The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-05

ilt lOllpWlUp communication VI tue
governor to the encouragement is in itself
sufficiently explanatory;
Executive Dept. springfield. Ills,
| october 2sth, 1871.
Hon. Washington Bushnc !, Attorney .General
have the honor to invite your attcn.
tion to the reported circumstances of the
unlawful killing of General Thomas w.
Grosvenor, well-known citizen of Chi
cago. that occurred about the Goth of De-
tober, 1871.
The leading fact Of this deplorable
affair are, a. | am Informed, that General
Grosvenor on the night Of the day before
mentioned when peaccsbly passing along
one of the public streets Of the city in the
direction of his home, which was near by,
was challenged by an armed man, ordered
to halt, and upon his refusal to obey the
order was fred upon and mortally wound
ed. lie was conveyed to his home, and,
after lingering few hours. died.
| 1t appears also, from reports made to
me- that there are reasons for believing
that General Grosvenor was mortally
wounded by young man named Theodore
y. Treat. who is resident OF the State of
Wisconsin. but at the time the wounds
were inflicted upon General Grosvenor,
was in this state, student attending the
Chicago University.
But the facts that give the most extra
ordinary and startling character to this
unhappy affair are, that upon the investi-
cation Instituted by the coroner of Cook
county. to ascertain the cause and man
ner of the death Of General
Grosvernor, it was disclosed that
atthe time Of the inficton Of the mortal
wound, upon the person of deceased,
Treat was II member of reputed military
organization known as Company J. First
Regiment of Chicago Volunteers, that
he had been posted where he was encoun-
tered bv General Grosvenor, by some
person who claimed to be his proper mill
tary superior, with certain general orders
and instructions for hi. guidance, and that
the shooting Of GrosvcnOr was probably
within the fair and reasonable scope Of his
orders.
When the facts thus disclosed before the
inquest, came TO my knowledge, being on
tirely uniformed of the existence OF such
military organization as that Of the
First Regiment Of Chicago Volunteers,
directed the adjutant general to institute
proper inquiries, and ! find, from his re-
port, that on.or about the llth day of Oc-
tober, 1871, Lieutenant General Phillip IL.
Sheridan, Of the United States Army, in
command of the military division of the
Missouri. and whose official headquarters
are in Chicago, issued from the headquar-
tiers of the military division before men
toned. all order or orders that either pur-
porte to authorize Frank Sherman, "A pri.
vate citizen Oft the United States, to raise
troops, organize them into regiment
and after organization, to assume com
mand, or that directed regiment to b,
otherwise raised, and conferred the com
mand upon Mr.. Sherman. | have not
been able to procure a copy of the sup.
posed order. and cannot furnish more
precise or definite statement Of its con-
tents.
1t seems TO be certain, however, that
, Immediately after the order or orders al
ready mentioned We're issued Mr.. Sher'
man assumed the military rank of colone
!, of the first regiment of Chicago volunteers
issued his own orders TO several officers o.
the organized militia Of the state, calling
them and the members of their respectiv,
commands into service for the term o
twenty DAYS and he also demanded, o
accepted when rendered, the services O
y the students attending the Chicago univer
sity, who were in possession {
arms furnished by this state. II
r. organized the troops thus raised, with otl
ers enlisted specially, required them
take an oath or enlistment, OF whlch yo
: Will be FURNISHED copy ana gave 10 u
, organHhuon that ihcIuueu !he stuuchl'
the hiversl,y tue ueeighat,oh Hi oi comPa
ny H. hrst regiment oI Shirngo Volut
teersi ana lnu' iheouolt Isehl pecaili
meflper o' snlu company anu res'niqn
ana ,upJec', as ne supposSh, ;s 70 ano 1 o,aer
OF LlcuIenehl IT, "rnerua onr''u'i, .n "'d
FRANK l. oh'rlll"n, nnu o'"''' os tue"
apPo'n'e" u ''"'''''''' nun
have no reason to doubt that the sub
stantial truth OF the facts thus stated 70
| Your information, can be established b.
the most complete proofs, and it will proba
bly, be made to appear, in addition, that OF
the llth day of October, 1871, K. b. Ma
t. son, Esq, Mayor of Chicago by his proc
lumation Of that date, attempted to intrus
t. Lieutenant General Sheridan the dut
Of preserving good order and peace in sai
city, and that the orders from the head
quarters of the Military Division of tn
Missouri, that purport to authorize ,th
raising oil tne troops that afterwards com
posed the FIRST neg OF ohlcaSo Vol
untecrs' were lssueu py Lieutenant uehera
- sheridan, WIN the iuIi consent ana apprc
baton oi the Mayor OF ohlcaSo'
d.