January
1845: Thomas Finnegan and Alexander Cook Attempt to Kidnap Peter Hawkins
-->The
Harrisburg Telegraph says a negro named Peter Hawkins, who has with
his family resided in Harrisburg for several years past, was last night
knocked down in the street by Alexander A. Cook, and another person
named Thomas Finnegan, and tied him with the intention of taking him
South, in a carriage prepared for the purpose, on the allegation of
being a runaway slave, when some of our citizens happening to come
along and seeing what was going on interfered and he was taken to jail,
when the matter was brought before Judge Eldred this morning, who liberated
him. Those who assaulted and arrested him were then taken up for attempting
to kidnap and bound over.
Source:
Carlisle Herald & Expositor, 29 January 1845. |
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