Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-31
For the Sentinel
Card from J. q. Coleman.


EDITOR SENTINEL: Permit me through the col
umns of your paper TO reply to n commune atom
in your issue of this morning. signed II OF Nash
vile, Ind. which communication charges that |
have obstructed the due process of law in this
vicinity, viz: that | have prevented a constable
of the county from taking certain prisoners from
this township.
Now let me say To your credulous readers that
such is not the | Ouly said 20 the constable
Mr. Huron Precise. that | wished him to leave
nv son IA boy of about Is years. in nv store
where had eft him. | was going TO leave
home on business which / could not postpone:
that | would be responsible for NV bow AID pay
any fine that might he assessed. or tax the same
To other courts Tor adjustment; at the same time
telling said constable that | was the marshal of
the place {Eiinburgh). and If the plaintiff or
State witness would file his complaint in this
township. | would render all assistance in ms
power 10 bring guilty parties 20 justice. But. at
the same time. | think | said TO the constable.
that did not think it looked right TO attempt to
take = few young boys sixteen or thirty miles
from home TO try them for an offense committed
here where the accused and the accuser were in
a manner neighbors. ! informed that the
State witness or plaintiff in this case lives about
three miles from this town
do emphaticaly say that did not use any
harsh language in the way of threats or otherwise,
and did not order him 90 release any prisoners
in fact did not that ne had any prisoners
did not say that ! would arrest him and take
him To indianapolis: on the contrary. when
asked him for hi> name and wrote il down with a
pencil in my memorandum, he appeared excited.
aud asked me Il | going TO arrest him for
having the papers upon him: when answered in
the negative. and left him after saving that |
thought he had better not take any of the bows
10 Hensley township TO try them for the otfense
charged
Nv friend III says in his communication that
certain citizens OF Bartholomew and Brown
counties were ser upon by mob with knives.
stones. etc; which charge. think. is false
know of but one person who said ANYTHING Of the
kind
In regard TO military companies in this place,
| will say that they have no connection of any
kind with the would BE- great insult TO the dignity
of the law but are legitimate companies forming
for the State Legion. and composed of good cii
OF all political parties. for the laudabe pur-
pose Of sustaining State aud national gov
ernments snd have never heard member Of
either company say that they would assist To DO
an unlawful act or in any say resist the due pro
cess of civil law administered according to Law
And "a far as home guards are concerned. it is
all scarf" Furthermore | Can say. that the
constable Of Eensley township. any other lie
gal officer can come 10 this town or tOsnshp and
arrest. without posse. any boy or man without,
ANYTHING that know Of in the case is COG
cerLed. ! can furthermore say that don't fear
any collision at this place between the officers of
the Law and ans citizens OF Ejiuburg.
Hoping that al good citizens in this and other