The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-16
ARHOLD's STORY Of
THE LINCOLN PLOT
The Only Survivor Of the
COnSpirators imprisoned
at Dry Tortugas Gives
His Confession to
the Public.
SILENCE OF YEARS BROKEN
THRILLING CHRONICLE OF THE
FAMOUS CONSPIRACY.
SILENCE OF YEARS BROKEN
THRILLING CHRONICLE OF THE
FAMOUS CONSPIRACY.

Colonel GrenfelI Placed la a Dungeon
for PubsIcR tion of AN Article Regards
ing the CrueIties to Dunn-An InvestI-
CATION Ordered Which Arnold De-
nounces as a Farce Officers GiORt Over
It's FaiIuro-Chnrges Called RebsI
SANDERS.
Col George st. Leger Grenfell made
note of the tortures to Dun, and in a
communication to friend of his resid-
ing in Richmond, Va, gave truthful
and graphic description of the inhuman
punishment which was being inflicted
upon both soldiers and prisoners. His
friend, deeming that the country
should be informed, sent the article to
a New York newspaper for publication,
and in the month of November it al
peared in print. By chance one of the
officers attached to the garrison had
been sent North in charge of four pris-
oners from South Carolina and in over
looking the daily paper his eye came in
contact with the article.
The officer returned to the fore before
the mails had been received at the post,
bearing with him the paper containing
the article, which he presented to Brig
adler General B. H. Hill, commanding.
That it was startling news to them
proved itself in the rigid search that
was made of the effects Of the prison
ers. Suspicion centered itself upon
Colnel Grenfell as it's author, and his
quarters and his papers were carefully
searched, when in diary kept by him
was found a copy of the article sought
after.
For the heinous offense of publishing
to the world the brutal tyranny exist
ing upon the island he was removed
from his quarters and placed within a
dungeon in solitary confinement, where
he was denied pen, paper or ink, read
ing matter of every description and all
intercourse and communication with
evryone at the fort. Small openings
which had been left in the construction
of the fort for ventilation We're tightly
boarded up and closed by orders from
the commandant. His quarters We're
visited frequently during the, day by
the officer of the guard, who caused the
person of the Colnel to be carefully
searched to prevent the secreting of
paper, etc.
Truth had awakened them and
startled them from their seeming Sc
curity when finding that the cruelties
practiced had been exposed to the
country, and they became very careful
that it should not again happen.
Colonel Grenfell from this time out te-
came the object of all their attention,
he being kept closely confined and
guarded from the 18TH of November,
1866, until Sept ember, 1867, in the mis-
cradle cell allotted to him, suffering in
tensely from heart and other ailments
arising from his ill-ventilated quar-
tiers.
TROUBLE BEGINS AGAIN.
Feeling secure, now that the object of
their solicitude had been placed beyond
the power to do more harm, as they
supposed, thee ruelties depicted in his
published article were again enacted
Private Gosner of Company D. mere
boy, was cruelty maltreated, his body
being covered with bruises received at
the hands of a on-con1missioned Off
Ger of his company. saw this myself,
he having come to my quarters. He
disrobed himself to show his bruised
person to me.
Duffy, another meber of his company
passed through the same ordeal; in
fact, these instances were so numerous
that it would be impossible to give a
full account of them. Suffice it to say
they were of daily occurrence, and in
f1icted by the commands of officers
who were more or less under the influ-
ence of liquor
The press of the country soon cried
out against these practiced cruelties
and demanded that an investigation of
the matter should forthwith be made
In the meantime Gen. B. Fl. HILL COM
1nanding, wrote denial in toto of the
entire article and forwarded the same
to the adiutant general, United States
Army, assigning many untruths as tc
the cause which led to it's publication
by Grenfell. In a short time after the
War Department had been communi-
Gated with an officer was sent from
General Sheridan's department and Or
Sered to proceed to Fort jefferson
Fla.
General Fill was absent at the time
on leave at Havana, a substitute officer
being in command. The investigation
was farce. Parties desiring to lay
complaint were denied speech with the
officer, and others were fearful of open
ing their lips for fear of after conse-
quences. They had become slaves tc
their tyrant rulers and trembled al
their approach. The officers had pic
mic over the matter, INDUCING in fire.
quent draughts from the Old Brown
jug, and in this manner were their cru
ell acts smoothed over and for the time
being hushed up.
OTHER SIDE OF AFFAIR.
Lieutenant - had lately assn nee
command of Company -, Major ----
having been placed on detached service
and branded the entire article as a lie
as will be sen by the following article
published by him in Philadelphia pa,
per of date July Z, 1851.
REBEL SANDERS ABOUT FORT
JEFFERSON.
81 desire to make a statement
through your columns relative to some
reports which have been going the
rounds of the newspapers in the North
An abstract of a letter purporting tc
have ben written from this post was
published in New York, containing