Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-10-15

brought against them. Indiana was to fur
nish 10000 to 10000 men to cooperate with
whatever force Ohio might send, and all these
/ then to be thrown into Louisville, and were to
cooperate Nth ,chateeer force JET. Darts could
send to eastern kentucky, nader Backner and
/ Breckenridge, or aOhoeer JET. Dapis might deem
hest 10 conduct Tie operdtions This was the
programme which Bowles gave the witness
on his first visit in the early part of May,
/ 1864. The object of witness visit TO Bowles
was to know what he knew Of the conspiracy.
At Salem, Ind, he became acquainted with
Heffren, who was formerly Lieutenant Col
Onel in an Indiana regiment. He told wit
ness that he was expecting a commission in
| the Confederate forces then in Kentucky,
and some of the forces of Forrest, who had
| dsbanded after the massacre at Fort Pillow.
| He thought witness might be his commission
err. Before being introduced to Heffren, he
had a conversation with John -, who
spoke of Heffren as one of the Butternut tig-
ers of that county. He said he had been at
| indianapolis a few days before, consulting
with Ii. III. Dodd about calling a meeting of
the Grand Council of the State, and that it
would be between the 18th and 18th of June.
He further told witness that he and DOdd
were the only two men who had a right to
call the members of the order together, and
that it would number between $4,000 and
| 81, 900 men. With this information witness
went to visit DR.. Bowles a second time
Bowles had been from home, but no one at
| the house knew where. Bowles had been to
| Indianapolis where there had been a meeting
of some of the chiefs of the order Judge
Bullitt, of Kentucky, Barrett, of Missouri,
| and some of the chiefs of Indiana were there.
The occupation on Sunday was testing and
experimenting with this Greek fire IN the
basement of some building. This matter
Bowles said they had got to answer perfectly.
At the Indianapolis meeting, Missouri was
| pledged for thirty thousand, and Illinois for
| fifty thousand, Ito cooperate with Price. In
diana, Bowles said at that time, would furnish
| forty thousand.
With respect to this contemplated assassi-
nation of VIM. Coffin, the United States de-
| tective, Judge Bullitt, Mr.. Piper, Mr.. Cham
| bers, of Gallatin county, Tenn; ID. G. Whips,
of Louisville, Ky. DIR. Kolfus, and myself
| had conference. Some others were pres
ent. This was the first or second of June
The witness told them that it was the de-
cision of DR.. Bowles that Coffin should be
murdered, or, as Bowles said, that he had
| been instrumental in getting him into the
| Order, he ought to assist in getting him out
| of it, Bowes told witness to tell Dodd to
| set two men on his track, and that he was to
| be made away with. DR.. Gattling was pres
ent in Doddis office when he was speaking of
| the murder of Coffin, but did not think he
| took part in it. He was invited to the house
| of VIM. Harrison, and had some conversation
| about the Order. About forty or fifty men,
bers were present.
At the Grand Council at Indianapolis on
| the 18th of June, Dodd said that if Coffin had
penetrated the secrets of the Order, he ought
to be made way with. Gattling was present
at the indianapolis meeting when they ex-
pressed unanimous opinion that Coffin ought
! to be murdered. There was no vote taken
on the subject Dodd was the only one who
volunteered to 90 to Hamilton to assist in
the assassination of Coffin. Mcbride said he
would like to go, but circumstances pre-
vented this. Mcbride was a large, feshy
man, of medium height, 40 years of age or
more. Dodd, Bowles and the witness went on
the cars to Hamilton, and Milligan met them
there, but they did not find Coffin. They
spent nearly all of one day in Ristine's Office,
waiting for young Ristine to point out Coffin,
should he pass. He saw Coffin toward the
latter part of the day; knew Coffin before,
and merely feigned ignorance did not know
| why the uprising failed, but got the pro-
gramme from Dodd. Bullitt was arrested on
Saturday, and Dodd gave witness the pro-
% vent or h Of the
| told him they had agreed on it at Chicago
| He understood that Bowles had message
from Dodd that the programme would not
take place. That message was sent by boy
thirteen or fourteen years old, whom he knew.
| He met him between Paoi and Bowles' resi-
dence. Bowles said he might yet consent to
the uprising if they got the cooperation OF
the rebel colonies, Jesse, Sippert and Wal
| ker, in Kentucky Dodd cOnfded the insur-
rectionary scheme to but few. He said he
| talked freely about such matters only to Har-
rison and witness. He did not confde much
| in Voorhees,, who seemed to be in the conf
dence of the organization. The rebel officer
who got the work of the order in Kentucky,
was Col. Anderson, of the Sd Kentucky Cav
airy, who knew DR.. Kolfus, who gave him the
vestibule and first degree. Witness gave
him the second and third degrees by order Of
| Kolfus
George E. Pugh, of Cincinnati, was sworn
and examined as to whether certain letters to
Dodd and Voorhees, offered in evidence were
in Vallandigham's handwriting. He identi-
fed them as such, because he had seen him
write many letters and had received many
| from him. The counsel for the defense were
satisfied on that point. The only letter OF
Vallandigham's yet admitted is as follows
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 81
II. H. Dodd, Esq:
DEAR SIR: That District Convention is at
last fixed-Hamilton, Butler county, June 10,
Be there and bring friends and speakers. Don't
fail. [Signedl G. L. VAIL
| Your letter with names received all right
/ Jos. Kirkpatrick, of n. Y. City, dealer in
!, arms, was sworn and examined in reference
| to purchase of arms shipped to j. j. Parsons
& Co., of this city. He identified the arm:
found in Dodd's office, as those sold by him tC
a man who represented himself as Harris
| They were marked by Harris, who paid fol
them. 81. j. Parsons & Co., indianapolis
Indiana" He sold him 290 revolvers, anC
| contracted to furnish him $500 more, and
| 1850 pistol cartridges. He judged from
what Harris first said, that they were to b'
shipped to Mexico.
! VIM. Clayton, a witness for the Govern
ment, was then introduced. He resided il
Warren county, Illinois; was a member o
the Order of American Knights, and since
that of the Order of the Sons of Liberty wa
initiated into the three degrees; entered anC
continued in the Order in good faith; was ad
mitted a member on the lst of July, 1868
He was initiated by DIR. Mccartney and maj
by the name of Griffith, residing in Mob
mouth county, Illinois; couldn't remember
the obligation he took On entering the Order
but had the ritual of the first degree of the
o. A. K. The concluding portion of the OBJ
legation is as follows: 81 do further promise
that will, at all times, if needs be, take VI
arms in the cause of the oppressed in m!
country, first of all against any Monarch