{"id":760,"date":"2006-11-15T22:17:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T03:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/760"},"modified":"2006-11-15T22:17:20","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T03:17:20","slug":"arrest-of-thomas-sims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/arrest-of-thomas-sims\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of Thomas Sims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>April 11, 1851<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An account of Sim&#8217;s arrest, dated, April 4.\u00a0 He was arrested in Cooper Street; he gave &#8220;stout resistance&#8221;, was &#8220;at last overcome by a large posse of Watchmen (!), who were in readiness near by, and he was incarcerated in the Court-House about 9 o&#8217;clock&#8230;..About half-past 10 o&#8217;clock, as U. S. Deputy Marshal was passing through Court Square, he was accosted by Samuel E. Sewall, Esq., Rev. Theodore Parker, Elizur Wright, and two others. Mr. Sewall addressed Mr. Riley, and demanded &#8220;to be informed whether the alleged fugitive was to be examined last night.&#8221;\u00a0 The article indicates that Sims had come to Boston about March 7th,\u00a0 and had been stopping at a boarding house on Ann street.\u00a0 He is 23 and has a wife and children in Savannah.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 5, a notice says:\u00a0 &#8220;The Court House is still surrounded with chains, as it was yesterday &#8230; the gathering of people around the Court House has been large all morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mass Meeting on the Common\u00a0 &#8212; a public meeting held on the Common, on Saturday,<br \/>\nin which Wendell Phillips indicates that Faneuil Hall has been denied them, and the &#8220;State House yard behind us&#8221; has also been refused as a place to meet.\u00a0 &#8230;on motion to adjourn, that gathering then assembled at Tremont Temple.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 11, 1851 An account of Sim&#8217;s arrest, dated, April 4.\u00a0 He was arrested in Cooper Street; 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