Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

had Deen QUILT at the northern portion lot
barracks. At this time only one medical
officer was in attendance, whereas at least
twenty medical officers should have been
employed.
So distressing was the service
and so great were the obstacles to success
full and satisfactory practice amongst these
men, whose constitutions had been broken
down by long confinement and whose moral
energies had been Slapped by the loss of all
hope Of exchange on the part OF their
government, that more energetic confed-
crate surgeons and assistant surgeons en-
d~eavored to get transfers to other fields Of
labor, preferring the hardships and ex-
posture Of service at the front.
pages S57-5s-59-s1, series II, volume will
" "If you get back to Canada after
the Job is completed you will be a rich man.
II you happen to fail In the attempt you
will swing" Captain Kennedy had previ-
ously stated to US in the conversation that
we should have $1,000 apiece If we got back
from Washington and that the confederate
government would give us a good deal
more.
-" OF this class of crimes, which
Clay is thus perceived to have inspired and
directed, the burning Of the city OF New
York was perhaps the most fragrant. For
this gigantic scheme of ARISEN, murder and
rapine there can be little doubt that Clay
Is morally as we'll as legally responsible.
The concluding words OF Kennedy
prior to his execution may we'll be cited as
illustrating the utter sh~allowness and
shamelessness of the plea that the crimes
of these raiders and of those under whose
orders they proceeded were acts of legiti-
mate warfare. We desired to de-
stroy property, not the lives of women and
children, although that would, Of course,
have followed in its train.
AS to his connection with the introduce
tion Of pestilence. Prominent among the
deeds Of infamy and treason with which
the name Of Clay, as an agent Of the re-
bellion in Canada, is connected by the
proof, Is the plot for the destruction Of the
lives of our soldiers and citizens by means
Of the introduction into the country Of
clothing infected with virulent contagious
disease. The testimony in regard to Clay's
personal completely in the plot is brief, but
most pointed. A witness upon the trial Of
the conspirators, other than those already
referred to, In regard to the relations Of
Blackburn, by whom the clothing was pre-
pared and packed, with the other leading
rebels in Canada, says: 81 have seen him,
Blackburn, associating with Jacob Thomp-
son, George N. Sanders, his son, Lewis
Sanders; Ex-Governor Westcott of Florida,
Lewis Castleman, william C. Cleary. Mr..
Porterfeld, Captain Magruder and a num-
Der OF rebels Of less note. Doctor Black
burn was there known and represented him
self as an agent OF the so-called confeder-
ate government. Just as Jacob Thompson
was an agent"
These latter acts, indeed. estab-
lished as they are, not only by the evidence
Of others, but in part by his own written
4 declarations, are of themselves proof that
in prosecuting war upon his country he had
reached a depth of guilt which fully pre-
pared him for participation In the culminat-
ing crime of the war. 1t has been shown
that he exulted in the monstrous attempt
to spread the yellow fever In this city.
through trunks of infected clothing brought
here and disposed OF by an agent OF the re-
bellion, and that II has been further shown
that he calmly contemplated and prepared
for the destruction at night, by the torch,
Of towns and cities in the loyal states, thus
seeking to doom to certain and agonizing
death thousands OF innocent and unoffend-
Ing citizens, among them the aged and in
firm, with women and children, lying In
their beds In the helplessness Of unconscious
sleep. Can 1t be supposed that a man who
had done all this in the interests OF the re-
bellion would hesitate to take any single
life in his way, even though 1t should be
the life of the president Of the United
States? J. HOLT,
Judge Advocate General.
pages 1894, series II, volume viii.)
Deposition of John H. Patton, taken at
the Office Of the Judge advocate general
February, 1866:
Question-What knowledge, II
anv have N0n If an arranRamanf mr. rom
spiracy entered into in 1868, or at any other
time. for the kidnapping and, II necessary,
thes killing OF the president OF the United
States? State fully all the knowledge and
Information you have on the subject, set
ting forth the connection, If my, Of Jefer-
son Davis with such arrangement or con-
spiracy and his action in relation thereto
Answer-I know jefferson Davis verJ
we'll and have had two conversations with
him in regard to the project to capture oil
a~ssassinate President Lincoln. These con-
versations took place in July, 1858, in Mr.
Davis ONCE in Richmond. The frst con.
! versation took place under these circum'
stances: A friend OF mine, named Lamar
who had served some time in the confeder'
ate army said to me that he was abou
to set on foot an enterprise which, II car.
ried out would immortRlize and enrich
4 all who engaged In 1t and he wished ms
t to join him. l asked him the nature o
his enterprise and he said 1t was to cap
ture Lincoln and bring him a prisoner Il
Richmond. At first l thought he was Jest
ing, as II seemed to me a mad project anC
next to an impossibility, but he assured m,
I that he was in earnest. l then asked hin
5 who was the originator Of the scheme an
OF the president and secretary Of state
:. Mr.. Benjamin, were known to 1t. He salt
!. that he had made a written proposition u
D the president and was backed up by Score
tary Benjamin and Winder. He furthei
. said that Winder had already assured hin
that Mr.. Davis favored the project, bu
s that he had not as yet received a direc
answer from the president himself. / toll
him II / could see a reasonable prospect o
success would 80 In with him. but tina
5 l could not AFFORD to spend much none,
Q In so uncertain a business. He said O
|. course the necessary funds would be fur
s nished by the proper authorities. He thei
y proposed that we should go at once d
y General Winder. which We did. After tn
s usual formalities General Winder said, Il
Il answer to a question by me, that the presi
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