Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-19
Tho Trial OF DR.. ChrIstias.
sEcoND DAY


| communicated TO another person ths con-
yersation with Dr. Christian seen aiter'
The reason did not 20 down TO INSET the
Doctor next day was because die rot in
lend 10 ioin the order any way and Was
oppossd 70 Il. DIR. Christian was Engaged |
in assisting to get up q cavalry company |
some time in May. He only took part In |
getting il up for one or two days. Ee was !
not elected Captain when the election was
held, and had nothing 10 do wits Il after |
wards In my opinion, there was no dam
ger Of Mr.. Holder being attacked, or his
paper molested on account Of political ex-
element
Charles Smith live in Marion. l
can't say that l think there was any dan
ger Of mob violence on account CT political
differences. The difficulty between Judge
Bower and Holder was g privats matter
growing out Of newspaper article. The
article referred 10 connected Judge Bower
with the BresliR affair 10 some manner.
The second difficulty in which Hcdder was
concerned with Mr.. NeWberry. I saw the
affair at a little distance. NeWbsrry fog
ged him with "black strap" ses erely. l
understood that this difficulty also was
personal affair, having no connection with
politics.
Cross examined.-A 'oOmmittse was ap-
pointed 10 wait on Holder 10 ask him to re-
tract certain statements, after beth of these
difficulties. heard no thrsats made
against his paper. have heard il said
that New berry was hired 10 whip Holder.
saw but one man or boy near the par
tics at the time Of the ARRAY. heard from
Henry Foulk, that NsWberry Wes hired 20
whip HOddsr. Faulk is 8 political friend
Of Holder.
At this point the testimony fer PrOseCu-
ton closed, and the Defendant proceeded to
call his witnesses.
Wm. Bickerstaff sWorn.-I know that
DR.. Christian has been engaged in getting
up 3 cavalry company, also that he had
made efforts to get commission. There
was some excitement then and some threats,
although not What consider dangerous
threats at ell.
Cross-examined-Dr Christisn was en-
gagged in the first part Of May IN the cav
airy business. He wanted tc get q COM
mission on which condition he expressed q
willingness 10 join. do not know sim
gle instance Of any man who belonged to
the company going into the service finally.
Mr.. Grin Patton thought that tie attempt
on the printing Office and ths attack on
Holder would not have occurred had it not
| beea for the political excitement
Thos h. Hodder-I live in Marion county.
I have lived in Marion since two years ago in
June. ] am editor of the Democratic Mir.
ror Il was about three weeks after the at
tack on Sumter that was attacked. mel
Mr.. Salisbury, and hesaid that sa association
Of Democrats had been organized in hil
county-Worrow oounty-Rnd LANDED pa
Ter TO me, The paper he handsd to me wa!
very similar to the one which has been l1nowT
here as the first obligation. don't remem
Der whether he told me that was the hrs
person who had been made acquainted will
the society or not. l took the pledge proba
bly, during the frstors second week. He resC
the pledge over to me, and asked me if l as
sented to it? l replied that I saw nothing
Objectionable in it. Christian Sot the papei
which he had from me. ] administered tht
pledge to him, the first Obligation. havl
never known Of any further Obligation thai
this. The first / ever heard of farther obi
cations was from the printed slip. Two o
the signs originated with me; the lifting o
the hat and the grip. think that the wore
should be "sign," instead of seal as it i
written. This is one of the verbal change
which noticed between the printed slip ans
the paper which l had (The witness her
described the attack on his Office and upOI
himselfl / never knew of tbs association
meeting together, or having any hy-laws o
records. l know of no specisl object 10 b.
performed by the association, except whs
! has been mentioned I never knew of tn
= society to which l belong being called by th
/ name of knights of the GOldea Circle, unit
saw it published.
Cross-examined-I got the original pa
per from salisbury. 1 lost ths paper.
} showed the paper to DR.. Christian, Mr.
Osborne, and Mr.. Van Welt, whom ais
initiated. { think l msdo three copies o
; the paper. One gave to yOung mai
: named DiekensOn, one to Dr.. Christian
{ and one to Dr. DevoFe. I initiated all o
: these. haven't seen the original papel
for two or three months. think
: burned it up with a lot OF cid papers
: have made no examination to find the Pc
per before coming here; originated tn
tipping of the hat, because l couldn't SCI
the use Of such society without its mem
bers could recognize each other; the tip
I ming Of the hat was intended to indicate
O state Of danger; the conversational par
was made known to me by Salisbury
l couldn't have said that got the knowledg
Q of the organization, for l did not. don
{ remember that made any statement as t
Z how many members there wers n the State
Salisbury told me how many there were il
Monroe county, but ! can't Re1ember hoE
0 many. never knew of any arrangement
being made to procure arms. have owne
the bowie knife for or years.
Fred. W. Court first heard of this as
q ISOLATION during the lst or I'd week in July
q / was cutting wheat for Travis, and he aske
me, ''was you out last night" l didn
know what he meant by it, and be then tol
: me that there was an organization to pu
e down mOLs. The next day, Bickerstaff tol
e me the same thing, and that the Democrat
were organizing for that purpose. He rea
, me the first obligation, and l essented to j
He read it to me. thought it yer
. GOOD thing. 1t was generally reported tha
Holder had been misused and his press threat
: ened. The paper was not giTen to me b
d Bickerstaif. He told me the signs, &c; n
i grip was given. never had any further in
: itiations. never heard Of any constitution
bylaws, or place of meeting. l hear
l. Fletchers testimony. Some Of his state
g ments are incorrect. He pretended to be
n very strong Democrat. / asked him if b
was in favor of putting down this mob spiri
He said be was. We wentto tbs mill groun
q and read the paper to him. I had bu
Y one paper. Iexplained to him the signs, bu
!. keave him no grip. gave him no other OF
legation. have examined tEe printed sliI
e but never saw paper like il before. neT
s er introduced Fletcher to Dugen, IS highe
y member Of the order. l remember the cor
versstien with Kepler. l think he bega
talking about the war and nobs. the
J told MIN of the organization, that It was
Is defend constitutional Democrats" He sal