Important Arrests
Summary
Arrests of members of legislature who support the secession, including G. W. Brown, Mayor of Baltimore, Ross Winans, Henry M. Warfield, Dr. J. Hanson Thomas, and Severn Teakle Wallis, among others. One Baltimore City delegate, John C. Brane, escaped arrest by absence from the city. The prisoners were taken to Ft. McHenry, the arrests being made at the direction of the Federal Dept. of State. Washington correspondent of NY Herald states that a plot to enact a secession resolution and join the Confederacy was broken up. The plot was to be abetted by the Rebel navy sailing up the Potomac. Another force under ex-Navy Commander Buchanan on the eastern shore was to join with the main force. Without leadership, the plot failed. Editorial comments continue the article, giving arguments why the Constitution was to be upheld. A P.S. added the names of delegates also arrested in Baltimore: Senator Heckart of Cecil Co., and Delegates J. U. Dennis (Somerset), J. W. Maxwell (Cecil), P. T. Raisin (Kent), and G. W. Lending (Worcester) on charges of disloyalty.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: September 18th, 1861
Page/Column: 2B
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Politics
