The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-10-03

cine, the prescription would be for No. |
or No. 2, or any other number. u specific
for any disease being designated by mum
bor There was no other way in which
medicine coull be obtained DR.. Steven
son, who had hcen in charge of the hos
pital, was tried, aud found guilty OF emhez.
alng the hospital funds, which amounted
to from 100000 to Sl50,000,
AT the close Of tho proceedings on the
part of the Government, remarkable
scene took place, The witness on the
stand was an Indiana CavOlrymOn named
George w, Grey. He had beou tcsti0mg
20 some outragcs on the part OF Wir2, that
had not been put in evidence before. lie
stated that q party OF prisoners in whose
company he arrived at Audersouville, were
ordered to place their blankets, havcr-
sacks, knapsacks, etc, in one place, when
an officer mounted on gray house rode up
and tod the Confederate soldiers ~ help
themselves and let the prisoners have the
remainder. Tho Confcdcratcs helped them
selves and there was nothing left. lie was
not certain whether the mounted officer
was Wirz or not. In juno or July, 1864
tho witness and Young follow named I'm
derwood, of the Eth Indiana Cavalry, his
| own regiment, went to the suffers tent.
Wirz was there. Underwood asked for
! something to rub his wound with, The
sutlcr said he would give it, when Wira
said mo, ho cannot havo it unless I've pays
me a dollar" Underwood gave Wirz his
| only money which was tou.doliar bill;
he asked for the change and Wir2 Kicked him
out of doors. The witness was put in the
stocks four days for attempting to escape.
| lie knew man to die ia the stocks in An.
gust or September, 1864 The neg ross took
! ~. q Al. l.
threw his body into y wagon and hauled il
off. lie knew Wirz to shoot young
fellow named Wm. Stuart. belonging
ing to the 9th Minnesota Infantry. lie (the
witncss) had gone out Of tho stockade with
Il dead body which they had begged, when
they met Wirz, llo rode up to them aud
asked them by what authority they were
ont there. Stuart replied that they were
| there by proper authority. Whz said no
more but drew his revolver and shot him.
After he was killed the guards took from
his body twenty or thirty dolhrs. Wir2
took the money from the guards and rode
oil, telling them to carry the witness to
| prison. 1t was the witness determine.
ticn to escape if he could, and for that rea-
son he had gone out but was not attempt.
ing to do SO at the time. When the pris-
oners were being removed to the cars for
exchange, Wirz gave orders TO Lieutenant
| Davis to bayOnct any man who laid down
on the road, and the witness had seen men
who were crawling on their hands and
knees to cars bayoneted by the guards
! The witnesses heard one of the surgeons
ask Wirz when he was going to remove
tho Yankees, and replied, damn these
Yankees, they will be dead in few days,
| anyhow" lie had seen prisoner who
had been caught by dogs, with part of
his check torn off, and his arms, hands and
legs gnawed up so that lac had only lived
! twcny-lour hours. The first time that he
had known Wir2 personally was ono day
| that he heard Lieutenant Davis call his name
at the gate.
Judge Advocate Chipman - Captain
Wirz, will you be good enough to stand
upY
The prisoner, who had been lying all day
on lounge, squrmed around, partly rails
ing himself till his eyes, lit mp with a wild,
haggard expression, aud yet glaring de-
lianty, like those of n beast brought to
bay met the eyes of the wituess.
Colonel Chapman to witness" Do you
recognize that man as the man who shot
your comrade p
Witness, slowly and emphatically-" That
is the man
The prisoner here made an effort to con-
tradict the witness, mutteriug some mco.
herent expression about not having been
seen by the witness with Lieutenant Davis.
lie was with difficulty restrained and
senced by the officer in charge, Lieutenant
Murphy.
The Judge Advocate appeared not salts
fed with the opportunity which the wi
hess had for Identification, and asked the
prisoner to rise. Gathering up, as well as
he could, his loose, ill-jointod frame, which
appeared as if it might fall to pieces, the
prisoner tottered to his feet aud was sup
ported in that attitude by the officer of the
guard His eyes had wild expression. ana
it was hard 10 reprcss sympathy for the
unfortunate man. Again, tile Judge Advo.
cate repeated his question to the witness.
The witness reply this time more hest tating,
was ''l think that is the man" An,
other wild and fruiIess attempt at contra
diction was male by Wirz when he was
par ly drawn and partly sank on the lounge,
where, by order of General Wallace, he
was furnished with cold water, and famed
by the officer.
The Court thereupon adjourned, General
Wallace ordering the rooms to be cleared
Instantly, so that the iaintinS and appar-
emily dying man might have air. The halls
aud lobbies were lined with persons, wait
ing to sec him as he might be carried past
1t is thought that Wirz will hardly survive
his trial, ho being postrated 10y the reaction
from continued nervous excitement.