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The kidnapping ( a'C. lesri- On Saturday morning, as will be seen ini en by our report of the case.tlie writ of habeas ed | corpus, in re Lewis Early was returned ^ — before Judge Dickson, Mr. J. \V . Cald* t0 ed : well appeared for the Petitioner, and the Jat lis j Hon. Geo. E. Pugh for the Marshal.— [hi?r, After hearing arguments, Judge Dickson n by ■ declined to interfere. So the examina-re-] tion was continued before Commissioner ac1 no Browne, who, late in the afternoon, after eo: ria hearing the concluding arguments of the de! claimant and defence, decided that the ^. man’s freedom had not heen established, and accordingly remanded him to the mi i custody of the Marshal, to be, by him, bo be delivered to his owner. Upon the rendi- 111ria tion of this decision, the counsel for Ear- V^ghly made application to Judge Leavitt for tjv nd a writ 0f habeas corpus to issue in behalf th 'be of Early against the U. S. Marshall, Sif- j ' 11 ^ ferd. Deputy U. B. Marshal Manson and ,l| ^ James Kilgore, returnable 011 Monday at *o re 10 a. m. We understand that the Mar- ox n ^ shal said if such a writ issued, he would tarerespect if. B t while the clerk was ma-Llst king Out copies of tha writ (requiring. 1 * only about eight minutes time, the origi- *n ere nal having already been prepared in an- h i rc’b ticipation of the event,) the claimant, th guarded by his Cabell county friends,and n 8CC; the U. S. Marshall and hh Deputy, had )0lt;* taken Early through the hall of the gov*- g a'b eminent building, and down the stairs, T '• placed him in a carriage which was in uJ waiting, drove rapidly to the river, and t0 before the writ could be served, were in Kentucky, and consequently without the ,S1S jurisdiction of the Court. w^,e; During the examination, as we learn, a! Sd.v some colored men had offered 81.000 lor A1 8 01 Lewis, but the claimant refused to accept ^ lv* it. About the time the decision was ren- Jan‘ dered, the claimant acceded to the propo- asal. But the colored men, thinking there b , i • ■ n■*y- would be another chance for his liberty1 • * ; pbefore Judge Leavitt, refused to give thems* sum.orj We understand that Mr. JolifTe has in- n f*er stituted a suit in behalf of Early, against be James Kilgore, for false imprisonment.!a beir The damages are laid at 8*2,000, and the j case is to le tried on the 30th inst. nils This procedure is decidedly novel in t.— fugitive slave cases, and evidently sur--1^11 prised the claimant and his attorney.— il0st j Cin. Gazette.
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Washington Herald
Washington, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 07, 1859
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