The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-06

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prisoner trial.
Proceedings or the Trial.
WASHINGTON, Sept s, 1885.
The Wrz trial resumed from Saturday.
EXAMINATION OF J. NELSON CLARK.
Nelson Clark testified that he TAKEN as pris-
oner to Andersonve about the 28th Of May 1854 and
confined The previous evidence to the crowded and
chlthy condition Of the stockade the suffering of the
PRISONERS the coarse dirty and insufficient food, &C.,
was repeated On day Of last year he counted
hundred and hfty-four dead men in the stockade.
The witness mentioned the Of insane soldier who
wandered up and down by the stream refusing to
clothing and who had not enough know that he
must cook his rations; he ended his life by suicide An
,oher prisoner destroyed his life by hanging after de-
caring that he would rather die than remain in the
stockade When the witness taken to unreasonable
twenty-five Of them died principally in that prison. He
sad six were shot at different times, two of whom
he knew died; one Of them extended his arm too
of the stream, when the sentinel fired; another
happened to get slightly beyond the ne the sentinel
fr,d missed him, and hit who was lying in tent
Tho witness mentioned the circumstances attending the
shooting Of the other four men for crossing the dead
line; he did not however hear Captain Wirz give
the orders for the shooting
EXAMINATION OF VINCENT HARRY.
Vincent Harry Of the Seventy New York regi-
ment VINO Was prisoner a. AhaeIso Urt oGen
while mt cansin Wrz,s he heard Wrz give
IN hsva men nut in the chain gang and have irons
acad round THAR foot and also order the guard To
shoot the frst man who should cross the dead line;
Wirz also threatened to shoot any man who would not
bodies Of men bitten by dogs and described the suffer
ings Of hundred and fifty men who had been VACCINE
atcd with poisonous matter
On cross examination witness said some Of the ia
tthe chain gang had previously attempted to escape
TESTIMONY OF EDWARD L. KELLOGG.
EderN H. heliogg, ., ~, inc o .h Scad i;ua
cavalry saw four men shot lot Crossing .no ucaa ne me-
shooting was quite common 9ccnrlSnse WITNESS p ws
Daeked SIX nouls oerasSe ne s as hucpaa At The
tme bucking consists Of first tying the wrists TO-
Besner, snen astcIng luz ms o'eI s r ssv man
mn I,d w stotes srmv although he had
1ucked In me un'eo osiscS army - t I he ,.os
hetgd Of sucn tnhgs PEN uomc luz @ Nv, ro ror
'bucsec was tnat r. ~; Nvs ydYFH,p,S wy" "o ' 0
reporting those VINO attempted 70 escape.
EXAMINATION OF JOSEPH X. ACHUFF.
Joseph r. Achun, of the Twenty fourth Ohio, prs-
ri Andcrsonvile testified that having gone out with
robei guard he jumped on the rebels back, while the
two prisoners who him took away his gun
hearing tho dos in chase he and his nv scat vs
hounds and rebels horseback the no. nds were
mot taken Off of him for fifteen minutes during which
time he had to fight them with his sts he had nothing
nnon lin, hut par Of panaloons made of two rebel
meal sacks; he stn carried the marks OF the biting ON
his legs; tho horn blown a signal to take the
hounds on he was taken before Capt wirz who ordered
him TO be put in the stocks exposed the he
u S o Of
no smoke to Wirz about this treatment he told TO
sdrv mn or he would have his brains blown OUT the
witness after being taken out of the stocks roncd;
the rings passing round his ankles and legs were sep.
arated BY bar eighteen inches long; the legs OF
the witness were sore and scurvy fell into them; he
was kept thIrtytwo days in irons by order OF CAPITA
Wirz; il was pretended the removed BY drcc
ton or q rebel surgeon when the fact they were
afraid of Sherman-having q white fag hanging out all
,fha xne: this was in July when squad Of Sherman
1lra 6rSurht In the1 We're stripped of everything
axrant nantaoons and shirts: even their ba0ns were
sn,s onon Wirz saving he had heard of money some
taes beine slowed away in buttons; the men
.%o hunr. thew belonged 10 Stoncman's cavalry: Wirz
siruct Hichirsn how over the head with his revolver
~ ~osr,t ~ which was that the boy died OF
IT.. the witness said he saw tho man called Chckamau
-, L;I,od. to man had mic named him sAutouhcsd -
r. bclonvcd 10 illinois, and was silly and had lost leg
tho hovs having nagued him he applied To Captain wir7
~ 90 on naroIe Wrz cursed him and threatened to blow
~ ~ on pv., tn nan was at The time within the dead
INA Wrz ordered tho uuard 10 blow his brains out the
cnsrd iired the shot striking the man the let side
rc.,, waa corried out and died the witness
Wiz Law ont The dead line In April 1854 and heard him
go; rders A. that time F any man crossed the line
shout him. the first night he went into the stock"oe on
the 18th Of March, 1864, nc saw WIZ klchins poo
skeleton around there ana hcaad Wirz curse ni, n'
named four officers, who also witnessed inc amc CITY
ccurrence the squad OF ninety men 10 which tne vi.
attached being In toerapiy good pnysos oo,
iton, could stand up In line pretty well put o.ncs
mot; Wirz said he would not give the latter any,nn'
20 eat for forty eight hours ana ne keps M ~. ~
ON the Sd, 4th and oth OF July ratons Wei ~ 81
throughout the stockade because Some nau ~
number OF prisoners there Of the Tune was lh'y ~
thousand on the 10Th OF July thcre wa S,ra
crowd at the gaze OF men yns ~ s ware At thai Mac