, 1865-03-11
OUR CIECINNAVI LETTER,
The Great Chicago Con-
spilecy Case.
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OF
WIN. IL. CAMPBELL-TESTI-
MONY OF FRANCIS ADAM5.

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C1ScIaNA71, March 7. 1885.
The Military com4lssion engaged in the trIa
ta o. .ne ns saeseo eonspirators assembled ms morn
~ l1' eaaat " aa|oHsamenL to'one! Mntfaf
tae PRESIDENT and all the members Of the cour
; Advocate, Colonel Jackson, the Assocate GOV
ernment Counsel, The accused, Morris, walsh ant
Grentcl1, and 'he1r counsel, Messra Judge Kcy
Judge Bartlett, r. Hervey and Judge R. s. VII
son.
The record o. the previous eess,o, VIM rea, h,
~ p.a u - -. pte.,oas seas,oa was 5eao "
N4A 1%ese.as. s..1las. 4.a1t aua M apploseu.
80 Ts,s.- S.asn.s IA' G1at
suoEe i" leon 9eSaieo' INC Hatnees 'Wm- H.
Campbell, who said: remember the night wheu
su1aar ersn,n ahout h.1nest eafl patI o. maj
-t t.1a.s. 49,. ~ ssas aa.pas. w.. W. oc1ock, !
"so. 10 n nis noase !" CO.. sompanA m11e q; young man
can7.ets of an hour. dnrfoo which t,ma ~ ~ ~
inIroSncca IL tvo xnnnc r9en 1vhoss ,s ns Nc "efe
get {These young men were Travia, Daniels .un and
canttItEroHTFE 1 I1,ausE1 ,,. There were also
present Ms. M1sh. .ss @tsa Msggie Walsh, Miss
Willis Walsh. NJ. Galloway Is Young citizen oi
Gnleaso. aqa hepa.blican. L. Gn TIC ensuing Tuss-
6n5, wnsn ne wfat & 2 ne poiss he e9a1bited to
to t nnls ,onI asr ne W. saxns Mhsa went
nns,tIdn ~ nr1ysta senrrcto-v ~ IL sf9n ny
Committee pnlesstood that il va, ,tner'sr
| recf.d hy thc Democrsts thar fhcra Tcnid *
COLLISION between tbs p,rt1es At the nil, ~ sn
hc nrenaecG ~ ~ c1oo+nannr pa'y sAoald
faloneI Heo3b|f,sn ~ ee1 ~, ~.
cv,ige3 cstv ~ nnt ~ a1s "netaef Chi
!
r,tn n""eSs-@s impression IL inst 1t Is Civilized
III He fn,,oxztno cr,r,s,,o c,,r,a.,,, 49,.
uncnre perpe,ra,ea BY hisn iita.x I'll
III Citizens u, rb,caoo ,rs .,,,.,,,,, =.
,rn3d ~ a s,.1ta II aEag1 3,S IT. compelled to g
a1sa s!yi!lzsa : ~ i sosisty '.z - sa0" =
/ cty." - 'A''"' . 'eso''"9 s'a'e o' socf"
'' -x.,os.rro% or rr.ro,. ,n,x. o
Mr.. Frasis Adams .as next swera ' ss as :wltneas
BY ~. @ @Mtrosy.My m name Is Francis Adsus. !
hod lie pos0n q cy is .ae e an et1 Of
chieagp. Witch ofdes haze M held slnse 1867. Have
n cs'sG since H. h q s5eeoa
Ror.ry 1ca,ccnt q Peoria, IL, and the remaining
th5ee ~ visiting ~ at MemphE. 1,I ~ Ienn. & xs-e
hsrs A6T. 6i nce 1s md vas
icsai profession.s think Judge Morris is unfforn,-
j segarded u chieseo, as kipd:searted m;n.
aud Of humane impulass. l have beard him make
1 8.
rough. blunt, open, and probably exIasasank
why Of expressing bimsslt and @ hls conTsssassol3
ls E S 8 & sse
house in which be lives and "a an interest," IN me
es!ste in chieasS: 49,
stories hiSh While maIDis tf6n Wta o1ee5 De-
seers, pelit;ssf ossaaiss;q ss!isd the i!'iai
atcn ~ enra fhan fnnr ~ ire ssv rd ~
Mo1pis Two Or 1bree timcs and heard lin msSs
6pee or ts1Se ~ Az
1hrnr.i, fhe Ch1ra o. nsneIs. ncres knGs1 t,at
q b at haa besn ehona rs sr
fmmeaintelv withdraw ron, H. hs',nva nass ~
noroph;et c5hbfted to me-. bT fhe connsai ,e ~
519 q nS e xes0ue and hstt degree OF the o.
The pamphlet WIS submitted /. ey1dcnca bv Mr.
Hcfves. VIA ''4''~0 - ''1e"ee - n1'
3nn,yledre anv,hino as,j ~ nt.njaa ~ r. ~ w
Canixation "A 10 n1ynr aid IN thr Sontne ~ ae os
q assisting them u mi W.. il vas bei,escd -
Te14tat ti'c-o 1ror15 hc a-road oassa sae "
H. le"aI ararcise ~ -. ol.c,,a 5G "lsa
.sHL tnorght It tS ~ to hsna toethes s
rigEts; 5,t ;,,.. u.,,o
theso ,tn fsG Jss7 f1 az fGputa4on among
ono1 fcarted sn,, ~ fs1o,s use1 ~ tat o. Glesef
so,s q. 1toM Hp 10 the time Of
3 @ " ais 9eing engaged n raising
NesA11e''" Az ~ s.se o.aass atmy.
- cnossE1AA1H4TIoN.
BY thu JudQe Adeoc1tt.-I have detailcd tn the
Corrt Ill the purposes Of the Order that ever i
knew o. iolned the Order In de IAN Of issas
was drst approached the subject Of joiniay the
don't remember ever seeing lin IL lie n nenttn2:
Of The Order. I objected, at arst, to ioinnr. bes
ceuse, as told him Wis opposed to recFs; M
1itica societies. as they we're opposed To fhe M.
form policy and usaees Of The Dsmocratic n,rtv
md, 'aleo. because believed them ioconsisient
ward. having Learned that there we're nanv of nv |
friends In The Order, and that some feeiino ~
been created In thcjr miods nnaInst 1np IN tt,e n
oned it m.iriy to aIisy tais :eeiipe a nn1 H.
hsps Gc eafd that have violated nv concent,on or
what was right and that { joined In violation Of
eifion to The gesfablis,ed usases Of The Demo
Il one T.
do not M InoW s M by WHO'LL Whom T o9,ne was SO. so.
ilated. nor who .-wcro ny sponsora. /
pamphlet which has been Introduced ithe Vesti-
bu1e or First Degree Of the Order Of Sous Of liz.
ertyl tecoenize a. containing the ratter read ia
me On Iay initiation. do not know how many
degrees took. The l,st meeting attended Was
four or Ave weeks pTtor to he Presidential eIec.
snd fhonnh nolic3fed Nv NJ Hn1I end .hr u.
sermea, hsve not attended aincc- There ces. Ger
6 ne euet9s. o seans en-
weis saa d.S aos sise = n; s ssesia s::eat "a
~ 1ns nms seeosni7o tnns IN The ritual that1
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