Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-01

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DRAFT stthst tine nor any other meetinrs
il was understood that the o rier vas for
the general purpose Of opposing tie Gov
eminent ia every possible way-by
force of army and the aeo-6perstioh With
rebels ofathe SoaiA. Mr.. Dodd and De.
Bogles told me that such vas the fact.
Twas present at the Greek FIRE, expert
ments; Booking explained his hand
grenades, as he called them and q
MACHINE be had for setting Gossramsnt
Buildings on Ere by them. The msehise
was wound up, and hours. after, when It
had run down, the cAmbustibie matter
would ignite and burn the building, ii
WAS to be left in the house same time
during the days andswherever Il was lefE
there would be 3 Ere that night; be aise
had Q roll of q com papy Of rebel PRISON
ers raised there, which it vas designed
to turn over 10 the rebel army he said
thai one company had already beeu
turned over. This Greek Fire arranss<
msut was something like q clock. and
could be wound up so as to srUn FIVE or
SIX hours, and BY the time il bad run
down tie maa could be so far away that
there would be no suspicious Of hisa haze
ing bad anYthipg to do with the FIRE. He
had previously told me that two boats.
beside other Government property. had
been burned at Louisville by means OF
this ''1lsek Fire" ! also learned thsf
'sesih4r 6sg FIRE, further down the rivar,
had been caused By the Sons OF I.;bsFty
by means OF this Greek Fire. | Wa in
constant COMMUNICATE, Whit 4. louis
vile, withJudee Baiiia and ollssi' fsornF
nenl members of the Order IN Kshtsctsss
The next time,Lsa saw D.. Bowies wss al
iis egn house in the latter part of JnlYs
Al that time | had in NY possession he
whole programme OF the uprising Of the
Order for the purpose of carrying out
their designs The paFticnlar, arsenals.
which they were expected to seize, we're
pointed out got this information from
Mr.. Doid at his place Of business 10 In.
dianapohs He gave me nothing IN
wrliiTg, but impressed upon me The ini.
portanee Of utter secrecy. 0se O, two
other persons were in the room at that
time; but no other, however, heard The
conversation, ,sv ~, 4
This as to have been "a meeting Of
some of the heads Of the oriar in Chi
cage on the 20th Of July. This was iast
before that time Judge BnTitt had
left Louisville in time to 20 there. and
we expected hm back iu four dasss He
remained there over week, and did not
come, and then | came up here, and
got here on the same morning that Dodd
arrived from New York. / believe be
bad also been at the meeting in Chicago
From him learned that the time WAS
ixed for the uprising Of the order. he
told me 10 go home, as quick as posi-
Bile, select twenty or thirty Runners 10
inform our men, and gek them together
by the time BaIlitt came back. Soon
after be got on the train, saw judge
Bull'tt come on board, who informed
ne that be had e7me to town that morn
ing. We went into one Of the front cars,
when he told me what the programme
Was We met no more after this, keep
ing apart for prudential reasons. Biug-
ham and DR. Bowles were TO be sent ost
TO him on Saturday, aud be was going 70
impart this programme TO them. he
said, after that he did not care II he was
arrested, rs he expected 20 be; these
men would then have the program me,
and could carry out the plan Of the
Order without him. He was arrested.
The arrest was caused by a telegram
from this City. He was takeu TO Col.
Fowlsrs headquarters aud had no sub
segment interview with these men. 1.-THE
wltness said something IN this connec-
ton about DR.. Calvas and Mr.. Thos T.
Taylor and Two other meR in Louisville,
which the reporter did not catch en-
tiraly. ~
Two Of the men, Cslvus and Thomas,
Were members Of the Order. had met
Thomas in The Grand Council in our
State, and I knew Ds, Calvus was
member Of the Order from bis having
conferred the three degrees in mY pres
enee. do not remember upon whom
those degrees we're conferred By him.
| vas sent here 90 Monday night by Cal
yus and Thomas. TO get these plans ]
told them oil Bullitt's arrest. and thai
the programme was arranged, and gave
them the instructions be had given me-
Ths details OF the programme | did not
give them; hut told them that the only
way for them 70 get the programme was
to send to Indianapolis TO Mr. Dodd, aud
get il from hing BulIitt had not inn
parted il 10 me, a; I came here on Moa-
day night, saw Mr. Dodd, and told him
of Bullitt's arrest He manifested great
exeitement and asked if Bullitt was
searched when arresied Els excite.
mens was SO great that be 2 grated bis
teeth, and said hope TO God they
did not search himF' He gave as rea-
son fer his anxiety that Bulliii bad drafts
upon his person, on Montreal, Canada.
What kind OF drafts be did not say, but
] supposed them to be drafts for money.
Mr. Dodd said that be had told Balliu
when be left Chicago that hs had better
not 60. to Canada He also said Bullift
was fool for starting to 90 home;
be might have known hs would be ar
rested if be went home-s saa ssA
Dodd then gave me the programme.
Ii was in Dodd's office, at bis business
house 10 indianapolis, about O'Clock on
Tuesday morning. believe. the last
TUESDAY IN July. A report I made to
Gen. Carrington at the time will show
the precise date. Mr. Dodd said that
they had agreed upon seizing the cam Pc
Of rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas, as
Camp Morton, and at Camp Chase; and
the arsenals at Indianapolis, Chicago,
aud Springfield, ether in Ohio or Illinois,
| don't know which They we're going
TO srm these prisoners With the arms
iaSs from the arsensls, s.Bd also the
members Of the Order They had de-
cided not TO hold any more score, meet
ings, bat to hold their meetings pahhc
IL, as " Democratic Mas Meetings.
On the 18Th Of August they would go
to work. We were to seize Louisville, get
the cooperation, Of rebel Colonel of
Kentucky, whose name was Sept, and
hold Louisville, New Albany and other
important places, if possible, until these
forces coald be concentrated, and all 70
over to Louisville Dodd sent Harrison
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