, 1865-02-16
CUR CINCINNATI LETTER.
The Chicago Conspiracy Case.
from our own Correspondent
C1yc1aNAT1, Feb. II, 1855.

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By .7udgs Bartley-1 have been md am now
resilient 81 indianapolis. During, 1ast summer l
lived at Louisvill, Kentucky, IN which city join
o9 dte uRted + staes tat o deteetve W,s inflated
into The ycstibule degree by another detective OF
he 81 ot Aay, 1sA tool t1e l., rst r. assres 80 At
seeond % deeree % t was ciVen nc b. Judge Ba,ii.t at
Louiayiile; the third by III. HARRISON in he
building where Mr. podd'1 printing. Office was To-
Council DEGREE was administered to me At the
zane place. took three Temple degrees and the
Veshbule degree, whtch was al except the degree
There were written Rituals and obligations which
members were required to tnke. ala NOT sub
eclibe to these rituals: ! had copy Of them
sssR ssssson 'I Believe, boz howeseT, eH9 that the
Judge Advocatn has one Of the same character.
The written constitution and bylaws Of tho
Whieh @ @ vas not otto to the Military DiT1sion. This ii,
risiun Ind no Constitution or written laws, but
war directed BY the unwIitten rituals. There Was
cent T that nembcrs were 1 required 10 implicitly
obey The orders Of their Eupcriots no matter what
thotc orders were. That obligation is contained
IN ths w1 MfarS u t9S
subscribed their names 70 my written obligations.
The obligation nssrmed.@was In every particular
do not Know Of any stcps being taken to enfoTcc
any discipline, except tho orders oi lnpls4; obe-
was of much greater Importance than the Civil d.
rfsion-indced, from the Tinac joined the latter
was seldom or never considered. never received
Wcs snstucted By tic leaders, certainly aided IN
carrying on the Organization. 1garc fnstrucions
to mtmbeEs g ] WIS Instructed, and
any person to become Il member Of the Order, hut
simply initiated those to whom was sent BY the
leaders: did not apply to Col. Anderson a.kingg
ferred with him on the subject before initiated
him. was instructed by Dr.. ka1fus to give An
derson the second and third degrees, rs he hnd
{ffsing mysflf that ho wns really initiatea, ad-
minisicrcd to him the two higher degrees. ex-
planned to him clearly the objects and principles
n intenea eas e pas and 90 w ae
rebellion. did not tell him that there was moth
ing tzeasonahle in Tho Order. Before comforting
tached to tho oiace Of p; Kalias, and occupied
ae n a9 + aa eI any
moi remember Tint anderson syeE asked me, o.
81 oider or" sias' Was ID' 'neasonsblo ouei + do
I Idid not tell me that b had tsken
Int that he was under bonds to the Federalauthor.
ste himself from those bonds, and had applied to
to The authorities and 70 into q Northern
prison, from which he could be exchanged. An
he or Coi. Farley proposed that he should apply
for IN order for hia banishment, which be DID.
he tcld me that II he succeeded IN obtaining this
en- army. II be fl11ed he would stll do, and
cxoncrate h1mself from his bonds, By drst taking
The cath ot allegiance to the Me1ican G0vernment
faled to receive is order for banieh1nent be mads
the s1me statement in Dr.. ka1fus' office tn the
presence Of the Doctor and myself This lasttime
suspected by he Federal authorities, bnt then he
End DR.. Kalius consolcd heuaclres with the Idea
that II such was the case, he would surely have
It % t,ise1ty. ifas'' nas1ng 5aa s'' the time Of ny
connection With the Older, was always acting
With the confidence Of Lieutenant Colonel Farley,
that during ~ term oi ofaee initiated inte ihe
Order from 1ffy TO seventy five Individuals. With
one exception. they were all presented to me, and
the organization. The exception spoke Of whan
=; psa @ san. ho " pot to me By
Of nan nantd G. F. Duns. Ind II had M tos psrson SON.
ally known him, since the wur commenced. to Be-
rebel Of the deepeet dSe. Therefore considered
ter II was not ny business to Ike % men into she
had no inciiEetloa 10 DO 20. When % tnitlsted l ted
@ eet of DC s. saRse sSsS eoad e hs e. e d. e
In many Instances told them: =. told Anderson
but often eald nothing at NIL abQut tie sy1nna.
tlJ- Of the Order with the rebellion. OF couEse
he members did not know that waa United
States Detective, or did not know my real connec.
these men under false pre.enses. The rqaiority oi
the men whom initiated into the temples were
entire strangers to me; Ihad never seen them be.
| arain. The Order was to cooperate With
fHe rebel forces In Kentucky aud
Missouri. whenever The leaders and
iearrcd Ills positively from Judge Bu1litt, Dr.
soyea BoWIes and % othe1s do rot know whore Built
Is now The las5! saw pf BpTss c.a,gt w's whsp hs
ges he intention Of the Order several hm:a dur