Eastern Times

Curious Suits for Slandering the Fugitive Crafts.--There was another big breeze in Court square on Saturday afternoon, caused by the arrest of John Knights, the witness to the identity of Crafts, upon a writ for slander, the declaration setting forth that Knights had stated that Crafts had been guilty of the crime of larceny. The writ was made out by John C. Park, and served by deputy sheriff Rugg, who received bail in $10,000 from two sufficient sureties, who promptly came forward to release Knights from the arrest. It was stated early on Saturday that writs were out against the agent Hughes and Knights, and that the sole object in having them arrested was to get them where they could be "spotted" by some of the persons engaged in the measures for the protection of Crafts from seizure; but as Knights was passed out by a rear passage after having given bail in Mr. Rugg's office, the watchers did not get a sight of him. In the writ against Hughes, there was some mistake in the name, and Mr. Rugg would not take the responsibility of serving it; but it was afterwards amended, and in the course of the evening, Hughes called at the office, and quietly gave bail in the same manner that Knights had done.-Post.