, 1865-02-04
FROM CINCINNATI.
The Chicago 0onspiraey--Trials Be-
fore the Military Commission.

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be n,ar hive sad it was Daily. almost think that
Wa Tic nane he gare, hot am not certsln.
y; By .irIg< lgtlson-An tlst know about Da'y
i,ision Of the city: csnnot say that ho IL mol
possess too much brsin. He is not wild and moi
s Bsa eot as drant sad
that while returning home he turned into II.
Wash's opthonse and FEY asleep, whers he stop
las had anything to do With the conspiracy, I
never heard Of any threats ever being nide to any
Done to him i Be reiated to g7e evidence ] against
the others. never knew Of any such tbrests be-
ing nsed to Tie prisoner cantrlll,
BY tenfs DO not know q any
for the Government to intimidate them, nor do /
know Of any money having been expended to ret
Govcrnment witnesses away.
By the C0urt-Alter bis arrest young Walsh
told me In conversation that he had been to Ma.
Ear9 Falls to school. think he said he had a.
had only returned On the Ffidsy or Saturday pre.
cedtog the arrest At the Tina ot the arrests
thefc Wss no force that I know, Of, which could
r fseVs eaa ns ss%p N s.eas
organization in the city, but do not know that it
Was suttict snt1y Organized to have rendered us
and can6M Wera on lie sooi @ when i We arst us sur
rounded the honse. ! heard them there affair
wards. Lsughofne told Enc that We would find
not say Whereabouts. The guns md reyoivera
we're not capped, but were otherwise ready for i'm
mediate use. At that time there Was N camp .
WIS located in ihe ccnfer 81. he garrison square.
For uSo or three days previously to the arrests
two Of the guns were taken outside with the
iRey IL paeea ms On s nolh = sa @
and the other on the south. close to the FENCE ek
cept on The Saturday night November 9TH, which
Thsn IL S e ss f aniicipsea se 6rea Ga tas
guns were placed about thirty rods from the fencs
and supported By infantry. They were 30 posi-
tho prieouers' square and The adjacent prairie.
| When we first applied for admission al Walsh's
house did not hear very, distinctly the words
That came from inside. but the votce was that Of
III. McGui,e vas next sworn. he testified
r1nrscr or M. n'au1ns.
Ny name Is Allison E, McGnire. reside at
6ye @ niles bcIoW TerTe adate IN % tHesouth%ssst Mes
portion Of the State, and about nine m1les from
the Illinois line. N 1854 | was keeping public
one Sunday about noon Two stTangers cane I'd to nv ny
| house and asked for \ room, One Of them gave
his name as Wilson; the other refused to give
fad no slpele room; but put them IN room with
| three beds, where they stayed for few moments,
when one Of them came down and asked me for
whsrs bo un ey Z sf
same afternoon. I afterwards learned that Wilson
Was not the mans right name, hut that be was
| Captain castleman.
Judge Key objected 10 this cTidence. The
wi4ness had not said that he knew Castleman,
and the identity Of the two was only pre-
sumption.
Colonel jackson urged that Castleman had
a1r ady been proved to be the Quartermaster
Of the band Of conspirators, and that all evi-
dence regarding him was competent.
On deliberation the Court oyerruled lthe
objection Of the defense.
| Natntss Continued-Afser getting the Bible. the
sn @ ~ renamed A. IN The a zane 6edfeSm en- uns t1e3
dsysaiterwards Wilson returned to my house. Il
occnpIed before, but ho had not been there more
| than half an hour when be was arrested by the
Sheriff. understood daat theY searched him, but
into The room, and found. on the floor, and con
| cealed beneath the carpet alarge number Of torn
letters and documents. Between the feather bed
and also found small chemists bottle contain
Ing coma sticks Of eomethtng about the eizs Of my
little nngeE, which looked Ike bonea. tied up
the,n In my sideboard, but after some time gave
them to DR.; Hirkle. Ildsnt1fy the memorandum
book now shown me, as the same that gave to
oeetsea aent ester
found; ! do ri t6ink ut the papers vere On the
l
room WINS occupied the night before, but IN tho
! morning it had been thoroughly cleaned. l be-
Ieve The entries in the book are all the sa,ne ~
when gave It to Dr.. Hinkie. Some ! know are,
found no letters that were not torn into pieces.
oRoBs ExIMNAT1oH.
By Judge Efy-Wilson first came to my house
one Sunday 19 September, 1881. 1de not rceol;,
Il e fofo oa @oS
thinE that Colonel Ben Anderson was either of
| the men.
The Judge Advocate admitted that he Was
Dr.Hinklo Eas then sworn as witness.
He testified as fol1owe-
Ey1DxxcE OF pR. H1NKLE.
Ny name is james R. ufnkle: practice ruedI.
cine IN Sullivan, Indiana; In September, 1854, I
memorandum book, and bottle containing In
water some sticks, Of whit understood 70 Be
na ba r. SoPo s1 es essa 9fd9
phial, and contained qufnine. assisted 70 paste
some Of he pieces Of paper together, at.d made
sane. i was assisted in putting he pieces toge-
| ther by my brother and = Ar- Reed.
Colonel jackson, handing the letter to
Judge Key, the counsel for Anderson, said !:
"Do Jou ndmit that the signature to that Is
Judge Efy-s'We will not admit anything"
The Judge Advocsta-We will cndeavor to
Wsfa<ss continusd-1 have seen the other letter
giving The name Of f. C2sy Wilson vas arrested In
Sullivan for robbery, and Eas turned oyer to my
man in eeafchil G him; When We asked Tie pfte-
oner his name he said It was Il. clay Wilson. I
Ss eid aa aot ox as, a not oHa as
eage identity he 0snoss3nanm hook as TIE q one
over to The military authorities for further exam-
! tFAH ShRr]H n