Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-13
Trial Of Henry Wnz.
THE TESTIMONY CLOSES TOMORROW
The Defence One Witness TO Examine.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1855.
UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION
GEN. Lew. WALLACE, President, -.

GEN. Lew. WALLACE, President, &C.. -..
SaJ SGl; y, \ + CH1ssas, HUssas Judge Advocates.
The Commission met this morning at 10 O'Clock
The testimony Of yesterday having been road
Mr.. Baker called the attention Of the Court Ia
paper handed 10 him by the reporter, TO be
added 10 the record Of Saturday. II is as fol-
lows:
'After some further argument
The President, addressing Mr.. Baker, inquired
whether he desired TO Insist on the attendance oi
the witnesses referred to in the remarks Of the
| Judge Advocate, (Lee, johnson and others)
MI. Baker weil, sir, under the circumstances,
The President Then there is nothing before
tho court requiring decision on this point.
Gen. Wallace stated that the paper was to cor
rect an impression which had been circulated
that the court had refused to have these Wit
nesses summoned. It was matter between the
Judge Advocate and the counsel, and the court
had not ruled upon 1t.
Mr.. sehade read two letters from the letter.
book Of Capt. wrr The nr's one ,,.S was dated sed
blankets 80 pairs Of Shoes 2io pairs Of pants 500
pairs Of drawers, - socks, and 32t shirts. He
should distribute them without delay, and for
| ward the receipts Of the prisoners The letter
was directed to Capt Nicely, quartermaster.
The next was dated January %, 1855, addressed
to Lieut.. l.. b. Thomas, and requesting an in
crease Of the guard to escort prisoners poSs to the
BENJAMIN =. DILLEY,
having been sworn, testified that he had been In
the U. 8. service three years and seven months
as member Of the oath Pa. vols. Was pris-
oner at Belle Islo Was then taken 10 Ander-
sonvilie. Remained theFe one year. Was in
the stockads about three weeks. Was then de.
tailed as q clerk to wirI. Was admitting clerk
and took descriptive list Of the prisoners. wit.
ness went In the stockade with Wirz to see II
men were missing or had any symptoms Of small
pox Witness was also ward master In the hos
pital. Witness knew OF trading between the
rebel guards and the prisoners. Knew Of well.
very good. The men who owned them would
not allow their comrades to use from them. The
wells would supply all the water the men who
owned them wanted to drink: The water IN The
creek was very bad. Never knew of any stocks
inside tho stockade.
wirz endeayored TO obtain 800 slaves, anu ther
he tried to get some OF the prisoners to come oC'
and work, Many OF the prisoners refused tc
| work for the confederate government. So many
men were put in the stockade that fnally some
were forced TO come out. Wirz ordered that any
confederate found wearing our uniform should
| be court -mArtiAled. All the boxes received were
delivered, except those where The men had died
TO whom they were addressed. The boxes o
goods were sent TO the building whore the extrs
rations were kept, and Afterwards turned over tC
the hospital. Heard him ssy the rice and corr
meal was not at to eat, and he would not feed hi,
slaves on It, He said the man who sent that stuf
to Andersonville ought to be court-martid!ed, Al
he was robbing the confederate government
Lieut.. Davis was In command when VIII was
The detectives Of wirz found Is bags Of bacon
in the woods which had been traded by the
slaves, Never heard Of wirr injuIing prisoner I,
so he died. Never heard II mentioned Of wirI
giving q furlough to q rebel soldier who killed a
Union prisoner. Witness was in the same room
with wirI. Thought he gave furloughs for
eight days while Col. Persons was away. Wit
ness knew Of wirn to give furloughs at no other
time. The mon gave as q reason Tor furlough,
that they wanted TO kill their hogs. Wirr al
ways rode gray mare, SO far as witness knew.
Witness was allowed to go one mile around the
stockade. He took about thirty boys out Of the
stockade for the purpose Of gathering black
berries for the hospital. The boys gathered some,
but sold more than they srossht IN; VIII WiT1 In IN
drinking and cooking, the next third for washing
and bathing, and the other third for the sink.
He could mot get the tools or lumber to do II
with.
Cross examined. Witness was sick, and ap-
Piled to wirI to be detailed; had the diarrhea
| Witness was detailed the night Of the day he
made application. Wirz was 4 very excitable
and cross old fellow, and witness had very little
to do with him, Witness never knew Of but one
successful amputation. On this young doctor
made bet that he could successfully amputate
| the arm All the men who had anything traded.
One day 500 lbs Of -four went in the stockade.
| Witness understood It came from the butcher
lie was afterwards arrested by Duncan, for trad
Ing. Witness saw quantity OF stuff carried in
the stockade secretly. Thought the raiders had
more money than anyone else. There were 800
Of them. Witness was knocked down by them,
and &S5 taken from him. There were thirteen
blankets (sent by the Sanitary Commission) dis
tributed In the ward that wi ness had charge Of
Duncan, WirI' sergsants, and others, robbed the
sanitary boxes before WirL or any Of the officers
| came down In the morning.
Witness did not know that wirz ever took any
stops to have the contractor court -martialed.
Witness carried trading secretly, because II
was against the orders OF Wirz to trade. Witness
thought the treatment at Belle Island was worse
than at Andersonville Witness preferred An
| dersonville.
BY tho Court: Witness traded and lived with
two comrades. Had vegetables and tobacco.
| Witness sold his oyercoat for $25 In Confederate
money, and started on that capital. Witness
made some money by keeping sutler store In the
hospital enclosure, and the two men assisted
him. Witness had no privilege to trade. Wit
ness was not intimate with Wirz, nor In his con :
fdence. All the clerks had the same privilege
witness had. Witness received double rations
one he consumed, and the other he sold to the
eommissary for eighty cents per day; When
witness left Andersonville he had one hundred
and forty dollars In greenbacks and forty dol.
lar watch. He made all his money off our men.
By Col. Chapman Witness asked DR.. White
| to yaccinate him. White shook his head and
said he was to get some matter from a child In
| the country, and then he would Vaccinate him
He did not tell witness the vaccine matter was
bad, but witness thought from the way he acted
| luat tho haNtoi was "tuobb HHu seen
Duncan knock down prisoners Of war Had seer
him take men In the middle Of the night and put
them In the stocks. Duncan had charge of the
cook house. man named Richey, an assistant
OF Duncan, was with him. He drove the wagon
which carried rations In the stockade. Duncan
stole whisky and other articles from the Sanitary
stores Duncan and Richey were acting as de,
| tectives and reported tunnels. They would ad
wise Wrz what to do, in regard to how mar
should be punished and what they would do Il
they had 1t In their power.
Had seen DR.. Mudd come into the hospital
| while limbs were being amputated. He would
put his thumb over the artery, and while the
operator was binding up the limb he would take
his thumb of and let the blood dy In the opera
tors face; then he would laugh. DIR. KarT was
rebel hospital steward. He would disguise
himself and go among the prisoners Had seer
because he was talking with the guard. He
robbed a man in witness ward OF the buttons OIL
his coat The buttons were worth % each In
rebel money. Duncan reported to WirZ that he
had heard two men speak In favor OF Fremont
aud President Lincoln. He advised Wirz to put
these men In the negro gang.
Mr.. Baker said this was the last witness
present out Of the number summoned. Capt.
Barry had been summoned, but was now sick
and could not attend the court. Another witness
was sick, but would be able to attend to NOR =
row. II the Government was ready to Close he
would not delay them on that account. He only
asked permission to examine him II he came
In before the close Of the case for the Govern :
ment. He supposed, under the circumstances,
they would now close the defence.
Col Chapman said he would prefer that the
counsel take until to morrow to close their case
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