, 1869-03-02
THE ANDERs0MVfLLE JA1LER
Tns Removal Of the Remains or yVfr1
-Tbsis appearance aAA WneFs aud
yEhnA Thsy. Will b stSbutltd-TAs
Had snd O!hsr FAF.e Of the BODY
NttyRANK,

Had sna OIhsr fAr,s Of ths BODY
Nft,sAuE.
WASHINGTON. Fe,. =. 1869.
.sos ss 5sss: r.. tn e snGs5 @ fsn s ab,ds Of ns M s
ing place yesterday and prepared f,r Chrn-
tsan burial ln coneecrascd ground: The boues
Of Henry Wlrz, the Andcrsonvllie jAiler-or
at lcast the remains Of bis boncs-Nerc ex-
hnmed BY permission of the President.
Ihc e6rumstaness connected wilh the IT.
Lain WIz are Jot too fresh in the public
mind 10 need more thAn brief mention now,
10 rccouuting the Last occurrences that will
ever require 70 ho recorded In connect!on
wi b the " fAted commander Of Tho rebel
prison pen ii Andersonvillc, Ga.
II viii bo remembered that In tbs spring OF
1855 evidence was ottAiued by the Bureau Of
Military JuAtlee which tended to ln-
rltcalc JtG. Davis With the c1neltlca
that were perpetfated In the rebol
prisons up1n linton soldiers. The evidence
Indicated that formal orders had be4n issued
acy directing the practice 0! thcsc c.ucit!cs,
and Wiz, who had during the last days oi
the rebel government been in command OF
the Andcrson Vile prison. was charged with
having received tt &c ORDER. and Of carr, lng
them into execution. lie was ARRESTED brought
P4Aon. Puhiic opinion was 70 strope against
him that 1t WAS with the ereateat difficulty Z
lawyer could be found who WAS willing to
brave the storm of popular Indignation in
defending him. Finally Louis echhde, a
lawyer Of this city, undertook the thankltss
task, aud throughout Wtrz' trial !abofea
zealously In behAif Of bis client. WirE was
found guilty, by the military commission
which tried him, OF cruelty tow ards, aud the
murder OF uLion prisoners, and was ten
fenced to be hat red. and on the 10Th az
November, 1865, be Was executed at the
tld Capitol Prison.
Hwns nirrn an nnhl,clr that ,ttcr bta az.
ecutiop the body Of Wirx was hnriai il the
grounds OF the Arsenal the occarreuces
during the trial and the eccues at the execQ-
weeks, and nj the clrcumstances counccted
With the Anderzonville Jailerf faded from The
,.uhlic mind uutil the preseus.
Shortly afler The execution Mr.. scbade was
besonRht bY the wife and children OF Wlrz to
make every effort 10 Obtain his remains,
however. proved ine1ectnal, The royern.
ncnt snih6r;ties meaninr Tho nse.,dfre =
Genius oi he War Denartmenf neremntor;l1
rcIused tn allow Ihe Hndv to % },to the ma.
session n ttr reiofives II was rrentna1Iv
ascertatped tat the remains Of wiz were
Mrs snrTatt- Pavne. Hsrnid A1ernd, and
| Rontf, IN ~ ommnn,tfnn .tn,e ronIn ~ nne
n ~ Arsen.I hnt,dtngs '''' "a WV
Finding that the Pres,aent had ,fveo nar.
yntes far thA remOvsl nj the re.r aims ri
| Ars. snrrntt. Nr arhadr recoromcmrrd III
rfforts to Obtain tfe rrmstns of v1r1 Hnst
| ri The rriat,ve. wtre rasIdinr In dIsfant
! narts nr the rrr,ntrv-Mrs Wi7r IN Gcorria
| three stepdaurhters 1t CadIx. ~. and one
| own dapuhter. A roycruess IN Enrnn~-and
| were too poor to furulsh The neccssarF mean:
for The funeral; but Nj, Schadc, With q few
| others, made private contributions until
enough money WAS obtained TO drfrav tht
| expenses,
| tu application was then made for the re
! mains. IN Yesterday the President gayc Nj
Schadc an order addressed to Secretary Scho
field, directing him to Issue the requisite in
| sfructions for he deliyery OF the rrms1ns
Generxl achofeld referred tbe order TO Adiu
isnt Generxl Tnwn.eni Win dfrrrtfona' I.
comply Vith the PretIdcnt,a lustTuctiouy
An order vas then deliy, rcd to HI. schadc
addressed to General Ramsey, commander o
| The Azeenal. directing him to have teiiyeret
to M. Louis Schadc the remains Of Henr,
WIZ for the purpose o, giving them Chrii
tlan burial In ccnzcc1nted ground.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr.. schade, will
Mr. Befdorf, the undertakcr, repaired 10 th
promptly complied With by General Ramsey
Several lahorers were summoIed and the col
TN was dug up. Unflke the other collins, TN
Was In good state OF preservation ;.the woot
teemed to be comparatively sound, but tn
lid was slightly depressed in the middle, a
! kUQQEu \ RtAf9 HGlxuA u4Q 4A&lEl HpQQ ii
1hc boz was made Of white pine boards, an
on the I'D NAE nailed a nazrow board, patnte
white, containing the name "Wfrtx." @
opening the coffin the remains were found /
! be most entirely decoMposed. The bod
had been buried without q shred of clothin
upon It. In the bottom was a quantity {
fne wocd sharings. The bones were bare {
flesh from the knees down, and from th
waist 10 the neck. 4 little flesh. dlscoiore
and dried, still clung TO the thighs and lowe
portion of the frame. The bon
e ths stest r. arm ssloy r - s1eox xas so1s
ed {u The earlv pa7t OF the wsr, Tho hea
looked much tattencd and shriyeiled. thonr
fraces Of Tie ftaturcs could be d,stiuRui.hed
md The hair and beard yet adhered to th
drted ekjn. Aan reouest lad oeeu made 10
4 lock OF The hair the undertaker sou-ht I
f,yes. In tearchinc for this IL was discoycre
thai tbe skuil MA Mi st,r. On closer ,nspet
| tion il sppcared that the bead had bee
tkilfuIly diskected, the skull removed and II
fesh sexed up.
kEm then recalled 10 mind that Ia th
, tol Prison exhibited skull which he =
serted WIS the skull Of Thz. Very few pei
Sous credited the story At the time, butt
fact that the skull Is now Qone would seer
to coutirm the ssste4nent 9! the soldier. I. !!
known that the arm Of Nirx Is at present
the Army Medical Museum, formerly Ford
Theatre- where It ia exhibited to inqullin
students In the studr Of anatomy Is = cur
GUS specimen OF shell wound, as also y pat
CT the sp,ne, and it i supposed that the sku
Is in the sauna collection.
Mr.. SchAdo states that he WI make .
effort to recover these, fnasnuca as th
. Preadeut gave him an order for tue wholeFs
matns of WiTx, and rot Adisneubefed tTunl
I The skeleton held toEethe. 80 well th&t ii
. | men bllccd board. under It aud lifted 1t e
1 tire into the Few colin, which Is waiaa
! covered with} eilyer-plated ornaments, An
quite har rdsoane1y finished. M bottle VI
I tourd In the old box, sneh AZ IS enclose
.n inc Qoo,I ;s o. suS ~ whlfn n.ne, eopa, ~