The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-17
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY, APRIL H. 1863

monY was elected:
William Y. Lyon sworn-I know these
defendants; on Saturday. tho 2lst
March, 1868, received Information Of
meeting to take place in Marion town
ship, and pDceeded there then went
to the b staE'cJ %sNndrcencral-.
ed myseffunder the sIfawi AfIcF Awhile
Huber and others came in, saw some
people there | should know, others that
| should not know NJ. Filbert was
there, think; the men were in the barn
below me there might have been a hun
dred there for all | know; | had to
conceal my self 10 avoid detection; Mr.
Huber tuld the men to search the barn
and see IL there were any spies in the
place; the men thrust pichforks in the
straw to ascertain li-any Que was under
It; after this he directed the pickets to
be thrl wn out, outside Of the barn be
used the word pitkets; he then made a
speech, aud said Ihas the war was an
nnholy war; that the Order 10 which he
belonged vas a million strong; the or
ganizalion, he said, first started in The
South, and had signs, pass words, and
grips, he then administered an obligation
to the men don't know If he had a bib G;
eighty-three men took the obligation he
repeated it, it was that they would swear
10 do certain .hings; all seemed to like
the oath; they said yes before they
went into the secret session, public
meeting was held, and those who were
willing to sign went into secret session
a dollar was paid as an initiation fee.
The witness was here asked to give the
obligation, and he took a memorandum
from his pocket, and gave the following
questions as those put by Mr.. Huber to
the candidates
Are you in favor of the abduction of
Abraham Lincoln by force, If necessary ?
Are you in faVer of Northwestern
Confederaoy?
Are you in favor of resisting the draft
or conscription act, by force, if neces-
sary?
While the witness was giving the ques-
tions Mr.. Huber became very much ex-
cited, and said in loud voice &C It's a
lie; say it openly"
Witness-I cant say positively who
we're in the barn, except Mr., Herbert.
Dr. lig, 0xensider, Philbert and Huber
were at the dwelling where the public
meeting was held after tho arrest OF
Huber | put questions to Huber, telling
him that he was not bound to answer
them; he said, in reply to questions, that
what was TO be dene was under the Con-
stitution and in support of the Union
he said the object of paying a dollar was
to assist one another in ascertainiDg
whether the cOnscription is constitutions al
or not.
On the cross-examination the witness
said that, on the night of the meeting, he
had his face blackened TO disguise him
When he arrested Huber he searched
him, and found paper on him, in pencil
mark, which continued the dates and
places Of meeting of the association. In
answer to questions by j. Clancy Jones,
Esq, of Reading, who represented seve-
raj of the defendants, the witness said
he had known Filbert for twenty years !;
be had been County Commissioner OF
Berks; that he bad always borne good
character, and was a peaceable citizen
DR.. lllig, he said, is a prscticing physi-
clan in Brrks county, and has always
borne the character of a law-abiding
cit n or G,n. Oxensider, he had
not heard much.
Frederick H. Priniz and Isaac Gerherd
were examined aud testified to being
present at the meeting; this corrobora,eo
the first witness; the hearing at ths
point continued. Mr.. Jones asked for
the discharge of the three defendlnis,
Iilig Oxrn-ider aud Filbert, as there
had not been any testimony against
them. Mr.. O'Nril also asked for the
discharge OF Huber. Mr., g, fey said he
would consent to taking the personal
recOgnizances of all except Huber. The
latter he should ask o enter bail in $500
rhe Commissioner liked the bail al
ST, 900 each for lllig, Oxensider and Fill,
bert, and $1,000 Tor Huber. The bail
was entered tor all the defendants.
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