Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-11
The WIrtx TrInI.

WARRINGTON, sept. 9.--MOre d0cumen-l
tary evidence was submitted to-day. Al
letter from Acting Adjutant and Inspector
General d. r. Chandler to Assistant Ad-
ton, was the first. In it he lauds the ad-
ministration of Capt. Wirtz tor his untiring
energy and general com potency, and sug-
gests the removal of Brig. Gen. Winder and
the substitution of man of good judgment
and humanity. Col. Chandler was then
sworn. He had no retraction to make of
anything In his report. He had converse
tions with Winder about the bad condition
of the prison. Winder said it would be
better to let half die, so they could take
care of the remainder. Winder had told
other people SO. 9,-.e.... -. t....ylgrsEts~T,l
At the afternoon session Jno. Pasque, of
the naval service, testified to man dying
on the chain-gang. He was told by afebel
sentinel, for every Yankee he shot he re-
ceived thirty days furlough aud three
months extra wages. IL .....,.:
"a. A. Marshall, 42d N. T., testified that he
knew of man who died from effects Of dog
bites. ID ,r- a..-l 49,. ..a. r., nt.tt
VIM. M. Fable, of southwestern Georgia,
(who was detailed as clerk to Col. Forno,
rebel officer, in command), testified that
while riding out he saw man In the
stocks who he thought would drown, as a
heavy rain was falling upon his face. The
witness held his umbrella over him for a
while, and then went TO Capt. W.rtz to ex-
press his apprehension. Wirtz said, ''let
the damned Yankee drown" In a few min
utes thereafter, however, an officer was
sent from Captain WirtZ's headquarters,
who took the man out of, the stocks. The
crops were not so good In 1854 as in the
year before, but the farmers had surplus.
w. w. Crandall, 4th Iowa, testified to a
man being badly bitten in the calves by
dogs, and soon thereafter fastened at each
ankle with chain and ball. The man hav-
| ing been kept in this condition for several
weeks, witness went to Capt. WirtZ and
plead for the release Of the prisoner, but
Writ said he could not do it. The
legs were swollen and had put
rified look. A rebel surgeon being
appealed to- said he could not consci-
entously take off more that one chain,
which he did. The man finally died. The
| witness, as one of the detailed sections,
helped to bury 30 and 40 of the men who
had been shot. During the time General
Sherman was marching from Atlanta to the
coast, the prisoners were of course very
anxious to hear the news. A report came
that Sherman and his stof and 1000 prls-
oners had been captured. Capt. Wirtz said
he hoped this was true, and that if the
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of more damned Yankees than four regi-
ments in the front. On one occasional bar
rel of rotten pork was sent to the Commits
sary's office to be used by the Yankees. The
witness was employed in the office. The
IlneXt day he received orders to weigh out
the same number of pounds of beef. and
I,turn it over to Captain Wirtz, who wanted
1.-THE best, saying it was for his own eating.
He knew the pork came from Capt. Wirtz's
headquarters. Prisoners who had money
could procure food. "
Cross examined by Mr.. Baker: The dead
were buried by Union prisoners, under the
superintendent of rebel sergeant. The
bodies were not treated indecently, except
ing they were carSed like logs of wood, in
order to get full load, as there was but one
wagon. Officers and soldiers frequently
came to the graveyard and upbraided then
for not burying the dead in better style
saving they ought to work night as well "a
day. There were not more than thirty mel
employed in burying the dead, and in vair
they endeavored to procure more help
Some of the visiting rebels said this grave;
yard would make a good vineyard, the
Yankee bones making good manure. Lei
us invite their Yankee friends to come ant
eat the grapes. He himself was put in the
stocks for attempting to escape. He hao
| DTOCebutu lOU lDllCo DClOiC lC was dPPiO7
hended by scouts, as rebel deserter. Fear
ing he would be hung for beinga rebel, ht
told them he was Yankee. This was il
Sept, 1854. i,
VIM. Vanburen, I'd New York cavalry
testified as to blankets and pants from tn,
Sanitary Commission having been appro
priated by the rebels. Wirtz said to him h
could take care of more God damed Yam
KEGS than Lee at the front. Wirtz hat
threatened to shoot the witness for some tri
7 vial complaint, and ordered the guard t
pickup piece of wood. He fastened bacl
to the ranks before the guards could shoot
The witness said, among other things, tina
prisoners were reduced to skeletons, ant
would go to thesink to- pick up undigeste'
2 particles of food. He mentioned seyera
cases of shooting men, One of them wa
said, by at least 20 men, to have been sho
by Capt. Writz himself. -Ey
g Adjourned. . .ao-h