The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1852-01-07

to arrest him. tie was accus ed OF CORES
pondins with parties inimical. to tn. |
authorities. and all his letters were u
pened at the post-of;ce. which proved
to De principally letters of thanks from
the renis and friends Of the prisoners,
| whose wants he had relieved. They |
then sent over by the steamer Georgia to
Ne " Orleans. to a Spaniard residing. there.
to fill half shecpfull of figures. euclosr
il in IN envelope. direct it to Thrashrr
and handed il to the clerk Of the steam
er. to give 10 Thrasher on her arrival al
this point. The head Of police here.
gave orders TO two police officers TO dress
themselves ss citizens. and follow him
when he wer; on board the steamer 20
to watch him. aud i'riug him to the Office
which they did: be was then strongly
searched in thu expectation OF finding the
letter.in which they were dsa ppointed. as
another person went previously on board a
friend oi the clerk and Of MIR. T.-who
is taking his papers, was asked to hand
The letter To Mr.. 7. ii" brought i; on
shnre. and not finding Mr.. T at his
otIire, left il on his desk. From the
police officrMr t. waS brought to his Of
fee. where u thorough search was made of
his papers. This letter laying on tbs desk
was thr irst 70 attract their nnfice: ii
was srael unI tr.cied To j S. FIR
r." they handed j.. 10 him. and request
ed him TO oten 1; ht replied that the let
ter Was not ,iirrc:ed 10 hin. and as il had
no post mark h could not tell from
whom il came They la0k this. and al.
ter fall EXAMINATION Of his papers. the,
picked out five letters fro.n the great
number wh CT wrr5 fTOIa friends liz
the United States. aoj on them COM
y menced the pr. ssruiion. de was arrest-,!
on the l5ih of October. and until the
20 was kept under suryilapce u, the Pa
lice Office; he was then placed in G. Il
at the prison III solitary confinement foV
three days. he was t'.eG Cas-; in ioa:h-
some dungeon a, tn Pun:s fort. and there
In solitary confin III u: Iniil ,ae 9th O.:
November. maxim. seventeen days oi SOL
itary conf .irrnent Of ;;ie ~oSr kina.
The caSr. or 'rsprileaia." was ~ Tia.
iilne maize out hy The Fiscal" the queens
lawyer; Ihls Is al done in writing, on
stamp paper. aud forms quite a b1ok.-
believe this numbered $50 pages. il
clu'iing all the letters. With their trars
lalionS. with the oil. in figures from Nc.
Orleans. whirh ihsy cal his co,te,.on-
,irnce is cyp!..'r; this BOOK was n.v~s
sarn by Thrast.cr uutii aolr wh"u lho
Fiscel appears at his ladgran AMI hss -
Whole ral! 20 ha an. gets n;a' L sign
AZ the bottom # each yaSc as - <cS-
now. ed sme.it Iha. L. his :eeti =, c.>r,,
IS against aim H.. thsn is diiOeR: ;Wo
houfs Ia h. twenty touE - s. III. ir:. nts
through The gra'inas, au'i m IL arr ngs-
III MS Tor his d, fence, lie chuoSrs tne
lawyer recommended to him nv lh- FL
cal. 10 defend his case. AM who. by Span
ish law. shouln have the right tn ~ mine
The exprdlenta" us mucb as be required.
To cali witnesses. e.. ~ isprove ihv
accusations. aud - bring forward such .y
iirnce as hr chose to Prov n, IN aucrnce
Of his client. This wss denied Mr.
IhrdSher-his cLansel was aot p'rnlii .e'!
10 see the charges againsi him, and 81
course could not defend ~. case Oh the
llih. L. is Informed that lis trial Wa
L" take place on the follow sc,5 morniDs
at the BIrracks. calrd the "Farzl." AMI
that it was The Court .Mcr,ic! H. at
once sent for the American Consul. Mr.
Owen, and got him to in,erce.e with :he
Captain General TO give bin. more time.
and 10 explain that be had no counsel. and
was not ready to go into trial. SC. Tha,
II was against the treaty CT 1875 with
Spain. Article III, in whiuh it parlicu-
larry Expresses the 'iilzrns 81 | subjerts
OF both parties shall ~ allowed In employ
such advocat s,snlicitnrs. notar irs. agents.
ond factors as they may judge proper in
all the their affairs. and in al: their trials
before the tribunals Of the other psr,v
&c, &c. 1t was Of 40 avail the Cap-
tain General would not stay the trial
ana cared nothing for treaties. He told
Mr.. Owen tina, Mr. Thrasher should have
an open trial, &c. On the following
day, the 18th, at Q O'Clock. T. was taken
from the dungeon and under tie charge
of soldiers. was brought to the ''Fuez."
anu placed in The gudrd house under a
suard-whilst the court opeurd in room
above. consisting of Brig. Gen Vorsas
AMI six military off rs The Fiscal APP
pared ana adj Though the ''rxpeaien-
n" the public we're admitted 10 this
room. ana of course heard the whole
Ut the accusation, wkih,. taken toge Their,
Is perfect farce. They do no, bring d
proof thaisMr. thrash .vcr comrsii .et. ID
single act. which would baar out the
charge. which Ii. treason against the
Qaesn Of Spain; nothing 20 prove be
ever SD H. treason .b'- woris. or used
ms influence in any way. or In any in
stance rndeavor-d to. alert the allegiance
of tn. q Irru's san hiects rs