Of my
,rresi, and have come calmly and d.,
hber.telv to the conclusion that | should
have been nstiti ID, both by the laws .,
Gud sa1 man. had | killed these ,uflian-
whlls. breaking into nay room, as
most sssa,edy would have done had
been armcd, and az c.rlain,y would d"
| mad the act 10 be done over again. i,
would have taught Dir. Lincoln AID his
m,biuns, that, when they act q iie the
laws and the co, stitut,on, the rife, the
revolver. and the bowie kni~ at ono,
become the supreme law OF the land
Thus, my friends, was ! dragged
from a sick bed, for | wa, at that ,ine,
a d for many long and weary DAYS and
tights after ~ards, seriou ly atfi cited
With m attack OF the bloody flax Ia
this conditi. n | was buried INTO n car
.iage, aud, during the remainder OF the
night, driven 10 Columbus, ard ut vi
daylight placed upon the ar. aud taken
IN nv sick aud exhausted condition.
without momcnts DELAY, to Font La
Ia. cite.
The order for nv arrest charged me
| With the commission OF no or me kno u
to any law OF my cou"ty. Nay. more.
/ it change me with no crime whaieve,
You m,y we'll 'msyi e, III 81, my sur
prise and md'gnat'or, when, on STRIVING
at Fo,t Lafayette, was 0, dercd to stu,
myself that nigh, be searched. I"
make, II possible. such sn ~ al, gre.,.,
to tree born American Gil Zen. | wa,
taken into = sid. 70 IN where around mr.
lay in Leaps m~nacIes. chsis AID hand
cuffs. Wi b such surroundings | va,
stripped a. d searched, and my watch,
my money, my spectacles. nv shaving
spps's'us and eve my medicine. terr
taken from me. Mas not permitted 10
retain even an old newspaper or BIT ol
waste paper Ct any nd.
/ Alter this d-er,d'"g operation hid
been p+rtulm med, aud before con luctirp