, 1874-06-11

lstion. In aon,o Of tIoao alavo-ttiala Drawn was
ovon Of moro yaluD than brain.
III AIay,. 1876,
THE noy J1M
Was aoizod upon tho suspicion that ho did not
owl himself md broitht before Justice Korohi-
Korcllfvalwnn 'Kentuoktan, md v1,en sufn-'
oeutly Bober to ]lnvo recollection no glorlot! IN
the no'i,osy Of tilno in tho dim paat WHOM hts
srl. sfao''}ISSf @Sia &a %ppy asdseqmssanee% % had
given Korchlval tho right to claim
tlceoont from ono Of, tho inst fnmlliea OF K0n-
tuclty. In llonor Of 'hia Iattvo State mud his
sumption TINT cvory rlnaway negro belonged to
some Kont,tokian, ,--A presumption, however,
Tint might be roDuttod by olehr PROOF TINT llo
:holougod IN Missouri, Jim Ind beet arfohtel by
Henry RffNos; mid tho Blayo-owncr; With
strange disregard Of tho dignity Of. tho Court.
liniloa from MISSOURI.
TroHo!itly Nlr. Colllns put In la appearance
for tho negro. mud naistctl Tint THO Court had no
i,trladction Of tho ca',so mud, II ithad, tle pro-
B,,mptions wnro In fayur Of bis Freedom, md TINT
no proof hhl boon, could be, produced thai lio
was q aayo. kerolfyal was greatly incouscd TINT
tho Jurisdiction Of "his court shona 10 denied;
mid presumptibna questioned, and ropcntodly
threateiicd to fine mud impraon tho counsel FOR
contempt of court
Throats nude uo impression upon tho oounae',
and In spite Of thetn'1o continued his spooch for
",norp thl,, MI hour. LII tho menntino d numbor
Of prominent AbolitiontBts had bcou advised Of
what was transpirlng; und lad gathered among
tho crowd in tho J1lHtco's Office. :; Nhinos WIS
tloorkcoior, nnd ,YnB bonnd to mnko alt submit
to what i,o know would bo tho decision Of tho
Court. HiH rprson waB adorned with a Eo0d1y
anpply Of piHtols which Ito took no pains to con
conl Collins and hs Abolition friends know, us
we'll as Rllines, what would bo tho decision Of
tho Court and Ind resolved upon giving Jim q
' The longth Of h1r. Collins, nr5umentsave them
tho requisite timc to plan and execute. Tho
negro had been instructed tint whom tho door
was opened to lot iu Dau Davidson ho was To-
| his going. 1fo executed, tho order vigorous
Iy ii not akill1llly. OF course everybody
wanted to catch the runaway, and no ono waited
to hurt Rhines. but somehow tho nosro could
not DO caught, aud Rhlmea {accilontally, Of
| courso), waB rln over, and crowded back, md
piislled down III tho general scramble, mud when
llo roachod tho bottom Of tho Htnirs, tho negro
WINS in tho far distamco, having by mistake attln-
broaklioch spool ho know not whittier. Tho
| crowd was 1ubant, Nhnes utterly l!Hconao)ato
and domoralixcd, mud kerchiyal 'chagrincd and
| indignant. they concluded to lot tho crazy
appreciation Of tloir benevolent efforts in bis
bohalf.' jim shortly found himself, lie know not
| how, in tho lomniona Of Her Gracious Majesty.
LII the autumn Of the same year
TWO OTHER CoLonEp aEN
were affesIea ana Drought neloTe noscnlvai , anu
mr. GoiItils rs nn tha lanlentoa Manloffe "ofo ID
| soGiatea IN l,lelI qeIchso; >,
+, 'iho tt1ai iAstou Two uayBs anu " was again
known that tho only hopo was In changing tho
vonsie. Towards tho conclusion Of tue trial
tnTo n t,rink oran n + nrma fron y hatcI ahn.
i;at A., fro,,J Sin'soro tnt Ia, ,ro
1 nlHo Beizeu with nn ulacconntRble thirst md
io 1 dr;,,E oInnn III nrItel 1;nrc,,;va1 IN NJ.
nns,,1,n tnh Inn tno nearoca honr IN +ha ,ncau
t;,nn aafciv lnotod IL t9,o horll rom, in lila roar
~ clAH arc,iyoIs nca Gmce IN ti,o aa,non ~ holow
the oaice n second drink soemeI as necessary
m M thn tirst and n thiTd 1nora rofros11iur tim
~ sa Luz T,ort,, hanrt ,ros no. hi th6n ns 4
;a ,,o'v o,,d E;a niSmtlronv ccmnoifel lin n
III o,t coo,fort nat nn1v norraos h,it vita mon
How @ mrbh Le comfortetffiorcIiyal MI cnunot ~ say !:
rahto Dnn Davidson. VIVA thrro,rf,l, n Incl,
esiicv acaI;nr In nrnnn- -hnnso nr tf,e naprocs
nnbniltinr n t5oir loor md bidding t1om 70 froa
Eoyebiysl returned to lis court-room TO aud
wl'ifher viii ~ or low Ills fcelnre c,u ho .bnttc,
;raanod II tan ',,scrihod IHn,;ortnn on3 Dnyis1
ao,' woso II ttor ;rnnra,,co of INV nia for thoi,
csconn ' f'''>>
oesrpo.
my n'io1tGn she 1 anTnaas se nos",A sa y, tne nv
morons afslllces 70 wnlca resort "as nau 10 oluue
s.y 9siccS ~ ...n ,,o, ~ 1s,,a =,
anu Vhisea o.asos M@eannls Nn1n ~ L,,i Iopo ~
1T t.Ss, ,t,,IS.o1 T,o.. .rorc ,,ot .uo..pt,at
t1au oeen apahaohea. Inoy "tie nv ~ nuel
tno astces oI tlo ta"yor ~ sao Anutiosh sntaaa
Nno pelluger .uat t1lo sa'e nat ~ . .''out ~.
rgat 70 nla .sec4 IN sanM anu msne ''sors ~ ai'
ana o'elS neanH W 6cc"le H.
LovEJors CASE. ;,
Dut thoro were other cases, tho defense e, e, @
which involved the close study OF the law
yer aud tho highest efforts Of tho advocate
In October, 18a3, tho causo Of The People VI
Owen Loyeioy calno on for tria! IN tho Dureat
Circuit Court, the Hon. John j. Caton presiding
aa Judge. Tho indictment ayesrol That tho shlt
Loyejoy had led, clothed, mud comforted twonogrt
Btayea,. ono named Agnes and tho other Nancy
and thereby had harhoral and Becrotel then
contrary to tho statute, anu AGAINST t1e poact
mud dignity OF the people OF the stato oi lnlnols
TAo cAso was tricd on the paft OF inc pfosecu
tion by d. +. Frldloy, state's Attorney: assistot
BY Norman Il. Purple, then lawyer OF note III
this State: Ii was case OIL more thnll usual m
torost. Tho Shareholders nnd thor SYM
pathizers were detesn!ned IT possible
to secure conviction L runaway slave
could escapc from their Southern masters
and IN their light could DO fcu, clothctf
warmed, md comfortcd, anl tho perpetrators