. Old Concord. nce in a house ownedby Channing, then standing opposite Thoreaus, andonce in the house directly behind the Thoreau house,which during recent years has been occupied as agirls school. Mr. Sanborn was one of those north-ern men who were aware that Brown was preparingsome movement for the freeing of the slaves, andwho were providing him with money. As a consequence, after the Harpers Ferry raidoccurred that incident in Concord of which thenewspapers of the day were very full, — Mr. San-borns attempted abduction. Officers sent by theSergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate sur-p
. Old Concord. nce in a house ownedby Channing, then standing opposite Thoreaus, andonce in the house directly behind the Thoreau house,which during recent years has been occupied as agirls school. Mr. Sanborn was one of those north-ern men who were aware that Brown was preparingsome movement for the freeing of the slaves, andwho were providing him with money. As a consequence, after the Harpers Ferry raidoccurred that incident in Concord of which thenewspapers of the day were very full, — Mr. San-borns attempted abduction. Officers sent by theSergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate sur-prised him in his house at night, showed a war-rant, and tried to force him into a carriage. Thoughhandcuffed, he resisted stoutly, and his sisters callsbrought help. The neighbors prevented the successof the attempt; and Judge Hoar, hearing the noiseand guessing its cause, had already started to fillout a writ of habeas corpus before a summons camefor him to do so. The sheriff presented the writ to [is*] V2 .. m i C-t-
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