The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-08
Arrest of State Constable Hubbard in Au'
.gusta

At O late hour on Saturday night, says
the Augusta Constituencies, the State
Constable Hubbard, Of South Carolina,
who has played such prominent part in
the arrest and Imprisonment of citizens
of South Carolina upon the most unwar-
rantable pretexts in many cases, was him
self shorn of that liberty of which he has
taken such special pleasure in deprlving
others. He was arrested upon warrant
issued by Justice Ellis, on she 18th inst,
at the instance of Wm E. Flint, of Ham,
burg, charging Hubbard with the offence
of false imprisonment
The prosecution is based upon the al
legged illegality of Hubbard's action, in
March last, in confning the defendant IN
a room at the Globe Hotel in this city, af
ter effecting his arrest at Hamburg, with
out the necessary legal warrant and au-
t..ority to hold him as prisoner in Geor-
gia. The plaintiff was arrested by Hub
bard, in march last, at Hamburg, togeth-
er with the Messrs. Key, Cunningham,
and Pleasant Sharpton, in connection
with the shooting of District Constable
Kennedy. These gentlemen, it will be re,
membered, were taken to Columbia and
imprisoned, and thence to Edgefeld Court
House, where they were required to give
additional bail for their appearance at
trial, notwithstanding they, or at least
the principals in the shooting affair, had
previously executed bond for their appear
ance at Edgefed Court.
Yesterday morning, Pleasant Sharpton,
also brought to this city, and held in du-
rance at the Globe Hotel by Hubbard, to-
gether with Flint, also sued out war
rant before Justice Ellis, embodying the
same charge as that contained in the first
warrant.
As "fellow feeling makes us wonder
Gus kind" the Senator" of Edgefeld, Ar
MIN, and other sympathizors, have been
applying themselves with peculiar zeal
in behalf OF the release of Hubbard. The
wires have trembled with communications
to Governor Scott, concerning the compll-
cations which threatened his Chief Con-
stable, and it is said that his Excelency
gave his protecting assurance, authorizing
an endorsement OF Hubbard's bond for
$1,000, if necessary, and he would be re-
sponsible.
Hubbard was before Justice Ellis, yes
terday morning, represented by J. T.
Carr, ESQ. The prosecution was repre-
sented by J. c. G. Black, Esq. The deien-
dunt was held to bail in the sum of one
thousand dollars in each case, for his ap-
pearance here on Monday next, for pre-
imnary examination. The bonds were
properly executed, and Hubbard released
from arrest yesterday afternoon.
The Chronicle and Sentinel OF the same
day, in noticing the arrest. says:
1t may not be known that Hubbard
was once an actor in the most cruel and
wicked tragedy which has ever disgraced
the annals of civilized country-the Ju-
dicial murder of Mrs. Surratt for crime
of which she has been proved to have
been totally innocent, yet we are informed
that Hubbard has boasted to one OF his
prisoners the part he played in that event
He is reported to have said that he was
employed by the United States Governi
mcnt as detective at the time OF the,
trial, and visiting in disguise the cell of
the unfortunate woman, he was enabled
TO worm enough out of her to appear be-
fore the tribunal as witness. be is al
so said to have declared that after the ex-
ecution took place he cut the rope from
which the bod was suspended, and still
has the knife with which he did it in his
possession. II this tale he true, he must
be a most abandoned monster, aud one is
ready to believe any charge which may
be made against the man, who could act
this base part in the murder of an inno-
cent woman.