, 1865-01-31
FROM CINCINNATI.
The Chicago Conspiracy Cases-Sen-
tence Of n Rebel Spy.

Especial U1spaLEQ 10 Tue chicago 4l1HuhSJ
WASHINGTON. Monday. Jan. 80.
The Court Martial in the Chicago conspiracy
cases assembled this afternoon at half past twe
o'clock in the rotund4 Of the Court House, pursu
ant to adjournment. All the members of the Com
mission were present, also the Judge Advocate
ard his assistant counsel, the prisoners and their
counsel. The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and aproved.
Maj Burnett requested the Court to adjourn IN.
til II o'clock tomorrow morning, as he was unprc-
parcd to continue the evidence at present. two Wit
nesses whom he wished to examine nextnot having
arrived, Hc had teleernphed lor them On Friday,
and expected they would be On hand by to-mor'
row morning. A third witness was In the city,
but IVES too sick to be placed upon the stand.
Tho court adjourned accordingly
gated from the military headquarters IN t6is CITY,
In relation to the Confederate spy Davis, formerly
keeper OF the military prison at Andersonvf1le,
Georeia, whose arrest "as etronicled In the TIT
HUNE:
HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN DEr'r,
Cincinnaa, Jan. s6, 1865.
GKSEnA1. ORDER No. 4.-Before general court
martial which convened at Gi1cinnah, Ohio, Jim.
80 and 23, series Of 1s6i from these headquarters
and Of which Lieut.. Col. E l. Webber, ssh Regi-
Sf aSa yS s an e. T. a4 i aas
t be16si ps: aSaE WeSgiBs caanfs i
at Eshsl enemy Of the Unite United satss and beng %
esy JAM a ,ses or seeaetg seSg' tns and mt Il
dtseuise enter and come within The line; Of the
States. and With the States of Ohio and md Michi.
Ean, and did then nnd there secretly and coyertly
1qrk IT, 4 The ds d5ees Of cft1zen as spy and On q
to leave the said States Of Ohio and Michigan with
the purpo.e and object Of going to Richmond Va,
there to deliver dispatches and lnformadon from
certain parties, wh0ee names are unknown, hostile
to the Government OF the United States, to Jeher-
son Dayis, President Of the so-ca11ed Confederate
States Of America. but was arrested - spy. on
Newark, within the ea!d State Of Ohio. To which
the accused pleaded as foliows:
To the specification guilty, except to tho word
sas snd haRhs hs Raase nd re sf
nature deliberation on the evidence adduced, aud
the accused. as follows. Of the specifications guilty,
the court do therefore sentence him, S. 3. Davis
alias Willoughby Cummings, 10 be hung by tho
neck until he is dead. at such time and place as the
Commanding Go General may. tLrect two-thirds OF
the members OF the Court concurring therein.
The procecdlugs, finding and sentence in the
foregoing case Of s. B. Davis alias Wfllou.hby
Cummings, are approved and confirmed. lie viii
be sent under proper gusrd by the commander OF
the post at Cincinnati, Ohio, and delivered into
the custody Of Colonel c. ". Hill, commanding at
T. e VII zee Y h, ac n,an
tween the honre Of 10 o'clock a. N and 3 O'Clock
p. m, on Friday, the 17th day OF February, a. D.
1s65, and make due report thereof to the Com
nanGing General.
By command of Major General HooKEn-
CHI. Potter, Asst Adjt Gen.
A government detective named Mr. J. S. JET.
1ies was shot q day or 50 ago IN Bourbon county,
ernmcnt in the case OF the Chicago conspiracy,
and 1t was understood was TO have been witness
In the present trials. lie was the detective a.
AN tn nm hH $ha Fra1 mil fhHF
had gone into Bourbon county fur the purpose Of
Investigating in affair Of some guerillas who were
supposed to be rendexyousfng at the house Of q
woman in the vicinity: lie took With hip rebel
betrayed the officer into the hands Of the gneril-
las, who murdered and robbed h,m.