Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-12-14
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impare #sser. and by IarnsaAiag iasuiEs.s
aieGs aaa aAd anwbobesasss seea, Of
large fnnhsrs Of FEDERAL aFisessssss 10
gls A BE- namher af ahoas A5.0a0 held
ms prisonsrs ia sAr as Ansisrs0nsilIe.
wltLin tbs lines of the ae-called tsasnfess.
crate ssatee. on o. befava the g7th OF
MaTchs 1864, aud At diverse times be-
tws@a that day snd Ehs agtk day ssf April,
1858, 30 she Hnd that the arrnies OF tha.
uailed States might kes wsakepad and
imp4iEeds as.a isss the insurgents en-
RACED ia said sebelIion agasssk alsa gas.,
TED States might ba aided and elmfart
I'd. etc. 1etEs t5sss g st.
| The orlsF ai.o siaaes thai ibs prisonex
Was found guilty al thh sesasgal charge.
namely AarJvr, invieiaaiou oil tie faws
aDtl customs of asF, and guilty. oa nil
| ths specifications, excepting ash, 10th
/ l8sh. wbieh three sst forth fhas 40 hillssa
prisonsr ~ shooting htu1 With ssygI.
vsF, and be 1yaerea senkiaaa 90 gre uu-
en- smother vith 3 Eesolver. % that be
iiea.
ghe order concludes ~ foflnwss
.SEsTgScR. - and lha Gouga do sasera.
fore y. uteusa bin, heary Khs, 10 be
hasaed By the neck annil be BE- dead, at
saeh time and place as the PrfsidcbtI OF
The United STATES may difees. two'sIirds
/ Of the nsnhsfs Of ths Court esascpssring
therein.s :.
And ths Court also rGad Toe priae nez,
/ Henry Wirz, gailty Of having s4usasi fils
death, In the manner aa aIaeasa ii, Hpeei.
6cation Il, charge 2, by aaeeaa Of 5oea.
ut three prisoners OF gaf il EAswuftody,
and soldiers Of tie Eatsed 9sHkss. enc ne.
occurring on or about tke dag bf Ju4
81, 1864 sHolheT occurring - er about
the lst day OF Septetahn Hsl54, bus
which findings rs here exssesa ed Aas act.
and did rot enter into gha m$a4eusse of
the Court as hefore eiven.
Second The proceeding. andink ard
sentence In the foregoing $nss aaviag
been submitted 10 The Psesiaeaf Of tke
United States, the folEssisag srs his or
| d-rs: n
ExEeurTvE MASsfoass Nee. 4, 1865.
To proceedings, in8shgs a1sa sentence
IF the Court in tie wffaEh cage are ap-
proved, ard it is ordersd that the scn.
tense be carried into exseusiun by Gha
of6cer commanding tbs Department of
Washington, m Friday The teeth daY Of
November, 1865. betwapn The hours Of
six O'Clock in the morning and twelve
o'clock aeon.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President Of thklinited States.
Third: Major General C. g. Aueur,
commanding the DepArtincnt Of Wash.
ington, is commanded to cause the foro.
gazing sentence, in the casa Of Henry
WiFz TO be duly execnsed in aecprdance
xith the Presidents ORDER
Fourth The Military Conmissjon, of
which Major General Lewis WalfaSe,
United States Volunteers, IL Preaidens,
is hereby dissolved, ,sby command OF tho
President OF the Unff4d Slsses.
E. d. TOWNSEND. A.A. G.
When the reading OF The order was
completed WiFz eoi.versea with those on
ths latfovR with seeming calmnens aud
seif possession, and Is vas remarked
that he had smiling eoantenanee.
TO bis spiritual advisers be said.
81 am innocent. hasa 10 die; but
can die like man. haFe bope in tbs
future. have nothing nsre &c say.n
Ills legs and bands we're then tied, the
moose passed around his neck, and the
black oap placed oFFr bic face.
lie stood erect without faItaring, evi.
deutly haKing nerved himself for the
solemn event.
Those on the platform retired to tbs
railing, leaving the doom ed man in the
center OF the structure.
After few moments Of profound
quiet, the drop, at prceonsertssi signal,
foil.
The sound thus ucessiahed, having
reached the ears Of the proiuIscuana
crowd outside Of the Old CasEtoI g4osnsas. !.
but Hho were nat privileges so view the
exaeution, vas Fes pended II by repeated
| shouts CT appsobaEian. ai
/ The eouYiet, directly after falling,
vas considerably couvaise5 in bis legs,
hut the agony was soon eset. 3i
+ He hung abpst aTtsen Hinntsa, end
/ then was cut down. 4
/ IIis body waB laid upog stretaheti
aad conveyed to the psis1si, whsrie ia wak
placed IN eofiu and sgAtagatsd Is Father.
Bosls for inteyment.
| his aeck was broken hs gisa fall.
/ All tbs proceedings aceapied about
three fearihs Of an heus.