, 1865-09-03
]: THE WERZ TRIAL.

1Nfnoss Cavalry, James H. 1ae' .so
Capt. J. p WRIGHT Col. fa1nss
and mAIor Hoss1er.
~4anSo1os. sept 2.-1hc "etz m'n's1' eo"t
seassemhled today.
.. .: r1euEn E. m ,e., ,u,,o,s r,v.
49, s.a 1-s1s - s,ao-,,,v vf1lc from the
au5, az ana "as p,1sonc! .. ses, IT, tban,ht
m tha, capi. % Terz ia assumed Command about ths rss
or April. On one OCCASION werz came into the
f'ocAaee' "neo et'ppIe "atAing W ~
p7oaehed and asked 10 60 outside ahs 1sqaesl
lie shot t1,sn stav there. The yttneas soon heard
Wesz hnlloo to The sentinel 10 "Ic t1a. man 10
did NOT 60 bdek ne would anoot nlln- ehaumu
not return, uhen the sentinel fired ana shot
ha n. r.,,a ~ u chicfsmsura," Werz
.1,,,,.n-5s th-osta,o,l IN shoot thc other men
II tbey did not 20 array On another occasion.
While The men were being divided into squads Of
Iii ia' Wien Wetz iIIratened to rhoot him, and did
shoot him: the bali cnt THROUGH ihc mans heart
Prisoncrs were kept IN The enn ID day. md weFe not
satisfactory account Of any one Of their number
missiuG, t6ey were deprived Of The raIons. This
was tie case for three dayF. EARLY. tn July there
enlarged On De north side. There Vcrc forty;ave
e ,afE s 9ne ,%s H. I'D had
seen twenty 10 thirty men shot oscr the dead lne,
IT, fna oters ffed into "no "e's mol o'eF 'ee oeu
tross- Examined By 1ae dtEget-Q. We're there
not dstpe.sdees hss-mea ao woqd :aee I'D
sso S'nss leea o1s 81 1 6e NJ o'' 1e
4, TheIe were troublesome characters there. hut
don't know whether that man belonged to them
a rood paan to steal. HAughter,] During f1r-
ther examination, the Witness spoke Of nan at
whom AZ sentinel e nsed; /, II. ,,n,
when i it W et,iles : man. [tsnsbtcr.i Tho witness
cnSe yarlous Instances Of nsn being @ shot: one
stretching bis prm beyond Tho dead line. Another
was shoF for HeadinE over tha llnc. ne heard
csp. weEz order thc ssntine 1t t. shoot The
EIIResd' md othcr taken TO The hospital
>''so' '1' s sas1s Il DAVIDSON
testited that be vas member Of tho 1oua essa1sy
and taken as prisoner 70 Anaetsonsa 9m ane aa
o. aare5 e. ~, ne IT. ,n J" ~
FoF e Wrek III be be drove tl.s icsd wasoa Sometimes
q. On Inn 1sI NJ H. La ena9s viii banIes
ehoes md sh1ts On Them, scnf there BY ihe Santa
s ade mad 81 sn tb. On oq sgnS os e h.
eae1s. ;s1 q I'D ID ssse -. sS Or 70. 20 ~. ~
st hs afPet ~@9 sappses. t6ey r.! nrs me{e 70
netAer -. ~. ~ T.. ih chafr 1snr ina man
died ia the chain gang with an Ion eollaF around
lii mex: hs lad sesn hounds therc: Thcr2 Nsss
%o ~ ,1s aands .d,v n ira he csh rom Ians ,c Az
eheE an VI hanging p b. |o: Th!ta b.
had Nnshsd 70 ne ., tae pseses Ssa 1ea @ ~ ss
6s piece Wien hs " atsa sp99 I'D s5S FL i ~, o.
nad sos Ms91 sso a sas
| assumed command Of the pEaeon., The Latter was
Richmond. This was said II August. Wez vas
It Tho time With ;he Tit9ees n t4e g.avo,sasd ta
4 tine @ ihst sans d tae pisked p pa5teIss oi
has BAD 1 51f9Segh ~ s ts
thlty acres, nd when be e1t 1nderson7iNe, o. ths
%n1s. & Rss VI esee5
one m1n. The g1nye diegcra were Union men.
| ByMe Epurf-The dead were buried about two
aoms IN sr,hont @ elotffne. Witness bad ucycr teen
sn1o nv of he solder etrpped be:uTc they vere
hu13ed. Men wcTe buried IL trenches. On one o.
rmc.j1 % T. lie cooisdette ] % service testaed a, to
W.T. , 1.ot 70 auhieh S'' Was e1hieiled 10 10 then.
.as ss ss;a5s sSsSsd j 4 ss
pspefs .. Luz sna Il q folIoms: .Consoltdatet
[e1a s.s y i. sSa Gnnfed1se States Niltta Prison
III Heteistss N @ .sosa sasou. ni.asS da1'os Anan-'
| s,Ss: reesptuned 4; total s,ose, mittln
II ahs aRg1sEsfo e.. s o. DIED during IT. tas Ionth
sent sS;n 10 StnEf ~ = Il 4. eaehsne o5 es
thsre] ] asa g. ]ha sl,s d 4sgast IN C camp, I'M Si
sne 70 oS f aae ~ nS11ns ~ III ,hir a aaf H.
c escaped, eleven % Of them DID 80 While On thel
3 tmpIoyyd to WORK ontside. nc baianee ninstesn @
eseaped, soma ID 6ribing ihe sentinel
Cd nom thc cns7d while returning fum tho piac,
where the too!e Pre- deposited At n,Eht that e use
On The stoekade u th9 ~ tttae* te5naps tMentg
nse morn escaped during the monta s. nnt the5 Ten
, taisn up by !hs doEs before tbe aany fetnfn ~
ist ot esesped nor reeaptaFed; ri only fSur IT
noT he oes te he sas ass ep ma,
: 70 BE- traessd. a. 20 nave no GeqetA co9.t.m1l
nsl here' oil soeh onacefs 60 oopea'snea' OF nea@I
t The Enforcement on the paperls "a follows: Re
: I'D Inspector Gencial. gigned)
= Il. ~.
"Septembef G 1eG4."
THOMAS HAx
testified Tint be oelonged 70 1ne M9ttne Co!ps. an
was psttoner At Andcfsons1lse Ae nao cnatEe =. 2
H9nad Of ninety prisoners, 9ut ahJ one out Of u
1 | entire number survived. 1ae3 e1se MN a4otae
s | t4uAd from The neW stocE- The men died o0 aP
gdSa msa5 snd so1d ena1 pot re % cs Va
Threatened TINT 4 theX dla not rs he would 10
the brains out o. the Cd ID fankees: hef
threatened 10 fre grape md eannlster into tht1s
lie had seen mans leg That had almost been ton
on BY one Of the hounds. Men were sseeinased =
their arms, and soon thereafter eorrt nppearc.
twice al large as silver half dollar, and ded Wit
| msppots, lie heard senttuel remark after shool
] jn,t 4 man. Q I'll pet furlourf for that md If
ih6nrl,t I ,vnulH rot a furionph for ei1tT tisve,
Wou{1 Shoot nnothsr."
-,
T. | -. w. @1.1n
q tesuaed that nc Aaa acted N tue U. y. army
asslstan surgeon. hnen al Jatkhonf118 be Al
tended large number al tae c3sss nom AndeEson
fne. and uetc!1bed the nor11bie cond1t1on OF tn
!, enhctcs; TIC Larger portion q Them Wcfe meT
skcletona. or $40 q the returned pEtsonezs Whon
he aAE at The p!aee there we're 1ot zoo who did no
require medical treatment and tlat ona-haii
LOOSE "po entslse "lt nescf @ ~ 70 teaame toei
, former Occupations, e9ne OF these amlcteo VII
: Inc ecn5Fy were iolol,cs and oones had 10 u p
cmoseo 1!om INC jaws aua o'net parts o. tne Dooie
Of INC eu1eFcss. ..-..-
8 1AEEs Clancy,