The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-18


the fever the CARLSON kept itself. du-
/ ties being neglected by both officers
and soldiers. During it's progress the
island assumed a different aspect. The
island. which before was more like
/ place peopled with fiends than any
| thing else it could be compared with,
suddenly became calm, quiet and
peaceful Fear stood cut upon the face
of every human being.
| Some attempted to assume the tone
of gaiety and Indifference, but upon
| their faces could be read traces of 9TH
| er feelings. For two months the fever
ragged in our midst, creating havoc
! among those dwelling there. During
| this time DR. Mudd was never idle. He
worked hard both day and night, and
| was always at post, faithful to his
calling, relieving the sufferings Of hui
manity as far as laid within his power.
| The fever having abated through the
want of more subjects, a contract
| physician from New York arrived at
| the post and relieved DR.. Whitehurst
| of his duties. When the new doctor
took charge there were but two or three
sick, and they were in a state of con-
Valescence.
Soon thereafter Dr. Mudd was taken
down with the fever in his quarters,
and during the entire period of his ill
ness was never visited by the New
| York doctor, the surgeon in charge, he
remaining closeted in his room. The
only medical treatment received by Dr.
Mudd during his illness was admins
tered at the hands of Spangled and my
self. True, neither of US knew much
about the disease or it's treatment, all
the experience either possessed being
derived from observation during its
prevalence, and the mode of treatment
having been learned from personal ex-
perience in the nursing of patients I'M
der our charge.
TREATED DIR. MUDD.
DIR. Mudd was watched over by us
both day and night in turns. We
adopted the same method of treatment
in his case as had been administered
by him in ours, through which he hap
PLY recovered. He stated upon his re-
covery that had it not been for our
care and watchfulness he would have
died, and thanked each of US in I'M
measured terms for our friendly con-
sideration.
DR.. Mudd had worked during the
prevalence of the yellow fever with an
unfaltering zeal, until nature was we'll
nigh exhausted, relieving in every way
at his command and knowledge the
sufferings of humanity, but when af-
fiicted himself he was left entirely to
the mercies of his God and the limited
knowledge of his two companions,
which fact had the appearance of de-
sire for his death on the part of those
at the head of affairs.
We felt from the first that we had
been transported to Dry Tortugas to
fall victims to the many dreadful pois-
ons of malaria generated in that eli
mate. Happily we lived through it all,
and l am permitted to give to the
world at large some inkling of the
many wrongs, tortures and suffering5
inflicted upon us during the period of
nearly four long years of exile. In the
month of October, 1867, the fever hav-
ing exhausted itself and finally stamp
ed out, and with it, to great extent,
the harsh and rigorous measures which
had heretofore been adopted in the
manner of our Imprisonment some OF
the privileges which had taken during
it's prevalence We're curtailed, but for
the most part the others were not
countermanded by the officer in COM
mand.
The officers who garrisoned the fort
at this time, with the exception of two
fell victims to the disease. A lieuten-
ant recovered alone through the kline
care and watchfuI nursing ana atten-
ton of Colonel Grenfell, who remained
with him day and night administering
to his slightest want. The officers who
died of the disease were coffined ant
borne to their last resting place by the
prisoners of the past, no respect beng
shown by the other officers. Ever
wives were carried in like manner L
the grave, the husband remaining il
his quarters.
: Everything went on smoothly afte1
the fever until the month of December
1867, when there arrived upon the island
a. notary public, purporting to be from
: the State Of Florida. His business a
: first was unknown, as it frequently
; happened that strangers came into OIL
; midst on visit to the commanding Of
ficer. His business, however, was soor
made known to US. We were ordered
. separately to his presence, and fount
he was one of the commissioners ap
: pointed by the congressional COMMITTEES
, to investigate into the particulars con
nected with the assassination of Presi
: dent Lincoln.
| Letters were shown us as coming
: from Benjamin F. Butler authorizing
} the notary to obtain our voluntar,
statements, etc. We were forced int
l his presence-did not go voluntarily
l ! accompanied by an armed guard
II When I was sent for by him and seated
f he handed me his credentials to peruse
which I carefully did. I returned then
} | to him, stating that I knew nothing
! concerning the business he was upon
l | that statement of all the facts that
d. knew of had been placed in the hand
e of the government upon my arrest, an
[ that the government was perfectly con
E versant with all the knowledge that
r possessed, and, from my trial, kneI
more than I or anyone else did sup
/ posed to be connected Herewith, an
3 refused to make any further state
" ment.
6 A TALK WITH NOTARY.
I informed him that he was a strang
, err to me; that he might be as base a
d those who had already dealt with me
that 1 did not trust him nor any othe
, man, etc, stating that burnt chill