Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-10-27
SIXTH DAY.


Question by the Judge Advocate.
First, l wish to ask you, whether any word
has been said to you on the part of the authori-
ties, or by me in their behalf, of any promise or
intention of the Government TO reward you for
any testimony to be given by you before this
Commission?
A. Not word.
Q. Did not expressly state that the only
way in which you could come as n witness be-
fore this Commission, was 10 make full, free,
and truthful statement of what had occurred in
connection with this Order, within your know
ledge?
A. Yes, SIR
Q. Has there ever been any intimation or
hint of any intention on the part of the Govern
ment to waive any arrest, or process for arrest,
az reward for anything you might say or do
in this trial?
4. No. sir.
Q. Will you state who it was that first re-
vealed to you, or to the Order, that Coffin was a
detective?
A. Dr. Chambers
@. Where did ne first announce it?
A. In Dr.. Kalfus sofice, in the city Of Louis
vile
@ In an open session of the Order.
A. Not that / remember.
Q. Did DR.. Chambers first announce it?
A. Yes, sir
Q. Had he known Coffin before?
A. He said be knew him previously.
Q. Who were present when be spoke of
Coffo os a detective?
A. Judge Bullitt Piper, T. G. wips. Ealfus,
and myself.
@. Was this Captain Hines you mention as
on Vallandigharn's staff appointed before or
after his capture?
A. After bis escape from prison in Ohio.
Q. Then il was after Illness capture, i'm
prisonment and escape that he accepted COM
mission on Vallsndigham's staff, and was as
bigDed 70 the releasing Of the prisoners at john
sons Island.
A. Yes, sir.
O. You stated that this Order has had four
different names. Did you learn them?
A. l learned only the names, Order of
American Knights and Sons of Liberty
Nothing was said to me about the Knights of
the Golden Circle.
@. In your examination, | understood you
to say that you had q conversation here with
certain parties on the 9Th or 9Th of May. Did
You mean 10 say March or June?
A. June. was not here in May, nor until
the 5:h of June.
Q. will now ask you, az il has been asked
yeu on the part of the defense, whether there
was not an unwritten work of the Order which
contains or contemplates a military organic
alton, and also signs. grips, passwords, colo
quies, and modes of recognition?
A. There is.
@. You may now give to the Commission
what you mean by the unwritten psrt of the
work OF The Order.
a. There are in unwritten work, certain
sigus, grips aud colloquies, used in the recog-
milton and testing OF members, as follows. If
a member of the Vestibule degree, and you meet
a stranger whom you suppose to be member
of the Order, you test him in the sign Of the
degree, thus Placing the heel of your right
foot in the hollow of the left, you then place
the right hand under the left arm, bring
ing the left hand under the right
arm, then folding the arms, and placing the
four fingers of the left hand over the right arm.
The stranger, or person addressed, If q member
of the Order, will take the same position. That
is as far as you go in public. You then retire
To some place where you will not be observed,
and continue to test him. You advance your
right foot, and he will advance his right foot
to meet yours. Then take ordinary grip
with the right hands, at the same time placing
the left hand on the right breast. If you find
him incorrect you stop. If correct you pro-
coed with the following colloquy, which is
given In alternate syllsbles by the parties, first
the pass word of the Order for that degree,
which is the word Calhoun spelled backward,
thus: "Nu-oh-lac'-"S "Give me lib
erty or give me death" Then You give one
shake of the hand. [NorE.-The dashes indi-
cate the syllables as alternately pronounced ]
In this Vestibule degree there is also signal
of distress. This is given by placing the left