The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-30

More Testimony Directly Charging Him
with Murder.

with Murder.
| wAsHisaros August 2o 1906
The prisoner was brought into court At half past ten
| O'Clock.
| LsrrER PROM CAPTAIN WIRE.
| Judge Advocate CmrxAN said be had communication
from the prisoner which he read, as follows:-
| OLD CAPITOL PRISON,
| WASHINGTON CIT, d. O., August 90 1895
Colonel n p CHIPnAS, Judge Advocate, Military Com
most respectfully ask the Commission - am here
Alone send for my counsel Messs Schade and Baker
understand that my fervent entsatiss they
have consented again to appear for me- They under
pers. Hoping that the Commission WIN grant my re-
| servant H. WIRZ,
Major General WALLACE said il there objection
the gentlemen would be sent for.
No objection being made, and the Commission being
disposed to afford every proper for defence,
orderly was despatched for Messrs. Baker and schads
The court was then cleared for about OF
an hour and when the doors opened the record
yesterday read. Messrs Baker and Schade agai.
! appeared in court counsel for wirz The room WIS
more crowded tnan heretofore with spectators many
| women being in the crowd
TESTIMONY OF DIR. J. q. ROY.
Judge Advocate Hosmer testified that he was on duty at
Andersonvile; he under the immediate charge OF
DR.. Stevenson; the hospital in deporable condi-
tion there not being sufficient supply Of tents and
hunks; there comforts he told that there
were between thirty and thrty-ve thousand prisoners
there he did not md much difficulty in obtaining mcd-
cines, excepting few Of the rarer articles the men
presented the most horrible specimens Of humanity he
ever saw; large number of them affected with the
worst forms OF scurvy he attributed the sickness 70
long confinement exposure and absence Of the comforts
OF IRE, there were maggots in the swamp the hos
pita the malaria from which had most fatal effect
upon the patents the insects white with WINGS
were such as result from decayed animal vegetable
matter; they we're so numerous that 1t dangerous
Tor man TO open his mouth sundown the witness
heard that there was dead ne and Of his patients
was killed. but he did not him shot; he stated the
circumstances under which the prisoners were when
Wirz had command Of them, and while he the ad-
the conclusion that Captain Wirz had fu1 an
thorty over the prison under General wnder he had
seen see the chief clerk OF Dr. James bucked and nqung
fcted by order Of Captain wirz.
Cross examined BY Mr. BAKsR-rhe hospital fund,
about which he had testified and with which decscee
for the sick were purchased In existence when he
went to Andcrsonvie during the month Of February or
was drawn from the fund at that time one dollar
geenback would purchase twenty Of Confederate money
The witness was at Andcrsonvle six months and tie
buckng the only instance of cruelty he had seem
the medical condition Of the hospital better after
Dr. Clayton came there Captain Wirz exercised mere
influence over the former physicians than he did
Dr. Clayton.
Al QUO O'CLOCK the Court took recess until two
O'Clock
TESTIMONY OF DIR. VAN DRRKIEFr.
On 'eassembling Dr. b. A. Van Derkieft testified that
he on duty at Annapolis from May %, 1893 70 May,
2s, 1885, he attended to than thousand Of The
returned prisoners from Andersonve they were suf-
fcrn from chronic diarrha scurry and other dseases
some were In dying condition, I'd others mad 70 be
treated IN the hospital before q ACQUIRED strength
es 80 Se orc an & o cm which
chronic darhGa; this resulted fro insufficient food
and exposure very little attention paid TO their
pt In knrtre
graph OF living skeleton, and said hc .. many Of
the returning prisoner: in similar condition.
tross-examired by Mr. B'KEs--Hc knew oniciay that
the men were from Andersonville; had
duced to the condition repres nied in the photograph
witness was regularly educated In Germany physi
TESTIMONY OF MARTIN r. HOGAN.
Martin +, Hogan testified as 10 his having been prs
oner at Andcrsonyille the men there we're n q misers
bic condon-as bad possibly could be; the
thick that they coad scarcely elbow their way;
lay IN their own nth calling for water and crying for
food, but no attention paid them He also testified
to the miserable quality Of the food and injurious
effects such half baked corn bread which was sour
and the beef, when furnished Of inferior
quality; men afflicted with the scaryy would crawl upon
the ground the sght was horrible; very many wcro In
sufficiently clad and having shelter burrowed in the
ground TO hounds lie was brought back 10 prison by
their agency he had seen Captain Wirz with hounds ry-
ing TO strike the track Of escaped prisoner; for at
tempting To escape from prison about the sth OF 0cto
ber 1854 after the most obscene abuse from Captain
WZ he fastened by the neck and feet aud remained
there sixty. eight hours he heard Captain WIN give
ders that he should not have food but he did Ct food
bad seen three comrades put In the stocks;
at the same time one man was put In
by rcsentlng the abuse Of Confederate soldier; whom
the prisoners being removed rom Apdersonyile To
collar because he could not walk faster the man was 40
by disease he could not throwing the man on his
back he stamped upon him with he feet ne saw ,he
secting room no saw IA the pursuit OF knowledge
saving open the sku.l iscd prisoners ana open
Cross examined by when he escaped he
took with hia a knife ct himself from harm Il
necessary: Il was Conie crto surgeons knife, which
he had taken without leave; his companions who at
tempted escape were provided with rovolvers; nvo
loads were fired al the parry Grst pursued and who
were sending the dogs after them he was put in the
stocks from personal revenge because he tried 10 escape
the papers he signed before he attempted his escape he
he signing
Q DO you believe that you could have passed ou, OF
the prison without signing that paper A. II had sgsed
a parole Of honor should have respected H.
The cross.examination was further continued
TESTIMONY J. u. KIEsER.
J. D. Kieser testified that he In the United States
service captured and sent 70 Andersonvie he arrived
there with the nrst party OF four hundred mem there
was sufficient accommodation then, but others were
added affairs became bad, and the men began 10 be
afflicted with darrhea dysentery scurvy and gangrene:
they lay the ground and not protected from tho
weather; April May, 1894 supplies we're received
from the North; some mouldy bread Or cake was Vas
thrown over the dead line one man reached peyona no
dead line for piece OF this moudy bread or cake,
when the guard fired and shot him through the head;
he saw another man after he had shot In the abdo
men hc had IN the chain gang with iron col
lars round their necks; somo Of them were thus
punished for attempting 10 make Their escape;
the prisoner was profane and ovorboaring toward
our men on the slightest proyocation lie had seen men
bucked by order OF Captain Wrz The witness had seen
General Wnder at the prison, number OF our prison.
ers rushed up to him. when he told our men TO stand
back and gave 10 the guard 10 re on those who
approached the gate nearer than fifteen feet
fbe witness was for long time cross. examined for
the defence He had seen Captain wirz commit
An assault on any Individual prisoner but he had heard
tho prsoner give orders 10 the guard OF them TO
conine a prisoner In the stocks for attempting to
escape; wrz called him damned Yankee son OF
hitch The man spoke back when Wirz drew n revolver
and told him ho would nx him; the sent TO the
stocks where he remained twelve hours
The Court at quarter. past four O'Clock adjourned
THE WITNESSES IN TnE CASE.
Tho counsel for Wirz say they will summon AZ least
ono hundred and atty witnesses H So those, with the
witnesses called for the prosecution will mako three
hundred In all 10 be examined probably extending the
trial three months.