The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-11
Volume 10 No. 42
ccrrrEigEAp CONSPIRACY,
plan to Reiaror,. th- ncboi Gen. Ice.

! Charles Dugan wcs put upon sub
stantially the samc charg q and spec.
iiication upon which Benjamin O'Don
nell was tried.
Specification Fi(lh--ThNt the said
/ Charles Dugan. in furtherancc orsaid
combination and conspiracy alorc-
said, 0s mentioned above in the first
specification and 20 intimidate AMI
prevent the loyal citizens Of the coun.
ties of Carbon, Luzcrue and Schuyl-
kill, in the State Of Pennsylvania.
from aiding and assisting tho officers
Of said Government in the disclarrc
of their military duties under the
laws thereof did, in words suhstan.
TALLY, say and declare that he would
Kill and murder any and all citizens
residing in the neighborhood, who
should aid or assist the officers Of the
Government in enforcing the draft
under the laws thereof, or should
give the names of those persons sub.
iect to military duty under said
laws, or should give notice to
said officers where the persons so
subject TO military duty resided or
could he found. or who had or might
be drafted under said laws. This said
and done ai the township of Banks in
the county Of Carbon, and State of
Pennsylvania, on the 1st day of No
vemhcr, A. ID. 1868, and ut divers
other times and places before and
since that day.
Patrick Murphy was called by the
Judge Advocatc-he sworc that he
attended q meeting in the woods be-
tween Jamesville and IIazlcton some
time in 1868, called and ornanized
for the purpose of resisting the draft:
that the prisoner was ut the meeting
and acted rs sort OF Marshal TO
form the men in ranks, and march
them TO and fro from the meeting
That the meeting was organized in
the morning and lasted nearly all day.
there were from six to eight hundred
persons present; speeches were made
by Peter Dillon and others, to the
effect that they should organize to
resist the draft, and il they were true
to one another and all stood together
the Government would not be able to
force them into the rauls of Lincoln's
Abolitionsts.
George Haycock was called by the
Judge Advocate. lie swOre that he;
attended meeting gotten up TO re.
sist the draft; that the prisoner Cha $
Dugan, was present aud took an nc.
tive part in the proceedings. Edward
Winters, (who has since run away. n
made speech, and said, 'they had
met to maintain the Constitution as
il is and the Union rs it was, and TO
re 'ist the draft that the southern.
crs we've fighting for their rights. and
If they were true to themselves they
could not bo compelled to ngit!
against them" Witness swore that
he, with Hugh Miligan, Tim Sweenv
and John Paul. were appointed n |
committee TO go round aud taEu the !
names octhose who would join, to re.
sist the draft, and irany was to refuse
to have his name put down and aid in !
resisting the, draft, hc was TO have
notice and be driven from the country
in twenty-four hours.
james j. Sherman WAS chilled by
the Judge Advocate, He swure thatI
he had conversation with the pris.
oner, Charles Dugan, the morning ar. !
ter the meeting and they appointed n
committee to enroll names TO resist
the drat; that they were all eoino to
he armed to resist the officers of the
Government in making the draft that
they were all going to be armed TO
resist the officers Of the Government
in making the draft; that this was n |
Niger war, and they hal rather Gght
and die at their own doors than no |
and fight for Abe Lincoln and bis !
niggers; that they intended to killI
Mr.. pardce, 1.-THE Provost Marshal. |
so he could not get the names andI
make the enrolment, and burn Halle.
ton, and destroy the Provost Mar.
shall : records. Sherman sworn alsol
that the prisoners, Charles Dupap.
told him that the plan was 10 90 to
Beaver Meadows, aud surprise Capt. !
Yates tormercly Of the Schcnccta. |
dy Timesl company Of the Invalid
Corps, kin them and take their arms.
and march on to Scranton, aud attack
and oyerpower the troops stationed
there, and by that time Gen. Lee
would be in Pennsylvania with his
army, and be largely reinforced from
the mines, and the war would be en-.
ded in Pennsylvania.
Some further testimony was intro.
duced to show that George X. Smith
took an active part in ASSISTING the
Provost Marshal in making tho enroll.
ncnt. He was an unconditional I'm.
lou man, and for his loyalty was mur-
dered in his own house, in the nigl.t.
time, by band of n lawless rufllans.
The prisoners did not introduced
any testimony, and the case was sub. |
mitted without argument on eiLherl
side. The sentence OF the court has
not yet been promulgated.
A more fearful state ofsocietv was
never known exist in any free conn |
try, except, perhaps, Now York at the
time OF the riots, than pervaded the
coal regions of Pennsylvania before
the United States troops were station.
ed there.
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