The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-25
9THE ARREST OF MIR. CLIPPINGS.

THE AIl IlREST OF MIR. GID DENGS.s
The Toronto Globe of the 18th inst, has
the following in reference 70 this singular
| case. The Globe thinks Mr.. Giddings may
have been guilty of an indiscretion. How
far this opinion may be justified, cannot now
be told in the absence Of the letter which
Mr.. Giddings gave to the man j Tones, of
which, unfortunately, no copy was kept. The
Globe says: M ...sE5 szi.5stsI.s!s
The telegraph informs US that Hon. ]. R.
Giddngs. American Consul General TO Cana-ai
da, has baen arrested and held to bail on the
complaint of one w. J.Louis Redpath.-As
The case. SO far as it has yet been made pub-a
( lie, is very much mixed up, As nearly as we
can get at it, it appears to be. something like
this :-ssq5zg IA - oaaf eI7rie 3itiyf sa5ls
IA man named Jones, who, there is rea: "a
son to believe, is connected with some 5por-
ton Of the United States police. met in Mon
] treal, at a boarding house, the said w. J.
Louis Redpath At the house he appears to
have been commonly called ..Louis,n his
surname being discarded By his 5intimates.A A-s
Jones conceived the idea of kidnapping Red
path and taking him to New York. To aid
/ him eseeured the services of an old, inten1-.s
perate man named Hawkins. The two went
to Redpath's house. Jones pretended that
he was a Montreal detective; Hawkins, that
he held similar office in the New York po-
| lice. As it would appear from the account we
have, Redpath allowed himself to be placed
| in II cab. and conveyed to st. Lambert ferry,
and to be placed in the cars. without making
any resistance The .sdetectiyes'' showed
him, healleges, a letter purporting to- be
signed by Mr.. Giddings authorizing them to
! appreae end two men named Louis and Burke,
and convey them to the States, appointing
Hawkins as assistant to Jones, and promising
! that all reasonable expenses should be paid
| Oh their arrival IN New York; As a reason
for arresting "Redpath'' instead of Louis, .
| Jones told him he was sure he was the man,
as he had been called Louis in the board
/ ing house where he first met him. He (Johesoa
also volunteered the information that charge
was pending against Louis alias Redpath for
arson, and the murder of a negro during the
| New York riots. He was conveyed to New
/ York but succeeded before he got there in
writing to the Mayor of Montreal. The fact
becoming known to his captors, he was re-
leased from confinement upon signing paper
pledging himself no. to take any proceedings
against either Jones or Hawkins ~ u
% pom returning to Montreal, Redpath
made his case known to the press of that
city. Mr. Giddings Immediately contradicted
4 the report that he had in any way authorized
/ the arrest He says that Jones waited upon
him, represented that he wished to start with
| a prisoner for New Y ork, but that as he was
/ dangerous man, an assistant would be nee-
essary. He was afraid, however, to employ
any one for that purpose, lest the police in
/ New York would refuse to reimburse him.
] Would Mr. Giddings, he asked, give him a
4 note advising payment? With this request,
| believing the man was Montreal detective,
/ and deceived by his gentlenlany bearing, Mr..
Giddingsconplied. He has now been arrest
I ed on a charge of compicity n the act of
kidnapping. That he was intentionally gull
4 ty we cannot believe, but it does appear that
| he had been guilty of an indiscretion. 1t is
quite possible when the contents of the note
which he gave to Jones are published yerba-.
tim, if that can be done, that the Language
used on the spur of the momentwill be prov
ed to go further and to mean more than was
| intended Until further evidence on this {
point is offered, Judgment must be suspended.
e"And further-what motive could Jones
have for kidnapping Redpath Is there real :
Ply a charge pending against Louis-whoe
he may be-for arson and murder IF SO,
there was no necessity for an Illegal arrest.
The identity of the man being proved, he
might have been claimed under the extradi-
ton treaty.
g1e 6 This, it is said, is not the only case Of
the kind in which Jones has been concerned.
Other British subjects besides Redpath have
been Kidnapped and carried across the harbor.
For whom Jones has been acting, by whom
he was employed, does not clearly appear, or
rather there is no proof, SO far as we are aware,
to justify our Government in saying to the
police E New York, Thus didst thou But
the matter is a serious one, and ought to be
probsd, if possible, tn the very bottam."