The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-22

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his evil design and in aid of said Confed
eracy. wilfully aud maliciOusly neglect
to furnish tents, barracks. or other shel
ter sufficient for their protection from
the inclemency of the winter and the
| dews and burning sun nf summer, and
with such evil intent did take aud cause
to be taken FROM them their -clOtiiing,
blankets. camp equipage aud oiht' pr,'p-
erty, Of which they were po>srsSed at
the time of being placed in hi, chstmly
and with like malice and evil intent dad
refuse to furnish OF cause Ia be furnished
food, either of quality or quantity sntti-
| cient to preserve health AID sustain life,
and did refuse and neglect to furnish
wood sufficient tur cooking in sn.lmer
and to keep the said prisoners warm in
| winter, and did compel the said prison
ers to subsist on unwholesome waterreek-
ing with the filth aud garbage of the
prison and prison yard and the otfal and
| drainage of the cook house of said pfis-
on; whereby the prisoners hecame great
ly reduced in their bodily strength and
emaciated and injured ia their badly
health their minds impaired and intellect
broken; and many Of them. to Wit ten
thousand, whose names are uaknown
siCkeued aud died by reason thereof
which he. the said Henry Wirtz. then
and there we'll knew AID attended, aud
soknowing and wilfnlly intending did re-
fuse and neglect to provide proper lodg
ing. TODD or nouriShment for the sick,
and necessary medicine and medical at
tendance for the restoration Of their
health and did knowingly, maliciouSly
and wilfully, in furtherence of his evil
designs, permit them to languish and
die from want of care aud proper treat
ment; and the said Henry Writ, still
pursuing his evil purpose, did permit to
remain in the said prison among the sick
and languishing leaving the bodies of tue
dead until they became corrupt and
loathsome and tilled the air with fetid
and nOXious exhalations, and thereby
increased the unwholsomeneSs 0fthepris
on, insomuch that a number of said pris-
uners. - wit, the namber OF one hundred,
whose names are unknown sickened and
died bv reason thereof; and the said Hen
ry Writ, still pursuing hi, wicked and
cruel purpose. wholly disregarding the
usages of civilized warfare, did, at the
time and place aforesaid, maliciously and
wilfully subject the prisoners aforesaid
to cruel, unusual and infamous pnnlSh-
lnent, upon slight, trivial and fictitious
pretence, by fastening large pieces OF
iron to their feet and binding large mum
bers of the prisoners aforesaid closely to-
gether, with large chains around their
necks and feet, so that they walked with
the greatest difficulty, and being so coG-
fined were subjected to the burning rays
of the sun, often without food or drink
for ours, and even days, from which said
cruel treatment large numbers lnwit,
the number of 100, names unknown,
sickeued. tainted and lied; aud he, the
said Henry Writ, did further crneliy
treat and iniure said prisoners by mali
ciomsly couiiming them within al instrn-
ment OF torture call the stocks, Thus de-
priving them of the nse of their limbs
and forcing them to lie. sit and stand fur
many honls without the power Of chang
ing position, and being without food III
drink M consequence, OF which mtny TO
wit, the number OF thirty. whose names
are unknown. sickened and died ; and he.
the said Writ, still wickcIly mirslling
his evil purposes, did establish and canse
to be designated within the prison en-.
closure contained in said prison u dead
line. being a line around the inner
face of the StOckade or wall, enclosing
said prison, aud about 20 feet distant
from and within said stOckade; and having
80 established said dead line, which was
in many places an imaginary line. and in
many other places marked by insecure
and shifting strips of board nailed npon
the top of small and insecure stakes or
posts he, the said Writ, instructed the
prison guard stationed around the said
stockaAe to fire uron and kill any of the
prisoners aforesaid who Yight touch, or
fall upon, pass over Wnnder the said
line; pursuant to Ehicl said orders
aud instructions. nGicionsly and need
lessly given by said Writ. the said
guards did fire upon and kill large num-
Der of said prisoners, to wit the number
of three hundred; and said Writ still
pursuing his evil purposes. did keep
ferocious and blood thirsty beasts
called blood hounds, to hunt down pri' /
oners of war aforesaid, and did suffer .e
said beasts to seize, tear, mangie aud
main the bodies and limbs nt said
fugitives, insomuch that N. :, of
said prisoners to Wit iiD. uiim-
her OF about fifty died aai the
said Wirtz, still pursuing his wicked pur
poses and still aiding in Carrying out
said conspiracy. did use and cause to be
used for the pretended purpose of racci
nation. impure and poisonous vaccine,
by reason of which large nnmhers of
them, to wit, one hundred, lost their
arms, and many of them. to wit, about
the nunber of 200, were So injured that
they soon thereafter died
All Of which the said Henry Witt we'll
knew and maliciously intended. and in
aid of the then existing rebellion against
the United States, with the view IL as
sist in weakening and impairiug the
armies of the United States, and in turth-
erspce of the said conspiracy. and with
the full knowledge, consent and comm
vance of the conspirators aforesaid the
said Writ then and there did
Charge 2d-Murder in violation II the
laws aud customs OF war
Specific alton lst In this, that the
said Henry Writ feloniously aud OF his
malsce aforethought. did shoot and dis
charge pistol, inflicting upon the body
of a soldier q mortal wound with the
pistol aforesaid, in consequence of which
said mortal wonnd, murderously intiict-
Ell by the said Writ, the said soldier
thereafter died.
Specification 2-In this, that the said
Hanrv Wiz nn mr. ahouf fhe 0llth lay of