w where the negro should be
put in case he should be arrested before I reached the office; that
I told him to place him in the United States Court Room,--and that
I would come to the office immediately,--that I came down almost
immediately to the office, where I arrived shortly after 8 o'clock,
and there found Mr. Warren, who informed me that the negro was
unknown to Mr. Sawin, deputy marshal, to whom the warrant was
handed on the night previous, as I have been informed, though no
notice of it had been given to any occupant of the marshal's
office,--and that the negro was unknown to any one of the marshal's
deputies or assistants,--that Mr. Warren informed me that Mr.
Sawin had gone to find the man, who by previous arrangement was to
point out the negro, and who had not shown himself as agreed; that
I remained in the court giving directions, and making preparations
to secure the negro when arrested, and awaiting the return of Mr.
Sawin; that I saw him after ten o'clock, and he informed me that he
had seen the parties in interest, and that it had been arranged not
to attempt the arrest until 11 o'clock,--that I told him that it
should not be delayed one moment, and directed him to notify the
man who was to point him out to come instantly; that he left for
that purpose, and at ten minutes before 11 returned, and said that
the parties were about Taft's Coffee House, and that the men
engaged were also in readiness in that neighborhood; that I went
immediately with Mr. Warren, Mr. John H. Riley, and other deputies
to the said coffee-house, and there found all our men, nine in
number, stationed in and about the place,--that there were several
negroes in and about the house, and I inquired for the man who was
to point out the alleged fugitive, and was informed that he had not
arrived; that Mr. Warren and myself went immediately into the
dining hall at the coffee-house, and to avoid suspicion, ordered
some coffee, and were waited upon by a negro, who subsequently
proved to be the alleged fugitive; that, not hearing any thing from
our assistants, we took our coffee and rose to go out and learn why
we had not heard from them; that the negro went before us to the
bar-room, with the money to pay for the coffee, and in the passage
between the bar-room and hall, M