The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-29


lawful and reasonable contedcracy tetween
certain dismcmbercd portions OF the United
States and the said foreign power and FOL
that purpose and intent, did hold divers Sc
cret consultations, and carry on secret and
reasonable correspondence with certain of
hcers, agents and einissaries OF that power,
contrary to his duty and allegiance as an Of
flcer and citizen.
Sfectfc0fiom i. He, the said James Will
kfnson, III pursuance, and in execution of his
said unlawful plot and confcderacy, did,
some time in the months of October and
November, In the year 1895, at Cincinnati,
carry OH reasonable correspondence with
the Spanish governors, the Baron de Caron-
dclet and Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos,
touching the execution of the said unla full
plot and contederaCy, which correspondence
was Carried OH by means of certain ennis
sary employed by the said Governor Gayo-
SO. named Thomas Power; and did at the
same time direct she, said Thomas Power
to lay Certain observations verbally before
the said Governor Gayoso and the Baron de
Carondelet, calculated to arrange and set
tie plan for continuing secret and unlaw-
full correspondence between him, the said
James Wilkinson, and the Spanish officers
and agents in the province of Louisiana &
tor secretly preparing the means necessary
TO the execution OF the said unlawful plot &
confederacy.
Specification 2. He, the said James VIII
Slrson, III pursuance of the said unlawful
plot and confederacy, and in continuation of
MS SAID unlawful and reasonable cores
pondence, Oh or about the 22d day of Sep
TENDER, i'll the year 1896. did send from
Fort washington Certain letter in CIPHER
addressed to the said Governor Gayoso, for
the purpose of further devising ways and
means to conceal the reasonable CORES
pondence e comederacy between him, the
SAID James Wilkinson, and the Spanish Off
GERS & agents i'll Louisiana, and further to
advise and devise ways and means to exc
cute the unlawful objects of the same.
Specification 3. He, the said James Will
kinson, in pursuance of his said unlawful
plot and confederacy, and in continuation of
ms said unlawful and reasonable cores
pondence, did cause and procure his conf
Dental agent, Philip Nolan, to write certain
instructions to the said emissary, Thoma
Power, for the prudential government of
his, the said Thomas Powers conduct, in
performing the part assigned in the said plot
and contederacy, and for the purpose of re-
guiatlng the said Thmas Powers proceed
ings therein, so as to guard him against de-
lection OF mistake.
Specification 4. He, the said James Will
kinson, on divers days and times, in the
years 1875, 1896 and 1897, at Frankfort, at
Cincinnati, at Greenvillc, at Detroit, and at
Fort Washington, did hold divers secret &
unlawful conferences and consultations with
the said Spanish emissaIy, Thomas Power,
both by day and by night, for the purpose OF
advising and devising the means of execu-
ting his said unlawful plot and confederacy
Specification 5. He, the said James Viii
kinson, at divers other days and times, be-
tween the LIST day of January, 1889, and the
2lst day of April, in the year 1904, at di-
vers places i'll the United States, and at
New Orleans and divers other places i'm the
province of Louisiana, did, in pursuance OF
the said plot and confederacy, and in fur
Their continuation of the said unlawful COR
respondence, hold and carry on divers other
secret, unlawful and reasonable conferen-
ces, correspondence and consultations with
the said Thomas Power, with one Gilberto
Leonard. Andres Armesto, the Baron de
Carondelet and Governor Gayoso, all off
GERS or agents OF the provincial government
OF Louisiana, and with divers other confe-
derates, as yet unknown, engaged OH behalf
ofthe said government.
CHARGE III.
That he, the said James Wilkinson, while
commanding the army of the United States.
ny virtue OF his said commission of brigadier
general, did combine and confederate him
Sci WIN kHoWn traitors, or with those
known to be conspiring treason against the
United States; with intent to promote and
advance the contamination of such treason
! or conspiracy OF treason, contrary to his du-
ty and allegiance as an officer and citizen.
ofecTcafion. He, the said James Will
kinson, combining and Collaborating with
one Aaron Burr and his associates and CO.
adJutors, III the years 1906 & 1906, in a Ger
tam reasonable conspiracy to disme mbcr
the United States, by affecting a separation
and division OF the states and territories west
OF the Allegheny, from those to the east, x
to set up separate and independent empire
to be composed Of such western states and
territories.
CHARGE w,
That he, the said James Wilkinson, while
commanding the army of the United States,
by virtue of his said commission of briga
tier-general, and being bound by the duties
OF his office, and by his fidelity as citizen,
to do all that in him lay to discover and
Illustrate all treasons and conspiracies a.
gainst the United States, did, nevertheless,
connive at and permit conspiracies of trea-
son, and did encourage and abct the same,
| by MS Countenance, as commander of the
army.
! Shccjfcation. He, the said James Will
kinson, IN the years 1906 and 1906, receiv-
ing from the said Aaron Burr and his asso-
cidtes confidential communications Of their
reasonable designs, and permitting their
solicitations of hjs active Cooperation in their
treason, without his making any timely dis