The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-11-15
EncutIon orCapt. NyIrr.

hung between 10 and II O'Clock this morn |
ing. On the gallows he declared his inno- |
cencc. He died without exhibiting any
symptoms Of fear This morning Father |
Boyle administered the sacra ments to Capt. |
W. and Father Wigget, also of the Roman
Catholic Church, then placed upon the
prisoner q black cambrie cap, remarkiug, us
he did il so, that he hoped this will be turn
ed into white ono in the other world
At % minutes past 10 clock Capt. WiTZ
came from his cell in Old Capital Prison,
accompanied by Provost Marshal Russell
and other officers, aud by Father Boyle and
Wigget., and passing between the military
guard they assembled the scaffold. The priS-
oner was then seated. The scaffold was u
feet square and q feet to the top beam,
with drop l. feet fall from the ground
The guard consisted of the l95th Pennsylva
MIA Volunteers aud three detachments fthe
Veteran Reserve Corps, under command of
Capt. Walbridge, military superintendent
of Old Capitol Prison. There were several
hundred spectators present tesideS the nil
itary, civilians having been admitted on spe-
cial passes,
Amid profound silence Provost Marshal
Russell proceeded to read the order of the
War Department founded on verdict of the
court-martial which tried the prisoner. lie
was charged and convicted of combining,
confederiting and conspring with Jefferson
Davis, J. A. Seldom, Howell Cobb, Jno.
| Ii. Windcr, Richard B. Winder, Isaiah
White, w. S. Winder, w, Shelby Reed,
r. r. Stevenson, S. H. Moore, Kerr, late
hospital steward at Andersonvile, Jos. Dun
can, Wester W. Turner, Benz. Harris and
others, whose names are unknown and who
were thcn engaged in arning rebellion against
the United States, maliciously, traitoriously
and in violation of the laws of war, to I'M
pair and injurc the health and to destroy the
lives, by subjecting to torture and great SUI
iering, by con fniDg in unhealthy and un-
wholesome quarters, by exposing to the in
clemcncy of winter and to the dews and burn
ing sun of summer by compelling the use
of impure water, and by furnishing INSULT
cient and unwhoesome food, of a large num-
Der Of Federal prisoners-to wit, to the num-
ber of about As, 00O-held as prisoners ofwal
at Andersonvilc within the lines of the So
called Confederate States, on or before the
9th of March, 1864 and at divers tunes
between that day and the 10th Of April
1865, to the end that the armies Of the Uni
ted States might be weakened and impair
ed, and that the insurgents engaged in arm
ing rebellion against the United States might
be aided and comforted, etc, etc.
The order also states that the prisoner
was found guilty of the second charge
namely, murder, in violation of laws ant
customs of war, and guilty of all the specifi
cations excepting the 4th, 10th and 18th
which three set out that he killed prisone
by shooting him with revolver; that h,
ordered sentinel to fire upon another Will
! revolver, and that he shot another with
5 revolver so that he died.
he order concludes US follows:
Sentence-And the court do therefore sen
tence him, Henry Writ. to be hanged b.
the neck until he be dead, at such time AM
; place as the President of the United State
may direct, two-thirds OF the court concur
ing herein. And the court also find tn
i prisoner, Henry Wirz, guilty of having
= caused the death, in the manner as allege
I in specification llth, charge ID, by mean
of dogs, of three prisoners of war in hi
custody and soldiers of the United States
one occurring on or about the 18th of May
1864; another occurring on or about the 1t
!. day of July, 1864; another occurring on @
. about the lst day of September, 1864; bu
;, which findings, as here expressed, has NJ
u and did not enter into the sentence OF til
o as before given.
- ID The proceedings findings and SCI
% tence in the foregoing case having been sui
- nitted to the President of the United Stat,
l. the following are his orders:
T. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nov 3, 1868.
,c The findings and sentence of the court
the within case are approved, and It la, Q
dered that the sentence be carried into G.
p ecution by the officer commanding Il
Of Department of Washington, on Friday, Il
IT 10Th day of November 1865, between Il
hours Of 6 0 clock in the morning and
=" o'clock noon.
~ [Signed ANDREW JOHNSON,
We President of the United States.
X Sd. Mai. G. G. Augur, commanding D
), partment Of Washington, is commanded
cause the foregoing sentence, in the case
Henry Wirz, to be duly executed in accor
ance with the President order.
n. 4th. The Military Commission of viii
~ Mai. Gen. Lewis Wallace, United Stat
- volunteers, is President, is hereby dissolve
ef By command of the President Of t
United States.
n [Signcd +. D. TOWNSEND, A. A.
in When the reading of the order was co
ad pleted Wirz convcrsed with those on t
by platform with seeming confidence and SC
KS possession and it was remarked that
nd had a smiling countenance. 10 his spirit
gy adviser he said, Il am innocent. khave
ho die, but die like man. have hope
m the future | have nothing more to say
- EIis legs .and hands were tied, the no'
ng passed arourd his neck. and the black c
.I passed over his face lie stood firm vii
al, out falterng, evidently having nerved hi
CT self for the solemn event. Those on
ion platform retired to the railing, leaving
ing doomed man in the center of the structu
e Nv, After a few moments Of profound quiet,
". drop. at preconcerted signal, fell. l
'si- sound this occasioned having reached
ears of promiscuous crowd outside Of [
Capitol grounds, but who were not nri,
i'm. eyed to view the execution, was respont
NC to by repeated shouts of appreciation.
ms The convict, directly after falling, ,
ing considerably convused in his legs, but
ties agony was soon over He hung about
er; teen minutes and then was cut down.
;or dody was laid upon a stretcher and cenye.
~" to the prison, where it was placed in u co
'pt,- and transferred to Father Boyle for in
ro- ment. His neck was broken by the fall
on All the proceedings occupied about thu
bo. quarters Of an hour. yu
ner war between spain and Chi
New YORK, November 0.-By the
rival of the steamer Ocean Queen we h