Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-06
THE TRIAL OF n. n. DODD
Tenth Days Proceedings.

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read and approved. ff
The eSamipiuaiion Of William Clayton wssre
sumcd
belong to t'iesubordinate Temple OF Warren
county Illinois Ihtt Temple sent delegates
o. he Grind Council ~ the State &c us
uois 81 Cbieaeo Do not recollect the date 80
FAR a. | vas able 90 learn nothing was done At
the session 81 The Grand councl 81 special mo
mcnt | 10 not know that | understand what
was done ueil enough 10 tell | understood that
the grand Commander OF the State had the ap
pointment Of a military committee That com
mt;ec vas known only 90 the Grand Commander
aud were subject 90 hi orders Did no, know OF
anything having been done 10y that committee.
knes nothing OF the removal OF secrecy az "
obligations ~ members Of tie Order until he
had arrived here Fit-t was informed of It
through the papers L. Warren county. Illinois.
when he left there. nothing OF the kind had been
notified 10 members Of the Temple
CROSS ExANISArIoN.
C.me from Kentucky to Illinois Settled in
" arren county in leil Was initiated into the
Order in 1863 and VI. At the meeting OF the
Order az Springfield last year The Order in
Warren county Was Organized IN the timber,
northeast of my home Thirty, or upwards,
we're there am not positive but what we
drilled before We organized. We drilled in or
der 10 learn how to drill There had been talk
of drilling before We organized. We had drilled
in that State more or less since he had lived
there The organization did not drill as mem
bers of the militia of Illinois We in
formed that the men controlling the Goyernme
would tyranuiZe over Us aud We drilled 10 be
prepared to resist IT, We were told that the
! Government would crowd US We werep repsr
inc to resist it The Government talking
about conscriptiug u. We drilled in order to
be prepared TO resist that or ANYTHING else that
might come up We drilled on the prairie
/ Some had arms and some had not Some had
rifles and some had shot guns Soldiers dis
| charged from the army drilled us. One of them
was Colonel Had two rows OF buttons on
the coat. When the Colonel drilled rs We had
a battalon--four or five companies hat drill
took place on the prairie bottom. next to the
| timber Oar last drill wa. sometime since hsr
/ vest. That was a company drIll
Mr. George Wss cur Captain Mr.. Johnson
or some one else was lsi Lieutenant held no
! Office 81 the company | am lecturer of the YES
| thule ct the order Never told any one before
! came here that was member of the order.
! Don't know how they knew | was member of
! the order. I suppose they took me on suspicion
| just az they have taken other men Know n
! man name Turnbul in Warren county-know
/ several Of that name Have seen Mr. Turnbuli
/ here Would not be surprised II he mem
/ Der OF the order Have talked with him Never
talked abou, the aifairs Of the order with any one
/ outside Of The order Had been informed that
! the order could rely upon Missouri. Indians,
| Illinois and Ohio ID stated that the organiza
| ton extended throughout the whole United
! States wish to be corrected stated some
thing about meeting OF tho Grand Council in
| New York had been informed that the
! Eastern States could no. be depended on in the
/ event Of an outbreak Ihey would not come
1 Al. 7 roi.af. hat ~. Oh
nv country | have not seen all reported to have
/ been there. Have known more than three ds!Oyai
men from the other side oi the Mississippi. /
don't know their names They did not give
names ia nv presence. They stated that they
were rebels They did not say how they came
across the river One man had said that when
they could not steal a skifi. they had canvas
/ arrangement by which they could cross live
twenty eight miles FROM the Mississippi Had
stated that one OF QuantFil's men had visited bis
! lodge and told them that Price would shortly be
! in Missouri The understanding was that we
were 10 aid him. | decline TO answer whether |
| have ever talked with any rebel about helping
| the South Anything anybody else has sail to
me ! an willing To tell You can make it as
| you please whether am here az a heaFsay wit
! ness or not
! Here the Judge Advocate said that the wit
/ ness had been made such on The part OF the gov
eminent He should be protected. Therefore
he must 20 on AMI aasses defendants counsel
/ even If under other circumstances it might Grim
+ mate himself
/ Witness went on 1--we t4ikei with several
rebels. did not propose myself to enter into
F their schemes. | did nol consider it my business
, to inform the authorities of the presence OF the
reoe' officers considered il nv business 10 let
I fbo al tDpf Of. no ipf
/ Of the order II was 4 mere understanding that
We should meet the rebels on friendly terms if
/ they came Ove.. No record was made OF this.
| Ii was simply talked of through one another in
. Temple Va act Of Grand Council, OF any
4 Temple. TO hls knowledge, had been passed TO
the effect chat the order should assist the rebels.
/ Witness considered that a part OF the obligation
! he had taken. member of the order. pledged
him % iriendliness 10 the rebels and hostility to
the government That part follows:
| Il DO further promise that | will, at all times.
if need be. take up arms in the cause of the op-
/ pressed-in my country first of ail-against any
F Monarch Prince. Potentate Power or Govern
/ ment usuFped. which may be found in arms and
waging against people peoples, who are
/ endeav0ring TO establish, or have inaugurated. a
/ government for themselves. OF their own free
choice, in accordance with. aud founded upon,
+ the eternal principles of Tru,.i which | have
/ first sworn ia the v, ana u5w in this Pres
enee DO swear 10 maintain inVioiste and defend
With my life This Do promise without reser-
walton, or evasion Of mind without regard To the
name, station, condition o. designation OF the
/ invading coercnZ power. whether ii shall
/ arise within or come from without
! considered myself bound TO help the South
+ by that. | consider thzt oblis cation still binding
on me have never been released from II.
i Not all belonging - my Temple had ,aken that
I oblg atiOo. Don't know how came let
outsiders IN We took all that came that We
/ considered reliable drew the conclusion from
the obligation that the Southern people were op-
pressed Il vas common talk among the order
that they were oppressed |, for one. consider
them oppressed. The order never took any
vote on this subject. Ii took up arms il was
10 be against the army Of the United States Of
course. II the rebels cane ever We were to
shake hands aud De friends with them That
was the sentiment OF the order. \ good masY
outside OF the order held the same opidi OF
the two evils the Confederate government WAS
considered 10 b the least The Confederate
goverameut I consider 70 be preferred to the
United States government
was brought here TO testify by a Marshal, |
suppose Was not arrested. vas NOT brought
here n rons ! suppose il was a subpoena that
brought me here stop At hotel. room
VIZ 81 Turn5u.l De Is not q Democrat lie
i Republican Never talked with him Illinois
about tie order. Never offered him To become
a witness Came here without knowing what he