Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-07
TuE sURRATr GHOST
Remnntlcd tu tho Republican,
Closet.

Closet.
,vt,,>,oUdyU,S vi the krseicT
Tho Wheeling RsUlsreR Is requested
Ia piyr its views IN ~ the hanging at
Mrs. Surratt, u used tn spend agnniss
at large p,,a oven the terrible event -
NiJG Journal.
This Is a srccimcn III a numhet at
slui.,s IN that journal nj last week, W"
r,,t,ratr "nur views on the subject vt
the condemnation ri that unn"cni We
man, that u was one oi the most das'
tardly, cowmilv and inhun'an cycn's
that ever dissraccd the history ot n great
| country. An event whose dark nnd
hlnn,iy sta,u will not wash cut, hum'
her at thnsc Who procured u have s"nr
IA meet their iuno,rnt yWt,m pmo ~
Nest \,,gln,a Who sat un the MILITARY
commission which was "ursaul.cd H.
rnn,i,t," nov urcs With boWed heat
th,nuah lite, haunted, u IN Ia he bailey
rd, hy tho shout at that misludNd ""
man, Nu, Why this inquiry The other
shout paragraphs IL which W. have ic'
irrJrl, explain II. Tho rilort IN made Ia
SlAlN tilN NNNV tN'"S '" WV A'''''' WV
purc aud uohlc llauvork, who as
every body knows had nr,hlug to d"
With the conviction W the innorcnt vie
tim. Ills connection With tho cNcyu'
t,ou ni the s,uicucc of the Commission
was not ~ close IA high sheriff at n
county, Who IN ordered to execute the
sruiruVa ol the court upon n convicted
prisoner. i,u he mrrcly transmitted the
rrl,r a. his subordinate, Cen Hart
rauit Aud ,hls the editor at the
Iprnll must know IN @ true,
Hut how dil ten llancTk bear
h,msrli upon that solcmu rcras'onF let
Father Walter tho priest who attended
N,s Surrait ~ her last momcn,s, an'
swcr;
Truth auJ Justice compel ne ~ dcnN
the slstcmcnt ~ rcicrcl,cc to Ncnrral
llancNk's participation IN Tho cNcrn'
ton Ut Mrs Surralt, which appeared IN
tho Washington lI,S ol this morning,
| attended Mrs, Surratt un that o,va'
sicn, aud mot with ~ opposition on tho
p,It vt General llanCak, ten, i'an
rwk had great sympathy lnr THIS IN
Ia Iuuatc laly, aud waited until the
Ia 4 mnmrut hopping tr n rcpricNE
CONSIDER u ~ az art w justice to ,'nn
Hancock that this statement should hc
made.
ls,sncd j. \ Wurss
Pastor at 1t ratrcks thuwh, Wash
ingtnu,
With tho same love ot tho supremacy
NJ the ciytl oycr the MILITARY power, ~
characterized his celebrated or'trr M,
al. When the wit NJ AnhaS ccrpUs was
s,rNrl upon him, he took oh his hat To the
civil court, ana IN hls return IN tho writ
showed hr would have oheycd u With
pleasure, had he not hecn prevented hy
superior pawor
Alter the writ had been issued nv
judge Wylie, the following order Was
served ou General ilancNvk
Fs\SCurNE orrics,
July I, lSNA 10 ,.M
I. Andrew johnson, President 1T the
United states, Ito hereby dcclarc that
tho writ pi Adh,iS NTpHS has been here
toiore suspended IN such eases M this,
aud Ito hereby Especially suspend thus
writ, ani iirrrt that YOU pr'ceed ~ "a
ccuic tho orlrr heretofore given upon
the Judgment oi thomil,,ary commission,
aud YOU will give this order IN return IL
this writ "ANpssw JouNsoN,
IipsidciH
General Hancock Wturned the writ
IL Judge Wylir with the following let
tor
10 lIna. in,intw Wy!it ,h,J,o, - ht ~
pr,a,, CumtGf hC pSirid ~ ONum'id'
II heohy lucknow lecse tho writ hereto
attached, aud respectfully say tina, the
badly ut Mary T.. Surtatt Is IN my pos'
session. un,sr and Nv virtue al All ~.
der nj AudrSw Johnson, President vt
tho United States aud COMMANDMENT
chici al the army, tur the purposc IN sail
or,i,r cNppssrd, copy oi which Is
hcryto attached, aud made part vt thus
return, and that Ito not produce sa,d
badly by Wasnp al the or,,er oi tho
presidcat oi the United States, rcndcpd
upon said writ, to whish reference IL
hereby ,spcc,iully made, dated July =
lSth,
WiNtiK,p y tlANCoCk,
"NJpr Gc,sui rs ld, ChmmandHg,'
Tho onlcr oi the ppsiJcut vt the
United States, made May LIST, lS6a, con.
cludci as follows; "Bpyet Major.Gcn.
eral tlarIganlt is assigned IT, duty rs
special Provost Marshal General, for the
purpose al said thai and attention upon
said commission, anl the execution .oi
ITS mandates General llaucock was
Az, Sh,,,N anil G,n,ral Hafiranit his