, 1864-12-18
OFFICERS AlpinQ pEsERrioM.
Mtneen sf the City Petite Fsrse Charged
with recelTins EEihes from :Dsserters~--
-, The MISUNDERSTANDING -.
DIAeI0sprAs.

Unilcd States Courts. Robert Kenney and offccfs
Heuncssey and Clark wcTe arrested upon a warrant
Issued BY United stAtes Commissioner Hoyno, up.
on The charge Of aiding cnl,sed men to desert and
escape from tho military service OF tho United
Suites. Ths information on which tho warrant
Wa based viii bc found below. How much credit
should be given 70 what follows vc arc hot advis-
cd. It u tole1ably eestaan, however. that vein
will cveniuate In the unrayelment Of the mystefy
bali Of Kenncy that the evidence taken on Saturday
sssi sss, Nc: e5sa G''ss T. 'esa e E
sdair "! b readily gained b the intolllgent
ss@oay hat III he1s Is .oms s 1 1sseaty aoot @ ";
Us in the desire that tho guilty oendeEs Who ever
III 1 Z H.
Government until Tuesday morning Ut 10 O'Clock
On account Of The absence Of mssefial Witnesses.
Iarned, ESD, District Attorney, and The defense,
by Z: ". Evans, Esq. This following arc tho At-
ddav!ts a1udef to above. taken before tho Com.
missioner before the Issue Of the warrant Of ar
rest:
AFFIDAVIT or 1Axxs wu1rKIow.
a1rested BY Captain Y: " Ksnns1y .,S abeas eix
none ever chnreed me then With bong desefter;
thcy took mo several times to tho Central Station,
and I WIS letont TO- get some watches back; ths
money to the officers to let me 60; paid 600
on oneaoccaston; there were three desettsrs Of Us
n%s ReI, Tfsl ss to he
understanding We we're 10 Be let of; have myself
Paid Sa9o t. t. b let OF; 70 understanding
VIZ sa s1sr
larry, Officers Sherman and Miller threatcntd send
nc to the nont. I got ont Of It BY giving back a
send aiess e.Ve
up the watches; / was then at the Central ehnon.
Hold Turtle That bic couldn't send me to the front
6 81 o. 81 s' ns anSE I
ont; 4 will be next August. belong to the sd
Illinois. Captain Turtle let mo ont to try and get
the watches back Ho:let me out another time,
Try and gel the watches back, and II he got
the watches hs yas To- Let y &C. 4 1afdR III gst he
wee aa'f
ssssP r.: q = =; I / RI .!sS @yseiE Rsss.y ssid q
e. be md WsRe were tn ,Ra
cells Kcnney md webb said If they didn't get The
watches back they Wonld have us bound over.
Both e 9sass9 t,s1 talked to me at 4issEs7t tiss
THOMAS II. woop's AFFIDAVIT.
Thomas Il. Wood being sworn, says:-Iwas ar
rested BY Robert Kenney On the 4th Of February
s1 e. cnR E.. s.4sd ~ aRer aa
gave hin sto M to + 1et me e.; xss let 20; waa
a1Isaea on uie CaatRe oi aesefu3n VI n1u Wds
t6see weeks ago md tsSsn 70 he c:at4s siasen;
I gave tho man behind the desk Fas to let me 60,
formed lhat ihe man paid The money to Wa Tur-
tie; several officers along the street promised not
to arrest me Tor desertlon ii I paid them money !;
Tad Toaa
arTeAt ms; I sent him rs once by a nan named
George Davis, but don't know whether he got the
onss e not; 'ohh a. s' not
~ TIE TESTIMONY.
.asnts HAi&tlom. stoora-1 live In Chicago and
belong 70 the a3d nlipols regiment; enlisted Aug
last; / did not know defendsnts; deserted from
Camp Fry, June !, 1861, and returned 10 Chicago
twomunihs afterwards; then went to Detroit,
ase aee. ''l'tD'o - es' asA''' AD'u' @uf'e "'eA'
To the question asked by the District Attorney,
'.How have yon supported yourself sinee that
e nv 6ns as
natc myseif" Tbs cxauinstfon nropresseis VS.
assssd a5sss s ss pe,,ss 81 c Ksaasy
4e sg let Sa BE-
Pcter Far1al psid money to them to rnf ma nut t.
Fly o. % %sn On ~els stree to gve
iessc FnTrai NH X Srnnia co.t 4En1. * ~,
knew to, t. TOm as9 hs Ii hs;f p9ia 800
.arsta W. ~ Eo1ra@ ~ ~ t ~ na !, I'LL
IN Tecard /" Jo. Kno4a With M - Gow = snnI Tnr
tie; hc.told me he would send mo to tho front i
The w1fch were not produced; was Kept n con
e.; be tod me- VA, and and BE- % knew IL L; thinI +.
told me the regiment belonged to;. did not pal
| money to kenney personally; don't know II Ken
ney kneW WE deserIgf, talked with hin
40 about II re e watches; ne told me would b. let Of
es, 70 wsSh 81 csa sna u wac O. was 70 get them
yersed With INC; they told me they hat
| sNS Nt4E W m6i oua MlaI MlaI
Man paid for q ane Imposed on me BY Jusice Nc
| Donnel oi the folce 't9nft, and SAn 70 pteren
NJ arrest a. desefteTi ~ haa paid 10 saloon OF
! snpt- Turtle; had an undcrstandlng with Far
mi that 1t should bo paid to the officer, will moi
| tell who; hare not talked with anybody eIcep
| Wood; We concluded that ws, would have tn,
thing further until thcy arc hare with US u,
| names ot the parties VINO Contributed TO the 850l
were, beside myself. Andrew Cohse, Patrick DalJ
Nm. Mcbride, VIZ; ssaadeni md Eagcns Dosus
we1s al talkln4: M w1sn ksnnsy and Webb about n
| rctu1n q tae Watca' Fa1tM tola Mo Il We conlt
sS ah poh ePa,4 r., she TT sst, da M
T,omqtL Food, sscorn-Wus arrested by O,
hccr Clark In June On tho charge Of desertion. M
paid him SO 70 lct me go; 1eann9t certainly ide1
Hly The defendant; WIS arrested aeo1t three week
ago and taken to The Central s.aton, and lett g
With the man behind tho coulter; gave Scr
esssn s!s a spsssa
tell all he knew, hut hc wished all those who we1
implicated brought up md compelled to testir
He gave The names Of several Of The parties M
who received tho money, He had deserted ons
and escaped nine umesi Aennessy DID nos: orte
to Hennes.y: So -