Preston was afterwards bought for about $1,200, and brought
back.
_Columbia, Penn._, (end of March, 1852;) a colored man, named
WILLIAM SMITH, was arrested as a fugitive slave in the
lumber yard of Mr. Gottlieb, by Deputy Marshal Snyder, of
Harrisburg, and police officer Ridgeley, of Baltimore, under
a warrant from Commissioner McAllister. Smith endeavored to
escape, when Ridgeley drew a pistol and shot him dead!
Ridgeley was demanded by the Governor of Pennsylvania, of the
Governor of Maryland, and the demand was referred to the
Maryland Legislature.
Hon. J.R. Giddings proposed the erection of a monument to
Smith.
JAMES PHILLIPS, who had resided in _Harrisburg, Penn._, for
fourteen years, was arrested May 24, 1852, as the former
slave of Dennis Hudson, of Culpepper County, Virginia,
afterwards bought by Henry T. Fant, of Fauquier County. He
was brought before United States Commissioner McAllister.
Judge McKinney volunteered his services to defend the alleged
fugitive.
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