Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-07
TRIAL OF N. ~. DODD.
Eleventh Days Proceedings.

THuEsDAr, October 6, 1864
The court met Pursuant 70 adjournment al 10
O'Clock ~
The record OF the testimony Of William CLAY
'on, for hrs explanation, correction A. d verifca-
ton, Was read aud. being finished, Wesley Fran
ter proceeded With his testimony, Interrupted by
adjournment Yesterday
heard John W Stone SAY that Indiana, Iii
nos and Mnouri were to join the Southern Con
iejeracy. and, Niih the meR 'hey ooaid raise.
they could clean oft old Abe aud his army
easily. Stone said this AZ The last meeting Of
the Order witness had attended The last vii
ness had heard Of Stoneman. He Was making
for Kentucky. minus a finger. lost IN an ARRAY
viih some oliiers
CROSS EIANINArIoS.
Am a native Of Martin county. Have lived
there all nv life. except about FIVE years that
lived with my uscle in an adjoining county
tending a saw mill ] anna miller Had ioined
the 18th Indiana regiment under Capt. Henley.
had told bin Of the existence Of the order of
which a member here in this city. about the
lO,h OF March last Capt. Henley wrote out The
statement for me / asked him to do il. The
statement Land The letter of Capt Henley
accompanying il we're produced The statement
Was written out at the Bates House This state
ment was made some three or four weeks after
had met with the order. TWAS during the Jan.
uary previous that he had last met with the Or
der. Witness 90, alarmed about his connection
with the Order. Asked the advice of his father
and bis uncle and they..advisei him to come here
aud report His uncle was a Union man
He protested TO be Republican. Witness came
here 70 report, according TO the advice given
him soon a. he could Stone was a small
man Ii was sometime IN March that a soldier
of the 18th was killed Soldiers of that regi
ment had visited Stones house. and called
him out and fired al him, shooting of one of his
fingers A man who had done up bis hand had
told him that finger Was shot off. The soldiers
went 10 arrest Stone for the murder Of the sol
der They intended to try him therefore-prob-
ably with a rope. Four soldiers went after him
Stone ran off Ia escape death nt
detective by the name Of Coffis bad been
there and the order exposed. Witness then
understood that il was ne much as his life was
worth to remain, and so, on another mans fur
Tough, he went south. There he worked on
bridges and knocked about among the boys gen.
orally 1t is some two or three weeks since !
returned. / was brough, here on subpoena
went TO the last meeting of the Knights OF the
Golden Circle 10 hear something worth while
The objects of the order were to assist old JEFF.
Davis Old JEFF Davis had furnished the ritual.
good looking soung man. like the Judge Ad
vOcate.with handsome black eyes, had told him
80. We were sworn IN 10 support the Southern
/ Confederacy and obey the officers JEFF Davis
might put over them. re- Ipne
The order was nilitiry-s secret military ore
IL drilled and had signs. gfips and passwords.
Witness gave these as detailed and described be
fore The Hon John c.. Calhoun's name was
used one Of the passwords, out witness could
not exactly remember now Witness had saved
Horsey from getting his head cracked by the
soldiers one time. He also saved Dr. Bowes
DR.. Bowles was a large man. and had seen the
time when be would probably weigh 200. Had
never met him in the order | saved Horsey aud
Bowes. at the time | speak Of at the Shoals
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad runs through
them DR.. ROwles did not attend the lodge At
tie Shoals. because he went TO New York be-
the way of Chicago to attend to business OF the
order. he was to visit indianapolis about the
10th o! March, where there vas to be Demo
cratic meeting. Witness had attended several
meetings of the Knights OF the Golden Circle
The oath was that death should be suffered be-
fore the secret should be revealed. If member
dlvulged, he was TO be quartered and bis quar-
tiers thrown out the east, west north aud eOuth
gates. They gave Us the Morgan grips. They
we're John M0lgans grips | took them because
/ knew We would have the right kind of a man
TO lead u. Bowes Was 10 lead US, and he would
do as he did in Mexico-run. ! have heard he
lead us a Southern soldiers We were TO assist
the Southern Confederacy Gid not approve OF
. this ] Tsmained in the order long enough 10
ind IL out, and then exposed il
Witness was here INTERCEPTED by the Judge
Advocate with regard to signs. grips and pass
words OF the G 4 Ks The password was
.'Oakcoon +"
Witness then verified the statement IN writing.
produced in court, furnished by him % Captain
Henley And Gen. Darlington, exposing the order
OF which ne had been a member
The defendants counsel objected to the in
PRODUCTION of this staten en-, in evidence There
was no Impeachment of the witness, aud there
fore no corroborative testimony VA required to
back him up
The Judge Advocate insisted tha5 as the paper
had been produced in court al the suggestion of
witness upon etoss-ex animation ana therefore il
must 60 along with the other testimony to be
passed upon by the court, The document had
been verified and conceded to be genuine This
court had absolute power over all papers and
persons brought before 4. il was trae. out the
rules of the common Law as to evidence governed
this court-notbing more and nothing less.
The question was hsd over for further discus
sion to morrow morning. when the counsel for
defence will be heard and 'he Judge Advocates
reply .-....
Elliot Robertson cailed-Reside in Randolph
county, lndiaRa. Am a farmer. joined the
order Of the Knights OF the Golden Circle in
June. 1868 i joined in Greeneford township
\ man named j b Burkebie solicited me to
join it. Nathan Brow was the head man to or.
game the order in Randolph county. He was
sent agent from the authorities OF the order
in Indianapolis The oath was to keep the sc
crets the order. The penalty Tor divulging
was death Who ever dvulged was to be quar-
( tered and hi, quarters cast out u the uttermost
gates Witness give signs, grips and pass
words. Also battle signs to be given TO the
enemy, which when recognized members vi the
order could advance ia safety About half the
members Of his lodge we're armed. The objects
oi the order was ID resist tie Administration in
putting down the rebellion In September, 1853
: the name Of the order was changei Ia American
knights \ cry near al OF the Knights Of the
Golden Circle went into the ORDER OF American
county Ohio. Gratz township. nothing special
Wa done. In my township have LOT attended
any meetings since September ~
After the American Knights came The Sons oil
Liberty. The objects Of ibis Order, as he bad
learned from a Captain who had solicited him to
join u. we're 10 resist the draft aud oppose the
administration Members were told that thew
would De informed IN time when to rise. if il be