The National tribune., 1882-12-07

telligentIy between the law-abiding and lswless
among their comrades.
HUNTING DOWN THE RAIDERS
Sergeant Key prosecuted the work of arrest
ing the raiders with great activity all day long
on the 4th of July. The raiders occasionally
made a show Of fierce resistance. but the defeat
! which they had sustained Oh ths day previous
! had destroyed their prestige, and they were NO
longer confident of their strength. Those who
had boldly followed the lead of these desper-
ADDE'S so long as no one dared to resist them, now
deserted them, and thought themselves lucky
to find hiding place for themselves Indeed
the raiders had become very much scattered
and, whenever they could, mingled with the
| crowds in other parts of the prison, hoping
thereby to escape detection. They were almost
all recognized, however, and their whereabouts
reported to Sergeant Key who would at once
send a squad to arrest them. On several
occasions they managed to collect enough of
their followers to beat off the squads. but the
latter were soon re-enfOrced and made short
work Of the raiders. The latter's tents were
torn down and piIlaged, and the blankets tents
and cooking utensils carried off for spoils. The
ground on which the tents stood was also dug
over in the search for secreted treasure and gold
pens, knives rings, watches. chains, &c.,-the
booty of many a successful id,-Tere un-
earthed.
Naturally these discoveries gave great i'm
petus to the work of detecting and arresting
the fugitive raiders, and even the rebels came
in with a squad. equipped with spades, to dig
for hidden treasures. It was claimed at the
hot fbo -I-oI, Oc cc
Collins, alias " Mosby," who was leader of the
raiders, was found beneath his tent.
THE TRIAL.
By dusk, on the 4th of July, Sergeant Key had
captured more than one hundred of the raiders
andconfined them, pending trial in q small stock
ade, which formed the entrance TO the south gate.
and which Wirz had permitted him to use for
that purpose. The next thing in order was to
bring the men to trial and punishment A
cOurt-martial, composed of thirteen sergeants,
chosen from the latest arrivals of prisoners.
who would be likely to have the least prejudice
against the raiders, was thereupon organized,
and the trial began with all the formality of a
legal procedure. One of the sergeants was Sc
lected as president of the court, and Peter
Bradley, who was suspected of having belonged
to the raiders, was allowed to conduct the de-
fence. There was a cloud of witnesses to the
outrages committed by the raiders but the lat
ter were allowed to cross-examine freely. At
first some difficulty was experienced in induc-
ing some of those who had suffered most
severely at the hands of the desperadoes to tes-
tify. They were fearful that those still al
largo would attempt to a5sassinate them if they
gave evidence against their accomplices. Some,
indeed refused to go before the court except at
night, when they could conceal their move
mcnt from the raiders. There was. however.
no lack of legal testimony. Thousands had
been assaulted and robbed, and the Identified
ton was full and complete. The trial lasted
several days, and resulted in large number Of
the raiders being sentenced to run the gauntlet,
or to wear a ball and chain, and the following
six to be hanged:
John SarsfeId, 144th n. Y vols
William Collins, alias Mosby," Co. D, ssth
Pa. vols.
Charles Curtis, Co. A, 5th r. I. Artillery.
Patrick Delaney, Co. E, 33d Pa.
A. Muir, U. S. Navy.
Thomas Sullivan, nth n. Y. vols.
The names and regiments, however, are OF
little consequence, for they were all profess
:
of leaving their regiments just as soon as they
could find the opportunity to desert and join
another. Those who had been sentenced to
wear ball and chain were sent to the stockade
at once, and the irons, which were the same
that were used by the rebels as punishment
for attempts on the part of the prisoners to.
escape, were fitted on them.
Commandant Wirz soon became tired, how
ever, Of guarding the prisoners that had been
arrested by Key, and he ordered that all, with
the exception of those who were under sentence
of death. should be turned back into the stock
ade. The news spread like wild-tire within
the prison, and the men were so enraged-es-
peeially those who had suffered at the hands Of
the raiders-that they determined to take the
law into their own hands.
An angry mob soon gathered about the south
gate. The men, armed with clubs, formed in
parallel lines, facing each other, sullenly
awaited the arrival of the cuIprits. At last the
wicket opened and the raiders were forced, one
at time, through it, at the point of the bayo-
net As each man entered ne was told to run
for his life, and you may be sure he did. As
the raiders passed by every man in the two
lines struck at them with clubs; in fact the
blows fairly rained down upon them. Their
only hope of escape was in breaking through
the lines, and even this was desperate chance.
Three of them were beaten to death in running
the gauntlet.
ITO be continued
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