The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-10-27

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men, before taking the oath, expressed
fears that if captured they would be shot
or hung as traitors Stone made. light OF
the idea, and said that if any of the Or
der should be captured it was probable
that Lincoln's Government would soon be
notified by JEFF Davis that they must be
respected as prisoners of war, or he would
retalliate; both Dodd and Bowles were
constantly spoken as chiefs in the Order;
Harrison II. Dodd, it was said in the Or
der, would be the next Governor
The witness next went through the va
rious signs, positions, grips and colloquies
by which members of the Order recog-
nize each other, all of which exactly cor
responded with that testified to by previ-
Gus witnesses. After he had been in the
Order some time, and became acquainted
with its reasonable designs, he made his
father acquainted with it, and subsequent
ly wrote to Gen. Darlington about it; he
joined the Order in good faith no fees
or reward of any kind had ever been paid
or offered for making any revelation of
the secrets of the Order there was a per-
son, little fellow, who came to their
temple twice, aud who was said to go to
and from the Rebel authorities the
chiefs Of the Order said the only way to
save the country was to elect jeff Davis
as next President, and to do this they
must arm against the blue coats; he had
never. in any way acted as detective for
the United States Government, the mem
bers of the order drilled; wanted witness
to drill them, as he had been in the army;
he did not, and never drilled with them;
the meeting referred to took place on
Saturday night, Jan. 26 or 27, at the
house of person named Giddis, about
mile east of Shoals Station Pending the
examination the Commissioners adjourn
ed to meet on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 10 O.
clock a. m.
special Dispatch to tie Gin. Gazette.
indianapolis, Oct. 6, 1861.
The examination of Wesley Trouter,
in the case of II. II. Dodd, is concluded.
He had heard from members of the Or
der that they expected Indiana, Illinois
and Missouri to join the Confederacy,
and that with the aid of those the South
could whip Old Abe. He received the
Morgan signs, and was sworn into the
service of Jeff Davis. Bowles was the
Chief of the Circle of Honor, and one of
the chiefs of the Knights of the Golden
Circle. Boyles was to lead them to join
the Southern army.
Elliott Robertson, witness for the
was then examined Is
farmer residing in Randolph County, Ind;
Joined the organization first called knights
Of the Golden Circle in June, 1868; Ma
than Brown was the chief of the Order in
that townships he was an agent to organ
ze the order throughout Randolph Coun-
.y; the obligation in this order made the
penalty Of revealing its secrets death the
body was to be cut into four parts, one
quarter to be cast out of each of the gates
north, south, east and west SO the obli-
cation read there were grips and posi-
tions by which members of the Order re-
;ognized each other; one was an ordlna-
nary grip of the hand, but with the fore
inger extended up the wrist of the per-
son shaking hands the members of the
Order were partly armed-about one
half or more the aim and purpose of the
Order was to oppose the Administration
The purpose of the Order was said by their
captain to be to resist the draft, and to
oppose arbitrary arrests by force, if need
be; they were to be prepared to resist the
authority when the order was given by
the head men of the Order, and they
would be told when the proper time had
come; the captain gave orders that the
men were to attend drill witness never
drilled with them; the Captain said they
would be supplied with arms by the au-
thorities at indianapolis, and that their
arms would be furnished as soon as they
we're needed the captain said he un ler-
stood there were plenty of arms for them
in indianapolis, and that they must not
be uneasy about it.
The Commission adjourned, to meet on
Friday, at $50 a. IN.
Cor. of the Cincinnati Commercial.
indianapolis, Oct. 7, 1861.
The Com mission met at half-past s.
The Judge Advocate announced that the
accused, Harrison H. Dood, had made
his escape from the United States Court
building, in which the Commission holds
its session, and where the accused was
temporarily confined The Judge Advo-
cate asked for an adjournment till III
o clock, when he proposed to submit the
question of proceeding to the findings
and sentence in the case. The counsel
for the accused then submitted to the
Commission an affidavit as follows:
United States Of Americd agu. Harrison
II. Dodd, before Military Commission
BE it remembered that on this 7th day
of October, 1864, personally came before
me, H. L. Burnett, Judge Advocate Dis
trict Of Ohio and Northern Department,
Jonathan w. Gordon and Martin NJ.