Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-23
EDITION.

no greater act without inAicting great in
: jury on himself
The witness in reply to the Judge Advo-
cate said he only spoke OF the prisoner
health, with no reference to what his condi-
ton might have been years ago. He should
think his right arm was in better condi-
ton in 1864 than new from all appearances.
He could not speak with certainty as to that.
The wounds look as fthere had been an ex-
/ tensiye injury to the bones and tissues.
The witness could not say whether the
wound had ever been healed and this was
! the second breaking, but when the prisoner
came to the Old Capitol his wounds were the
same as at present
| The prisoner, by permission of the Court,
made the following statement: In 1858, his
health beginning to fail, he received fur
Tough and went to Europe, and after an ex-
| animation by several physicians, he had his
arm operated on at Paris, and the doctors
there told him all the dead bones had come
out. He afterwards went to England and
shipped to this country, and while on the
ship his wound broke out afresh, as it was
now.
DIR. Bates, who was examined, said he
concurred with DR.. Ford's opinion. He had
seen the prisoner several times at Anderson
vile, but had never examined him there.
He had, however, noticed that Wirz was
deficient in the use of his right arm, but
did not kIAw the cause of it. From present
examination he found the prisoners left
shoulder deficient from the destruction of
the main muscle.
He considered that the prisoner had suf- |
tered from scurvy and probably from syph- |
Ills. He certainly gave symptoms OF syph- |
little taint, and he did not think the pris- |
Oner could use either arm, to inilict serious |
punishment on any one without serious in |
jury to himself
MURDER -ae-
Harriet Wilkes, alias Houg6ton, was
found dead this morning, in her house on
134 street. 1t is supposed that she was
killed by her former paramour, Levi F.
Farwell. Marks on her neck indicate that
she had been strangled and then pushed
into a closet, where the body was found.
The CorOner's Jury returned a verdict,
based on the evidence of a physician, that
they believe chloroform had been given her
and that she was subsequently choked.
The murderer robbed her of a gold watch
set with pearls, the diamond rings from her
fingers and other jewelry. The deceased
was originally from Albany.
PPoM MEXICO.
NEW YORK, October 22.-The Tribune's
Matamoras letter of October I'd says:
The last effort of the Liberals is now be-
ing made. If 1t fails there will be no means |
to make a second effort unless the party re-
ceives aid in the form of money, arms and
men. The mode of warfare practised will
not give the enemy any chance to todecisively
defeat the Liberals. The plan is to leave
the front of the advancing enemy and get
on his flank. In this way the enemy meets
with q check and has to turn back to save
his train.
The Liberal forces are very small, for as
they lose territory they lose the means of
In the north there are only
1000 men in two small corps, one under
General Patton and the other under General
EscOvsda. Their guns are of all kinds, and
or the few guns they still have there are
lnly feW rounds of ammunition.
COMPLETED.
The Tribune's Brownsville, Texas, letter,
If September I'd, announces the completion
If the telegraph between Brownsville and
3razos Santiago.
SENT HOME.
After the troops were paid of the agent of
he Adams Express Company took in $685.
100 from the 2jth Corps, to be sent home. A
arge part of this amount came from the SER
,eats and rank and file. The suffers were
diverse to seeing the money go away, and
old the men that the Express receipts were
f no value. The Corps commander issued
n order threatening to punish the suffers
or making false statements, and command
Il the officers TO tell the men the truth.
THE RIVER.
rrTTsBuRGH, October "a The Svater is
tx feet three inches by the pier. About sta
iOnary.