, 1865-03-14
FROM CINCINNATI.
The Chicago Conspiracy Trials.


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
] C1xc1xsAH, Monday, March IL, 1855.
| The Military Commission met this morning
| pursuant 10 adjournment. The record vas resd
| and approved.
Morris s. Davis, witness Of the accused, va.
! then lxorn. He aaid: reside in Wapakoneta
| Anglaiee county, Ohio. hare resided in Anshn
Texas; am now in the fire insurance business
was Justice Of the peace in Teens. knew John
Eharks; formed his acquaintance In jail. BE
| wa. arrested for forgery. He Vas tried and con
/ yicted for forging lund warrauts- he was con
victed for three years, but took An appeal to the
| Supreme Court There were three or five indict.
ments aeaInet him, but he VIE only tried on one.
I emit say why Or how he was released. heard
| him FAY he would be damned II he wouldn't run
| his ball and fight them to the last When Left
| prison he Was still in confinement. I don't know
/ whether there was reversal Of his Judgment or
II be was pardoned.
BY the .tadgs Adc9eate:-1 vas in prison on a
slaughter and got pardoDcd, l can't eay that bis
Gaze was reversed by the Supreme Court. l did
wien 7ess s II
! brotker Mats that he ,sas the same man who was
| In preo1 when / vas IN Austin. That rcmsrk
Wus the canse OF my being suhpenaed By Mr.
BARLEY. can explain thc rcason WY Tas il
Col Heath here Objected. Alr. Barley claimed
ee CO. g d mss P%s% SV h e eso SSf to
wherrupon The Judge Advocate interposed one.
The verdict Of the jury was sufficient In the
case: Probably the witness made ma the same e: e.
Court oFerTuled the objection.
faess sns'a; ~ss aseqssd 9,s1a Of killing
ps5ns esrds Whsn ser Win1inR m1
money, he called me damned Abolitionlst from
the North, and after further insulting nc. struck
slu1l, and he next day be died. was arrested.
| was pa1done5 shortly after conviction. should
hare appealed to the Supreme Court, but feared
that tn Il Il remained N Texas should be asaagsna-
ted. The Mituces here described Mr.. Shauks as
anEht huilt man. with dark hair and eyes:
| ~ iA< JudQe Adrocdte-I made The aboye cx-
slaughter and sentenced me to the peuitsutiary. 1
made m appeal to the Supreme Court, but With
grey T. went TO the penitentiafy, where 1lay
Ai+s ~ My r ~ Walsh va next swozn.-she aatd':
an the eldest @ & &daughter Of the accused, Charles
over the age Of fourteen; they 1estited hero and
sre the only sisters have over that age. WilMe
have ~ oscr he age Of fourteen. / never 's saw ths
witness LaDghofne. Saw Di3lcr Or Francis Adams
| at our house. At Peoria ny father gave me The
taEe caro- Of for him. Don't know who rot up that
meeting Of paid the expenses, though understood
they were paid By Democrats. Don't know where
some time had charge Of fathers business and cor
~resrondcncc. On the night Of the arrests, first
| opened the door: ... x.
| MES ae4 AEI8 At:@aUeH AS oeA.7S ~
Wa1fh. cantr1ll and Daniels By the military. Her
! evidence did not differ from TINT of other W.T.
nesses on the same subject She said. however.
| the roughly made cartridges came IN little
trunk about three weeks before. Col. Skinner told
the soldiers not to insult rs on the night Of me
arrests. The private soldiers did not do 50, but
Capt Ph1liPae The 9ss, %a nad ne ne
| lis G 'u,'' tie ladies' % that tae5 I'm
remember you." Up stairs my aged mother
wne dragged ont of bed and We were tnsnlted*
After ny father was takea from the house, al
teswaras complained to Col. Sweet about the tur-
| nitnre being broken and the money missing, When
be sid he did not believe any ct Tie boys woad
1ny father had money but be WROTE to Us and told
us Of It. think could identify any who seen
| ut our house. Before did not know who Cantr1l
| and Travis were. when they were Introduced 10
me by ny uncle Tcrhune. Ihc7 came
once before. The trunks containing csrt'
| to the election: They came in the e.tly part Of
tsprcss wagon. They wesc hrat putin The barns.
~ fasher told me they were for the protection Of
| democrats, and for free election. l went -
reor1a With ms father. The paper shown ms
sf'0s .p9 safasss 5ss Il our
email room ID our sitting soom. Firs
Sncw Q! arms in our .honse when they were
hrouEh' there In June Of July of last year, Som :
Hefe o51nGht IN August, Just before the Convcn.
Io9; Icy arc !ne hame arns which were take
1sc pistols gwen to my fa.ner by Mr. O'Brlen !
4 the tine Ola Democratic 1neetnr at fhst n1ara
| The plttols were given for prptnctfnn af m
fathef said be anticipated d1fcultT, Thar. wan
ziot these. On tho night Of my latae1's arrest IT.