, 1864-10-26

The Dodd Trial and Its Developmeats
Commune u-<seN. H1oVe1ss Or der-Nat-
rern LG cal, mlt1tary AID General.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicsgo Tribuue1
INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesda5, Oct. Is,
The examination Of Vim. Harrison, Grand
Secretary. WIS concluded today oetora the
Military Commission. 4 letter written BY
Harrison, aud found on his person 1T the
time Of his arrest, to Il. j. Stewart, S::rs-
tars OF the Blacktord county Temple, dated
August 20, 1864, shows the Order to haze
been in fall force at thai rin1e, and WAS not
buried June 14th, when the Committee Of
Thittsen WIS appointed '~
On the 5th Of August Dodd told the Wit.
neeB scheme was on loot to release thc
rebel pr,Eoners at Camp Morton, Chicago
SID Rock Island. Doad was to release the
prisoutr5 here, and had endeayored to gek the
State Central Committee to call mass meet-
ing here on the 10th ct August II success-
full, it was intended to send circnlars out to
members OF the Order in various counties to
come armed. This was after Dodd had been
to Nisgara Falls, thence to New York,
thence back to Nia2pHa, and thence to Chi.
ago, where be enid tie plan Was arranged.
Dotld said he saw the rebel Feace Commits
eiuners at Nj 4gara Fills. If the Mass Meet
ing OF the 18th, had been called, an uprising
oyerturnfpg the State Government, Dodd aud
his forces, Including the released rebel pris-
oners, were to go south. Dodt thought with
$50 men he could take the artillery, eeize the
camp Of prisoners and release them,
Witness then gnfe the signs, passwords,
grips, &c, as given By S1idger on Dodd's
trial. On his scr0ss-e1anination the witness
said Dndd relied On the Order to adopt his
plan. Dodd had summoned Bowles, Mili-
gan aud Humphrey to meet him and others
Aerr on business.
The military Bill adopted by the Order WAS
in Dodd's haIa-writipg. Tie military lea.
ture Of the Order was instituted in 1868, by
order Of c. G. Wright, then acting Supreme
Commander. Witness cosroborated Stidger
throughout
ADMITTED Dodd u delegate to the Chicago
Convention, with full kno w1edga Of his trea.
so1able det3gus. He assisted in tne nomina,
tion vi Mcclellan and Pendleton, aud re-
1naired in full fellowship In the Coppeshead
party up to the time OF his arrest and ar
| laigrMent for trial
From ouZ Own Rerorter.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 81, 1864.
Tie Military Commission convened by
| order Of Gen Hoyey. in this city, for the
trial Of Dodd and .cthers, having suddenly
concluded their labors as far as Dodd was
| conce1ne6, by considering the case and
making up their. finding on the evidence
Which had been adduced on the psrt Of the.
Government prior to the grand command
e.'s escape, met again on Ftiday morning to
take up the cases OF the conspirato1s re-
naming in custody. Coils. Wilder ana
spooner, who had been sitting on the trial
Of thc Dodd case were absent, and the court
wss made up as follows: Brig. Gen. Col
Grove, President; Col. Mclean, 42d Indiana:
Col. Stevens, 9Th Veteran Reserve Corps:
Col. Lucas, 10th Indiana; Col. Murray, soth
Indiana; and Col. Wass, of the Goth Alassa-
chuserte; with Major henfy L. Burnett,
Judge Advocate.
The following prisoners were then arrhfgn.
ed upon charges ard specifications to much
| the sa1ne effect es those. upon which Dodd
IVES tried: L. r. Mllligan, Of Huntington
county; Andrew Humphreys, Of Greene !;
Horace Hefzen, Of Washipgton;. William
A. Bowles, Of Orange; and Stephen Htrsey,
Of Martin. The first tour, With John G.