Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-11-11
TIE INDIANA TREASON TRIALS.
Hefren Ttrras .State's EotteHce-Astound-
ing Revolutions

CDectaI DiSuat,h D the Cincinnati gazette.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nuv. 4.
The Military Commission n1~ trying B ,sles,
NJ Iligan aud orhers, flushed the exAmina-
tinn of H L. ZImro to-day, and the direct
examination OF Horace Hefren. one Of the ac-
cu-td, who took the stand as a witness. Mr..
II, ffren did not know until he was called on
bY the Judge Advocate. hat he would be
witness. and had not consulted with his coun-
SCI His slimony is startling and direct
in regard TO the conspiracy. He jrned the
Order of American Knights in NovemOer,
1863, al his Office in salem. Indiana, was
elected Grad Senior, and attended Ihe State
Council of February II. 1864. Officers we're
elected D i'd Grand Commander, aud the
witness as Depu Grand Comm inder. Mlli-
gan. Walker, Humphreys and MajIr McGr ain,
of Harrison county. were elected NJ j Or G-n-
erals. Tue districts wtIe altered, and ,wles
elected in NcGrain's place. The Order
was composed entirely of Democrats He
never knew a member who was not a Demo-
crat, and no Que of another party could have
got in unless be prUfts-ed to be Democrat. =
That was s ne qua non. There we're two Or
ganiE ions 10 he D. der. the civil and HllitSry
one wirhin the other. The civil Organ,z ltion
which comprised the mass of the members, he
considered purely political, to bring our a full
Democratic vOIe and insure party success
The military organic s'iOn was cInhded to &
Committee of the Order unknown to him.
The purpose of that organic uIiOn Was to sep
arate the Northwest Missouri. Indiana. lii
nuis, OHIO and Ken n'ucky-from the Eastern
States, and form Northwestern Confederacy
or join the South. This was not c0mmunicat-
ed TO the members of the civil organization.
He would nOt have known it but for his
official position AS Deputy Grand Commander.
rhe military plan Was PROBABLY known TO the
leaders aud 10 the CunmiGtee. of Thirteen,
who were known only by the Grand COmman-
der and themselves. They exDec'ed to control
the civil organization by their influence. -
D1du was military leader, but DR.. BOwles
was aOove hun. The military officers were
above the civil and controlled aud directed
the a'mIug Of the Order aud its mpv-m-n's.
lie learned this from ames 3 Wilson, Adil-
lant Genrral on Iwles' staff lie got all ns
information about he Order from " Wllson af-
ter bis return from French Lick Springs, where
,wles lived He had never unde stood that
the rauk I'D fi'e Oi tue Order were TO be arm-
ed at its txpense but al their own. Those
under The cInrrO of the militia y ufirers were
10 be armed at the ,xPense 0l the OrJer.-
The military chiefs detailed were 10 go into
the various townships aud pick out a certain
uumber Of men TO be armed. Reports of The
amount of arms and ammu tinn IN hand we're
taken by these m-n aud repurted TO the branch
fpm mTte Ihehco in a ho
county temples and State Council.
DR.. Wilson once on his return from BOwles
when several members o The Order were re-
sis sing the draft pulled oui a roll of money
amounting 10 one thousand dollars, which he
had just got from DIR. BJwles o purchase arms
and said there was plenty more where that
came from. He said half a million Of dollars
had been SEM TO Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky
and other States by the rebel agents in Cana
da TO procure arms for the order in these
Western States. Dodd and Walker had re-
ceived one hundred Thousand each, and Bowles
had received the money for his part of the
State. 1t was to be expended for arms and
ammunition for the military part of the Order
of American Knights, or Sons Of LiberIy -
He learned this from Wilson in June, 1864
about the time OF a irand Council al IudiaD-
apolis. He never heard how, or to whom The r
we're to be distributed. but supposed they were
tor the Order. The Order was expected 10 be
used by the leaders for revolution TO estab-
li>h Northwestern Conlederacy. and that
failing, TO lin the South. 10 the February
mesriIg OF the Council, the armng of the
Order was talked of by the members conver-
sarionaI :, by DR.. BJwles and Oihers
Ga the l6 OF August he learned there was
TO be an uprising. The rebel prisoners were
to be released i'll Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
the arsenas ia Ihuse STATES seiz ID, aud the
prisoners armed with the arms taken from
them. Gov. Morton was TO be taken and teld
as a hostage for IhOse conspiratOrs who might
bs taken prisoners in this uprising. DR..
Athon was To be Governor by virtue of The
State law, which provides that the Secretary
of State shall be G"VernOr ia case OF VACANCY
eau ed by dea b ur other removal of the Gov
erDOr and Lieut-H pvprnnr. Athnn was 10 Gail
uut the milIrIa, and he Order nave things their
own way. In Case they failed to secure Nor
ton ~ prisoner, he Was 10 be made way with,
but he witness never understood how The
Stale Government was to go on as usual
'S'
military part Ol the Order and as many at hers
a. they could bring moi under the excite
meBt Of The munent. This scheme WAS not
impaired to any bar members of the Order
aud 10 the leaders Of the u 'm0cratc party
nuly SO lar rs they were ulenpers. He thought
~. Wilson said h. was al Chicago The
G'mniree OF Ten vas 20 take care OF Cover
nor Morton. Ten mrn Of the Oder were ST.
iecrr1 FOR shat.
Mr. Durham, counsel for the acrusad. purg-
I'd himself OF ary Knowledge that Il freu was
10 lurn > a'e's evidence.
Mr H. tfier has been one of the prumiuenl
eadrrs of The D. m"eracy in this STATE. aud
'.is 'es imouy shows up some OF the hideuus
lea'ures OF this c'rspiracy, which Mir. BIng-
ham lailed To disclrse
The cr'ss-' xamina'ion of II. ffen will BE-
resumed al o'clock on Thursday, Nov 10
10 which time The Commission adjourned.
JAS. B Wilson, Ut Washin- u county
Bowles' AGjpranl General, has been placed
uuder arrest.
HEAVY RANK nFFAIcATInN IN NEW YnRK