The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-04-21


Witness Well then, 10 suit you better,
will say from Information that received,
set myself 10 work to find out whether there
was anything IN this matter; "piped" fol
it; there were complaints coming TO me every
day.oogo. daha div mao1 sdl ni bstsfos
Mr.. Jones here interrupted the, witness by
saying that hc' had understood that Mr.. Lyon
had bad sonIo CONVERSATION with the defcnd
ants, and anything thcy said to, him, unles'
voluntarily yamade by.them, cannot be admit
ted as evidence. -, .,.a-. "a 4.
Mr.. O'Neill further sail that admission,
could not.be received unless the conspiracy d
first t,made out 70 Let US substauliate this first
and then proceed. no1 szas iioasr Boa ,,aail
4, Witpess-l came here TO tell The truth, and
nothing but the truth; I am stranger here
'oi BY Mr.. Cofsy-Tell what you saw and
heard % iloq Q a. toicg 0l dlip llstusAstI
Witness resumed. s On Saturday morning
the 2lst Of March, 1853, I received informa-
tion there was to be a meeting: l proceeded
to the place where The meeting was TO be held
went on foot in Marion township, and con.
cealed myself ia the barn Of Jacob Zsller, un,
der the straw; Mr.. Huber told the men who
were there; / think Mr.. Filbert was there;
Mr.. Huber was there, Of courses; he told
Mr.. O'Neill objects that what Mr.. Huber
said is not evidence until the defendants first
be conducted in tho charge Of conspracy.--
When this be done, then any admission OF
what Mr.. Huber said, may be given in evil
dence. o. i7r'siiE lplo7sigfia osba' spai
q Com missioner Heazlett replied" Well,
we must commence, the investigation come
where, and we might as well commence now" f"
Mr.. Jones said after the evidence has been
heard, then the Commissioner can exercise
his own Judgment ss'a'dsgaoUs ni ilossl I.iu
With this understar ding, the witness made
another attempt to give in bis. evidence. lie
said there might have been hundred men in
the barn, altogether ;beforc they proceeded to
business, Mr.. HaJer told them to ssorch the
barn, to see If there mere any spies conceald
IL a.; | cannot nsrne tho parties whom ho was
addressing he directed them TO run a dung
fork,or hay fork, into tho straw, to oseeH there
were any spies concealed under It; after his
paS done, he ordered pickets TO be Nroon
outside The b1rn; this was, as near as l can
Judge, between eight aud nine o'clock; the
mon went out, then the men inside took the
obligation; Mr. Huber did the talking; be de-
nounced the war as unholy and unjust; he
said that tho society was million strong; he
stated that il first was organized 10 the South /;
that the society had signs, passwords and
grips; he administered the obligation; wheth-
er the men swore on Bible or not, / cannot
say; there were eighty threo men, to the best
Of my knowledge, who joined on that occa.
siorl by taking the obligation; the obligation
was given verbally; be said the men would
swear; don't know whether they kissed tho
Bible or not, as could not exactly see; they
all answered yes AFTER the obligation was
spoken TO them; he advertises meeting TO be
held at certain place mans house-dnd
after this they 90 into secret organization, ],
the members sign list and pay ono dollar
each in the first place; thon those who sign
60 iuto secret those who do not sign 60 away
heard him give the obligation; !, iy.,.x.
RI, BY Mr.. Coftey. Now Just think and be
Witness. Yes, sir. .' ~,
4re gou in .tavor Of the abduction Of
AJraham LincolnP" = '.'@'''>t
I heard this, "by force u ,,scessary."D
Confederaeys" pr 80 .,' ~ pa '''.
Huber hore interrupted the witness by say
ing: " rs he."- poo q .'el '.iFt Pee
Commissioner Hcazlett told Huber to keep
silence. 2F'fi '.-" a..l t.y .a.li
BIZ Mr.. Cofey. Well, sir, go on Did
you hear anything clseq rs'9a ''n -"
Witness Yes, SIR; I heard him say:
Are youin favor of resisting the draft or
the Conscript,ot act? a taiAead Hia
Here there was some CONSERVATION among
thc crowd, aud tho windows were opened to
let in little fresh air. ii'l 40 ho''g '7s
By Mr.. Coffey. Well, sir, did they swear
to these oblgationsa sr''a eia' a'
Witness. Yes, sir; they answered yes
Question Can't you name some Of the
men who were there and who thus sworc
How about Mr.. Illig, Mr.. Filbert, or Mr.. Ok.
eneider. e1 e II 81 tee
Witness-I cannot swear positively that
any of them were there; Mr.. Filbcrt and Illig
were at the house before the party went into
secret session, and I cannot swear positively
that they were 10 the barn; am sure that
| Mr.. Huber was in the barn; am not mistaken
about him; he was the only man that spoke
at the meeting in the house; there was moro
or less talking among those who composed
the meeting; $50 were collected at the private
meeting; Huber said be was the treasurer; he
took the money; | have had some talk with
him; / asked him, some questions, and told
him he might answer. them il he chose; there
was no compulsiop, know the rights. Of a
prisoner when 10 custody; | asked him wha;
tue association was banded together for-was
it to overthrow the Goyernmentl He said il
was, and this could be done under the Con
stitutiou; he said the money was raised to
foo lawyers if any one Of the members were
arrested; also to try the constitutionality OF
the conscripiion act, epa If Mis. woullno do
they pould use force, but did not say what
kind Of force; I believe this is about all l
know, of the affair; am Government do
tectiye, and since tho goth Of March have been
deputy Provost Marshal at Reading. -,
o., Gross examined by Mr.. O'Neill.-Hubel
resides neat, the Black Horse, in Lancaster
county, not far from the line Of Berks county
the public meeting was called at the house o.
Mr.. Foust; can't say that the notice, of the
meeting was pablished; I received my infor
nation Of the meeting fromss Stoucbburg ).
was not in the house; | was in sight Of it
this was on March alst-Saturday; Huber
l.. l. Al Il Al Ill al Il.