Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-19

tended. oply zoe nenbes, Secretary Seward, .k.
seet. Like most OF ske Cabinet meetings hsis
OF sAie, the sassea Of TO-DAY vu quite brief.
Secretary 1fcCulioch retained ,his morning
srDsr RKa0sSa LkTTSR n TEr people % INA.
Mr. Hamilton. OF jisxs. bss received ron
Reagan. lsts'v # Fo,t Warren. address y
TIA people si Terss, which be sends to 'bs Aus
TN Gs,eits Tor publication. accompanying t.
With letter seSeHGeGG-ng {. - ths people a
we SAFE iorls nArp tone. Nf Resgsn coup.
sells complete seeuiescencs Ia he sew order of
fhing' snd he burial Of past animos'ts.
eArIAx ~IRss nsrrS.r
wAsuiSeTcs. Ocs Is In his plea ia ast,,...
Captain Wiz stated he wss before The Court "a
answer for hi- oAeial ars rerso1si ,cts and hoped
- show h.v were void 81 ofenss: he hoped not
10 be held responsible Tor ne nisaeeds OF others.
he did not ask for mercy, Dst iussics There are
,hres distinct paris in which tie prosecution and
evidence are necessarily composed. First. Had
be conspired with John A. WindeF and Others 20
inJurs ths heAie and destroy The lives oi soldiers
Second. Mas be the person officially responsible
for the sunsrinss 1t Ardersonvillvey Third.
Had be committed murder or perpeiTaied sny Of
the atrocities charged Az 10 the first
there vas no testimony TO sabstanti.te
charge OF conspiracy; not one OF the witre sses
had heard hIna say anything indicstirgs knovl-
hs Office OF in tue srchisves OF the Confsderscy
10 show that such conspiracy existed; even ii q
specifications Of conspiracy we're true. there ia no
evidence 10 show that tie suffering vas re o
sult OF conspiracy.
WirE argues that ths Government does net be
heve q conspiracy existed, a. IL struck CT the
names Of Lee. Seldom aud others, who were frst
indicted with hin. The only testimony showing
conspiracy was about The oppression attributes to
nj ha NJ han
meut in front lie would refer to that elsewhere.
He could not De held responsible for any siaIilu
expressions attributed to Wipdsr. Cobb and
others. Furthermore, IL he ohsycd the orders OF
his superior ofhcsr. he was not responsible for
the motive that dictated these orders
He further argued that he shonld not be held
responsible for the crowde9.,c2ndition Of lie
camp. unwh0lssone food, &ecVB sdduced the
following reasons: He was not responsible for
the selection OF The camp, as IL was located while
he was in Europe, long before he WAS in com
msnd. and that The witness for the prosecution
exoherated him from completely in the selection
OF the camp, or oyercrOwding IT, and also for the
correction OF things in the hospital and stock
ado. Asb the charge OF murder, he hoped 10
shov that he was not guilty. and that he had
done all in his power 10 slle,ists the m.stries Of
prisoners. OF the thirteen murders charged no
name. dale or regiment had been mentioned in
mentioned. These were Chicksmsugs .nd Mr.
Steward
With regard 10 ChieksmEsgs, he would mase
the following couec, statement: Ga the eve
uinz referred 10 an officer told Nirz there ~.
a man on she dead line is-ins she guard aud
creating great deal OF excitement. Wiz went
inside the stocksde and roughly ssked Chicks
mrsgs What IN h-il he va doing there
ChicEsmusga wanted 10 he shot
Wirz told him he could soon be killed and |
drew his pistol to menace him: he frightened |
him back, aud after ordering the gusrd to shoot |
him il he sgsin spproAcdei she dead line. WIZ /
went outside OF the siocksde He had no idea /
that ChcksnAugA'- friends would allow hin 10
come near she line Again, while the wsy 10 /
hls qusr'en he heard report Of nu,set and 4
or going back ne found that ChickAmauga hsd /
passed the desd inc and ~ sentinel hal obeyel I
orders aud shot him; he bad violated = rule o.
prison discipline which vss enforced ia al pgi. /
ons in the Soulh Snd wbeA vas pos, 81 m in /
places st Ardsrsonvilie
With regard 10 the case 81 stewart, the 49, I
riotio, never =, AnJsrseE,ille; the name
could not be Ilguo on any Of the prison receIs-
nor IN. bosnitsl 81 ics'h register The test /
moni m The Gaze came from man named Gray,
~hO prsvsriested VERY mucn snd therefore ceulc |
not be believed.
he foregoing is the Hs'sF,l part OF tie ae
fense. IL closes ss follows:
Tses,atement with which close will probably
survive me-. .nd rou like il viii stand ram
plete answer to 81 The mass OF misrepresentation
hsspei ,Ssins, ue. Nav God Giioct sMd en-
tighten you la yout deliberations ihs, your char
scier tor mp,r,isiiir anu Justice may De pro
,ec,ed, my character defended, and the lev DAYS
ri nv natural life spared to nv helpless isuiiy |
rAspoSs
The President TO-DAY granted parLons undo
Ine Amnesty Proclamation, 10 l25 persons, dis
IFibuIed among nearly all the recent nsnrsen,
S's,es