The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-04

ssDAY MORNING. OC
about the mail robbery then, and he de
vised q plan about killing Worth Tete
then. He said that Worth was lookip
up this mail matter and that he woull
write him q note to meet him at Mo
Cutcheon's, and he said he would ride ul
along the river on the other side nea
Thomas Mollahan's. Hesaid he would q
and get him out there, and that woult
kill him, or he would do 1t himself, 80
wasJaiong. told him would not do II
know nothing about the burning o
the Tster school house. Ihaye had som,
pretty big hints.
| know n-thing about the stealing o
Anthony Hotfman's mare. :.
The el,conyersation about the killing o
these parties In Philippi, occurred at Phil
ippi with Marion Howes last July. Th,
conversation with Fenelon Howes abou
killing these parties occurred at Alber
PricsP, He, Fenelon Howes, arranged
about the defense Of these parties at Phil
ippiI BE- acted IS Judge on the occasion ant
saId "stick to 1t boys, you hall never want
for money"
m. Howes also said ]. Robinson wal
an enemy oi. his and had some fat cattle
and proposed to me to go and salt (poison.
them for him. He also said Bent. Tetel
had some cattle, and they would sal
tpoisout them too. s ..s
Ff- WHAT THE kED MEH DO. ,
The Platform aud Consltutiou OF the
Order. ss.
The association OF Red Men whose door
have'thus been thrown open to the public
was known by the euphonious name oil
Company @ Regents, Tribe OF the Grove, u
but the private work was the SAME all over
the country. There were grips, signs, pass
words by which members might be recog-
nized, and, in short, all the necessary
secret arrangements for the protection OF
brothers found in many Of the legitimate
ordsrs Of this day. The tribe OF the
Crows" had a President, Vice. President,
Secretary, g., bui the real name OF the
person filling an 0ilice was exchanged for
such appelaion as best described his pecu-
liar traits oil character or harmonized with
his ide4s OF the sort OF pseudonym suited
to great reformer..
There were two passwords used in gain
Ing admittance TO the sessions oil the tribe.
The frst Of these, which was employed un-
til divulged, was "K. o." The response
was Light" Aitsrward the password
was, .tWhere are you going?" and the re-
sponse Centennial" The grip was for
mefly made by hooking the fi'st finger Of
the right bsnd 10 that OF brother, with
the thumb on the knuckle joint. Subss-
quently 1t was made By graspipg the hand
10 the usual manner with the thumb press
ing bstween the knuck!e joints Of the sec.
ond and third fingers Of the right hand.
Placing the inside Of tho first finger Of the
right hand csrelessly along the top of the
nose was the sign BY which unknown per.
sons were tested. II the party challenged
was a Red Man he replied by making v
oil thetwO first fingers OF the right hand
and placing the first on the right and the
second on the LETT eide OF the nose.
When Ia council the proceedings were
conducted in accordance with customary
usages There were means Of communica-
tion between the various branches OF the
organization, so that IN case help was need
ed in attacking some unarmed and inoffen-
sive citizen few.Suileless brethren could
be speedily summoned from neighboring
tribe.
The association rested upon the. follow
ing r.
PLATFORM.
IT, ,Ln oonr,, ~ h,n,a,, ovanta - b.naa,aa
necessary for men TO form them
selves intoa@ hoit i1l mi .s,fEtse,fer OF
their property, and We feel that the time
for such action hes come, since It costs 30
many dollars to try or execute those
scouudrels who are continually breaking
the laws by stealing, plundering and burn
ing property, and many ofthem escape the
hands Of justice through the perjury Of
their colleagues, aud therefore We the nm
dersigned, join together in one united
effort to keep down riots and assist our Off
GERS in preserving the peace and Sc
curing protection to all peaceable and law.
abiding citiz zsns, and to use our best efforts
to bring offenders: to justice and save our
the needless expense Of feeding
and contining those outlaws in Jail and
turning them out las so many are) to raw
age upon the people Of onr country. We
pledge ourselves and affirm sol
einn obligation to keep the worSings Of
this committee secret, and any violation oil
this rule will receive such punishmenta as
the majority of this committee may direct.
Said committee ia governed by twc-thirds
OF the majority OF its members present In
all cases fothe performance OF our duties,
and in a firm reliance on the protection Of
a Divine Providence, We mutually pledge
to each other our lives and our fortunes
and our sacred honor.
The following was the
s CONSTITUTION,
Adopted Nay Sh, 1891
ARTICLE ]. This organization shall be