Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-09

are oeposlted 81 nig0t thai are used On
the stocksde in the day time. Perhaps
twenty-five more escaped during the
month; but they were taken Up by ths
dogs before the daily return was made
out, and, for that reason, they are not on
the list Of escaped nor reeapiured, and
! that only four were recaptured, is owing
10 the fact thst neither the guard nor
the officers Of the guard reported q man
escaped. The rolleall in the mornirg
would show man missing, but be would
be too far gone then to be tracked. As
We have no general court martial here,
all such ofenses go unpanished or near
ly so. asa& j u 'E
(Signed) "H. wIRz,
"Captain Commanding.
The Endorsement on the paper is Is
follows: Aasa 1
Z Respectfully forwarded to General S.
Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General,
(Signedl yoHN WI DIR
"Brigsdier Gsaeral.
'sepiember 9th, 1852 asi s'' 4 q.
TESTIMONY OF THOMAS HAM.
Thos Ham testified that be belonged to
the marine corps, and was prisoner at
Andersonville be had change of q
squad of ninety prisoners, but only one
out Of the entire number survived. They
gave him another squad from the new
stock. The meA died off rapidly. A
good many sank down from exhaustion
aud starvation, and could not get up
| Captain Wirz threatened that, il they
did not rise, be wouid blow the brains
cut of the Cd d-~d Yankees WiEz
threAtened 10 FIRE grape and canister
into them. He had seen mans leg
that had been slmos. torn ca BY enc Of the
hounds Men were vaecinated IN their
arms, and soon thereafter sores appear
ed twice asiiarge as = silver half dollar,
aud filled with msggots- he heard q
sentinel remark after shooting q man.
"fll have furlouEh for that; and, if j
thought would get furlough for sixty
days, would shoot another"
TESTIMONY OF pR BALzER.
William Ba'zsr testifsd that be had
acted in tbs Uaittd States army a. as-
sistant surgeon When at Jackfonville
be attended Alsrge number OF the eases
from AndersonviIle, and described ;5e
Aorrible condition Of the sufferers The
1
OF :, 300 of the returned prisoners whom
be saw at that place, there we're not 200
who did not require medical treatment;
and one>half Of those who survive will
never be fit to resume their former oe-
eupaticns. Some of those afflicted with
the scRrVy we're idiotie, and bones bad
to be relieved from the jaws and other
parts Of the body Of the unfortunate suf-
ferers.
TESTIMONY OF JANIS CLANCY.
James Clancy, Of the 2s,h New York,
who was prisoner 81 Andersonville,
testified TO the shooting Of the men for
crossing the desd-line, and also to other
facts previously established
TESTIMONY OF OLIVER b. FAIRBGSKa
Oliver b. Fairbanks, of the 9th New
/ York Cavalry, testified that be was
prisoner at Libby, and was afterwards
/ taken to Andersonville. TIE treatment
/ at the Libby prison was better ia every
respect than il was at AndersonViile.
He was examined on other points, cor.
roborating previous descriptions Of the
prison, and its inmates. He said that
Wirz generally saluied the men with
"you d---d yankees" "sons ofb--s."
The step father of the witness was also
prisoner, and, affected with the scur-
W, was lying on toe ground and could
not siraighlen his arms. Wirz said,
"You d--d Yankee son Of b---h, j
Won't give you anything 70 eat," and
stopped his rRtions for tventy-fonr hours
Wirz also kicked his step father, causing
| him great pain. The step father Of lhe
witness died in the prison about a month
after the occurrence. The witness fur
ther testi6es that he refused TO be vac
cinated, when Wirz punished him by
putting him on the chain gang. In order
to be released from the puni nishmeut, he
consented to be yaccinated; bat, after
the operation had been performed, be
washed the matter with soap aud water,
and thus escaped the poisoning. de
told others what be had done, aud they
washed out the poison in the same way
His step father made a statement to him
about ten minutes before be died. The
witness placed bis hand on the paper,
and wrote wha. was nov presented 10 the
court, as follows sI
"CAMP SUMrER, AsDERaosvILLE,
-. August q, 1864.
Oliver. die from sheer starvatiop,
and don't for the world tell yonr molhar
of the awful condition which an CON
( PEELED to die IN. go! ss Hs
/ ISigned ] RIcHARD FAIEcLoUoH
The court then adjourned till Tuesday.
iasi CLASSIFICATION OF PRfsoSKRs
The Judge Advocate in the wirz case
has now SO classified large plumber
of witnesses as % ito multiply tbe same
evidences, thereby shortening the trial.
rHE ATTENDANCE uPos THg TRIAL
The crowd at the trial is usually very
large. In q few minutes sfter the open.
log Of the door the courtroom is densely
crowded, many being unable to God
! standing room. A great portion Of ,hs
sudience "a this morning was ladies, old
aud yohhg, some Of them having been
| / in attendance nearly the whole time the
trial has been progressing.
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