The Liberator

KIDNAPPING IN NEW JERSEY.

A colored boy named Henry Edwards, in the employ of Mr. Randolph, of Newtown, Somerset Co., N. J., was kidnapped by two unknown men on Wednesday night last. It appears that the boy was sent after a stray cow about dusk, and on arriving near a wood some distance from the house, he was suddenly seized by two men, who gagged him, and bound his arms with a cord. He was then conveyed to a covered wagon, which was driven off at a rapid rate, arriving near Bordentown about 4 o'clock the next morning. At this place, they were obliged to halt a short time, on account of the drawbridge over the Raritan Canal being turned to allow boats to pass. The boy took advantage of the detention, and by kicking about in the wagon, succeeded in attracting the attention of the two bridge tenders. One of them inquired of the men what they had in the wagon, but not receiving any answer, went up to the wagon, and there discovered the boy bound and gagged. The boy was taken out, when the men applied the whip to the horse, and drove off at full speed. The boy, upon being freed, started on foot for home, and arrived at Boundbrook on Saturday evening. On Sunday, C. P. Holcomb, hotel keeper at that place, took the boy home. Mr. Randolph was considerably surprised, supposing that the boy had run away. On Monday, he proceeded to Bordentown to investigate the matter, with a view of bringing the kidnappers to justice.—N. Y. Tribune.