, 1869-08-06
TIE CONSPIRACY CASE.
Examination OF thc E'elker IirorlsCr.
and Enton-Tcsttmony of George



Felkcr aEd GeosEe c. taton, upon charge ot
c"usriruc! with George johnson, 10 I'LL and mur-
t1rF AliuI Plnkelton+ tAe celebrated Chicago lie.
tceflve. In this city, In Dctoter last, was CON-
rstnccr1 ct the Police CoE1t yesterday morning,
and couttnued unt!l cseuinS. the uuu. j. II. Eux-
ard. J. LnSan chipnan and William 4 Moore sp-
ptatlhg for The defence. aud the Hon G. y. n.
lotnr; , and Il II. Wslllasou being 1ss9cated
with til Prosecuting Attorney for the prosecu-
t.on. h;' one witness was put upon tue stand.
George JuElnbGn, the ullu R1o ii Under lFrett
Upon charTe III attempting 10 Kill Mr. pluke1-
ton, aud lie teat!rt1I as follows:
va, nj County Inn npon q charge ni pssaultin5
Allan flnkertun. shout llr uldiic o! Ortooer Last
kno" The defendants kneg them Dsst whco |
The las, OF September, I came With the defendants
to Detroit about the 9Th Of October icar!tg S1rula
The Aun.lay utter my trial We CAME to .ht Grand
Lawyer Jonrs vent 10 Chicago, and Eatou, nYse,l
and q rnaa called kincsde, ~ho hal also been In
The sasnta tai,. ca'2e 10 Det1si, 1ktoppea !, the
day. ana returned the foAEtnx week with s.su
FclEcr. Doc Fclscr and Lax, er Jones' going 10 tao
En1idr Isss w9ere 9e them al s.f
the cod sco1ehman" l Eeau Allan r1necF-
ger whatever to be npprchc:t1ct; that th:
Chief Of Police. and Detectives stadler aad sulI!-
van, believe, strc III hts ,nierrst ale sad that
le " get Isl,,c Fiji Of !noneF IL hond4 from
the Iscnos, md be would rive nc f5tl1, md gise
ne position as detective on Colonel Woods
EGfnS 10 me lDttIlIuEuk 14EASl[{ A]CpaIlucuI+
We then wenr 10 Windsor, end look q dHok a:
Nike Roehfo,,l's sAloen- We then vent TO the
Ltuse where Keno and Anderson hstt with thel
have some bonds, ns he WIS spending Ala money
Tor thttp. As We were. gong back 10 ths saloon,
inrow Throw NJ, the bus.;,ess. The next nornlns |
get orders TO be nj Fckcr's room iuueilate-
there Nj. Sam Feltes SAID: "Wei!, George,
what are you going to do lur Old Scoich today ~
/ tuld him ll'at l s!apull use nim up II 70,
chance. lie then asked me II had "rpn,"
meaning q rcs Diver, End toh him that hat gOt
t;corgF EAions, lie lhrh told ne That he WIS go
Ing to Sandwich to get home oonds from 1seno.
to cary ii sar whr with. Tod me not to get
drunk. md 10 satch to[ an OPPORTUNITY 70 casca
care II TO the itll!afl- ruotn Of Nike Rockford,
w.,rte mid kncadp, Joe Miller u ne called
,nat @ be W vas as soiss 10 ch,caso On Lasiness. aud aud
should ,uke Joe win him, GuL he sho1ld Leave
hIS ,rs''her ami G.offe Ea,on With me, aud
a;ot, I':t.kcr,oa through the head. 1ut to shoot
lin Though the kelly, as he was 70 full Of wh!stcy
niSly tu!.i lhe tatne- THIS was on the second
daY I'll, + FtlIrr came from Chicago l an sure,
The AFTERNOON we WIRE ut Windsor, but had no
u,,l,ov1El.ty to see l1nkertoh. The following
nurnin. went to i'eiAcr . rooln, and Eaton an1
Mosea fe,ktr were MI, YET nr. ! walled for tnera
TO nrtss: then VIE went TO breakfast, ind after
ward al !. tadsor. During the forenoon We u!aak
quite often u the htlliard Eaioon. Abont noon
Estuu calnt tn quite excited, ant! told me that
"ud ,I'!tk.' was IN .McMseken:s office, and
said. "Sow Is yonr tine soon Afitrxard
start,d for the fcrT5-loat- Doc. Fclker look ne
ly he ar1n and EAn "EoHie hIonE," and we
went t.wn 10 tne bt,ai l1nAsrto1 s r. W. .AaIing
The nit.E luusds. vhefr Doc. FeiEer asked nc II
y! rs'c;SsI M WORKED @ I'll FtSn. ana @ 1e'a n;T tAat
shoot hin in the belly. drup Your p,p nad walk
Of" AT thc ief15 dues vi this side, Doc Felkcr
walked Gu nhca,, aid ] followed Flneertun.
ro!ser u FInAertons Ear. bnt could rot ra.s,.
the hammer rlnkeItvn seized Inc and called
S, Is and In FI.r VI. s5ssea = y,
1a!l D; sarn,A lad ral the Detroit
I4ulAEs. m!d MAS wc' posted IL regard to the
lteno as.h Anderson. and the Morton aud Thom,L
ron cases a man lla1urd liar = ood cama 10 ne
1.h,l a:.ltl ll:ii t clkrr farsy were wusAlL> fur
tho lhzn.-, and fncy waIse9 NC 10 20 AID tuake
cruIc p4.-uEerss AitcfxaEsi-, Sir. Soonau, III OH.
Ger. cat. .ii Introduced M SIuL. Frlker. Ilar-
~axsi !.. snr that Frtkrr va. the tilnn who wnnt-
I'll The -..vlt III DIr conversation, Ftlkts .ihcr
iGllrveu. tr pretended IN hf!'r:e, tnat I WIZ IN
l1uIc7t.'s ttnpoy. IL the afternoon. air. FeHet,
NooEs'', 80 ihe ).llcr % caIag 10 % tee me, anl
1lienI should be rtad AgAusf me. Mr.
liLArr ".i was To br ufr'..'ed, and 1
he Wis III custody. AuuuAn ~totr out the alll!.-
vii. II stated that PlnketIun WAS 10 ,ire me
tI,'xy Tor ll:aEastnr the rEl,oBtrA About talf au
hUur at;trsar. liey cau1e tsacE and sal1 that the
whole thing was future; that the conspiracy
WIS entered !n'H on American soil, hut FeEer A.
sure! tne lhat ~ should *ant 1nc q soon IN
Keep ) st!H ItIFr lip. Tor W., all right At my
1rtal tile JiTs disagreed, and WAS he'll On very
the authorities au1 ut tni'tnirhi l was
ms EeAt :nornin: weni .os ! to see ST. r':.keI.
ay..l T. n.I.I Ift. THY were at bf alk fast
aud ~ ~ ihr saac tahlr VITA Samac! Felxef
and Luls*i e = oo&t. 4A!trr trtakfass went to s
cUntrr-s.! :ILout tt- KrHo hn.iucss auf about
l1akrf1" lie sad iIli Every detective In the
l,.aled IL. fi". We Lts -t,' tu 20 ou: riding hut
:l:nr,,: s.r n;!n!s, ant svnr out sailing. II
heard liza; the Ftlk"r rarty were NIL round
1o~n t's:sls ier mr. Mr. A1!rn. The Governor or
tle lat;, vas auSn'.s :tu#l me. ! we1e to Port
liususl II re!hcr'- snr:rsn, s:aid u,ttI morning
and thr s.''uraGr! 10 slEIs:t- The next day KIN.
tnde pa- ty lie 1Eicu, has Ill The Witnesses hal
v!ullett tscu cuyictct. testified In hls fnyor, nna
he wn. d:-sharEed. Ine n"Nt inorang We ali
srun W arna Y. rs n oa oaa1 1aG n9a nsat II 1s tse
nth nf lus'ts. Mr. ttlA-r nud coloacl Woods
were ar'-rsl. MF. Fr'krr 'ooS ae ons tic fore
castle II thc ttut ara 1u1ru ,uccL the subject of
the Assu--i,lti"a 1T .A.1In Iinkts,au. lie o,Et1
lEc II "t:!i rot III l. Ert iaU3 mad settle down
to Irac!rc. 1!e t1'ok" If thr persecution unI
tod tlrr W,tit nut 40 any .Itc: fhlag for money
but 'la va arS:OHs n :,et on CuIone! Wood i
star, ~ world not make any agreement lie
san ta'sr 'I+ Wplh Ett IL the position II would
do iEc ,rh !"r he ha the tll:1rrncr 10 in IT, After
~ sv - sa'nla We "'nt 70 Toronto, Colonel
tar. Va ~ We got 10 Tuguuto Tue ncxt mnrniur :.
we aIt tHt n the HeFiln !to1se, And had rooms
on thc third E"ur: II was there III Il was lntro.
h:takf4,i 4rrertained tt:at Juc Nse1 wns to take
ue up 10 The cnnrt :iou-c, where Reao aad IN
S'o ~ s,,on ws,x sna'''S 5 aesson ao9 OF ne Il.
no. Au'..r -on, PinhtrIan, isl1ss. and we.T
that l..isit know them, and lie did SO. Morton
and .T.rn,p:un had s".cn rrcap:snrd, anI al
h:ht. rrFt 10 come to Windsor that night. We
1Iru -! t'! for Bctrui: r,I the Gr.ud Tr1,4K
Enue ;sG .hsksr'on rar'y coms b tne Gnas
a>e,,tstt!...r! !s woman. art We we're registered
~ t'r'lEr Wilson aad Ia"t. The !adE went Ray
-rc f.';.r sud EA;nn- dia no. cat breurtast
With u. hur sn, IA ,hc Fading room un.tl they
Srre ''t,;ss'! .:.:t,sg. When vas sitting there
got OIL str s:n-:, he puItf:t:i 20 4 niau whom he
tAEi WaE Hrir, Or lsaacs, haze forgotten which.
III II 'r qspo I ~ to NM me-! "a
TO-, lAlc iat"a said, He has esca2tI this tl1ne,
hI.t We viii catch h.tn yet.
s':'u H. = y: at sAsnla l went there to ubct-
a:t' t1a':lee Narwo,I VITO WIS connncd upon q
sa.;,n l'aAns s"anierfSt 'none! Iwas ~.
Motn"! :'~law asked &c to do IL Tary reside il
A'H'i1; afL They gave iac sls st1pay m5 cxpcn-
TT: n scaling shc WALL itii nad broke ny col.at
bone. s'l' was captured ! na1 never been an AZ
dn .o' t'.ow. Ny rrl lame !. RlcaarI 'sas7y.
Il: tie i4c;usbt ltons.'. 1t thu sugyraiinn OF sam.
nel Fchtt NaE krnwn ly tie uatne Of Henne..
Toss Was srer pr"*csucl :. cuica;o M * fo9 r. pal. "
rlary t.!'r !1e nai1e Of Huss or auv Uiher name.