J. Purnell, of Worcester County, Maryland, admitted
to have been absent since 1829--twenty-two years. Children
all born in Pennsylvania; oldest about seventeen--a girl. Her
husband also in custody, and alleged to be the slave of
another man. Under writ of _habeas corpus_, Mrs. Williams was
taken before Judge Kane, of the United States Circuit Court.
After a full hearing, she was discharged, as not being the
woman alleged.
SHADRACH, _in Boston, February 15, 1851_. Arrested in Taft's
Cornhill Coffee House, by deputies of United States Marshal
Devens, on a warrant issued by George T. Curtis, United
States Commissioner, on the complaint of John Caphart,
attorney of John De Bree, of Norfolk, Va. Seth J. Thomas
appeared as counsel for Caphart. After a brief hearing before
G.T. Curtis, Commissioner, the case was adjourned to the
following Tuesday. Shortly after the adjournment, the
court-room was entered by a body of men, who bore away the
prisoner, Shadrach.
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