New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-30
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.

RIsLEY's LETTER TO COMMANDER DopD'
. DOCUMENT THAT CALLS FOR FULLER EA'
PLANTATION FROM THE NEW MlNls-
TER TO DENMARK.
T.rre u,n,e Ind. March 90 SPECIALIZATION T. Ris'
low Of New York. the lately appointed Minister 10 Den
mark. stirred up o hornets nest here wien ne cc'eu
any connection with the Knights % The Iodeh .''eo
or the Sons OF Liberty. or that he had not aecou""
for money given to him TO 60 TO New'ior' IN" pr.
chase arms for the lastnamcd oreahiA'"o"' VI '"'
no had IN any way taken part in movement TO resist
the draft during the war. letter that h''ey wrote
% n u Dodd. commander OF the Sons Of Liberty.
in iss4. throw, some light upon this subject IL Is
us follows:
New.York. Aug. 8. 1891.
H. n. Dodd, esq. indianapolis. , .
Nv Dear Sir: Hunt & Co. have played the deVii az.
eordnc TO reports. Does he attempt the impnca.ns "
anv Of our friends end does II anect our peop' W. '
doorae, Can Morton overawe people BY his military
orqsnizationf have read with deep interest '"c
newspaper reports Of erairs in our state ana ~"
"a learn more. Write 10 Inc II you can mo Ie'e"fc W
rect 70 care Of Thomas Parker Co. 40 Wali.st ve'
truly yours, 'o"-' "
The way this letter came before the worid was 10
,o,,ows. In 1894 Colonel r. W. Thompson, who since
hecome Secretary OF the Navy, was military Gun
mandcr Of this district. lie made several se"r'n.0
for reasonable documents and IN one OF '"eSe .-''
letter was among the things seized. Ah'or o"i''eo'
lotto, Thought the letter OF sufficient importance "
aks II mart OF an Official report 10 Governor Mo'o"
A. showing Risley,s connection with Dodd ana the
sors Of Liberty. and the movement In oppos'"o"
., ,b. draft The Morton referred 10 III
the letter was Governor Morton. THIS ie"er "s'
r,st,en a, time when Rlsey was In w'iorh' sent
,hore MS H. IA alleged, to buy the arms. fN'No"'y
Clark Joseph II. Blake and Samuel W. Mehey' wv.
Democrats came forward today ana Sa'ea '''a9 ~.
charges that Risey failed to account TOR the money
Owen to him To buy the arms Is true ana that Nv wa"
never back here for twenty eight years. until TWO
AGO. Rigney says each man paid ~ rs MS shA'e.
and he himself paid Sl5 TO Blake for John Dawson anu
himself and took Bakes receipt for H. blake hahu'eu
On. funds And made the arrangements With Nsiey'
There were many persons who contributed 10 inc
n,nd but R,Cney didn't think It was Us mueh as
81 500. Rigney and Blake both say II IS useless
for Risley TO deny IT, as nearly everybody ID ie'ie
uaute knows the charges are true. Blake says
Voorhees, himself, when discriminating documents
wore found I'm his law office, explained u by SAYING
they belonged 10 Risley, ana that was the Ia" ID
added Blake .Rigney says: AS soon , Us had
Of Risley's appointment, sald 'ha' @e'e'" ~
made q mistake" A.. ,or In Indiana IN.
it,atod into the Sons Of Liberty. He says II j. ony
Justice 20 VOORHEES, TO say he refused 10 !o , ard
these organizations. lie asked voorhees, 10 Jo.I anu
he refused, saying he wouldn't JON any .e why by
VOORHEES, himself. when the compromising rtus ~ vi
found in his Office said publicly that they were III.
iey's and that he knew nctbing about theh' H'e''-
WI I;sferrng TO report here that Rislry had once
maid back the money. both Blake and Kigney say IL
l. not true None Of the members got the Mohc'
so far as they ever heard.