The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-25

!, next morning, hey showedme pis
ftols frOh Which ! o6hld hlahe 3 &C
/. leeiibh. Ibid Got mako any solec
! ton although lhet Bold hio q d
So We MOTT d5wii 10 Jn0. Ptieoss
y lIIoselcoteda pistol. ] Imade an Al
J, fidavit, khhli Nns Published in th
Mirror. n q
j Direct examination resumed
do not Know how many men wer
present whbn NH Osborne wrot
the affidavit / should think tha
there were 9 or $ men present at al
thpes.1 h D tfldTI rs uflff y
Samuel Saitor: five IN Lima
| Allen county, Ohio. ] left Marioi
about the 1st of April. ! wen
back to Marion about the 18th %
| April, and remained two weeks.
stayed at Holders house.
fThe witness testified to the at
tack on Holders Office and on Hod
der.
Geo. w. SpooneT Hive in Ma.
rion; have lived there two years.
am printer and publisher. l am
Holders partner.
[rhis witness also described the
attack on the office
Cross-cxauined--I have the pa
per referred to by Mr.. Ilodder on his
examination, in my possession; |
took it from his table some three
days after he got il.
II. T. Van Fleet. / lave lived
in Marion about four years. Hod.
der came to me and asked me if |
wished to Join an association Or
ganized by the Democrats; after |
had heard the obligation, which he
read to me, told him that ] was
opposed to all secret organizations;
/ do not now consider myself a
member Of the order; from all that
| ever heard and learned Of the OBJ
iects Of the association, consider
cd it to be for tho purpose Of sup.
pressing all mobs and mob violence.
| know of but one obligations; the
first one. The excitement in Ma.
riOn after tho fall of Sumter was
very great; business was almost
suspended for nearly q week; !
heard threats made to hang Tod-
CT before the attack was made on
his office; was myself threatened
by letter, and ordered to leave town
in a fow hours; made some expires.
sion in a speech which was misun,
Charles Martin. (this and tho
remaining witnesses were called
by the Prosecutor) Peter Hop.
kins repeated twice over tho obi
cation given to Cheney at the wag-
on. The last time he repeated it
in presence of fDicloerson. H
4. ii. Dickerson-When went
to the wagon on the evening refer
red to, | heard tho obligation ad-
IninisteTed TO, Cheney, 4 was near
enough to have heard Martin ifhe
had repeated the form TO Hopkins
at the same time the latter repeat |
ed it to Cheney. i
Samuel Cheney-When Ireceiv- |
ed the obligation, / was near enough |
10 have overheard, if Martin had |
the oath over to Hopkins
IS the latter gave it to me. He did |
lot do so. ..I, |
At this point the examination of
witnesses was closed. The District
Attorney said that he was willing
o submit the case without argu-
nent, aud this was agreed TO by the
.ofence.
Commissioner White will give
lis decision at 0 o'clock this morn
ng. f.l
The following is the second OBJ
igation alluded to by the wit
lesses.
pod ,g, SECOND OATH.
"And ] furthermore promise and
wear in the presence Of Almighty 1
rod aud the members of the Gold. |
m Circle, that / will not rect or
leep until A braham Lincoln, now
resident, shall be removed out of ,
he Presidential chair, and / win ,
vado in blood up to my knees, as
Don as Jefferson Davis sees prop
r. to march with his army to take
he City of Washington and the
House to do the same. So
lelp me God and keep me stead
asst to perform the same"