Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-11
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E1soution Of CAPTAIN wirz.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-Captain Wirz
was hanged between 10 and ii o'clock
this morning. On the gallows. he de-
clared his innocence. He died without
exhibiting any symptoms of fear. This
morning Father Boyle administered
sacrament to MIN, and Father Wiggelt,
also of the Roman Catholic Church,
then placed upon the prisoner black
cambric, remarking, as he did so, II
hope this will be turned into white one
in the other world. "
At 20 minutes past 10 O'clock, Capt.
Wirz came from his cell in the Old Cap
| itol prison, accompanied by Provost
Marshal Russell and other officers, and
by Fathers Boyle and Wiggett, and pass
ing between military guards, they as
eended the scaffold. The prisoner was
then seated. The scafold was - feet
square and % feet to the-top beam, with
the trap y feet fr m the ground. The
guard consisted of the 195th PennsyL
vania volunteers and three detaehments
of the Veteran Reserved Corps, under
command of Capt. Walbridge, Military
Superintendent of Old Capitol priSop.
There were several hundred spectators
present. Besides the military, civilians
had been admitted on special passes.
Amid profound silence Provost Marshal
Russell proceeded to read the order Of
the War Department, founded on the
verdict of the Court Martial which tried
the prisoner. hs Gsyoe1a
He was charged and convicted of
combining. confederating, and conspir'
ing with Jefferson Davis, j. A. Seddon,
Howell Cobb, John H. Winder, Richard
B. Winder, Isaac White, w. s. Winder,
w. Shelby Read, r. r, Stephenson z
s. p Moosekers (late hospital steward
at Andersonville), James Duncan, Wes-
ley w. Turner, Benjamin Haney, and
others whose names are unknown, and
who were then engaged in armed. rebel
lion against the United States, mali
ciously, traitorously, and in violation of
the laws of war, to impair and in
jure the health and destroy the lives,
by subjecting to great suffering, BY
conGning in unhealthy and un-
wholesome quarters; by exposing to
the inclemencies of winter and to the
dews and burning son of summer; by
compelling the use of impure water, and
by furnishing insufficient and unwhole--
some food, of large numbers Of Federal
prisoners, to the number of about
$4,000, held as prisoners of war at
Andersonville, within the lines of the
so called Confederate States, on or be-
fore the 9th of March, 1864, and at
divers times between that day and the
10th of April, 1865, to the end that the
armies of the United States might be
weakened and impaired, and that the
insurgents engaged in armed rebellion
against the United States might be aid
ed and comforted, etc, etc. ~.
The order also states that the priso-
ner was found guilty of a second charge,
namely, murder, violation Of the laws
and customs of war, and guilty of all
the specifications, excepting the 4th,
10th and 18th, which three set forth
that he killed a prisoner by shooting
him with revolver. He ordered the
sentinel to FIRE on prisoner with re-
volYer and that he shot another. SEN
tence as follows: The court do there
fore sentence him, Henry Wi. z, to be
hanged by the neck until he be dead, at
such time and place as the President of
the United States may direct, tso7thirds
cf the members of the court eoncur-
ring herein; and the court also find the
prisoner, Henry Wirz, guilty of having
caused tho death, by means of dogs, of
three prisoners of war in his custody,
and soldiers of the q. s., one occurring
on or about the 18th OF May, 1854,
another occurring on or about the 11th
of July, 1864, another occurri1gA on, or
about the list day of Sept 1864, but
which finding as herein expressed, has
not and did not enter into the sentence
of the court as above stated The sec
ond proceedings, findings and sentence
in the foregoing case have been. submit
ted to the President of the u s. The
following are his orders: R8 9
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nov. 81, 1865.
Proceedings, findings and sentence
of the court in the within cases are ap-.
proved, and it is ordered that the SEN
teuce be carried into execution by the
officer commanding the department of
Washington, on Friday, the 10th day of
Nov, 1865, between the hours of 6
o'clock, in the morning, and II o'clock,
noon. TSignedl