The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-13
List Of the Prisoners Witnesses,
and What IL is Expected
to Prove by Them.
Wirz Only Obeying Orders from
His SuperiOrs i'm Maltreat-
ing Our Prisoners.
Further Testimony Of . Catholic
Priest and a Clerk in
Wirz's Office.
THE TALES OF HIS CRUELTY SuBSfANTIATED
&c. &c. &c.

Mr. p.vr, In .coor,oro. ,, ,h , =, ~, g..
Yesterday presented partial list OF the witnesses whom
he desired to have subpmnaed
r,rct I.nas orn,o ., A,,.n,. a. u,o mama ,ros
49, ~" James orman, oi Atlanta "". ms name was
Va w o'he' p'pe'' nut 'ne inssso"ser oouio "o' nno
hlm anc therefore now required little hoeS!ngnn He
was adjuhnt from the middle of July 1854 to Aprl
,eas ora L.,, -, 90, ,. . - :,
u suu give iu anu minute accounts Oh all
% S,l.s - Aansirong, OF Macon, Ca was one OF those
of the most bef C n1v mnu nj cad 81 hra s
DO nrron and .ap'an VIZ was Paoeu III ouaige vi
wy & iSIh, Id t " %til april 1900 excepting one monh,
an ~ ~; 'o YIN conution OF the commissary supplies
~ Ma;or ia1 r''iT Proctor a ,,., 60 u
mJGs rioo,or On Mammoth Cave, KY, was acting
swear that NO srn; NrnstIons slok ness ana couu
G a ina, @ n1 nGn be purchased for the h3sp
MI ~, = * sySYyY NY 12W sne commssary 70 inc nos
! pitai fund could not be pecured
Lieutenant Jampie, Oh tallahassee, Fla was IN COM
mand of the battery coudswear that the guns not
hred by orders from CaptanWrZ, but in pursuance Of
those issued oy General Wpder In person, and that
many OF inc sennes were puunder arrest by Captain
Wrz for firing at Union prfsones contrary to orders
Lieutenant Thomas, Of Tallahassee, connected with the
post, would swear that the ord~s for firing Union
prisoners came from the commanant Of the post and
Captain Wirz had only TO obey them and he also knew
that Captain Wrz had preferred chare against sentncls
shoot at all unless under aggravated circumstances
Brigader General l. j. Gartreil OF Geogia, command
obtained a rurough for shooting Union risoner. and
that nobody connected with him ever heard any such
thing
Dr. Porryman, surgeon, OF the Georgia militia would
swear that the health of the militia was no betsr than
that Of the Union prisoners and died in as large ppo
treatment the Union prisoners and Captain Wirz
could not help or improve their condition
Dr. Mudd, OF Springfield, KY, who was inside OF the
Ion ~ the hosn;ta and would testify that Cantain
wv, ,"an,, Nd 49,, ,,ras trad o g. raier for Tho
nrisoners bnt could not obtain what was needed
Dr milan Of Montoomerv Ala chief assistant sur
gem cond testify as 70 the total delcencv OF the
eSco and thar Cartan Wirz lad often
inouircd for articles for the use of Union soldiers
Things could not be procured The doctor could also
| Commission for the linton soldiers
The two Doctors Collins who we're at Andersonville
whon Cantan Wirz Arat came there coud testfv as N
The enre smL,ac Of vaccinaton and that CAPTAIN Wrz
| had nothing 10 do with Il.
Captain and sS could that
poratjon for he comfort of the Union prisoners but
| i could not be had at the post
| James H. sullivan of BardstOwn Ga who was In the
Quarermasters department In charge the carpen
ers and blacksmiths shops could testify that long
there or was ANY @ there was % USED o ior $ eon
Captain wirz frequently complained OF the fewness
TOOLS and urged fer those which broken
.sey under Captain wirz could TESTIFY as to the search
ing Of Union prisoners They also every minute al
he stated would show ne aatoriay Of these witnesses
He had only selected those deemed 10 be the most i'm
porsant. -,
| The CouRr said that what several or the witnesses
| could swear to was not proper evidence.
Mr. BAKER-I suppose that is for US TO judge.
The COURT-That rs, for the Court
Mr.. BAKEg-I hope the Court will give us every con
| sideration.
The CouRT-We will give you whatever is proper
Mr. BAEER-We can Show hundreds Of other things by
| these witnesses.
/ rrsr,uoxv op prttx M IA pAuwr
roux a. Ia paxraa ~ ,ho aavan,v n,n,h Nay yorl,
,.s,iaad among oshe, things ~ Csn,a,n Wrxs airing two
%o,s y, 49, rn ny who ynge drarno ws,.r ha sau ono
r 'hsn I'm dving conJ,t,on' Can,in W r,
IL ~ . ,'h ~ ~, s n.,s,ynn .rrha,,s re wav aa, ia
of Won damned sons ~ bitches The witness related
other nerne rs,ons oe cruelty sucb as keepng men for
long neTiods withont wafer nntine men In The stocks
Fastening than with hall and Chain 6ucking and eaqqino
and The hunting bv tho bounds he saw two men Killed
a The dead line as for himself when he was
IN the prison he weighed one hundred and 0fty
nound bnt when he eft he only ninety hounds
and was mere skeleton he owed the saving OF his life
to Dr Rates an ac,na assistant SURGEON al The hospal
owing ,o The s,srvod of the
great delcacv TJr Rates managed 10 get them some
Thing IN eat ana thereore M more rats ware caught
e rysrrs"wv or NV r.Tur. u.m,r
\ por E.tnar Ur,,,on os * pn,nsr c.,hn,,e rrr.,s
,sssr. - Wa.. a ,".la "a a a., III ,s,s. ~ ~ % .'s." ~
mss,onsrv A. me lndersonv;,e nr;son s"J saw NEW
noints of Interest swi,ar o those herctofoye eice5
The n,on nrsncrs .,cI1ssa .uSsr,ng ana great nor