, 1865-09-06
THE WERZ TRIAL.
Interesting Testinony-SttIl Wore Eyf.
denc< OF Iuhunoaa Treatment. .

Interesting TeStimoay-St[Il Wore Ell,
denc~ OF Inhuman Trcaamcnt. g,
NAs11sc1oS. Sept s.-1he Werz trial was re-
J. Nelson cla1k ie:tiaed that he III. ,nleu ss q
prisoner to Ande.son@1}Ie about the sSth Of NAV;
1sea and confirmed the previous evidence as to ii
snfssng Of the prisonss, the coarse dirty and n
on yef he sss Counted adepss:sf sss hu9ss q
witness mentioned the caso Of an insane
roldier who wandered mp and down by the sitcam
leiats9g to wear clothes. and who had not sense
c9sshh i. t. kneW s hat he must eook his rations He
sisoSed big Lite BY hanging amer declaring that be
you'd 1athe1 die than remain IN the etocfade.
sa hen tns witness W. .aksn to thcFe
tNents-two Of them had died, principally at t6ot
Er7~dn. lie tatd eix men were ~hot at different
times: tHo Ct whom lie knew died. One Of them
sneas1 s3f 3 tss e sei
M1sred him and bit man whn vas lEinS ID a lent,
Witness mentioned the circumstance attending
tie shooting O! the other four men, for cros~ins
Cspt. Wcrz give the orders tor the shooting.
; tnceot Harrison, Of the ID Scw York regiment.
who vas rris ones At Andersonril!e, harias been
" bile u Capt. Eerz' headquarters, be hearl We7x
Elye orders io harc men PIT In the ehsiu ssns and
irons placed around their seet, md also
who should cross the dcad line. Werz also threat
I'll into line. Witness said he had seen m:zS. Oh
.he bodies Of men bitten By dosr, aud described
tho eutestngr Of $50 men who Ind been vaccinatei
with poisonous matter.
In the eroe ae3snnation the witness sid eonaeo OF
Tie men In the et!tng,apg had previously attempt
Edward I. Kelo-s, o. the eo,h New York CIV
shooiire Wss aniie &c commoo ocrSrrcuce: m %1incss
wns =" buckle" etx hours because he had failed to
report man who escaped another prisoner WAS
Of t tying the wrists together, and lbcn fastening
t'1efs-en:afard ~ Ne d5me<-ue never saw
rea+on Why be was bucked was that be did not com
ply with lie rule 1os reporting those who attempted
Jc~eph R; Aehua Of the 2+th Ohio, prt-on-r at
Ande1ronyille testified thai, having gone ont with
rebel guard. be Jumped On the scbel's back while
took sssy IL gun Hcarane tic dog: II
chase, he and his two companions scattered.
Tho witness ran into swa.np, md
hack The hounds were moi taken ID Of hin. for
'kcan Nh H. dste; IL Id nei9ins upon him bpt
s,a carried he marks Of the biting On his es The
horn vas blown a. signal to take the hounds
or Hc Was taken bclotc Capt. Wen, who
e3x bour., md during that time had only two
drinks out Of the muddy creek Wheu he spoke to
or be would blow Ills brains ont. The wttne.t,
alter being taken ont OF the etocks WAS iron
cd; The mas pas;in; round his aneles
iacher long. The 1eSs Of the witness were sore, and
r. t1ens ~ order Of csEt Mes, Il "a prstsndsd
geou, when the tact Was they were afraid OF Sher-
mAn, having a white tag hxngin- ont all
The tins; Til. ms Il Juiy: When .
s,Eapped q cse5 hing cscep. psntsieons md
even their buttons were Eplit open, Werz easfnx hs
bad teard Ct MONEY sometimes being rtos'ed t9
esso eSs If Sss liz s oas e
We1a Y 4n EtrneE sTichiEsn boy % erer he heai
va vaa 'ss e. 'sise s Soy The died sa y g. shse IT,
witness said he saw she man called chickamaugg.
Killed. He belun=ed to Illinois md was sick. aud
lad lost u leg. The boys having plagued him. he
eafrcd him and ihre.tened to blow bls brains out.
Werz M ordered Il. guard 70 BLOW BIZ brains
ine . The "s 1nss il the 1c1. ~ sde. ae. The The
q Tim was carried out md died. The witness saw
ws17 lay out the dead line In April 1861, and heard
dead line to shoot him. The DIST night he went
tnto he ttosiaae, on The 1Ssh Of March. 1s6a he
sT t; ned ,au9
who u1so witnessed the same cruel occurrence. The
sqnad Of 20 men 70 which The witness Was
attached b*ing u tole1aey good phytiSa cor so1di d.
could not. WcEz safd he would not Eire the latter
anything to cat for foEtyeisht houre, and he kept
wc1e cut oil throughout The stockade, because come
hsd scaped. The lumber Of prisoners there at
the time Wns :, GOO. On the 18th Of July
10 get ont with the e'ck. Only one conld get out
nj time. There wcsc at thai place two guards ,s-
tween the dc1d line and the stoclaac. Capt WcrZ
10 blow him through. The guard said he could
not keep The crowd trom enGoachins On
the Huc. The sentinel at the time
had the .nuyzlc Of his gun At the stomach Of
nice looking Pennsylvania nc was ordered t"
fire, and shot the m2p dcad. WhcncEcEa man WAS
wounded and carried to +he hospital he would neyer
come back. Geo. While, Of Germantown. Pa. be-
longing to the Marine Cops, ai,er being wounded.
waS carried of to ths hosl,!tal The younS nan
requested 1un to tel hisanothcr he WAS not nfraid
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