The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-12
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Wills; dirty odd ihosl Snd Hofs Nd DIR.
fR2 the esuusr.s. Very sfen ~ lhsss:Aed
sbel'er from ths Jain o. sbsmiu9 suu.
Their osly resott ~ ~ dig 1hsiss =
~ groaDd, sastssseh ed sxssvats o.
6aDob eat H. easth ft0m under, - 6 q
d6oFd partiss 1htiser. HeYt tvo would
creep ~ y 4Elas relisf. Y
! Their food - need not describe. II is
the sane old ssssy which ~ hear from
sssry oss vbo has ever bsen subject 70
- tSAder mersies Of tho aulhositiss ia
thsa Ooutb. Tbsir rstioas we're seldom, II
ever cooked. Peas asd cora meal. OF
stth IN occasiosal BIT OF bacon, snd iu
very small portions. we're the only articles
furnished them.
Tue suh,rings they endured can never
be imssised. A. 4 have gona arosnd and
~ b their beds 10 the different wards
and heard their. statements of the condi.
tioD Of the poor lsllows who were 1t Csmp
Sumter and .at AndersonyilIe, and Camp
Lsston, q Aiilea, Georgia. my very
heart has ached. SD | have had to leave,
that ! might hear NJ more The general
testimony Of those returned prisoners is
that large majority Of the citizens in
Ssvasuah are for the Union, and hope
that Sherman may soon come and take
the place. God grant that be may, and
that hs will coon deliver al our s,asved,
naked asd dying men 10 their hands"
THE TRAGEDY In rHE NEW YoRK
ToNss---I. .pp,Ars that John Donovan.
the man Who murdered two Of his fellow
prisoners il the Tombs. at New York city
early Friday morning. had been committed
for insanity. A physician examined him
and fanod that hs vas suffering from the
effects Of cxpessive drisk. Dsuovao,
however, was very qaiet and appsren,l,
perfectly harmiesa He vas locked mp
in what, in the prison, IL knovn :.
"Bamrers' Fl ,ll," where we're about
dozen prisoners coumitted for intoxioa.
ton.
Nothing unusual occurred until four
o'clock 10 the morning. at which time the
night watchman. Dir. M,rk Finley. who
uas then in the boss prisou, heard the
cry Of murder. He ran round 10 Bum
mers' Hail, and there found Donovan
~iih 4 heavy iron bar. abou, three feet
in length, in his hand. making an indis-
criminate a.ssul, on his fellow prisoners.
two Of waom we're then lying inscssible 90
the a or OF the prison. Mr. Finley, be.
ing unabis 10 quiet the luoatic, and lake
I'M weapon FROM him ran 10 the Sixth Pre-
cinct Station house ard asked for assist.
ancs. Of5cers wore Immediately dis
patched 10 the bloody scene. Tney found
donovan esii' engaged in beating his sou-
panionS with the iron bar, soi the only
way to di arm him ..ecmed to be by the
way Of the pistol.
Accordingly, officer Crane drew his re-
volveo and fired three or four shots q
Donovan, but 1t each discha, .se he man
aged to escape the bullet iotenhe.t fer him.
One Of the balls. however, loJgeu' ii the
right shosider Of George Henry H,i.a. m u
o her Of the prisoners, wounding him very
severely. At this time Donovan, becom.
ing alarmed Of his own safety, attempted
10 ascend : flight Of stairs in the east eud
Of the room, whereupon the officers with
drawn Climbs rushed upon him, ard By Z
few veil directed blows. which took effs,,
on his head. dssarmed and reduced him
= submission" ~.
The names Of the murdered men were
William Kennedy and James Mcdonnell.
Another. named William George, is sup
posed 10 be fatally wounded.