Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-10-27
TENTH DAY.

October 6, lS64-l0 o'clock A. NJ
The Commission met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
All the members present also the Judge Ad-
vOcate, the accused and his counsel.
The proceedings of yesterday were read and
approved.
William Clayton, a witness for the Govern
ment, having heard his testimony read, desired
to correct the record in respect TO its being Mr..
Griffith, and not Holloway, who expressed no
doubt as to the Order being able to carry their
point in opposing the Government by force OF
arms
Wesley Tranter, a witness for the Govern
ment r, sumed bis testimony, as follows:
Question by the Judge Advocate.
State to the Commission what, if snything,
you have heard said by members of the Order
in reference to the addition of any of the West
ern States TO the present so-called Southern
Confederacy?
Answer Yes, sir. John Stone, at the meet
ing | have referred to, said that Indiana, Hi
Confederacy, and they would then lick out
'Old Abe" and bis Blue-coats. This was in
January, at the meeting, and | was present.
Q. What has become of this man?
4. The last heard of him, was that he was
going towards Kentucky, minus come of his
fingers which had been snot off by one OF our
boys of the 18th Indiana. They tried to find
They went to his house, when be broke and
rau; and understood after he tried to hal. him
and could not they fred some fourteen rounds
after him, and he has not been heard of since.
CRoss-ExAMINATI0S.
Question by the accused: Are you a native of
Martin county2
Answer. was born and raised there, about
three miles from Shoals Ststion.
q. Do your parents live there vet?
A. My father does, my mother is dead.
O.. Did you live there ell your life till the
war broke out?
A. Yes, sir except f We or six years when
was in Davis county.
Q. How near Washington county was that?
a. lived just on the edge of the town;
lived in Davis county from 1856 to 1860
Q. What were you doing in Davis county
during these years?
A. Running a saw mill for my uncle.
q. You are miller, are you not?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Do you say you were a Democrat then
A. Yes, sir, have been Democrat all my
life
Q. Are you married man2
A. Yes, sir, and my family is at the Shoals.
@. When did you enlist in the 18th Indiana
Regiment?
4. l DO not recollect; was mustered in on
the l4th of August, 1862.
Q. You were not one of the original mem
bers of the regiment then, were you?
A. No, sir, was new recruit in Compa-
ny A.
o. Who was Captain of that company?
A. Henry Henly, who lives at the Shoals.
A member CT the Commission explained that
one company of the 18th Indiana was taken out
and organized as battery, and a new COM
pauy recruited to fill its place, of which the
witness Tranter was u member.
Q. Is Captain Henley now in the service?
A. Yes sir, he WAS the last time l heard Of
him.
Q. When did you last see Captain Henley?
A. saw him in March last.
Q. Was this the first time you had seen him
after joining the Circle of Honor?
A. believe it was when be came home, on
the 28;h or 29th of January, on a twenty days
furlough, that first saw hin. sawhim from
Q. At what time did you tell him about this
Order?
A. The FIRST time recollect telling him was
about the 10Th Of March; about the time came
here to report. told Captain Henley first at
the Shoals, and came up here day or two
afterwards.
Q. Did he tell you to come here?
Q. Vas be here when you came here?
A Yes, sir.
Q. Who wrote out tie statement for you?
A. He did. | got him to do it for me.
Q. Fave you that statement now?
A. The Judge Advocate has it.
Q. Where were you in this city when that
statement was made out?
A. At the Bates House.
Q. How long did you stay in town at that
time?
A. l stayed part of two days.
q. How long after your last meeting with
this Order was that confession made to Captain
Henley?
A. l cannot recoilect now. l think three
or four weeks.
Q Your confession was made about the 10th
of the month. was it-not?
A. Yes, sir, IS near as recollect.
@. Did you not etate in Your examination