Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-11
THE DEmocRApIc cossrrRAtsY.


Prisoners 70 pc Armed and IleIeased-aNone
but Democrats i'm thc Plot.
We publish the following aaditio lal ii arelation
to the Indianapolis Deln0eraic conspiracy
ISpIANoroIls, Friday, November 4 The Mill
tary Commission now trying B0wles iailigau,
and others, finished the examination 81 B II
Zunra to-day, and also the digec3 examination 81
Horace Hehern one Of the accused, who took the
stand as a witness Mr. Heifern did net krew
until he was called op bY tbs judge Advocate
that he would be witness and had not con
suited with his counsel His testimony Is Startling
and direct in regard % the conspiracy
He joined the Order Of American knights III
November, 1868, at his Office ii Salem, Indiana
was elected Grand Senior attended the State
Council FEBRUARY II, 1854; llr. isoWies and 8Ir
0lIlllgan were present; humphreys and Harvey
were not: q committee was appointed on neWa
papers, and also 70 find out whether any person
Initiated had conspiredto expose the secrets Of the
order; Grand Commander Dodd tad freferred
charges against 81. Malott, OF Sullivan county; as
chairman Of the committee, Heffefn Imported,
after full Investigation, that there vas mol
evidence to sustain the charge; the penalty for
revelation was death as be understood from the
| obMganon; oifleers were elected; Iodd being
made Grand Commander; 1lilliean, Walker.
| county, we're elected Najor-Generals; The dis-
trlets were altered, and BoEles elected In Nc
Gram s place; never attended Che meeting OF the
State Council Of June II the 0gder vas com-
posed entirely OF Democrats he never knew
| member who was not Democrat, and 10 one Of
| another party could have got IN uniesc ho pro
tessed to be Demoerat--that was a sine al,5 non
there were Two organizations in the 0raer-the
ci9a and the mihtary---one within the eths7.
The civil organization, which eompria3 Che
mass Of the members, he considered purely politi-
| cal, to bring out t1lli Democratic vote and IN
sure party success 1t was understood that the
Administration party would n0t aiieE the Demo
Gratis fair vote, and they had detegminedto have
a free yoteor free fight The military orsan-
izatlon was conHdcd TO committee Of She Grder
unknown to hin. The purpose of chat o9anza-
ton was 10 separate the Northwest HI
nois, Indiana, Ohio, and kentueky-fr5ln the
Eastern States, and form Northwestern 6onfe9-
eracy, or join the South; tlS vas not eamrauniea-
| ed to the members Of the civil organiaation he
would not have knownit but for his olliei position
| as Deputy Grand Commander; the niftary plan
was probably known TO the leaders, AMI to the
| Committee Of Thirteen, who were known oniy by
/ the Grand Commander and themselves expecting
to control the ciyIl organization by thoriniuence:
! Dodd was military leader but Dir BlWIes was
civil. and controlled and directed the ;rlnine of
tho Order and It's military movements; lie learned
/ this from James Il. Wilson, Adjptmt-teneraIo on
! DR.. Bowles Staff; from HIM he ,ot allinforma-
ton about the order; was with ilson ifter his
return from French Springs, where Bowls lived
| he never understood that the rank and 1e of the
Order we're to be armed at Its expense, bulat their
own; those under control Of the military officers
were to be armed at the expense of thd Order
/ the military chiefs detailed men to 20 8to the
various townships and pick out certain humber
/ of men 10 be armed; reports of amount IF arms
and ammunition on hand were taken bA these
| men and reported to the Branch temDAs and
|
| State Council; DR.. Wilson once on his setarn
| from BoWles where several members Of tAo Or.
| der were resisting the draft, pulled cut oh o.
money of one thousand dollars, which lac ha itlst
| COS from Or. Bowlcs to purchase arms, anl said
| there was plenty more where chat came froa he
said half million Of dollars had been sent tolndi
| ana, Illinois Kentucky, and other State, by
| Rebel agents IN Canada, to procure arms fc the
GTder In these w estorn Gtatass DQdd and Alkcr
| had received 100000 each; Bowles had resSyed
4h his part OF The State; It was tobe
| expended Tor arms ana ammunition for tben6-
tary part Of the Order Of American Kpiqbfs Il
Sons Of Liberty he learned this from Wilson Il
June, 1854, about the time Of the Grand Council
| at Indianapolis; never heard how or TO whom
| they were 10 be distributed, but supposed thev
| we're for the Order; was expected to be used bv
the leaders Tor revolution 10 establish a Nortl-
western Confederacy and, that failing, to ion the
South IN The FEBRUARY meeting Of the Council,
arming the Order was talked over BIZ the members
conyersationally, and by DR. Bowles and Others !:
on the 10Th Of August he learned there was To be
an uprising, and Rebel prisoners to be released I'm
/ Ohio, Indiana, illinois; the arsenals in these
States to be seized, and the prisoners armed With
| the arms taken from them; Governor Morton was
to be taken and held as ahosfage for such coDs5ra-
| tors as might be taken prisoners; in this Ipri-
| sing DR.. Ath0n was TO be Governor bv virtue of
the State law, which provided that the Seereta7--
OF State shall be Governor IN the ease Of a gaean-
1 cy caused By death or other removal of Governor
/ or LIeutenant-(1 Governor: A thon was - caH oq+
own way IN ease they failed to secure Morton as a
prisoner, he was to be made away with, but Wit
! ness never understood hOY; the State Govern
ment was to govern as usual: this revolution was
to be accomplished by the military part of the or
der, and as many others as they could bring into
| II under the excitement Of the nogementt this
! scheme was not impaired to any but members Of
/ this Order and to the leaders Of She Democratic
! party only so tar as they were members
| think Or. Wilson said, when he was at Chicago.
that che Committee Of Ten would take care of
! Governor Morton; Ten members OF the Order
were selected fer that
Dir. Durham, counsel for the accused, Darged
himself Of any knowledge that Hogern was to turn
States evidence
Dir: Heftern has been one Of the rla.t prolni.
neut leaders OF the Democratic party ia ilis Slate
HIS testimony shows up some Of the hide0us fea-
tqros q this conspiracy, which Mr.. Bingham fall
ed to disclose.
The erossexarnination of HefIern Il N be made
ct two clock, Thursday, November 10, to whch
| time the Commission adjourned.
James =. Wilson of Washington county
bowie Adlutant- General, has been placed under
arrest
Sherman Is again victorious A brief dispatch
from Nashville announces that Ho 4 was defeated
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