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Jacob Hurd. - - We learn that Sheriff Craig of Iowa, brother of Congressman Craig of Missouri, has taken the notorious Jake Hurd, the (free Blacks) kidnapper, from the jail of St. Joseph (Missouri), and also re-arrested Hurd’s accessories, Beck and Wilday, and is now on his way with them through Missouri to Fremont County, Iowa.
His journey will probably be attended with more or less excitement, and perhaps an attempt at rescue, but it is expected that he will convey his prisoners, at all hazards, to the place where they will be amenable to the law for the crime alleged against them. - St. Louis Democrat.
(Researcher's note: Slave trader and kidnapper Jake Hurd was known to operate in Platte County, Missouri.)Date(s) of Creation
11/29/1860
