described in the writ, according as the Law requires; and that he is not a fugitive from justice. Why then, be so strenuos to have my husband taken, when you know him to be innocent of an attempt on the life of , and that he is not a fugitive from justice? It is not the fear of a just decision against him, that deters Mr Smith from going into Missouri; but it is an actual knowledge that it was never intended he should have a fair trial. And now Sir, if you were not aware of the fact; I will acquaint you with it now, that there were lying <​in​> wait, between this place and , twelve men from , Missouri, for the purpose of taking Mr Smith out of the hands of the officers who might have him in custody. Also those two men from that were here with Messrs and , divulg’d the most illegal and infernal calculations concerning taking Mr Smith into the evidence of which, we can furnish you at any time, if required. And dear Sir, our good feelings revolt at the suggestion that is acquainted with the unlawful measures taken by those engaged in the prosecution— measures which, if justice was done to others, as it would be done to us, were we to commit as great errors in our proceedings, would subject all concerned in the prosecution to the penalty of the law, and that without mercy.