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Last evening about 7 o'clock, the U.S. Deputy Marshall Thayer, in company with officer Lee, and the Sheriff of Boone county, Ky., captured nine negroes, who were on their way to Canada, about one mile from the Lunatic Asylum. They were on foot, and had their baggage on their backs. Their clothing is torn and ragged, and they present a deplorable condition. When first seized they attempted to resist, but finally consented, when assured that they were in the custody of officers. The slaves were marched back to the city and lodged in the Ninth street watch-house. The warrant was issued by U. S. Commissioner John L. Pendry, before whom the fugitives will be brought this morning for examination under the new fugitive slave law. The slaves escaped from their master, Wm. Walton, of Boone county,
Ky., a night or two since. Their names are Shadrack, Lewis, Lee,
Anderson, four men, Almeida, and another woman, name unknown, and her
two sons, Wesley and John, and a small girl. |
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