, 1865-03-09

tho witness could erear from his Own Eno"'-
Hlfntss-1 know Mr. Walsh possesses consid-
esanle property II the form ana nare Seari
Mr. Walsh dfecuse political questions VIII msa EFT
in the city. lie often gets Fery e4clsea, ana W.
6a h's tSs III iec have heard
him say tho Adninl.tra'1o exercised some IN.
constitutional powers but haxe nesSf % ncata ia nha
htre1in~s. / was never at his house. an
Democrat Do not belong to any eeefet Pontcal
~ il. F. Sargent, Freight Agent Of the Nichi-
efn Soufpern Il 4il1oad. wsa next examIned By
@r. Wilson. Ee eaid: have known Wa'sh since
rortation business OF the railroad, have eYcr
regarded him a. Kind hearted, humane man.
Never heard bis loyalty questioned. know he
fhry 20 engaged his attention that bad to caution
hin, about neg1cctlnE his business. had similar
" to talk to him when be WINS running for Sheriff.
am KePubltcau, and am nota member Of the
Henry ". Blodgctt, of wankcgau, Lake county,
Illinois, was next sworn. He said :: am lawyer
,,s twenty-five years, anl practiced with him 1t
The bar, end before him when be was on the bench.
Lave beard bin make many speeches. Be uses
awkwsf fdnese, ard is very c1travasant In The ute
Of epthets, especially when his feelings are con-
ce1ned. Ae docs not seem ever to weigh his
Republican, and hare been member of The Leg
By thr Judge 1drocate- believe the Iepub!i.
war, merged into the Union party, which consists
q fepublcanh+ Democrats and Whlys, who favor
re Of ths rsssli9n 1o by
ttrctfyc CHARACTERISTICS.
John kendall w,s next sworn, and testified sub
stant1a1'X as iol1ows resids II carlis!e Clinton
lie stayed from September the 1stor ID until early
tn November, and was engaged In hunting saw
bin aea1S day. and hm
Kim talk positcs, nor of his being engaged In
drilling any men there. ac could not havs done
e. T ia
tended to stay. While there he was known IS
Col, Grcnfell. he mixed IN The best company,
and was often at The house of Judge Breese
Dr. J. P. Knapp and Mr. James Mullen, both Of
Carlisle, we're next e1amlncd: Their testimony
was simply corrohoration Of the last witness,
ard contained 90 new points. D.. Knapp was .
ufed 1hat hearing that rome 3adies had told HIS
wife that hfs constituents were going to mob him
for some obnoxious measures he lad supported,
he joired The Order Of Knights Of the Golden Cir
Gle, which be considered sort OF mutual protcc-
t1on society. In 1868 he was asked to join The
sons Il Liberty but .efuted.
Nj Mullen excited mueh Eerriment by reply
frg In answer to The question. DO Jou belong to
any eccret eocietyl" s' Yee, l i'm q member Of the
Licensed 1ictnalers.''
Nr. luton Eeealltd.-Heard ftom Mr.. Doolfttlc
St1awp was suggested as B.isadfer General in
the Order Mr. Adams was elected but declined.
WIS necessary 10 get up m ORGANIZATION mi Is near m
as possible to thl military organization. was
rendered the position Of 'sr1gadier General but
declined, because knew nothing about military
unatters.
james [. Rock, Of the chicago Times, was next
sworn. BE said to Mr.. He1yeJ; reside IN Chi
az oi t6s iin1 IN IN ISL Tne en- meetings % Wers ri heid
,la: 6niidins:, sttendsd seyen neetlass before
eomnittec 10 inquire into he ohjecis Of i6e o..
der. know Mr. Alexander. wss present when
Judge Morris msde his statcments c1p'a'nin: the
q Sndias out D. objects va Va. @ Chairman q tss
~sf: p!spsy e. as:F e sp':s :es 'sfs ~5s
s:neg asf r. T. sud iRfSsa Z ct SPEECH usa
he was surprised to hear members tnqniriug a. to
lhe objects Of the Order as 1t vas evident wha
1he objects were. mentioned the aEmtns ot the
ne faid that MT. Storey was Knocked down, and
Inferred to the inte:fercnec with the election IN
kenireky, md Of arbitrary Arrests, where the
laws Of The Omitted Suites were tmpeded. and al
| luded ia the sct of the Administration in gus
ap ss hs a q e. ssoa P, ns ess,sd Ms
break Up lne convention, and that they had bet
ter beware as he Order could, bring ,tt1ty or
ne ho'sand ae me1 a and Sdt TSaa %as sgs
reference t. tho release or prisoners a. Camp
| Douglas. heard Mr; l>oolittle make speeches Ia
committee to inquire INTO The objects q tie order
! which Ecpudisted the views hel promuh.tsd. l
hes1d Af. Alexander speak His remarks were
1s e Pr sSo Tsys
We eh9pjd u .fasd. i inoW J. F. Clark, Of Ur-
hns r. @Esr a knox csf
| also know Walker Walker never appeared N the
Order ut Chicago. Never heard 1t Stated that The
oners. i was sisted on he street that such re-
suit might follow In case ofa riot Such an idea
never was entertairsd OF contemplated III tue Or
staea h@ ths Ma
Felton was traitor. aud had been h1rr4 10 come
Into The osdtr I'D md !e5ay e. Mr. FELTON, never
e What bis srspsc1ons were against Mr. Felton,
1ecsuse he hsd feen him tn Conversation with
M1Tths 81 Jass w. fe'oP who was
planned bis conversation with James. and he was
executed and acquitted. Alexander and AVER were
Aver etaied hist iie joined tho osder ~ a. loyal
| mpr, and he desired to know the prtue-
| p'es Of. tke Order, and az soou as Judge
self satisfied. know pothing Of rny compact to
kill Hnl1. bad conversation with Sza*n, who
| told me that Hull yas government detective, s1d
true We had better zee him, and # he was paid
hv the government We had better pay him some
| hush money and get him ont OF the way, and
| mentioned one hundred dollars Us the sun.
| saw Dr.. Aver who also spoke to me on the eamc
| subject replied had set Strawn and he said
he would lczTc it TO me. never volunteered to
tsEc the lie OF Hull because be Has traitor. I
bare EnGde several speeches. 1 neycr adsocsteI
the releest Of rebel prisoners In the Order did
| state what had heard outside, aud that
] WEE one Of the objects Of the Order. Dr. Aver
said he had heard that there were 1eso3se1s In
Nalsh's baas. and eatd, jocularIy, why can't the
iactes carry them off under their clinollne, and
that thought mr. wife wonld be smsrt enough.
1never threatened 10 take the life of Dr. aver.
did SAT that If the testimony that Mr. Alexander
Charley Walsh than d.. Aver. He said TINT his
business Was falling of and that he already per-
ceircd It lie also etoted that either A1ex1ndeu
had made mIsstatement or the reporters had In
correctly reported, end that when he came On the
stand he would correct him.