The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-07
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AuFOOauC, 1llu aloo Vi TuuOrS or hearSaV evil
!ence which had nothing legally to do with
the case.
The official reporters made a minnta of Mr.
Bakers suggestion.
Joseph Adler testified to instances of the
uffering OF the sick similar to those hereto
ore narrated oy other witnesses. He mon
Toned the case OF man who had been assail
cd by dogs His throat had been torn to nice.
. and blood was running from the wounds
Nerz and Doctors White and Stevenson were
near at the time. Werz said If served the
I'D scoundrel right. The man died on the
pot the same day. Witness also narrated the
clse ora SICK man who asked We-z for food
NerZ struck him on the head with a riding
%hp. Inc man went into fits and died two
lays alter' VI the u men who accompanied
witness to the prison all died but twelve
Heard Werz order a sentinel to fire at a man,
Who had crossed the dead line. and instructed
nm to lire whether the man was over the line
II not. The sentinel shot the man in the
breast.
/. u. d. Jennings, a colored soldier, testified
nat his wound was not dressed after he was
'aken TO AndersonVille. He was whipped by
Nerz for not going to work when unable to
~ So. Turner, the man who had charge of
NE dogs, gave him thirty lashes ON the back.
de was then put into the stocks for a night
md day, with nothing to eat or to drink
de could not walk. Witness saw a man who
laI been shockingly bitten by the dogs, and
md who died soon AFTER
I. N. Way, belonging to an Ohio regiment.
testified that he was punished for fifteen min
ties by being tied by his thumbs, his toes
barely touching the ground. He attempted to
eicape and. was recaptured. Encounterine
Nerz the latter said, ''Well, you're back again.
Witness replied Il guess So" Werz then said
I'm going to take care of you this time, I'll
)ut you in the stocks for four days" Witness
hen said jokingly, II had rather be carried
han walk" Then Werz replied, "You
Cd ID son of BIB, if you give me
my more of your lip I'll shoot YOU'D He was
hen put into the stocks for eight daps. His
lead and feetwere fastened in the stocks, his
back on the ground and his face exposed to
he, sun. The punishment was inflicted be-
;ause he had attempted to escape. He knew
iersonally about the hounds, as he had been
captured three or four times by them. A young
elbow NAMED Freddy was caught by the fool
md afterwards tom all to pieces by the sloes
Witness and another of the escaping party
aimed a tree, but were caught and brought
back. Turner, who was with the hounds,
aid "Good for you sons of b--hs, wish the
logs had torn all OF you to pieces.nif i
Witness said he was bucl1ed and did not
now but he discovered it for being late at roll
,all. In Sept, 1864 while forming the line,
lex man could not find his place and ran up
0 the head of the line, when he was met by
Ferz with tie exclamation, "You Cd d Id
Yankee son of BIB, If you don't get into
inc I'll shoot you. He struck the man with
lis revolver and knocked him some feet. The
nan was too weak to get up again. This was
he only time he saw Werz use his pistol
Witness was in the ball and chaiu gang with
our others, for attempting to escape, twenty
i've days. liz
John FL. Stearns testified that shots were
frequently fired into the stockade by the sen
Try. He saw in August five men who had re-
eeived gunshOt wounds and, were sent to the
hospital. He described the shocking condition
)f the prisoners who were placed in hospitals
some were almost naked, and he remembered
Jne case where the NEST offensive filth had got
between the mans clothes and his skin, pene-
rating his nose and mouth, causing him the
most intense pain as was evident from his ac-
lions. The man was delirious and died.
.Iany others became delirious from disease
Amputations were frequently performed, re-
iulting almost invariably in DEATH He did not
emember any case of recovery where ampu-
sati0n had been performed. The effect of vac
,ination was syphilis. ~
Alexander Kennel, a prisoner at Anderson
vile, testified that he had seen men with ball
md chain, and seen them bucked and gagged
IND in stocks. A man who belonged to
pennsylvania regiment was put nto the stocks
about M. and was brought back to the
tockade next morning at 8 o'clock. The man
lid not cat anything after he came, and told
him that he had been chilled thoroughly. He
Soon died in consequence of exposure to the
weather. Another man to his knowledge died
from injuries received in the chain gang.
VIM. w. Scott testified to the cruelty of
Werz in the latter part of August. A sick man
asked Werz to send him to the hospital, when
Jhe latter cursed him and hit him violent
blow on the head. The man went to his tent
md died in a day or two after. The witness
mentioned another case. One of the guards
brew brickbat which struck Werz on the
houlder. Werz, without stopping to make in
JURY, drew his revolver and shot a Union
man. at ~
L. s. Pond of the I'd New York heavy artil-
lery, testified that he took the names of the
men who had been robbed of blankets and
canteens at Andersonyille. He saw Werz take
the picture of a lady and two children from
a sick soldier and throw it on the ground be-
heath his feet. This soldiers wife was dead
md this was all he had to remember her by
Another picture was taken from young man.
1t was that of young lady he was waiting
upon. 1t was passed round. the rebel officers
making vulgar remarks upon it. The young
nan asked that the picture be returned to
i'm, but the rebel officer retained it, and pull
ing out his revolver threatened to shoot HIM.
Witness mentioned cases of shooting men at
She dead line, of hounds being sent out after
prisoners, and of Werz's cruelty to sick men. 81
Rufus Monday, an AndersOnYille prisoner,
testified that, on the 22d of February, he saw
Werz pick up brick-b bat, and with it strike
jick man on the lower part Of the ear; and,
On the 10th Of March, he kicked young man
who had set down, and whose mouth and
nose bled in consequence of the assault
Abner A. Kelley, of the 4th Ohio regiment,
testified that when he and his fellow prison
ers were robbed of blankets, canteens and
watches, which were removed to Werz's head
quarters, they were never returned. A
crazy man having been shot, the sentry was
asked why he did so, when he replied that he
was acting under the orders OF Capt Wez.
The latter on being asked by prisoner wheth-
er he expected the men to liveion such rough
and unwholesome food, replied: "Its good
enough for you damned Yankees"
Witness, in August, 1854, sawJa sick man at
the gate with sore upon him as large as the
crown of his hat, full of maggots and fy-blown.
Che man had been at the gate "a hours. The.
surgeon asked Werz to have him carried to
the hospital. Werz said !: mo, let him be
there and die" The man was afterwards car
ried away corpse. s8 81 aaa sMsa atrf
Sidney Smith, of the 18th Connecticut, testi-t
fed that he saw Werz knock a man down with
a revolver. Another, who was sick, received
severe bayonet wound. Almost every time a
sentinel shot man he received thirty-days'
Through. g 9,lSi
Goldfeldt Drummer, of the 18th Connecticut,
testified that the prisoners were treated well
until Werz assumed command. Werz used to
come into the stockade every morning, and, if
one man was missing, the whole detachment
would be deprived of food until he was ac-
counted for. Witness, being sick, was not at
roll-call one morning. Werz came into the
tent, and called him Yankee son of a bitch.
He drew his revolver, and threatened to kill
him on the spot. Witness replied that it
would be better if Werz would kill him,
Werz kicked him out of bed
Some ladies, who had assembled at the gate,
asked our men what they had come there to
fight for. One of the prisoners made them
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