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KENTUCKY SLAVE CATCHERS Ilt;TOde|ofdoaafdanlbRclfte:cCL«lt;jcVOn Wednesday morning last oar orderly «nd peace* iul town was thrown intoi great excitement by »o *t-teinpt, made by four Slave cn/chere from Kentucky; to seize and carry away a fanvly or colored people, whom they alleged to be slaves. The family consist* ed dfvthe father, mother, and three children, had resided here about three and a half year?, and were much respected lay our citiz as for their industry and good behavior. The plan for their seizure was secretlyI 1 | Vii concocted, and few of our lilhgew knew of itt uot:I j ^! early in the rooming, when the claimant a of the slavesproceeded to take their property into possession*— They weal to the house of the alleged slaves for that purpose, end finding it closed, burst open the door*—*By this time our citizens had assembled in gTeat numbers at the house Indeed, it wan one universal turn* out*—the whole village was in alarm. The news spread like w jld-firc, and not an individual* of whalev-er age or sex, seemed indifferent to the result. It was the loud end deep end almost unanimous cry, The family shall never go back into slavery.” In the mean-1 me it proved that the Kentuckians were arm- [5 ed with pistols and bowie knives. One of the party ! f drew a pistol to shoot a colored man who stood neat, j 1 [ Th's act, together with the violent breaking into the j I I house, excited still more the indignation of our citi- j1 1 zcn?. who'foiled not to tnnke it distinctly kuowq to 1i -i' * i ,' the sfove-cntchcrs* that they must make no further , -[attemptsat violence in-reclaiming their cktiUtls* It i ' was now time to avenge the violated laws of ihe slate . : by proceeding legally against those who had made - ; themselves liable in I he c:ree. Accordingly the whole k party were brought before Jnslce Hob a nr and tried for breaking feloniously into the house of Adam Cross* white. The individual also who presented the deadly wcspon to the breast of C. Market t was arrested and tried before the said Justice. In the former case the Justice adjudged, the damages at $IU0, and in the latter, the complaint for adMUill with intent to kill, was sustained, and the defendant ordered to appear at the next session of the Crrcivt Conrt in the penalty j of Sim The An titan dfcitcla claimed by„ these .Ken- t tucky gen tie men, left for pans unknown” oa Wed- j ncsJoy night The .Kentuckians jcft |Qwo on Friday1 morning on their “windiug way” for hotne. Thw, for the presentK is ended this unpleasant sfiiit_ , . - * I V . . 1__ 1$____»___
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1847
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