, 1861-03-26

CosCart1Iy Brutality OF Traitor.
The Gresn Bay, Eres hxss gives the following
notice to the Infamous traitor, the Late Gen.
eral David E. Twtggs:- -@.-. !: i
To many Of: our older citizens, Gen. Twigrs
Is well known. Thirty-odd years ago he was
stationed here, In command Of Fort Howard.
Invested with supreme trust Il, this then new
country, with little or no government other
than martial Law, examples of his YindictiYe
and barbarous conduct live In the memory OF
some Of the old residents with bitter distinct
ness There are no brilliant deeds Of heroism
IN his history, as In most, American officers OF
his age to dazzle or avert the eyes bent upon
bis early infamy and Wanton barbarian: A
long life Of service in the army inoBtlY In
frontier stations, has afforded means Of gratItl-
cation to his tyrant nature; but in his profes-
sion his coWaruice shielded him from danger
more successfully than his vanity stimulated
civilians, he, was superci1ious aud oyerbea1ing.
In his conduct to his soldiers, he Was the meT.
clless and tyrant task kmaster. He Was constantly
embrolled in feuds without cause Of complaint;
his command was never without its victims Of
In 1928, q soldier named Prestige, smart
ing under. the in1ictfon Of punishment more
severe than usual, determined to take his life,
Making his preparations with extraordinary
care, Prestige watched his opportunity 9hen
4Twiggs was asleep in his quarters one after,
noon, and. stea1thily creeping to his bedsided,
ket to his ear, and commended his soul to the
keeping Of the Internal regions. BY, some
strange accident the musket missed fire; but
the swapping Of the gun aWoke the sleeper,
and seizlng. the muskst by the .muzzle, he
Drained the soldier at a blow, leaving him for
dead. So far it WIS all right; doabtles the
outraged but treachsrous 0Idietdesefyed to
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smashed in by the gunlock; but he lived
lived to suffer complication of horrors sick
enfng to think Of The skull Of the wounded
man WIS trepanned by DR.. Foot-an excellent
surgeon and man, and while the patient was
under his immediate care, his condition Was
comfortable. But scarcely had be Commenced
to convalesce, when Tw1ggs began series
system-of cruelties and enormities unpa.-
alleled in the annals Of Yindictive persecu-
ttoG Before hfs reason was entirely
regulated, the suffering soldier was ;se-
vcrely cowhided, once every day, either
BY the hand. Of the tt raut himself, or By his
orders and in his presence. He was confined In
the dungeon, fed like beast upon uncooked
food, denied any comfort or convenience spft-
ahle to man, and worried and exasperated with
taunts and curses, as a. sauce to hia cOareer
punishments.r In the fall or autumn Of the
year the troops at Fort Howard were1rhefed
to the Fortage. to establish Fort Winuebagp,
tisement, crippled with chains and Iaden with
burden, was forced to march under, guard
through $50 miles of wilderness. Once, when
q pitying fellowsoldier relieved his .faiutane
victim Of part Of his burden for while! he
was kicked and cursed for ecoundrel for his
impertinent, humanity: Arrived at the Port :
age, he was not permitted the coarse comforts
OF his fellows, but chained to tree like
beast. In this condition he WIS kept through
a severe winter, without shelter or protection
other than one blanket aud bed of slabs which
some other. soldiers were suffered to buud
around him It is said that the Villain
Twfgge, the coward Twiggs, never passed the
lair without bestowing upon his suffering
victim, nauseous with flth, and alive with Vel.
min, blow, or kick and curse, In the.
Spring Of 1929, when the soldiers enlistment
expired, and the tyrant could no longer retain
him for his private persecution and revenge,
his head Was shaved and he was drummed ont.
Of the service. But the malice Of the coYnrd
did not end there. When he could no lonper
reach him by his own arbitrary schemes Of to-
turc, he sent him under guard to the city. and
him to the civil authorities To be
tried for bis attempt on the dastard's life, He
was tried. and sentenced by Judge Doty to i've
years imprisonment in the county fail: bnt
only short time elapsed when proper rep-
Of the facts was 14ade to President
Jackson, and he WAS pardoned and set at lib
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