The conductor was dismissed
from his position. An agent of the express company was said
to have aided him in the surrender of the men.--_Madison
Courier_.
JACK, a colored boy, nine years of age, "claimed by Joseph
Tucker, of Mobile, as his slave, was sent back to his master
from Boston, in the brig Selma, Captain Rogers, on the 18th
inst." (October, 1855.)--_Boston Times_.
JACOB GREEN, a colored man, was seized near Hollidaysburg,
Pennsylvania, by one Parsons, as a fugitive slave.
Parsons could show no authority for detaining Green, who,
with the help of some bystanders, released himself and
escaped.--_Hollidaysburg Standard_, October 24, 1855.
_Four men indicted for kidnapping_ at Greensburg, Indiana,
in the Spring of 1855. Their names--David and Thomas Maple,
Morrison, and McCloskey. Charged with kidnapping two men,
whom they conveyed to a slave state, and sold as slaves. The
two Maples, fearing the indictment, absconded. The other two
were arrested, and brought to trial in October, 1855, at the
State Court, before Judge Logan.
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