Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-21
ppISON-PENS NORTH,
.Jerss CHARGES SUSTAINED
3 MOST CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
,r. Of Point Lookout and FL.
81 : =, witnessed aud Experienced
hya Richmond Man.

roy,r Of @s Di9a'ch'
- .ve that various northern papers
.'.rsine DR.. wyeth's recent cea'wy
the treatment of Confederate
~ "a, Camp Morton deny the truth
,,ement on the ground Of its APP
D. '' =, so iato a date since the war. /
before me little book Gin
pn ~, written by Hon. A. M. Kelley
.,r.be8 in Richmond before the
= Z me war. and when he was but
p IA from the northern prison.
g 2, ,,;,t Lookout and Elmira. Per-
$50 ~, sxfracts from its pages may
81 .,,3,r Dr. Wyeth's statements
-, =: ,.-r and incredible to those who
r q 70 heard onlyof the " horrors y
81 ,.Fs-n way prisons.
~. -sv WAS captured near Petersburg
W .f,-c the affair of the Crater, and
tr.2 t,- prisoneSs hurried of 10 Point
- s.uated at the mouth of the
,,. his famous prison-pen con-
s.-fv acres Of glaring white fat
81 5'.,.t,tc OF n single tree or shrub. -
e.
ING winter (both particularly
e tsI. pcinD the poor fellows were
,r open tents on the naked
SIS v..h0iit a plank or a handful OF
8 .i...on them and the hot or frozen
1 "IU winter when a high tide
so s.,l the whole service Of the
- f-a.Tnc as II Hooded, the suffering
is.f clad wrctches, accustomed 10 a
3 ~. climate, may be imagined. Many
-.- st. end many will 60 10 their
-..p.fl and racked with rheuma-
10 s..r- from this time. SO severe was
tttsf even the well-clad sentinels
O -'.rf..cved every thirty minutes, in
y, every two hours, as IS the army
-, 20. The ranons OF wood allowed each
-..s 81. .rmiul for five days. "No
.'..,r- was allowed beyond one
E,r II by gift or purchase another
.,.. tls possession OF any man IL was,
G.- taken from him. The same
....el 10 articles Of clothing. No
allowed 90 receive ANYTHING in
80. q clothing without giving up the
-.-...5..c article already in his posses
VA SD literally was this rule en-
--.s' prisoners who came in bare
..t ,.-. compelled TO beg or buy a
-. -. 1917 Of shoes for exchange before
.r.a allowed 10 receive q pair sent
LIS Trends
.EY sCANr BATIoNs.
~.-s-rrs we're: For breakfast a slice
......I sria piece of salt beef or pork
81. t,a ounces in weight; for dinner
-...- slice Il bread and rather over q
.-.-,. . va;cry slop called soup. At
.... % was bareback and fat pork "
r. Kelley writes: Miss Dix, the
.--s .rls1u philanthropist. gives a
-.s- statement that the prisoners
..r' Lookout were supplied with
WITH the best of wheaton
- I'd r. sh and salt meat each day IN
..r- ,rt.~uIc.' Ii is quite
...-.. some Yankee official made this
-.-.., o. her and her only fault was
..-.-.,s.lg the fact that she was so in
.- II. 10 Is lneXcusable In the SAM
~. --.,'ea 90 have palmed this false
-r tie world knowing its falsity.
+. IS part, / never saw any one get
-. q ANYTHING 20 eat at Point Look
!. ....t a the soup, one spoonful of
o.. VIE tl' much for ordinary diges-
ID. miseries of the place we're
.-.s.r Enhanced by the character of the
r.., s...- Is so lmpregnated with some
-..-l. So q. ue exceedingly offensive and
~. disorder If every alimentary canal.
-s everything black and the scum
81. .. 70, surface reflects all the pris-
.-a,. Outside the pen are wells Of
F.- ..-...t.y clear and wholesome, used
.. .4.s,."
y-. -:.s # food and clothing were
-..F charitable persons until the Gov
-..-- forbade the express companies to
~ I-r..., for the prisoners.
ISs0LIST GUARDS.
r. --s-i wa, generally of negroes, and
-..e1ee and brutality were intole-
g.. They would beat the prisoners, or
+. g.. - shout and point their guns at
70 go o. see the ID rebels scatter"
ra-. finances being much enjoyed by
Is.E-.'
..-- r.,.. rs crow daily worse, the pork
~ -.- j. the soup more watery, the
--a Jean and stringy.'
-7 ~ II the 5000 prisoners here
--. 2.-a transported to Elmira, Mr..
l-.-. .anIc q the number.
..-..rs-ly.' he saws. we were packed
.-.,. ~ cattle in the reeking hold of a
-.4-. Is t.1. with no means of ventila-
..retE1 narrow hatchways, the sun
.-'-- '.r pitch IN the seams overhead.
.lr Ty.e s-asick and all hungry, but for
rs the only food given US was a
--ea1 and a couple of ounces OF fat
--.-.
sIIENATIC ISHUMANITY.
--s.l-pen at Elmira was divided by
-s.---t piece ot water or lagoon" the
..s-4 .rs.u. from which rendered ii
-...-g f.r eight or ten hospitals to be
e.. ls, the head-surgeOn, DIR. Sanger,
--- 10 report which ascrlbed to
---- ,ar death Of a patient ~; cOnse-
--... tie lagoon remained undisturbed
G ,.- fIlEltful mortality continued.
better class Of officers were loud and
giant il their reproaches of DIR. San
=. SYSTEMATIC inhumanity to the prison.
p --.t. affirmed that he avOwed his
--.la,,ll % stint these poor, helpless
Raul .L retaliation for alleged neglect
.-s at o.. our own authorities"
IfEEHEp FROM STARVATION.
Z August there were 1907 prisoners at
-;- The most scandalous neglect"
r NE Kelley. existed in providing
.E ,-e sick. and many of them per-
.-..G1u actual starvation. One man In
l.al complained TO his comrades
.t-s nd get nothing 70 eat, and was
- .l Consequence. They got leave DR..
.--, l.- being consulted 10 buy him
potatoes. and when these were roast
s- brought him the poor creatures In
2 -.r u-lg cots crawled out OF their
'.. ~ the peellngs 70 relieve the
.-s' ...' was gnawlng them.
b., '.g great fault next TO the seant
..F q food was the ineXcusable deh-
NJ medicine. During several weeks
U'.ry and Inflammation OF the
'.s there was not a grain of any pre-
. "a; opium in the dispensary, and
t--i o. thls many a poor fellow died"
.-r result II this sparseness OF food
p -.l cine was apparent IN the shock;
-'.l.y q the camp. This exceeded
-..- reported mortality at Anderson
.T.a. IS that was. know that
-ra!... II o northern man, viii deny
Cd point % the record Of the Wlrz
q. ] OBJECT % the testimony. There
To E4- lu all time such a mass OF lies as