, 1863-10-25
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.

EXTRAORDINARY IKidL.
The Great Internal Ma
chine Case.
THE PEOPLE vs.. EEHE-
MlAH HODGE.
Indictment AID Empaneling 8 Jury.
The present week will be Bfgaalized, IN the Re.
cptde1s' Court, by trial Of one of tke most extra
ordinary caaee that evec demanded tic attant,on
Of Court Of Jnsttce- case destined, We think,
to rank among the "cEIEBREs oAusEsr Of Amesi-
can Jurisprudence: Although the transaction,
which Is to be tho subject Of Investigation in this
trial. YVES at the time Of its occurrence detailed at
length IN tho TRIBUNE, still as nearly year has
elapsed efuce that publications. brief a'lus!on to
Its noet prominent points, with considerable ad-
ditionA information which wc have been able to
collect on the subject may be necessary to enable
our readers to understand the testimony In the
case, which will from time to time appear in ous
columns.
TIE rARrIEs.
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Nehemiah Hod.e ind,c.rd fnr atttamrttnv ~.
life of one q. M. wb3nnrc With a, tnfcrn,1 ma,
chfrc.
r1x,.r1sARY rn.saAo1,ous.
Nehemiah Hodge, the defendant In the case, La
q apracttcins lawyer Of North Adams, Haas. TO
his legal knowledge, be is said to
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to Vigorously tna1 on tn' La " 'al'9"ts' 1ooo'
'oe5 "ese ready 1o1 argument.
| In December. 1862 Nhinp1e was at North Ad.
ams, intending to be at Chicago by the New Year.
o. tne pintl, Of December he rccel, ed IN apopy-
mous letter printed with pen. uatel the Gay be-
fore at Albany, informing him
OF design to destroy his life
by means u box to be sent to him, and warning:
| him 1ot to attempt to open It. The letter de.
serbed particularly the size and Of the
parcel, aud tue manner In which it would te
| marked and directed. Whipplc heard 70 more Of
the matter tn his arrival In Chicago,
on the 1st of January, when be was informed that
box directed to himself had been waiting bis ar
rival for teve1al days at the Office OF the Chicago
burlington and Quincy Railroad depot The anon
51aous letter instantly flashed upon his mind, and
he Of course proceeded with Caution.
! ARFEAHAscE OF TIE COX.
Upon examination, the external appearance OF
the boz eorresponded exactly with the description
Of the letter. According to the description that
has appeared before IN the coiamns Of the Ta1'
B1sE: 1T was q st.ong spruce box' nicely H.
ished and do7e.failed with the utmost e1actness,
weighing about fourteen pounds the dimensiors
being eighteen inches In length. BIZ IN depth and
eight IN Width. It was locked-~rapped up IN
several tnieknessea OF etrong oro"n paper and &C.
cufed win stout twinc. tpon tne Top OF Inc oo1
WIS aoelsd Two noeel spafk attestots IN ota7s