The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

Nov, tonk Whs just ts Rluty Oh treason
against Virginia as any of the other prison
e's. III treason there was. ALI bu, he wee
brought In guilty OF treason. Re vas found
guilty on only Two counts James NJ.
Mason came down from Winchester 10
tell me that he had not heard my speech,
but that Ii Was 20 noised abo at that must
pr.pare IL and Unblisn it. sald 70 ssnstor
Mtton: III I'm just getting sheets ,eady now
I'll en- ss Il he, Il will go right eat because
that speech must be published aud pat on
record.
Mr.. voorhees, spoke With diffdence. and
undoubtedly withheld from me the full mar
iative OF the effect OF his address. He paid
complimen t to Mr.. Mcdonald for his assist
mes in The case
wa. led to inquire about Governor wise's
refusal TO ardon Cook. Mr.. Voorhees, said:
81 can not talk 20 you about tnat matter. i
my friend Governor Willard. bat shall not
speak on that subject except TO tell you tlat
went 10 Richu ond with Willard when hs
asked Wise TO pardon his brother in law
Wire could Iot brave the public opinion
Willard went into another room with him,
and when he came out heard him say:
Governor Wise, all shall ask OF you nov
| is TO let me have the body of my wif.'s
brother Wise sat down and wrote the or
der. As We walked down the hill, Willard
being ahead of me, l stepped to his side aud
he said: i am Governor of Indiana and Mr..
Wise is Gorernor OF Virginia. II bis wife's
brother were cor demnsd to death in In
diana, and the public opinion OF that State
were bowling at my doors, be should not
| have one minute 10 wait for pardon 1T
VAS bitter hour ssid Mr.. Voorhees,,
'si as both parties are dead | will no. say
more about it
Said j: Senator, did you see anything OF
John Brown and the other men?"
Yes they were trying John Brown when
J / reached Harper's Ferry. He looked to me
,l,-f.r ,fat r>lI
| nothing vicious or very particular shout his
| face except its frmness. He had some in
| tellectual ability, too, and would conduct
| parts OF the cross examination or concede
| statements by witnesses before they were
made. When he got tired be would say TO
the court that be could not stand it any
more that day, aud the court was generally
adjourned for him. He was a remarkable
instance OF how a popular impression OF a
wrong will lift man out OF his ordinary
! level when he rises against the wrong. Any
ideal cause which q man espouses aud gives
his life and courage to will raise him intel
lectually and even morally. Brown put
! into action what other people were talking
about, and SO ne rose TO be- the perfect hero
| to those young men. Young Copptck, who
was hanged with Cook, was bright, pain,
| candid young fellow. Stevens, another of
Broen's men, seemed TO us Dsmoctats who
went there 10 be somewhat more OF the ruff
| fan thsn Cook or Coppick."
Said l. Cd q you find when You re-
turned TO lndiana. thai your defease OF Cook
lad injured oa?'
Mo- quite to the contrary. Even r 1bin-
son, " hOm ! have mentioned ,hs marshal,
came u II and SAID: Voorhees, ven were
| ria ut in O pg there l was elected to Con-
gIess in the district where l had oeen de-
f,aftd not long before. Ones instinct of
| friendship hardly ever misieads him."
Mr.. Voorhees, cor cluced his story with n
account OF the funerai of Captain Cook:
| Governor Willard aud myself waited in
the jersey City depot for the train 10 come
which contained the b-dy | assisted
with my own hands to put cctfisn in II
heerse we had brought there. 1t was a cold
| and chilly night In winter TNe b. arse was
then put on the ferry boa a1d tsken over 10
| New York and IL an underlaKefs where a
| magnificent coffin was prepared. Some strug
gle aTo,e about having the funeral In d
church, as most of the orthodox dshomina.
| tons were hostile to the abolitionists. II
was finally concluded to have the funeral
at a private house, and some gentle
man who was not afraid of what Others
might say gave his house for that purpose.
There were probably thousand persons at
the funeral, which was held in Williams
burg, n. Y, where Cook had studied law
Mr.. Callicott delivered an eloquent address,
and Cooks letter was read. The body was
then taken to one of the cemeteries in the
rear of Williamsburg and inferred. saw
the body as it was being made ready for the
coffin. He looked like gentle bow, as he
was. While he was in PRISM at Charles.
town, Governor Willard provided him with
excellent clothing aud all that money could
bring. Cook was the uncle Of the present
leader OF the democracy in the IndiaBa Leg
islature and the chairman OF its finance
committee"
Ibid the Willard family feel that their
brother dea' b was a disgrace"
NO. Governor Willard did not live long,
but there was hardening In his mind on
the slavery question. COOKS sisters became
anti slavery IN their feelings. ! think they
set their faces against that condition OF
things which brought that boy to his end.
But there we were," SAID Mr.. Voorhees,,
like the first little vessel caught on the lee
shore, with the great ocean OF the war COM
ing on behind u.s."