Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-26
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LATER FROM THE PACIFIC.
THE PIRATE SHENANDOAH.
THE WERTZ TRIAL.
MISSISSIPPI STATE CONVENTION.
Another Railroad Accident.
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Another Railroad Accident.
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WASHINGTON, August 20.
The Court Room was crowded With spectators
this morning. including many women.
Captain Wertz was brought ia a few minutes
to l. o'clock.
The record OF yesterday having been read. the
examination Of DR. John G. Bates was resumed
He testified to the cruelties inflicted by Wertz
upon the prisoners, and hs offering them bones
when they asked for meat
Mr.. Barker moved to strike out the name of
Jos. White from the charge OF conspiracy, for the
reason that Whites christian name was not cor
really given, but the Court overruled the motion.
thus deciding that the Judge Advocate WAS privi.
legged to amend
After the reading of lengthy letter from J.
G Reeves. Assistant Surgeon Vt Andersonyile
Prison to the Surgeon, detailing the condition OF
the prison, the want OF proper food. beds, medi
cines, &c, and asking that changes should be
IN ade the Court adjourned till afternoon.
The cross examination of DR.. Bates occupied
a considerable portion of the afternoon. His ev-
idence is very strong against the prisoner
Dr. A. w. Burrows. beiGg duly sworn, testi
fed that he had served as physician TO the Eth
Massachusetts, req ment; was taken prisoner At
Plymouth. and finally found his way to Ander-
dersonvilie The gang would De held together
one or two weeks. in the meantime being ex
posed to the sun and rain. which had the effect
OF weakening aud reducing them. and he bad no
doubt that some died in consequence Another
kind Of punish nent Was putting the feet in the
stocks. the feet being elevated and the other part
of the body lying on the ground
The witness never got from DR.. White what
he asked for, there being always some evasiye
answer Antecharbu,ics were much needed. but
were not supplied. He proposed. but the authori-
lies would not allow him. 20 take the men and
cut timber. which could have been procured ten
rods distant. Hounds were kept near the hos.
ptal to get the trail of Escaping prisoners. who
when caught were brought back and put in the
stocks.
Witness knew OF a case where a man under
such circumstances. was nlangled ia the face by
one Of the dogs, but he recovered Another
case came under his observation; il ~as in Au-
gust 1864. when Union prisoner Was wounded
by one OF the hounds; ne died Indirectly from the
bite but directly from gangrene He had seen
Captain Wertk on horseback with hounds, but
Turner seemed to have direct charge OF the dogs
tie had heard Wertz order Sergeant Smith to
start the hounds somebody bad got away
Very large sores had resulted from vaccination,
as the matter was poisonous, and many deaths
and amputations resulted
The rstions when he went there were small
two ounces OF bacon, a small potatoe, no coffee
or tea, piece of bread two and half inches
square. no sugar or -four; sometimes there was
little rice soup-s gallon Of rice in thirty gal
Ions water. In July they got few vegetables,
not a. poonlul day. The morals of the prisoners
were corrupted by cruel treatment. The men
would steal eatsbles from each other, and would
work along in the filth for potato parings or any
thing else.
Union man in bis ward was shot within the
hospital. by Confederate soldier. and wounded
in the thigh. The limb was amputated and the
man died the next day. When raid ex
pected from Fitzpatrick. witness heard Wertz give
order to fire upon the prisoners if they huddled
together.
There were from 80 900 to sc. 900 prisoners
there at that time in the month OF August, as
appeared from the official report Nearly 1900
died on the removal of the prisoners fl ON Ander
sonyille. O0e of them fell back, when witness
saw Captain Werlz knock him dow aed stamp
upon him This was in September, 1854. Wer,E
had revolver in his hand, but witness did not
know whether Wertz used it TO knock the prs
oner down.
At quarter to four o'clock the Court ad-
jOurned until TO morrow