Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-15
U. S. MILITARY COMMISSION
Twent-Eighth Days Proceedings.
MESSRS. BOWLES. HEFFREN, HUM
PHREYS. MILLIGAN AND HOR-
SLY ~ COURT

The Commission met according to adjourn
men,. Al . r NJ November IA. in the Council
chamber
Present. the Judge Advocate and qnorum Of
the Court
\ communication Wa read from DR.. Bowles,
authorizing the commission TO proceed in hi. SD
sence a. II he were present, nc being detained in
prison on account Of sickness He waived all
rights IN MS regard.
The Judge Advocate. having read the
municstiou Of Dr. BOwe,. took the response
bility OF proceeding, according 70 he legal al
thorities which he produced
Some objections were mode the part OF
several members of the Court.
The question then was whether the Commits
sion could proceed in the absence o; DR.. BOwies
The Court retired, aud on returning the Judge
Advocate announced that all objections were
overrued and that the Cour, would proceed
Elisha Cowder was brought to the witness
stand He resided in Putnam county. He was
an L ; Deputy Provost Marshal First saw
Humphreys in Sullivan county. Qnile nun
Der were With him. armed There were about
400 OF them. Mr Humphreys appeared to be
their leader. Humphreys called the President
an old tvrant He used the words generally
used by Democratic orators. | am positive thai
there were threats made against me They swore
that they would kill any man who attempted TO
enroll Cas- township, Sullivan county. They
called me Lincoln dog. Lincoln hreling. aud
threatened me Andy Humphreys was the lead
or pft this rabble. who threatened me- - an L :
officer.
eros. Fx1NfNlU
This was in Csss township, Sullivan county
Humphreys advised the crowd 90 20 home
Humphreys told witness that there was no DANCE
unless the crowd got 10 drinking Mr. Humph
reys said something about man being killed
! shortly before and advised witness To 80 home
and not sleep too sound Nj Humphreys lie
/ nounced the Administration lie was armed
lie showed me his revolver Humphreys made
speech standing on = log made no speech.
! | tried The crowd called upon ne toll
/ them could not make speech when al were
talking Humphreys came az and put IN
! All the men present amounted 10 abou, iun /:
( most OF them we're armed
/ The crowd had assembled on that ia, 90 pro
tect themselves, 20 maintain their rights was
drunk, and others met were drunk, but tried
I 20 beat them ~ their own game Mr. Humph
reys was in his SHIRT sleeves and We walked out
into the woods. and he showed me his revolver.
and said he WAS afraid lie would be arrested
MIR Humphreys tried to keep down the mob ON
that day and no succeeded 20 a certain extent
| saw some soldiers on that dAy-s0 or 90 of
them They were going towards Humphrey :
crowd Humphreys was laughing 10 witness
/ about the fall of Nicksburg. and also about his
/ threatened arrest, and said when that took place
all they had TO do was 10 call upon him. and he
would voluntarily come to indianapolis
james Wilson was next brought on the
I stand
! reside a. Salem, Indiana | am farmer I
have lived NJ Salem about fourteen years /
Joined order known IS the A metican Knights,
in October. 1863 MAS initiated AZ Salem by
Mr.. Ba,l, Mr.. Hehfren. Ferris, Greene. Cut
! shaw, Fultx Beck and others were present The
next meeting attended Vas nj This place 1t
was meeting of delegates from County Tenn
piles That meeting was ia November, 1868 Mr..
! Dodd presided Dr. Bowles was present A
| Military Committee Nss appointed COMMITTEE
on Education. snd committee TO establish =
newspaper 90 advocate tho interests OF the Or
der. Mr. Doid made speech. he talked trea-
son for = while He said that il the objects and
purposes Of this Order could not be carried out in
one way. Il vas very easy 10 10 il in another
/ Telegraph wires could be cut. railroad communi
cations could be interrupted, &c ! attended =
meeting Of the military men OF the Order ~
+ Chicago | had previously established lodges in
my county-three of them. perhaps. ! gave the
degrees ia these lodges To these lodges had
conveyed information that the Order Was rsadv
fox any emergency ~ Illinois Aluos, the -
I tire Democratic party WAS included in the organ
iz,tion IN ,ertain counties IN Illinois under
stood that Mr. Hamilton had drilled several com
panies | went to Chicago in July. 1864 Ar.
Green and MIR Heifren went vith me Hessgs
, DOdd and Bowles were there Bowles said there
vas 10 be a meeting. hrt Dodd had gone u Nj
agars. and IL could not re bed until ne got back
The neat DAY Judge Bulltt aud hr. Williams
aud Piper were present ai meeting in BoHles
room NJ Barrett had called this meeting. Is
stated. a. military meeting, bot he had
failed Mr. Barrett said that il the Sons OF Lib
erty would cooperate with The South that ulti-
mstciy the entire government would DC restored.
Barrett. AZ the Chicago meeting. had plenty ~
money He said IL captured from rebel
puvmaster in Arkansas. on Red River He paid
me forty dollars Tor my attendance. and lie |
suppose paid Others. Al tia, meeting some
thing vas said shout Greek Ere hv Barrett. and
it vas stated hat a government stofehouSe or
Eighth street, Louisville Kentucky. and govern
men, STEAMBOATS, OF The Ohio and 40 - L0nis.
had been DESTROYED
Pending The examination 81 thiS witness. the
Count Adjourned until Q NJ Nov Is