Coverage of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescuers' Indictment and Trial in
The Cleveland Daily Herald, 1858-1859

Transcriptions by Anita Lock

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Wellington Rescue Case
Dec. 7 & Dec. 9, 1858
Debate in the U.S. Senate – Fugitive Slave Law Unconstitutional
April 26, 1859
Rescue Cases
April 5, 1859
Removal of Bushnell – Marshall Johnson – His Veracity
April 26, 1859
Wellington Rescue Case--First Day, Morning
April 5, 1859
Application for Habeas Corpus in the Rescue Cases
April 26, 1859

Wellington Rescue Case--First Day, Afternoon
April 6, 1859
Habeas Corpus Application
April 27, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Second Day, Forenoon
April 6, 1859
Application for a writ of Habeas Corpus Overruled and the Reason Therefor
April 28, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Second Day, Afternoon
April 7, 1859
Rescue Case – Trial of Langston
April 28, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Third Day, Morning
April 7, 1859
Habeas Corpus Case – Supreme Court Decision
April 29, 1859

Rescue Case-- Third Day
April 7, 1859
The Wellington Rescue Cases
April 29, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Fourth [Third?] Day, Afternoon
April 8, 1859

The Classification
April 30, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Fourth Day, Morning
April 8, 1859
The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
EIGHTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 2, 1859
Rescue Case--Fourth Day
April 8, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
EIGHTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
May 3, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Fourth Day, Afternoon
April 9, 1859
Trial of Langston. NINTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 3, 1859
Rescue Case--Fifth Day, Morning
April 9, 1859

Rescue Case--Fifth Day
April 9, 1859

Oberlin Rescuers & Trial of Langston. NINTH DAY- AFTERNOON SESSION
May 4, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Sixth Day, Morning
April 11, 1859
Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
TENTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 5, 1859

Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case--Sixth Day, Afternoon
April 12, 1859
The Case of Langston
May 6, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case. Seventh Day – Morning
April 12, 1859

Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
TENTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
May 6, 1859
Rescue Case--Sixth and Seventh Days
April 12, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
ELEVENTH DAY - MORNING SESSION
May 6, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case. Seventh Day – Afternoon
April 13, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
ELEVENTH DAY - AFTERNOON SESSION
May 7, 1859

Rescue Case. Eighth Day – Morning Session
April 13, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston. TWELFTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 7, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case. Eighth Day –Afternoon Session
April 14, 1859
The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
THIRTEENTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 9, 1859
Rescue Case. Eighth Day
April 14, 1859

The Rescue Trials
May 9, 1859
Rescue Case. Ninth Day – Morning Session
April 14, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
THIRTEENTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
May 10, 1859
The Fugitive Slave Law and Judge Willson
April 15, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
FOURTEENTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 10, 1859
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case. Ninth Day –Afternoon Session
April 15, 1859
The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston. CHARGE TO THE JURY BY THE COURT
May 11, 1859
Rescue Case. Tenth Day – Morning Session
April 15, 1859

Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FOURTEENTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
May 11, 1859
Rescue Case. Tenth Day
April 15, 1859
Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FIFTEENTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 11, 1859

Oberlin Rescue Case.
THE THIRTY-SEVEN IN THE HANDS OF THE MARSHAL
April 15, 1859

The Arrogance of Judicial Power
May 11, 1859

Thirty-Seven Free Citizens of Ohio Consigned to a Jail because they Refused to be Tried by a Jury that had Prejudged their Cases
April 16, 1859
Langston Sentenced & Turn About is Fair Play
May 12, 1859

The Rescue Case – A New Jury Ordered
April 18, 1859

Rev. Mr. Thome and District Attorney Belden
May 12, 1859
The Politics of the Jury
April 19, 1859

The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FIFTEENTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
May 12, 1859

Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
FIRST DAY – MONDAY AFTERNOON
April 19, 1859
The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
SIXTEENTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
May 12, 1859
Trial of Langston.
SECOND DAY – TUESDAY MORNING
April 19, 1859
Mr. Loveland’s Statement
May 13, 1859
SECOND DAY – TUESDAY AFTERNOON
April 20, 1859
Statement of the Oberlin Prisoners Now in Jail
May 14, 1859
THIRD DAY – WEDNESDAY MORNING
April 20, 1859
Government Volunteers to Support the Slave Catchers
May 16, 1859

The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
THIRD DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
April 20, 1859
Statement of Counsel
May 17, 1859

The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FOURTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
April 21, 1859
Habeus Corpus & Kidnappers on Bail
May 19 & 20, 1859
The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FOURTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
April 22, 1859
Letter from the Rescue Prisoners
May 24, 1859

The Politics of the Jury
April 22, 1859

Habeas Corpus Case
May 26, 1859
FIFTH DAY – MORNING SESSION
April 22, 1859
The Habeas Corpus Cases.
DECISION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT
May 31, 1859
What’s Up?
April 22, 1859
When it is Settled Right, then, it will be Settled, and not till Then
June 1, 1859

The Rescue Cases – Trial of Langston.
FIFTH DAY – AFTERNOON SESSION
April 23, 1859
The Herald Letter from Elyria Written in Cleveland
June 2, 1859
The Bushnell Matter.
April 23, 1859
The Lorain Kidnappers
July 5, 1859
What Will Our Supreme Court Do?
April 23, 1859
The Kidnappers in Terror – They Propose to cry Quit – The Indictments Nolled
July 6, 1859

Grave Questions & A Misconception
April 25, 1859

The Welcome at Oberlin
July 7, 1859
Jennings and Mitchell & Sheppard and Wall
April 25, 1859
Is District Attorney Belden a Free Agent?
July 7, 1859

The Rescue Case – Trial of Langston.
SIXTH DAY – (MONDAY) MORNING SESSION
April 25, 1859
Another Jubilee at Oberlin
July 9, 1859
The Feeling Abroad
April 25, 1859
The Last of the “Rescue” Prisoners
July 11, 1859
The Removal of Bushnell from Jail.
April 25, 1859
The Oberlin Rescuers and Mr. Ketchum
July 22, 1859
Why Witnesses are Protected by the Court.
April 25, 1859