Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-11
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An Outrage upon Liberty.

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The Buffalo Csmmmsisl, Of October 81, givsl
US the following record. We commend The
facts stated to the impartial judgment Of ovety
American citizen. They need NO comment,
and II every citizen, who loves justice and right
stood ready to rebuke despoiIsm and error, che
public would not long have to hear and read
the evidences Of intolerance like this:
HOW TIE HIBsAs ooRPus sUsPENsl,N woaKs-THr
saa NkRRATIvE or oHARLKa wIPPrRT. p
Some weeks sipce we gave few Particular
of the arbitrary arrest and abduction Of Chasles
Wippert, clerk in the store Of Comstock &
Co... on the charge Of being deseftes from On
charged aud returned shome on Tuesday, and
from his lips We gather some further facts,
which furnish food for thought ct the preseni
crisis; qrs 4 w is i-s alssa
The arrest Was made by % sttaohe of Mar
shall sc oggs' otioe, October 3, and the prisoner
Was thrust into jail here, where he was kept
four days without being allowed communica.
tion with hia friends. On the Thursday follow.
ing he was aroused, handeuffed and iroued, and
with other prisoners put on board kind of
cattle Car on the Erie railroad. The prisoners
we're instructed By Colonel Austin, who was In
charge of the squad, that the fret man who
made Resistance should have o ball through
his head. Arrived al Elmira, the prisoners
we're marched through tho mud and rain to o
le,ky shanty, where they were kopt until the
afternoon train left for Baltimore. To thst city
they were next taken, and on reaching there
were pasaded In irons through the streets. In
the journey to this point, ss we'll ss to Washing.
ton, the prisoners we're kept on qusrter rations,
and suffered for lack Of food.
AT Washington kind Of slsve'pen was OPEN
ed for their reception, where they spent hor.
60 that titwas difHcnlt for them even 10 lie
down. The next stage was TAlexaudrts, and
from there they were taken to Camp Dlsiribu.
tiop, four miles of, whore they were al last
uuohaIued, and turned over to the Quarter
master Of the post. Mr.. Wippert lostuo time
IN seeing Lieutenant Stuart, who commanded
the camp, and, on hearing bis story, that off,
Ger treated him In the most humane and gem
tlemanIy manner. Through the LIeutenspt's
influence, bis case was, after some delay,
brought to the notice Of the proper officers, and
the prisoner vas, for the first time, permitted
20 hear the chssges against him and to speak
In his own daienee. An examination Of de.
scriptiye rolls, etc.. quickly showed that bis
arrest had been utterly groundtess, and after
working through o wilderness Of red tape, the
alleged deasrtef was passed to Washington
and furnished with transportation home.
At Elmira, Mr.. Wlppert met Colonel Austin,
and that official made free to ASSERT that hle
discharge was not ep6loient one, and to in-
alnuste that be was not yet out OF the clutches
OF military law. Notwithstanding these nena.
css, however, Mr.. Wippest was allowedto reach
homo as We have said His illegal detention
had lasted twenty-four days, and In that time
be had seen so much hard usage. 40 would sut-
6ce for lifetime. He was taken 90 abruptly
from his place Of business here that he had not
time 20 euppiy himSeIf with money or even
proper clothing a sum o. money which was
placed In the hands OF Colonel Austin by pie
brother, to Pc conveyed 70 him az Elmifaj pc
never raoeiyed, i. Ii s'Tsa5 ysl sss ris eey !.
And now 90 to ths cause OF this on rageous
piece OF business. Last summer Ms: Wippers
was In Toledo. ana while there cnsneed 70 40.