, 1864-12-19
OFFICERS AIDING pEsERTI0A.
Memtcrs Of the City Police Force Charged
with receiving Brtbts from Deserters---
The Testlmony-4stoundlng
Disclosures.

1
rbe prosecution of the city detectives, re-
Gently held to ball for bribery and corruption took
sno,h,r @ T direction On ssruraav. this time In The
United sfatea Conso' Kooen hcnfcS anu otneeff
Hcnncssey and Clark we're arrested upon warrant
issued by United ststes Commissioner ao,ns, up
escape ffom the military service Of The United
va bssed win BE- found below: How much credit
Cd. Il : teletebly csEtain. however, r. rein
win event1ate In the naraselment e The mystery
how M too iaar % m sss IN ne
aa o' heuney H. 1enas 9,,1 oa a
5sst1s ): charged ,d i H. ;'e.:s warraat AZ, IT,
conneeun4 o! s nIuer Sess &c -. VILE ;n.a1,,, me
aesae he Peah oP
arc boana to be1ieye and.the pnslte wif jein win
icy u . NJ my e. may W reeeiye punishment T1s f.
Government uosi Tuesday poFn,ng st = o'clock
IL gf{ted Ststcs ~ sepssseatss5t s !, y :: 6:
IArned Esq. Distfaet Auosney. ~ ana INC aeiense!
by E; w. Evans Esq: Tho @ ioi!oTang ars E, thc beat A.
1taTtte olioacH 70 soove. nkea r. oe1oEe ING Eom-
missioner before me Issue OF me "af1an' Oh ~
Inv. .rrss,ee ncr :: 1se. a. a dese,ter w,a
nr1eEted by Captain y. y; Kennedy 1saS about si1
none evGr ehu.ged ne then VIII ~ beng % 1sseEtsE;
| and was let out to ret some watches back; the
ntsL seeona ana last umes vas AlIesteo. P111 Pzna
10 o t6sre 70 wers ret thpea o ns
arrcsted at one time; Peter Fnrral was to pay the
money naid guy 81 myself r to faT1 Ssr WIN sae
paa ~ g Se VI" ist . oF the understanding
was had with Kenney; / had conversation
With Whs I%s ios oa
| me to the 'front.' / got out OF it BY giving backa
he sen afen At spes aqs
t5e %ate5es b ii; was @ taen M 1t he cenra staaon
1teld Turtle that he couldn't send me to The front
as Was nota desesteI; he said ne knew better; I
oat; + Win b. nc1t August belong to the: sad
Illinois CaPtain Turtle let me ont to II and get
ths Watches 61es He let ne % tn!d oIt h1othe1 hG
ssFs &s 20 r sosa 90
me watches @ ne Was % 70 @ let " 60. 1dldnt get ne
wa,caes res; mos ksp' SIX aass ana 1ne ~atenes
the money to Kenney ssso was 1kus pad BY ths
sbs s6se1 G o. I Us; Pasa s!u msseL Aenncy sue
VEN, ai ne anu MeGn were & pafeis. 1 henaey aha
cells; henney and webb SAID Il they didn't get the
Ratt ~ fae t.:a r,e @ ai.ss. ~ e.aa
BON q mem ialked 10 me at qiaeseqf ames.
1uoaAs 4. WOODS AFFIDAVIT.
Thomas r. Wood being sworn, SAYS II was ar
and put In Camp Douglas I escaped from The
euardhonse; Was arrested By officer Clark ut
he St lo9.s depot in the fore part Of jung and
arrested on the charge Of desertion by him waz
thsee wseks aEq and 9ken 1s 70 ths Central staen;
md WIS to appear the next morning; WAS In
formed that the man paid the money to was Tur-
to arrest me- % ior desersioa ri paid the% money!: M
Sergt. CLAYTON was one to whom gave 3lU last
Tuesday, The understanding was that &c would not
George Davis, but dont know whether he got the
money or not gave John 4 ucnnessey S1O not
to arrest nc.
.z,n.es Uh,ttfou. suorn-I 1Ive IN cb;cooo and
belong to the sd Ilinots regiment: eniistea AuS.
ast ii 1862. and remained IN he ssrsice unt,I June
iast II did mt knnw Sef+niants. desar4ad Stn1n
ns. ~ ~ auna 1si snd ratna5 t ;ns tu
tWo % months afterTards; then invent went to DsEoit %
eno eno returned 10 en'cag' aaln ABOUT sh1ee weeks
To the nuestion asked by thn District Attornev-
.>1io 6axc yon snnnorte5 Il ~ yanTseif ainco *,
s ind Ths at e@ unss a dssRsd
nate myseif" The exarnination nrorressed Was-
aITestcd bT police oficcs: capt Eennely ] " AZ. AZ.
tsEcn n 1c Eantrai Sts},nn ther Iet M ~, Ta hs
| cause thcy couldu't prove anythiie arainst me:
Pcter Farrai naid money to item to eel ne ont.
horroued F1{a1 of rnan IN Wells strest tn rriye
tSam eonye,sea 1fh FsrraI IeiatiTe r. nv re.
iease Farm said # Would Cost $50: I do DO not
| Eow e whom r. ga.s i; hare p9id 800 ny
r1 eo4t tsa tef,n KcnnaV IN fhe Min ~ c,ecHon
Tasao t1 n KSn9 xsh nr tnow q Tnr
tIe: he toid me- he would send me to he front II
the xn+ch xrare nnt nrninred. 1xss tant n co,,s
1nemanf ma dsrs: told Trrte Wa po T. desert.
-. he to1d ma vas. and he Enexr It: II thsns ba
fo;a me 9he 1sci,nenf hennce m ~. ltd NOT sV W
lu s ~ EanSar 1s.snns11v 5an NV ~ y Re1.
,"r muHsy Ey,asv - r.s dnSe1tar. falted rrith Him
~ sSSnt tGs usfches. hr fnd ,ne Wnna e 1T ~
| II ent the Tatches. and ha took me out several
| f1H;ce- webh rams tn ace mr. snl con.
Ueei aeeaa I'm 1917 +her to,a M thsv had
| e'e.u s.rn tb;nc IN me-. don.f .Fish
say ,S s Az ;sd az m @ 10 "a hx nst Fly
mas Pa ~ ~ r. @ns ptiaa nnr ~ ana eo y. S
~ sE4 ~ ~ sae art T. "a ,aij ~ ~ fsesemt NJ
carF etrest not pcrsonaiy to the dcisndsnts or or
ittSat y shonl he nsid ta he offcef wiiI nat
~ iaat ~ enuulu @ ~ uS laih - LIZ ~ w" 10.
H. ae con eone!aaea 1t hat W. wSuia h.ye ths
whole lot brought up, and decline to tel any
thing further mil they are here With ns the
were, hcside myeeli Andrew Coffee, Patrick 6aiy,
| Mm. Mcbride Wm Scaddeu. and Eugene Dorus;
these parties we're all IN the jai1 At t6e time; we
return Il the watch; Farral told me i We toniida
MT nsc,.rtafn frnm Farra1 I'll the mnncV had hee
| paid oycr,
1aosnos = food, s1corn-Nas arrested by Of:
ea hi @ y ~ 1at Gu o. ne e1arge .! ana
u th h dsn9ant ~ a9nat 1aea
~. 1Sg a1p ~ snu @ " ~ Senat s.aon' 4nu lelt ~
wn tes av9an an -. ond NE gass Ser
tel1 ~ ne knew. PM ne wished a.! those who were
1pa1ci,ed sSa . orongns nP a1a Gompehed % tsstny
sid they woald Enow tie names Of he Oh otiieefs M
WIG WY lecslsea tne money ne naR deserted once
sna eeespeo n1ae asn nmes Aenneass az nos aTrest
a. Ut :!ns nv gave GU 10 another man. and he paid 1t
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