Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-26
The Irrest Of w. BoW,cS.


Fisse, one of the Directors of the Erie
Railway, has excited n good deal Oh
feeling and interest throughout the |
country. Mr.. Bowles was hurried out
of the hotel into a carriage and taken
to Ludlow street Jail. On arriving there
he read the papers that had been served
on him, and finding that there was
likely to he no release until morning,
bethought himself of communicating
with his wife, who ia in poor health,
and then stopping nj the Albermarle
House. He offered s. to one of the
subordinates y if he woull carry q
message to his wife, but he declined,
thinking the sum too small. The in
fo nation of his arrest was conveyed TO
his wife by friend, so the " subordi-
nate (, did not get any fee. several car
riage-lo. DIS of Mr.. Bowlcs' friends, or
hearing Of his arrest proceeded TO the
Jail but did not cain admittancc as il
was after ten o'clock, the hour at Which
visitors are lot allowed to enter. Du-
ring the evening, the Suns account
say, RECEIPT on to y. Oakley Hall,
Mayor elect, was given at the residence
Of Augustus l.. Brown, at which the
friends of Mr.. BOwlcs learned that
Sheriff O. Brien was present. Col Bliss
and Mr. Hastcad proceeded to N1r.
Browns residence, whcre they found
the Sheriff, and also NJ. Fisk, the pro-
secutor in the case; Judge Mccain, the
committing magistrate and other Off
cias. Approaching Sheriff O'Brien
Il csc gentlemen proposed then and
there to give bail for the priso ner. T(
this the Sheriff made some objection
about office hours, which was, however
quickly overcome, when he requested
the gentlemen TO wait few minute.
until he consul ed his legal adviser
After waiting about an hour they ascer-
tanned that the Sheriff had gone away
leaving verbal message for them tt
the effect that h, could do nothing unit.
office hours the next day, thus strength
ening the impression that already PIE
vailed that the purpose was to keep the
respondent in confinement for the night
at all hazards.
The Sun continues -
8" At q very early hour on Friday
morning Mrs. Bowlcs was astr, deter
mined herself to effect her husbands
release. She went Immediately TO tht
residence of Mr.. Clarence A. Seward,
with whom she was personally &C.
quainted, and by o'clock had thai
gentleman ar work preparing the ncceS-
sary papers to satisfy the terms OF the
imprisonment. MIR. seward was carly
at the jail, and was promptly admittcu
to an interview with the prisoner.
Se"eral hours were consumed in finding
the gentlemen indicateu by Mr.. Bowie
as those to whom he would permit APP
plicatiOn TO be made for suretics ON the
undertaking required, and other hour
to fl I'd and satisfy the Sheriff as to the
sufiiciency OF the bond, SO that it wa,
nearly noon before the release was cl-
fected. The bond accepted by tn,
Sheriff was in the sum OF So, 600, Will
Messrs. Cyrus w. Field ana A. a. Sclo
yer as sureties. Having flied this bono
Mt the Sheritf's office. Mr.. Seward pro
ce-ded in his carriage to the Jail armed
with an orde.' of Discharge, and the
pri- Oner was soon at liber again.
AS an evidence of the estimation in
- y
stated that subsequent to the acceptance
of the above bond and Def re his release
was generally known, a number %
bonds we've rendered TO the Sheriff. in,
Guiding one bearin, the name OF Scnuy.
Ter CoiaX, Nice-P,esident elect of til,
United States but of course these, com
ing too lac, were not used.
The same Taper edi,oria.ly says:
There was no need of an actua; arrest
whatever. All that was requisite wa.
10 notify r. Bowles that the warrant
had been issued, and what amount O.
bail was required. n whole regimen
IA ent of m II, If it had been necessary
would have volunteered to go bal fo
him; he could Ia we given bail in an y
sum required in lie : time than it too
to drive to Ludlow street Jail. But no
thrt would not answer the purpose il
view. He must be locHed up all acces,
and communication on the par of hi:
friends denied to him, and his wife KEEP
in state of intense anxiety through
the long watches of the night.
Can any American citizen read Tx
account OF this outrage and no, feel the
blood boil like melted lava in his veins
American citizens !-native or adopt
eide GU want TO see the expressions o
the Old " Orld introduced into this Re
public? Is thr sponging house of Grea
Britain to lie made an Institution o
New York We understand that Mr.
Bowles was obliged to pay nlneteel
dollars and fifty cen for a room, not toe
clean, TO sleep N single night, anC
that he was unable to hire any one TO
fivr dollars to take a note TO his sici
wife, and let her know what had be
come of him.
The exercise of an office in an opDres
sive manner is illegal as well as aetSst
able. There seems to have been NJ
ground of apprehension that Mr.. Bowie
would leave the city suddenly. There