The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27
Trta, eff en-. As.ass,as

" Trial eft ehe Assasssns.
| WAsHlseroN, May 25.-On opening tn,
Court fox the trial al the consp.raturs IT,;
| morning, at the request Of Mr.. Cox, th,
record Was corrected by excluding from
TIE evidence the oath of allegiance pUrport
ing TO be signed by O'Laughlin, AZ . viz
ness could not swear positively to the sig
nature.
Valentine RaAdeli testified that he kaev
i the prisoner Arnold found III his carpet
bag some papers, letter, clothing, u .eVol
yer aud cartridges the revolver was hand
Ell him.
Majo. Marsh testified was an Officer
III Maryland regiment from 1861 to thu
Slst Of March. 1854 was prisoner OF wal
and confined in Libby Prison from the l5tt
Of Juue, 1868, until March 2lst, 1864. (Tt
Judge Advocate Holt.) was detained
| when captured, two weeks 1t Winchester
on account Of i'll health; my health i,npro'
wing was compelled to march TO stanton,
and treated kindly OIL the road by the go.
| cort; at trst the ratiOns at Libby Prison
we're small. but to!erably fair n half q Lea
of hrexd wan given each man with four
ounces of meat and several spoons.ul "
| rice; after four months regular ration
| was stopped, then we were deprived O1
vi beat bread and furnished with what Is as
called corn bread, very coarse.
I l have known prisoners to be Without
meat thee or four weeks at u time; We had
! few potatoes OF the worst character. A
meeting Of the prisoners was held, AMI ia
answer to their renOnstrance, Col. Cuiti
replied that the treatment u as good enough
| aud better than rebel prisoners got. After
| being there i've mouths WAS taken sick
with druEey from bad treatnlen. and sent
to the hospital; while there sa~ men
brought in from Belle Isle III a starving
| condition. and ont .. ~ "a; least o. ~ died
! the first night; tha surgeon tod me their
condition was produced by wao. OF proper
treat Ment; two OF our prisoners escaped
| which made Major Turner became pas
s:onate and insulting; he renewed us from
I tina hospital to LIBBY prison, ii = west
room; soine Of the e:ck were in a dying
condition aud Compelled to remain there "a
hours without Il ,ncrsel 70 eat. as punish
tEen; tor ths escape Of tho two officers; q
Col. Fowler, on being demonstrated with,
said the treatment was too ID good for
Yankees; "a man could not possibly live
on the rations; for days we lived on what
vas cai;eG cora bread, which appeared to
be meal and bran mixed and baked in q
rough condition. GU that aud water alone.
Capt. Emory. another prisoner, testified
substantially 10 the same treatment. The
money belonging to the prisoners WAS
taken frcu. them. aud therefore they could
not buy food. The bearing of the keeper
az very 1Nuss CutelUk AK ADuSl0S the
prisoners. Amer the battle Of ChickxmAca
Is Or Ii of ths sick were tied on q cars to
keep THEM fru,n falling OF, although there
a'nbn.ances net in use. they were tied on
gain. The committee of ta9 rebel Senate
xhew OF this horrible treatment. but did
Dol notice il iii tEeir visit. Ike asked TLr-
aer ajr lu-t1iciDe, but he SAID ne had none
to give him. An Inspector OF the prison
UaiAsd Turner said the object OF the treat
q a 4 4sS haSY r;s -
!. good enough tor you. You had IA. bu-
sinee. 10 come here. IL lad com aud
would hang all Of you
Benj. Sweeney, formerly color sergeant
III tie army and n prisoner OF war Tor Eve
months on Belle Island in 1855, testlned
there we're about II, coo prisoners there. II
was in the winter. About halt had shelter
bad about enough food t. live on. Some
we're starved TO death. The bodies Of those
Who died were allowed ~ lay nine days In
the trenches without being buried-they
would not allow us to bury them. Witness
had asked specia! permission to do eO aud
been refused. lie helped to curry out fr.m
10 II 20 per day-saw iuen shot dead with
out cau.e or prov ocation. His weight was
reduced from ITO tn l23 pounds. Didn't
think he would have lived u month longer
IN that places
VIM. Butt, who was for eleven mouths 4
prisoner ut Andersonvi!le, test, fed that the
treatment was very poor-,he men had no
shelter, bu: were compelled 70 live Ia the
swsmps--sheir blankets, hats, caps and
their clothing in general and money was
taken from them. Raticns OF about
halfa pint of corn meal, two ounces OF ia
ont 20 last for ~ hours-the becon vas
allvs---once in u while we got hold OF coed
piece. bu. not very often. The treatment
killed the mon OF by scores. The largest
lumber OF deaths in one day To his rey,ol-
lection, WAS ls::;;. Starvation was the cuu ".
The enemy said they did not care = dam
whether the Yankees died or not.
ferriIg bis remarks were very bitter. lie
said the treatment was the best they could
DO. IL their government would look after
them Y little more. probably they would
fare better. He only said . few words,
and did not seem to care much about the
prisoners. The hest WAS very intense; the
water they had ~ drink had been made
pVtr:d by the garbage thrown into the
creek. The reply to the remonstrance was
they didn't caro- q damn TOR the Yankees.
When witness went there In June, 10 ma.
ny ~ six or eight were killed, AID il any
IMAM got half foot ahead Of the line he
was shot. It vas said they get fur.ouSh
Tor ~ days for shooting Yankee. Cobb
IN hts speech said somethiug about q plan
Il
tell what were his wosds.
The usual treatment of sick persous was
very poor; they got pitch pine pills for ev-
erythtng; they got 40 regular medicine:
not u cen. If prisoners mouey was re-
turned to item; Icr niue mouths witness
had nothing to wear Gut pale II drawers
aud shirt; bis clothes had been saaeu frota
htm; be laid on the open ground fer that
time without q bit Of shelter; thousands
were Ia the same 6x, those who died ia the
morning could not to approached ~ Night
within ~ ssst. and pitchtorks lad Ia be
Used to carry the body I" the trenches;
sent there hy our Government
was taken by the officer in charge: over
halt these deaths were ty starvation; tue
food was the cause Of their sickness, and
after they got sick the food was no better;
he would not think Of citing such food
now, but . man In danger Of starvation
might.
f. w. Roes. a clerk IN Libby Prison,
in March, 1854, testified that the prison
was mined at the tiraa" f Kilpatrick's raid;
lad seen the fuse in Major Turner'S office;
It was an second fuse Turner told him ii
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