Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-17
THE MILITARY COMMISSION.
Aady Humphreys Military Leader.
The Murder of Enrolling Officer
a Freeman.
Detailed Account Of the Chicago
Coneiave Of Traitors.
Two Millions of Dollars
Furnished by the Rebels
to Inaugurate a Revolu-
ton az the North II

10 1lduGuTaIe q hGVOIu-
ton ar the North Z!
Tie Commission met Yesterday ia /
the Cay Council Room, Glenn's Block.
DR.. Bowlss, who was TOO unwsll 70 attend, /
sent Communication waving bis right
TO be present. and Authoriziag the court
to proceed With the trial the same as if
he we're present /
Col. DeHart raised the objection that /
the prisoner could act waive hia right to |
be pressEt-thas il soald only be waived /
by s5seonding, as in the ease Of .Dodd, |
aud that when . priseRer is made una
bic TO attend By the act Of God, the |
court should adjo1rn tc such time as he |
could appeaT .EGr1a /
After considerable discussion the court |
retired aad the objection vas oyerruled |
Elisha Caldwell sworn: | live 10 Grsen- |
castle, Puinsm county, aud vas Deputy |
Provost Marshal in 1868. 0a the 4th |
OF June, 1863, saw Mr.. Hamphreys 10 !
Sullivan county, at the head Of an army |
numbering absnt four hundred. Iasked |
number Of them what they we're there |
for, and thsy told me to protect them. |
selves, and yiudicate their rightG Thsy |
we're all armed talked with Mr..
Humphreys about an h0us His oonver-
satiou was mostly about the President |
He seemed TO have President on the |
brain. BE called him q tyrant and a
asarper, aud said be was wasting the |
lises Of ths people in from Of yicksbnrg
At the rate Of about 10000 day. Thsss |
we're threats made against me By per.
sons in the crowd They called me 9 |
Lincoln dog, and 80 Abolision scroun-
drel, and some of them wanted to hang |
me before got away. Thsy swore thsy |
would kill any man Who attempted TO en- |
roll Cass township, aud asked ne who |
wss the snrolling officer for that lewn-
ship. Fletcher FFesman wAs the, OF
GERS name, and be was assasaitagsa. |
Aady Humphreys was the leader Of shs
crowd saw. Aftsr talking TO me for
some time, he told the erowd 10 20 home
and mind their business, and then, turn
ing 70 me, asked me II endorsed that
! told him did, when be again turned
70 the eroEd. and csutensd them Dot to
sleep too soundly.
CROSS ExAmfxATIsg.
Mr. Humphreys did act tell me the
people had become sxasperated kscssss
the soldiers had ATTEMPTED 20 kill eiti-
Esns, aud that be was following the
crowd to stop them. Neither did be
stop them Mr.. Humphreys was armed.
as showed me his revolver. HumpA-
rsys, when l frsi cams pp, introduced
me 70 lhs cTosd as = son of Judge Caid-
well, Of Greensastle, who was q good
Democrat I told them | could claim
no or edit on that seors. as I asd not
agree with my father. | did not make
mach Of = speech to the c-owd, thoagh !
tried They insisted 90 any making q
speech, but would not let me proceed
when began. ! got acquainted With a
man named Ursey Afterwards met
him in Sallivan. he tried 70 got me
dranki got drunk himself, and told me
some things He told me Humphrsys
vas IN command sf tee cavalry, and he
Of the Isfantry met about 6fty se'-
disrs bsfoFe ] got 70 the crowd, CON-
mauded By Humphreys They did not
seem 70 be HyipR, but were marching
towards Sullivan. When came up to
Humphreys' crowd they had halted 10 =
bit Of woods by the roadside Mr. Hum
phfeys took me to one side, and We sat
/ upon log he asked me particularly
nbaat the news from Vicksburg, whether
, thought Grant could take it, Aboat bis
losses, &c. BE told me be thought an
attempt would be made to arrest him,
and If his arrest was detsrminsd On, 10
eorns TO his house BY myself, qsistly,
and be would keep ne essr aighs, and
then go With me whsFssss hs vas
Q wanted
' James b wilson, sworn live In sa-
/. lem, Washingson eountY. end an .
farmer At present. Iiasned the Order
Of American Knights 10 September Of
. October, 1853, ia Mr.. Heffrens Office
ii Iwas Initiated BY Mr. Bailey, 10 com
b pAny vita number Of others, smenl
/. rhon were Harris, MeCosky, Cusshaw
Green, Hetfrsn, and Beck. ! attended
u meeting Of the Grand Council in tai
% city Dedd presided. Among ethei
n baaiaess transacted, q Military Connii
. tee, 80 Eduestional Ccmnittse, Ard
COMMITTEES on establishing ; psvspapsE
u, to be the organ OF the Order, vsrs sp
10 pointed, think Dr.. Bowiss was Chair
Ia man Of the Military Comuittes Mr
I, Dodd made aspeech toward the clos
Of the meeting He said be vas goir
to talk a litils tregson--that he wouh
% kick down the thin walls OF sometkin
Of or other which do not remember, an
a talk treason for little while he sai
= IL the objects Of the Order could not b
"a "a accomplished according to the plan
~ laid down By Mr.. Wright, they eould ;
accomplished BY other means W
2 would seize the railroads, cut the tell
graph, and bring sash foree hsrs 9
'e' would capture Gov. Merton and tie Stat
ch arsenal / did not know Mr. Rnghal
Of At that time, and cannot say whether
:. vas present OF not ] established lodgs
- IN three townships IL. our county 80
70 visited all the others There vas
lodge Ia every township except Madiso
ed and jackson. / visited tbs lodges
ais adninisssr 70 candidates the neophyi
ae and hrst degrees assisted in giviu
~ the third degree to Capt. hamilton. ar
"a B f. Nicholson, Of Washington ccuns
oia convaYed information 10 the lodges
IN the state Of preparation in Hiineis, az
be learned i from Mr. Wright of IL
al Siats. Hs.- told me that the Order
for Iliinois wss generally armed, and rear
Ich for any movement Mr.. Wright told a
se- that nearly every Demoeratin his coon
so- vas member. am not kxars ef Al
in general effort being made 70 arm q
nts Order in my ccuniy Ths nsnes
ne. armed themselves Individually. ! Z
bis eerstood that Captain Hamilton ~
ss, drilling compauy.
ing I attended q meeting in Chicas
y called 5y Mr. Barrett, Of Missouri \
/ cf Barrett told ne il was intended to be
and meeting ofthe military men Of the Ord
be vent TO Chicago partly 81 ny own 81
the Qestiou. suggested TO Harris, HeEr
lied and others, that SHOULD 20 Mr.. Gre
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