e of what is now known as the
Jerry Rescue Block. When, later in the day he was taken before
William H. Sabine, the United States Commissioner, the room was
so crowded that Jerry, taking advantage of the fact, succeeded in
making a break for freedom. Running eastward, he was pursued,
captured in a hole near the railway tunnel, and taken back to the
police office. By the time evening came, the fever of the mob was
high, and Democrats and Whigs joined in planning the slave's
rescue. A crowd gathered and soon upon walls and doors fell the
blows of stones, axes, and timbers until the unhappy captors in
the police office were concerned not for Jerry's retention, but
for their own safety. One of them jumped from a window on the
north side of the building, and broke his arm in the fall.
Finally the official who had immediate charge of Jerry, pushed
him out into the arms of the rescuers, saying: "Get out of here,
you damned nigger, if you are making all this muss." The slave
was safely hidden in the city for ten days, and then driven on
the first stage of his journey to Canada, where he found at
length a haven. The act was in bold defiance of the law, and 18
of the Jerry rescue party were indicted, though never convicted.
For some years, Jerry's rescue was celebrated annually in
Syracuse.

Present day Syracuse is built on high ground in an amphitheatre of hills
surrounding Onondaga Lake--a beautiful body of clear water 5 M. long and
1-1/2 M, wide at its broadest point. James St. in the northeastern part
of the city is a fine residence street, and the principal business
thoroughfare is Saline St. The most noteworthy parks in Syracuse are
Barnet Park (100 acres) on high land in the western part of the city,
and Lincoln Park, occupying a heavily wooded ridge to the east.

Syracuse University, with a campus of 100 acres, is situated on the
highlands in the southeastern part of the city where it commands a fine
view of Onondaga Lake. The university was opened in 1871, when the
faculty and students of Genesee College (1850) removed from Lima, N.Y.,
to Syracuse; one year later the Geneva medical college likewise removed
to Syracuse and became part of the university. The university has a
number of excellent buildings and a fine athletic field. It is a
co-educational institution under control of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. There are about 4,000 stu