Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-19
SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR,
Invariably In Advance, q

Saturday, and administered Che pledge 10 lhe
courts on Tuesday, to whom he also gave the
pspssl' pps hepudiated the association because he
could 90 as much in putting down naobs odtaide
OF 1t as inside. He did not think Sucb an order
xAs necessary at any time. Never met with
shs ,Assoclatlon. Knew nothing about any other
oopgsuon, Never spoke Of It but once after
lls iniaauon, and on THAT occasion with DR.. y
O1risuan, which was Of q trivial character. -
Drec: examination resumed. The frst sign ~
on meeting brother was to raise the hat twice
WIN tne rlgns nand, the reply being to raise the
er II was called an order or not. " ~
| DR.. Christian sworn: Reside in Marion. am a
physician. Know Of an association In said
county, organized for the protection of Demo-
crats. Mr., Holder first made IL known TO hin, ~
and asked him, II he was in favor of 1t. He
replied that he was. Holder then administered
the pledge to him. The pledge was similar 10
tae one produced here as the "iirst obligation"
This was before the occurrences in Marion
county, bat In the midst of the threats of hang.
ing people, He regarded this as merely an as ~
sociauon OF democrats for self protection Knew
no such order ae the knights OF the Golden
Cirele,o any other circle. Knew of no other
obligation than the one administered to him..
hnew no grips, and no other signs than that of
raising the hat. -
Cross-examined. Became member during
the summer, probably in June; has not partici-. Z
pated in 1t for some time; was active in the or
DER when he gave the obligation to Mr.. Wool.
ley, on the Let OF August; continued to make
members lot perhaps two weeks after that time;
don't recollect when he became n member M
the order; the objects of the association are eY-
pressed in the obligation; obligation in his hand
writing; the tipping of the hat was sign OF
distress; the reply was an assurance that some
one was there ready to help brother out of
trouble; the Question" were you out last
night" was mere password; has sent out some
five or elk obligations, and requested several
persons to procure members; the threat to at
tack Mr.. Holders office he thinks was early in
| May; don't know who made the threat: one
morning saw crowd rushing toward his office,
but does not recollect who made any threat
against the Office; asked some one what the
crowd was going to do, and was informed that
an attack on the office was intended; could not
name the person; never had any regular meet
iDgs with the association; did not carry auy arms
and knows no one who did; did not regard the
forder as very potent.
i Direct examination resumed. Saw Mr. Hold
der after he was knocked down; be was good
deal bruised.
\ Cross-Examined. Never had occasion to
recognize brother outside of Marion COUNTY;
! outside of the county never had the question
put TO him, "were you out last night2" and
never put it to any one outside of the county;
has understood the association extended beyond
, Marion county, but does not know that it does;
, thinks Mr.. Holder. told him he got the obliga.
ton from Sam. Medary, either directly or
a through Mr.. Salisbury, of Cardington, Morrow
county; got the impression from Mr. Holder
!, that the association extended throughout the
= = State, and that there was one in Columbus
: Capt. Ebenezer Peters sworn: Resides in
4 Marion. Was present on the day of the attack
= on Mr.. Holders Office. Saw paper of Mr..
= Hodder'sn which be saw an article which he
regarded as offensive, and go stated it to those
= = around. Col. Tod came along, to whom he
! showed the article, aud the Col. remarked that
the article was an impudent one. The young
men and boys went up to see Mr. Holder, but
did not ind him in; they came back, and wait
!, ed for time, when they returned; soon after
= witness went up to the Office, where crowd had
6 collected; Mr.. Holder was then in a house close
= by; he had been attacked by perso1 whom he
- understood had no connection with the crowd,
. but was an entirely personal matter; does not
: recollect that any one suggested that Holder
"a should be banged; witness went into the house
n to see Holder for the purpose of getting from
10 MIN personal explanation, which he gave, and
=. which was read on the square. II
n Cross examined. This was on the Doth Of
= April. The objection witness had to the article
q was that it charged Republicans whu sustained
. the war as being traitors.
Il DR.. Michael Adams sworn: Reside in Ber
J. wick, Marion county. Some time in July, Fred
= erick Court gave me a paper to read, which
a read carefully, and which concluded was a re
: !. cognition of the Constitution of the United
= States, guaranteeing the protection of the Con.
A. stitution. All he could recollect about tht
% pledge wac that 1t said something about moi
= violence; does not recollect any signs, except
those OF raising the hat; knows no other obga
ton than the one he took, and of no other order
!, or association than that to which the pledge ht
!. took bound him. y O.
Cross examined. Took the obligation il
= July; could not recognize the obligation in pos
at session ct the Courts the one he Took return
:, cd the paper TO Court after he had read what b,
N could of it; was satisfied as to Its constitution
~ 30 ality.
The obligation in manuscript was here hand
n ed to witness to be read by him, which he did
;s and pronounced the same as that he had taken
He received some signs, but did not recollec
a any other than that of showing up the hat, whcl
/" he understood as signal of distress.
=, Mr.. A. Osborn, sworn: Reside in Marion
nv am lawyer; some time in May, probably tn
~ ~ last, short time after the attempt to mob tb
~ Mirror ofice-Mr. Holder spoke to me of th
ON association for the protection of his office an
~ the Democrats Of the county from mob violenc,
m. and ehowed me the form OF an obligation SIM
'ar lar to the one produced in court; Holder ala
m stated to me that such an association existed
other points, and had been effectual in shieldip
III from violence Democratic and Democratic Off
ed ces; he concurred In the plan and took tn
,ct pledge. ~
al al Cross examined. Had heard numerou
- threats against Mr.. Holder and his office
~ among others he heard threats from a Mr..
G. Goodman, who said that Holder "must max
~ q retraction Of what he had said, and give th
~ committee which was then waiting on him
\ = procure an explanation of certain articles "a
,;s isfaction." He also heard mau named Have
% say that he would not assist Holder if he wei
~ hanging; Judge Bowen had also said that
,nt Holder did not desst publishing the class Of
ID. ticles he had been doing, his life would be
he danger; Holder informed witness that the O
= der existed in Cardington, Morrow county; tbs
ov he (hodder) got the obligation from Sanlsbury
~ who lived at Cardington; don't know that th
M order was understood to extend throughout II
~ State; was told that prominent Democrats q
most everywhere in the State were cognizsnt
.o, the association; the association ceased to be
~, any Importance, go far as he knew, after Il
~. first or middle of June; was not aware Of VIII
~" DR.. Christian was doing in the way Of exten
ing the association.
~ ~ The testimony for defense here closed, a
der the court adjourned to o'clock next moi
hst ing. 4 staes,, N a5st s.