r. Sawin and Mr. Byrnes came up,
and each took the negro by an arm, and walked him out of the back
passage way through a building between the coffee-house and the
square beside the court house to the court-room as by me directed.

That I immediately, while he was entering the court house, went to
the office of the city marshal, in the city hall, in the same
square with the court house, and there saw Mr. Francis Tukey, the
city marshal, told him what had been done, and stated, that as
there would probably be a great crowd, his presence with the police
would be needed to preserve order, and keep the peace in and about
the court house, which is owned by the city, and in which all the
courts of the commonwealth for Suffolk county are held. That Mr.
Tukey stated that it should be attended to,--that I told him that I
should notify the mayor instantly, and proceeded up stairs to the
mayor's office, where I found Hon. John P. Bigelow, mayor of the
city, and made the same communication and request to him, which I
had made to Mr. Tukey. To which the mayor said,--"Mr. Riley, I am
sorry for it." That I then left the office, at which time it was
just half past 11 o'clock.

That I went immediately to the court-house, and found the negro in
the United States court room, with the officers, and found all the
doors closed, and was admitted by the usual inside entrance,--that
George T. Curtis, Esq., the United States commissioner, was called,
and came, and the claimant's counsel were sent for,--that all the
doors were kept closed excepting the usual entrance, which was kept
guarded by officers,--that the commissioner informed the fugitive,
who was named "Shadrach" in the warrant, of the character of the
business, and asked him if he wanted counsel,--to which he said
that he did, and that his friends had gone for counsel,--that while
waiting for the counsel to come, the room began to be filled with
negroes and whites,--that the counsel for the prisoner appeared,
and claimed a delay, to give them opportunity to consult with their
client, pending which I desired Mr. Warren, the deputy marshal, to
go to the navy yard at Charlestown, about two miles distant, and
ask Commodore Downes whether, should a delay or adjournment take
place, the navy yard might be used as a place