Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-01
ESTABLISHED, 1881

thing would be stopped. Bat how they
intended to DO II, do not know. / IN
derstoOd they would send messengers to
F those various points, and state that that
was their determination. They assured
ns that Se need have no further sppre-
tensions about the matter, and we rested |
I content with that
was satisfied at that tims-aud the |
question was asked me the other dar
/ Why | DID not inform the authorities |
but | was satisfied that the apthorlties
Knew "s much as did, and from this
one circumstance among others The
saghsi OF tns uprising at Louisville, was
70 oe the notice of barbecue to take
place In the neighbothoOd OF Louisville
II was understood that the uprising was
to take place on the day announced lor.
that baFbecue. Mr. Kerr informed "a
that night, IA our interview with MeDon-
aid, that Judge Bnllit had that dav or
the day previous, been arrested. Also
that many of the prominent members of
the Order and others, Cad aed the State,
aud the reason was the publication OF
that barbecue. A good many of them
had come up on the same train with him
and others had left the daS before.
They had gone to New York and Cana
da, | was satisfied from that fact that
the authorities knew as much about the /
matter as did And this vas confirmed
day or two afterwards BY a remark
that fell from Gen. Czrrington He
spoke Of this thing to Mr.. Mcdonald aud
McDonald and myself we're both salts
Ted that the authorities were fully H..
formed, and the circumstances seem 10 |
have shown tha. they we're They we're in-
formed oft before | was Stidger was in
formed Of il on July 29th, three OF four
days before it vas communicated 10 me,
50 that General Carrington and the au.
thorities must have known II on the |
night ef the Goth Of July. We had then |
called the Democratic State Central /
Com mlttee to meet on the lTth u Au |
gust, to hll vacancies on the State tick. |
ct, and to report, &c SO important did 4
| regard this matter, and fts effect upon
the Democratic party, (and that is anoih-
er reason why did not wish to say any
thing about it, for II this thing had /
been made public, II would injnre Us in /
the coming election; the charge would
be made that the Democratic party was
revolutionary party, and we would be
compelled 20 be saddied with she sins Of /
these men. And another thing was, Il
Was matter Of personal honor | re-
eeived this information from those gen.
tlemen under peculiar circumstances,
! and after found the thing was stopped,
| did not feel it ineunbent upon me TO
inform the authorities. / advised the
gentlemen TO leave before they should |
be arrested Dodd was here tgo week,
and Walker vas here from the 5,h to /
the 18th 0f August, without being srrest- /
ed My knowing nt that time the al.
ihorities knew about II, for | had every /
reason to believe Il, made me come 10 |
this conclusion. told them as a friend /
that If they remained here they would ]
be arrested They thought 80 and lett.
2 AZ this meeting a. which you say
Mr. Mcdonald and Others we're present,
yon say that Mr. Dodd did not confess
that this scheme was true7
A. No, sir, bat rather denied il. he
neither confessed nor denied Il, bat said |
that revolution was necessary
@ Was il charged upon him by Mr. |
Kerr that il vas trusa
A. Yes, Sir.
| Q And did he refuse to acknowledge |
the faci1
A He refused to deny or acknow.
ledge H.
Q Why did you not make knvwn 70
those psrsoas who did not know Il, that
Il was true?
A. We did, Sir. All present under.
stood il thoroughly. We cooversed an |
hour or two before these gsadsmsn
came Ia.
We had meeting Of the Central Com
mittee on the 18th Of Augost stated |
10 the notice sent out on the 9th Of Au.
guai, that matters Of grave importance
/ demanded a large attendance, and IL |
was hoped that all the Committee would |
attend, and we invited other prominent |
men in the State We had quite a large |
meeting We filed Up :he vacancies on |
| the State ticket, and then tbis mater |
came up for discussion. Mr. Kerr EAs
present, and at my request be laid this |
whole affair before the members Of the |
/ Committee, and the same resolution
came up there, we had in our previous
consultation, that, IL the thing bad not
been stopped, il must be stopped. We
had to be satisfied on that point
Colonel Walker came 10 that meeting
We had two-dAys meeting--ihe l2sh
and 18th, and be assured the Committee
that il was stopped, that nothing Of the
kind should take place.
o Was II previous 20, or after this
meeting Of tie Council Of Sixteen At
Chicago, that yOu met aRd had a con
versation with Mr.. Walker here, in refer
ence to any reoel officers going 70 II
Iinois, 10 take charge Of the rebel pris-
oners7
A. saw Mr. Walker previously once
or sxice while be was here / met him
/ on The street, and be complained that
had not seen bin. BE was sleeping at
Col. Roses room, in this building, At the
time. Col Rose was absent at the time
De is q brother-io law Of Col Rose
This was on the morning Of the llth
he vent to the Bates House, aud tAid
he regretted to have 70 20 TO the Bates
House, IL was q bad place 70 stop ct.
| asked him Why be was going. BE
said be bad TO meet these gentlemen By
appointment understood him TO say
they were rebel officers They would be
there that day, and unless be vas there
they would not know where 70 end him.
BE said they we're on their way 70 Chi
cago to take chargs Of the rebel prison
ers when they we're released from Csmp
Douglas Il was necessary that be
should see them to tell them that The
whole scheme vas stopped he met me
afterward and said be bad seen them,
and they had gone on and stopped al
operations a. that time, fcr the RELEASE
Of prisoners