, 1860-12-13

Tor this place on Wc-'ntsj1y night. IN thai ca-r
he will bt here Thnrsd,y morning. Nr. +. Il out
unua:c aeqaintaacc with ai lbs ru5nfhs and rlmi-
feat0ns render 1t IN ulr C2inioi neccezary that
you ehonld b- here on Thursday niskt In o5lcr to
sgtc: our plane beyond tic pos:l.i'Ity r Jat:a'e:
that t!me II he can st of without ,u~niei',n "
losing his place. II yoa COME will zee you 1T
the train and hand yoa letter giving Instructions
when and where to meet. mrs truly.
BATES s. Co.
n"
rD1ssell tu n4dwick.1
t:ElcAEo, June IL, 1875.
jDfas Sir:-I wish you wouid come over here
- TO bs here without Gsil TluItlAy morning. thc
terrosat Ions and Transcript, Will be sent by
express" elonld have been to rec yon hui tho
Hotel folks did not call mt at ktoknk in time for
the boat. Truly. J. ". BsssEu~
4iohn r. CAqp;a, srn14-I identify The CT
press receipt Of United states Express Co.
marked 2f in cotnsai's l'et1, dated St, Louis,
July %, 1860; !" Received of Jao. Sanders one
rox, safd ID contain drugs, marked F. r: Ba es,
Chicago" (reccipt in the IT, cs. I'-:"tes for1n:)
after receiving, this receipt went 10 the eA,
press office with Mr. Vandrrwentcr, procured
the box, and took it to Bradley's room, cor1lcr
Of State and Washington streets; ne opened
ffle boz and found .5 champagne BOTTLES, con-
tanning mixture Of turp:ntiue and something
e1fe very iutlntnn@ohlr; tcok 4 saaL vi1l full
:.u,i put it Ill my safe ; :iterward tonl1 a full
bo tie to my otticc; first saw Mr. Chadwick
JULY 18th, 1850, in ii: r,nm In Matthew'S
Block / identity Mr. Chadwick. now in court,
"a the man; l W.. in the west r'nin on tht
third floor; myself, Mr.. Hit, Mr.. ". IL Brad
ley and Nr. Tracy vert there: Nr. e. I. Brad.
ley was thcre; soon alter Mr. FflnE and Chad
wick came in; it was little after o'clock in
the evening; Nr. Hissell WAS not there.
Mr. McA11sTER-I oljer, to the evidence,
rs Mr blsscll was not thurs.
This was III evening Of July 18th; {. 2.
Bradley commenced the con -crs.tion, asking
how are things 1T Ruck 'sland; gomc OF the
conversation w:ls too low fer ME to hear; /;
Bradley asked how they succeeded in settin.:
funds said they ought to lave gooL Teal o.!
Thry uught TO hare 5000 Chadwick sa;l Bis
sell attended to that; Bradley said the 1nateri-
al should bc scut from atc1c aud sent out iruln
hcn; Chadwick said the plan was to send it
to Rock Island In = harrc} uf rt:,1r, to gTo-
ccry house in Rock is!:ad; Bradley said tha.
would not he safe as The Bridge Company
would otltr perhaps, $1,000 reward; Bradley
showed 4 strap aud put it on Frank to so's
him how to carry bottles; he nut on 4 large
sack coat to cover I'LL, aud said h. could carry
oakum in the pockets; Chadwick said tlIi=
onIht to he got along with as sOolt As ns,ssble.
Bradley said it ouyat to be done soon, anil
again said they ou.ht to hive S:,0lo; Chad
wick answered again that Bissell would attend
to furnishing tho money: Chadwick said. fu
coursc uC tliI conversation tltat ei0,Ggo was 10
be paid sometime, but i ssc!t lad charge Of all
That; The conversation lsstrd only about ~
minutes; Bradley eai;l he did au. !ise to trust
it to parties IN Rock island and VAS afraid the
grocer might t'pcach' If n large reward Wis
offered. Chadwick said lie would mcntiun it
{,axr q
on the 7th OF August, about 10 4. ~, at the
same room When went there Frank was in
the room. Soon after Bradley and DisscE CAME
lit. WITNESS identified his-"tl in couri, !
Bissel began talking Of the True IN!
Gilman frauds, believed something mi: III!
be made t,i it; Bs:e]l asked Frank il
he would not ster nut OF tie room; R;sscll
then said he had $1,000 raiScd, and he would 70
to Rock Island allt. arrange, tint Stl0 SHOULD
be paid in St Louis OIL Bc.dis.y's drit: Brld-
ley said lie should s,slit. draft; Bissell said
'Tlen, as you pleasc;" Bradley showed Biz.
sell the boz in the ruptn Bi.scll sud: don t
want to know anything about TINT, Frank
came III and :ss !cd ii the stuti III the toz would
"Eo oif tia. Ac w:.s at:;is. Of It: B:%srli satt
| no, it wasn't the stuff used bc:n:..: Bradley
| asked wllst dry It better b. dout; Bissc1l took
| out a memorandum book anil lacked alon:.
down the calendar anu said the 1ith day Gi
i August would BE- a good tine, thr moon would
t sell SLY Henry Dart WAS perfectly reliable
| nothing was said as TO where Dart lived;
| identity that box; / saw it sealed up; Tracy
myself and Bradley sealed il up, and it Wa
then taken to Tracys office, there were o.isi
nally twenty-eisht botttes III it, ere WAS brt,
ken when it CAME, another bu,tl.: took j;
| think Tracy sent out and got two yisis; Lat
one liI1ed and he tue other.
Crosstxamincd by -Nr. -Hcii.aer-1 made :
nfffc,.
have never compared el.orautllsns with any
body; heard part ot yrallry's testimony; Mr.
Tracy asked mt to 70 to the posi- Office. ALI.
also to The rs'ou don't kuuw who Wander
wentcr WAS; went with him and .ot the LET
tcrs from St. Louis containing 1i.c exprt$.
receipt W. went te the post ollice, thence
to the Express Office, and >:,w il taken tH tl'
room lifted up i'll Matthew's h'.'eS {witne-
described the room in Matthew'S block, is dc
| tailed previously by Dr:sd.y:) there we7
three holes In the partition; i've or six Per
enns might haye stood ulou the platform; il
Que room it Was su,all au.i dark when thu dot,
| WAS shut it WAS uufurpisl.ed; can't s-.y a. I,
the furniture of the outer room; it wat aInu
fourteen feet q :arc; only ". II. Bradley, Hi
and myself mo4uted lie platform; Air. lric
did not get up; when they ca1n- III they Il
changed ordinary salutations; Bradley Take:
the inost, aud loud, his back towards Il.
i holes. aud Chadwick facing them; DEadlc
I
them, and hare 4 good view; hc commence
by saying, I'VE must have, OF ought to havt
5000; the mau must be sent out oi The coul
try, aud there will be cxpcsse." ChatlUit
said, "Bisecll will furnish The funds" BEadIr
said" The man on the bridge must BE- euplo'
cd to be KNOCKED oH. Or nj orcd SO, aud 1h
he had bten drowned" Ne pulled Out ii
Chadwick replied, " Tie sooner tho better
| Chadwick again s.id, They hare agreed /
raise SIC, ,0W when it's t1oue," Bradley in.i-
cl that there WAS danger that the Rock lslan
road might offer re~ard OF Sl0oco aud tss.
the material should be scut IL thica:.; Chs'
they were in ! 1oom Is or 20 minutes; ii
| uol hesr ail 1tst was saiI; Fsann went u,
| with him this package was to be evM 10 Oh
:: cEo to Bradley; Bradley showed how Ii
| coat woul1 cover the bottles; Bradley 81
!. the material SHOULD tc taken out IRON CI
| clyo; we staid Il few minutes after the cuuvc
sation occurred; Tracy notified me soon aft
the meeting wien Bissell was therc, Ira,
was not there; We did not wait i've miuut
for him; Whcu VIC went there Bradley II;
; there, and showed us how 10 lock the dou
: Bissell anu Bradley cstne lii together; We VIZ
Instructed not to make any noise; Bz.ll
came in drst; BIsscll took :, scat Oh the son
side Of the room, anl about fonr feet ff.,1u Il,
asparagus was placed against the wall: Brad!
and BsSsell sas Hear together; Bissel began tai
! about True and Gilman, aud that solnethi1
might be made ont Of Gilman they rait
: : about five minutes about this: he looked as
: | he would look through the walk, s,a,par;lyusa a,
| all; thought 1e saw the holes 1t one lin
could not hear all that Blsscll eaiI; Bradl
had asked him how he succeeded; Bissell 81
that 81 GOO should be paid in ST. Louis Bliss
did not change his position, until near the tir
: Of leaving; Bisscl1 said he preferred doi
! these things through lawyer; would Il
: $1,000 to Chadwick they wcretogeiher fife
5 minutes be told Bradley, II dan't want
know anything about the box, Frank ask
Btssel1 If the material WIS dangerous Biss
said it Was not; VIC did not care to be Sc
when going away: We waited until the roa
was clear; l saw the box open In the roo
n and took sample in \ vial; it has been
q Bradley's room, and afterwards Was taken
q Nh. Tracy; we poured some Of its coulter
c out, aud eet 1t on ire; when the box Il
e pointed out, don't remember anything bel
said about commissions" OF that such wo
was used; much Of the conversation v
iu tones I could not understand:
uado q memorandum after each me
ing; (watucss looked over his mem
b anaum Of the meeting Of July 13tt
. George W. Ga1e, saoorn-Testifel to hayi
. been At the room In Matthew's Block, Us q
Il Il ratsd BY preceding witness, also refreshing
- memory hy referring to memoranda OF
:, conversation. At ons Of tho meetings Ch:
Z. wick snld he t*ncyer would rest Until t
: ID bridge comes down; that there va
y large Interest along the river, amounting
!. millions, which would not nlluw any ont
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