, 1865-01-29
~. FROEI CINCINNATI.
The Chicago Conspiracy Case.
Testimony Of Maurice Langhorn,
William T. Comstock, and
Young Walsh.
FROEI CINCINNATI.

u AoiA Oue oNu toFEcspOnaGntj
C1HcnNA11, 1anuaEy Is, 1865
Inc court assembled Tins morning In The
rotunda Of the Court Housc, pursuant to nd
joutnmeat. All the members Of tue Commits
sion were present; also the 14dgc Advocates
the prisoners, and th-ir counsel. .. ~
The records Of the previous session of the
court wus read by Mr.. Recorder Pittman. and
approved.
Mr.. Langhornwas then sworn as a 5xitnesa
for the Government.
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My name is Maurice Lanshorn. On The 3oth OF
last Ap5i LEFT Mongomc s9aap,fyt; a,St, teF1ed ae eFed
e.ai lines. i arrived il Bse d and Grecnup county,
Kentucky, and then easse on to c1nennaa. aaya ",
1saae stsne 'lfG Isa Co. sa% ce r
Confederate Coz States; aud next at NlsgsFa Falls on
the casda stde hsse asso Tesn snW iii Elm onsa H.
W,ndeor Csnsds West, and travelled with him Last
| August, Just before The Chicago DemocEauG Con-
e on Paef
ssrnis, and Then, proceeding. to Detroit.
5here wo missed connection, and some
Intending % tako the cars to Chicage. All tho
next stat7of beyond Detroit Col. arcnieil got on
tho tain with NJ. The party WIS vim number
formerly Confederate Ao,d,erl, and Dr. r n.
Smith formerly Assistant Surgeon IN the 4th Con-
nderate kentnsky zeelment;} We arrived in Chi:
the Convention, ard went to the Richmond House.
1saw Col. Grentelt several times after we reached
Chicago, and also met Col. Anderson. We had
Elven ns In Canada slips Of paper with four num-
Gers written On them and the name sLittc.''
The pnmbcrs were the number. OF rooms In ihc
Richmond Honse, and the name Me understood to
he the name OF the proprietor. We wcto to show
ftcse slips to tue proprietor Of the house, who
tooE rs 70 room Eo. Is which was On one OF Of the he
numbers on the paper In the room there vere
eight or niue men sitting and Standing We only
stopped here q short time, when were shown
down 70 room No. 1ea. In ;ti; room there wars
room, rll OF which were occupied as double
beds a. long as stopped there. In les there
wns also i cot In which ninth rnan
enterprise AZ myself while Id the room two men, man.
one Of whom was named rumbull and had been
I.Toluniccfcd to ro, and was to shew fhe nthcrs
who were already at work how 10 make eartI1dres
properly, a. had been # the arsenal at Baeon
rom ut the time. then went to WaIsh'e hoase
with Trnmhull aud smother escaped ii pfisonef, l
IN the ehcaE hv hnliet Whn,e ss aad tn
hidgemsSine was coing On Tho house il Be-:
abtnt hnipast nne or Tn Seloek I'll n}rbt noqI IA
xsna NOT m ~ ~ ti-se mn - sseeo a. .hGt ,ut0
fhn sit1jnreroonns whrre ssw1irs Wal1hS f,nr two
danrhfers' and an eacsned Confedcrato r'rlsoner
named Leslie. Amer abont half an hours conver.
s Wf KY r 'hT "9 - ,S me
IN This bedroom there werc about is
eiImsl3y @ ca made made eM4snidges At On dish They were
thetr mannfactnr IN III nom htt tse csrtr;d1 H..
es saw had been roughly made by tho aid Of =
cte!nes peG taia noteommenec operations that
1Ga' ns t.a tne Wof Te5e ~ 1n ~ eohdsion TO
Senhi. ha..,,s IN. su w saIaslusss on some
@ " she Eaas y, %oIea t were IN i9e ROOM
th;ns thnrn nra eioht ns mn =, rs en, 'n nust
1as MslS SaXnt s5 a9 tao room oiso TWO
teoe oY no,yer md ee ~ sir hoas n" ~
IN ihe Sonse untii tiio a. a,or
O'Clock. About balfpast eleven Sir. walsh cane.
When be arrtred We were all II the sitting room
again talking abont lhs expedition for which
came 10 Gnieago. h ~. Malsn .o'a nc that be was
III; ntnS, H. ,,o. nome :,
The n,ri, he snnke If xrrs Ynen ftcn ~ 1he ctv
Of an :hour. He said le'had one Thousand OF
twelve hundred men at the time ready and prepsr-
sa TO snect INC release OF ne prisoners at Camp
~ ~, n3in y. .aas nT naa aaa
Cd a. he CO considered tha uum5er Of men insnifi
cient lie named 2.U00 a. Tic number be haa
coan,ed qpon:
totona .Jde&son,,Dld yoa hear Of any other
place n ch1eago where they wczc making car
1tngssr MTf.. .-,., -
rtnm .ie Richmond NJ In Wnn.c sn ta,s Mno e"s WIN me
Nr. AsaJ objected to the witness testifyinc az
to what be had been told By other parties.
u EOnGlQtTE0 (1StnHtinn
mn 1nsonn;1 onc. The mpn who orcomnan,,d
s1D..N 80 n,-, 41@o1pAmso
inc "l'ness ifom tne htcaaioad house TO tne
dwelling house Of Walsh were consplrotor..
a1u LII "e.o ueeu'"'1on oa oae WIS lug acs
or declaration Of all.
WKness continued -rrum,,ull told me ,hcv were
Int do moi re16ember thst he mcGtIone' III IL,
cation Of antbut Waishs tousa saW rsntsi s tG
Az ef s %s' Pns n GhsnS s'w AFs
Jnage bFodncaa o9Jeesca. ihere vas no
with the conspiracy, and it vas Therefore
| highly improper TO accept any evidence re|at.
| inp to him. tie Eonld ncknnrrlalre thaf in a
conspf9cy !nc members arc unit IN thc eye
o. ne !AW, nnt 1nen Inc conspiracy must
hrSt be a1ata established; s.,;;, .... ~
and difficulties which the accused cxpcricuce
! nrise from flcfr yery connection with fI,n co,
stiracv he ur.d tl1at from tbe ~ ,essInonr suu vvu
Of the witness shanks, MafmaiuEe lad been
proven 20 DC mol Only ono OF the ploteers but
enc one Of 9 the rlngleaders: Tho eyiasnce there
Militant 10 the case. .
| Alter coustl,alion the court oyerrulcd thu
objection Of Mr. Asay. ''''
| Mal. nu11ese ulueEotooo tnat some wines
seq 1or tue uclense were IN court. II that wa!
thG ease nc M must 1a1Eq 1rEequeat them to withdraw;
the vicinity Of GONE Of the accused then re- e
tired from The room. %oeA' 70
.Wltness eonflnuei IL reply to qutst.on. Of Co,
mn s.t nr,naInf s9e T.; &c io!t
not scc;n xnh h, IN r. e, t9S1gh
~ ,old NJ re ths: oa learning that some 'e' Q
ef waa Sna
IssP PE,s; ts;n tsss!hs5 SssPis :ss b aid
TInca hnd toii lin what ~. H. nnst AE1 zap.
the nrnrranme ami fhaf hc mns, m md rns.n II
ana oa m ~ eG5 sn9r
N hfa csrot Snr and ha In IL" liz s.ns
again 10 look. sftsr Hines. aud beiofe fa tcfs
M 20 s be NJ s
time wc met n6 said W. could not hi them an sn
i there was nothing left to do but 10 dril tho cot
tsptaiu In he confeicfato sas,,ce 'e ~ ~,
mnn,cr ihaqe knoWn msn as namsd 1os csnt q.
anarfe1,n,.tsr /" ~ c1nediann ~ ae sgaea
iGc money. Csp:sin Caniriii ~ ~ m of{rsS \
Morgan's command. i saw him il Csnads, l an :
m the Thcre g. cssrd&e
1sskS Ne II sat:se!i.s ss9e dssssss sds. 5ss
harsss1 IL Ms@Gna sasps. 9s . eei es,9a s 5 i
70 70 were ai MT tod where wo were going, hut Em
ls5 - -! - e asc - ~ On 1oot Whlc
should &c supported by every Southern man.
kn9M n.ss Man H na@ea laced Iaompson; ] saw blu
n Eanaoa. II ~ lGtmerly Secretary OF the In
.kpcT nm r. nsCanada WIS sccrcs agent Of th
ConieoeFate m SsoSetnmenI Ne told nc hc was en-
pVMeIGa 70 t9fnlsn M meana 70 GarIy On these con
eG5A0o "t1 % cover The s1pensea Of the Chicag,
affair. When IN Chicago they talked .
pnssd +. eo T. +Ge Gestesn aerS,n md Hiqss pf9
Indiana. l1d mot zee them after that time.