, 1865-02-13

one evening as We we're 1ea7ing the lodge. when
9nds. ths na9snse of
| 10 state what Mr. Morrison said:
| HIfnfss-Morrfson fald will tell you On the
square; we then had conversation II which be
Hndle dres in different parts 81 he city, Take pos.
% 6a sso asss
| satfou with wilkinson, who was also a member oil
The Grand Council; told Mr. wilkinson Of my
he did not place sufficient confidence In me in a.
tempting to keep mo so thoroughly in the dark q
regarded the objects Of the Order After some
and added that when the release OF the prisoners
was etfet ted, ttwould form nucleus OF an army ;
did no. say z What 1 ,hls army he sa they hod
| said there was to be an invasion from Canads, a.
there we're erntssarle5 there already, and 1t waa
ea1culated TINT valuable aid would bc received
tobcr; there wns no difficulty apprche1ded in at.
tscking Gimp Douglas, as The force ANAL, and
| the force Outside WINS ample to overcumelf.
There were explanations made why tho uprising
Augn:t, and during The National Convention, the
The reiaiiSe posi,iona Of Grants and Lees sres. -
Some were in favor Of immediate precipitation,
and others eounseled delay, but there was not q
upoa 1T po IL at
to attack the camp first because Of its ceogrnpht-
cal locality to enable the possession Of Chicago.
9 on P Of ~ "h WI
Eions Of the Grand Councils. Wilkinson was thc
Grard Seignio1, and Morrison IVES the Ancient
II Il sens. s r. sas
had received Information OF our doings, as was
apparent by the increase Of guards on The Streets
to destroy ali the papers and the records. Mi. III.
Doolcy, the Secretary, was ordered SO to set, md
from him we learned that he had complied with
The change in The office Of Grand scisntor was
about the s1th Of October, the superseduro Of VIII
kinson By Obetiah jackson being occas1oned In
es a os in Iii ino
He removed from chtcsgo to st. Louis. ne was
present at the National Convention, and COM
nation. Many Of this squad were members Of the
Order. heard that he had funds raised among
the different Temples or r. Temple daa raised SSoo
| was too large sum to trust with one MN. Gcaly
and Patton also told me about Barrett and the
arms, and that he stated that the seizure Of The
WIS keeping still; alt had faith and confidence In
him. Alta meeting on the 18th or 18th Of October
on he q q sse It chaseS
| Walsh would make special statement
tWss 2rraPged thst the nsftins ;1 % shenIa take m
Sunday evening, Nov. q: Thst meeting wsa held,
commencing Al 9 o'clock. About 100 were pres
ent acks9n PRESIDED md Pc 19olSy aeted as see-
large party Of men In the city dressed In butter
mt clothing, and he intended to watch them, as
he feared hey were brought to Chicago to vole
| the Republican ticket and was very 1esrous OF
| having free election. Wilkinson said that no
fears nesd be entertained IS the men were oil
.: A9 H. ad p 55Pat 81 go 0 Ts @ e aS @ f
inson had to sa5 It Was all right when no member
knew anything atontth MI. Walsh then stated
to report to him, some had arrived bpt many had
moi. They were coming TO vote and fight. They
would yote for McCle;lanaud vote often and early,
clared themselves perfectly satisfied. [Langhter.1
II was then requested that il there were my per-
eons present rot hating arms, they snond sena
samples Of various kinds Of rcvolyers exhlbitea-
sna The lsrGe. kind vas sEPr9Ssa It was st,,sd ed
houee On wells street; Geary pald he was under
suspicion, and that it was in.xpodlent for him to
OF tho lnvinciblc Club, consented to receive tho
custody Of ,he n5ma, Of 1hom they could be OBJ
taned it spilled for at O'Clock the next morning.
were not distributed; I learned this from Inb
bard who called at my Office. To be recognized
# was decided to wear The Mcclellan badge on the
ePa ePaesos g to To- iso e Nv
wns suggested that Mr: Walsh have orderlies to
report 70 him constantly On electicn @ m day; y This
fully competent 10 arrange his own BUSINESS AZ
ter the arrests, we had frequent mectnss-only
one m e ha ia 70 no
Twas member OF ono OF those committees, and
ihte p NJ It to sD Grand ~ sssnior
Obadiah jackson, bui to Col. Sweet t1aughterh
and ho found boxes OF arms in Charley Walsh's
AIMS E in The city, but they were Changed aud Re-
moved.
Mr.. Assay objected to any statements being
made Of what occurred after the arrests
The Judge Advocate insisted that tho ques-
ticn should be answered, IN order that tho
The Court oycrruled the objection.
Ustatse-At subsequent meeting It WIS stated
that arms were ccncealcd At fourteen or nltecn
p1aces, and that It was very fortunate that fcw
deal about the change in the locality Of the arms,
! and also az to how It was accomplished, which
hs h Ssn e esaa iSe oa
Ills @ hing. En- vi Il va vas I'll ssd Il ssIieus es md It
q 81 hs ban son
believe: GearT made this statement himself;
after these arrests were nade tie subject was dts
cusecd as to what Was best to be done. a messen-
ger visa dispatched to &. Corning Judd. At Lewis
town, to eensalt with him who Was eaaaidate % for
t qairy raised, Consisting of Alexander. KosS and
Of members, tic I0tents and objects Of the Orler.
manned Alexander on that committee. They re-
ported their insbity to ind ont the intentions Of
would Eisc the satisfactory evidence before tho
as5 msens yaaEs Mprss sa;a sad
Of the Government. lie said It va. the duff 81
ns &c nson '5 t. H. .t aas
cfacy got into power Lincoln would be impeached,
and, perhaps, would be hanged.
csmp Doaclas who e1s our fs5 md Il ones
atliEerty they would ecnd tho Abol1tlonists to hi
In hand.basket, and that the meanest Of the rebel
Lincoln hirclinrz-w6ich be meant to be the SOL
dIers. In this same speech he spoke OF giving
the Abolit1cnltts hi under the shirt.tal1, when
Lincoln as m usnrper, and also ~ Abraham !. lie
statsd TINT The tyrnnny Of the Abolfuonists was
81 to those Tho To- hh
The Standing of GeazJ in us Order wns to supply
sesaRes e oRe %eeng ao ec
called us back and asked us TO subscribe towards
fund foE The assistance Of three rsbe! prisoners
something, many OF which surns are not aub-
tczibcd Or paid Jet. Doollttle adTnnced ss7 or
sss. Messrs. Hull, stEawn. Morrison a1d Mrny
subtcribe myself 90 not know that any Of DC
accused were there. Tho penalty in The Order for
de.th, a1d M it vas clessly 50 Slated With one Or
two days Of the arrest Of walsh and Morris. It
was also Etated that the same party had disclosed
this whole affair. 1t was generally suspected that
Hull made the disclosures, and his deliberate
murder was agreed upon.
Tie Court directed the witness to state tho
eecrcts be had dlyu1gcd.
Vitness-That he bad disclosed the whereabouts
I Of firearms, and as IN evidence tho Guards had
been Increased on the etreete. The suspicion Has
fixed Up Hull at the meeting Of tho order su5se-
quent to the 9Th. Hull made himself odious by
opposing the schemes Of thc or1sr and saying that
no good could come ont Of 1t to the Democratic
PARTY, and that 1t WIS not q DemoCNhc measure.
was guilty, md his death was decided upon. I
vas aeked my opinion; ! replied that when WIS
satIe1ied that he had made these disclosures |
would agree to the sentence. Mcsers. FELTON, aud
! Norris were appointed committee to commit tho
decd. Rock afterwards undertook to commit the
murder OF Hull, and 60 told nc.
was published IN tho Erfning Journal, tue next
morning FELTON, and Rock came to my Office and
called nv attention to the evidence, and then said
| owed myself to ex0netate myself. lrcplfed that
| would tell the truth. They said II Alexander's
| statements were true, ] had better be Charley
| Walsh than Dir. Aver; that they had desperate
| men-when We were interrupted, and they LETT my
| office.
a GIGANTIC SWINDLE.
HOW new YORK FILLS HER
| QUOTA.
Arrest Of Twenty-Seyen Bounty
Brokers, and their llcarce-