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

A Yes, sir.
O. Where is dorsey now2
a. He is at home, about a mile and half
from the Shoals.
O. Was he at home the night Stone was
pursued by the soldiers?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did the soldiers go after him pretty
strong?
A. They hunted him up, but think saved
him, and Mr.. Bowles also. They would have
gone for DR.. BOwles, too, but we saved him
Q. What is his personal appearance
A He is a large man, weighing about two
hundred pounds, and wbite-headed.
Q. What is bis age?
A. He may be sixty-fve years old.
g. Did you ever meet him in the Order2
A. | did not.
O. At what time was he at the Shoals?
A. In March. At the time of the last fur
Tough home of the boys the regiment could not
get horses and the boys were furloughed home
to purchase them themselves.
Q. About what time in March was this?
A. The 10th of March il is likely.
Q. Where was he going2
A. he had come to the Shoals to go to Vim
cennes, il was said.
Q. Did you know him So a member of the
Order?
A. l never knew him as SUCH once heard
that gentleman was with Horsey that took
to be Bowles
Q. How large place is the Shoals?
A. 1t has seventy-fve or one hundred in
hRhitants
Q. Did be stop there at that time?
A. Yes, sir; he staid over night.
Q. What railroad runs through there?
A. The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad.
q. Did you not state in your examination
in-chief that Bowles wasgoing to New York and
had come back?
A. He was at NewYork, understood made
a mistake, a bit ago, when said he was there
st the time of their last furlough. Ii was the
first and not their last furlough.
O.. When was..Bowles in New York;
A. he was there on the oath of March, nd
was to meet John w. Stone on the 26th, in In
dianapolis.
Q. When was their first furough home?
A. About the last Of January
@. Was DR.. Bowles there then?
A. He was.
Q. Did you not state that it was stated the
night Of the meeting that Dr. Bowles was to see
Stone at Indianapolis on the 10Th Of March?
~ Yes, sir.
z. How do you reconcile this statement
about bis visit with Stone on his return from
New York, when he was at the Shoals in Janu-
ary2
A. He was 20 he at Chicago in Jews days and
go from there TO New York, and then return.
Q. Did they say in their meeting that night
that DR.. Bowles had already gone there?
A. Yes, sir
@. Did this statement turn out to be true?
A l cannot say, sir.
Q. Was il not stated at the meeting that be
was in New York. and would not be present?
A. / cannot say, sir.
q. How did it come that be was in New
York, and was coming home to see Stone on
the 10Th OF March, if he was at the Shoals in
January?
A. Stone said that he was going from the
Shoals to Chicago TO attend to some special
business there about the Order.
Q. Was mo- his visit to indianapolis about
the time OF some Convention?
A. 1t was about the time of the Union
Democratic Convention; and they said at that
meeting that they were to call another Conven-
ton which would be true one. They did not
consider the other very true Democratic Con-
vention.
Q. How many times did you meet with the
Circle of Honor before you went into the TEN
pie of the Knights of the Golden Circle2
A. Some four or FIVE times.
Q. When were you initiated in the Circle of
Hoaor?
A. Some time in the Spring of 1862
@. at what place?
A. At the place reside.
Q. At whose house were you initiated?
\. At Gaddis's house.
Q. Who initiated you?
A. Stephen Horsey and William Clayton.
1t is not the William Clayton who has been
here on OATH