The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
4 SHOT AT MILES
Or. j. Vim. Jones Tells Of His Cruelty
TO President Davis, -
August Is. 1908.

Or. j. VIM. Jones 7 ellis Of His Cruelty
to President Davis,
Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
M sIr,-1 notice in the letter Of your Wash
ington correspondent, published In your
issue OF August 18th. the following In
Z his notice OF tho retirement of General
Miles: 80.
ferson Davis. while the ex-Pres,dent Of
the Confederacy was prisoner at Fort
Monroe. Had he declared himself
uodicr and not Iailer, ana refused ,1ov 70
thy OF the people Of the Southern
Now, in reference to the quarrel between
taken, Indeed. no Interest in II, except to
hope thai It might degenerate Into saI reg
Similar SINH 10 those in1that celebrated mill.
But. your correspondent makes very
serious blunder in his history when no
asserts tina X Miles was acting under r, the nc
he put ironY on. our President.
Il II he had received any such order he
would certainly have pro'a ruefnr +, am r
Davis was SIS so abhorrent to the public SEN
tIment OF the North as to force even the
Stanton. when the Northern press was
May Z; lsf;' R f 6 Ar WHETHER
IRONS HAVE. OR: HAVE NOT: j BEEN 50 :,
PLACED ON JEFFERsON DAVIS. q, - ! F 7,
AND AND REMOVE THEM"
SO the onlyforders Miles received from
Secretary Stantson On the INa,6 sv11est was
But the order that General Miles re:
ceived. which gave him any SHADOW OF
excuse for this cruel shameless act wa. we.
from Mr. Charles A. 1ana 1a1 the a Tns-
.tress Monroe to witness personally the
Incarceration of Mr.. Davis and lr. G; e;
Clay and wrote secretary stanton VIVID
details the scene IN which g ne sa tScr,
placed In irons as General Halieck seem
ed opposed to it, but General Miles Is
Instructed to have letters ready II he
thinks them necessary wb,,e st,,, at
which comes nearer than anything else
to an order to iron the prisoner:
authorized and directed to place man.
acles and letters upon the hands and feet
Of Jefferson Davis and Clement =; Gay
whenever he may deem IT advisable IN
order to render their imprisonment more
secure" (Rebelion Records, vol. 12l p.
% On the oath OF May Miles wrote Dana:
yesterday directed that irons be put
sisted. but became more quiet after
ward" Vol ~, PIP. 57o-5n Wars Rec
ords). E
N It seems, then. that the only shadow OF
orders to iron Mr.. Davis which Miles re-
ceived was the permission which Dana
rave him to do ii II he deemed 1t neces-
sary ito render his Imprisonment more
secure"
liant soldier and noble Christian gentlc-
man, who had been the chosen President
OF the Confederate States OF America.
who had committed no crime. and whom
to bring to trial. was confined IN case
mate at Fortress Monroe. with sentinels
in the rom with him. a light constantly
burning the room the nsxt an roo
With the heavy door on Fhe outside locked
and the key in the possession Of the
oficer OF the guard. line Of sentinels
the pnrapd Re oeer on duty
structed 10 looi; at his prisoner every
fifteen minutes, moat ten feet deep on
the outside OF his casmate and line
a fort filled with trained soldiers. and
rescue party that might appear.
The only excuse which Miles tsos gave son IN
bit on the legs of the prisoner was thot
no endeavor 10 escape But we cannot
for a moment believe that General Miles
was green enough to suppose that Mr..
Davis had any intention of attempting
to escape BY ''running" under the clrcum-
stances that surrounded him. andith the on
~ explanation of ms conduct Is that ne
and Mr.. Dana, md to ponder to the
bitter sentiment at the North by this act
Of cruel malignity to the "arch-rebel Of
the centuries.
for i tb fse ae i bn he must r Ha Forth forth
fruits meet for repentance before he
can convince the outraged South that
his sorrow has any deeper foundatlon
me a even at the North, did not approve
his crucl outrage. Besides General Miles
was guilty Of various other insults and
refined erueties 70 rttesioen1 DAVIS while
Let any one Interested read the. ac-
count given in craven's prison Life OF
Jefferson Davis, or the account given
~ Snd Mts or the the superb address OF the 10
mented Charles NJ. Blackford on "The
Trials and Trial Of Jefferson Davis" and
he will see that Niles resorted to almost
which his low breeding, and wicked heart
could devise, Hon, Hugh McCullock, OF
the Cabinet, went to Fortress Monroe. at
the request or iresnnem. 1osihsoh. 70 n
and in his Men and Measures Lea N,,r9 Of Half
he d ssene e II o os nnf sg Y n
tervlews with the prisoner;
vas rs first w,t Sst9 Y y anf he see MfS
t ~ % onnpn rttit which 1t save him of n
IT, / n Tns fn ana wd to o say
h1 ~ dir anp' questions that I learned the
facts in regard to t the a b,arbasons treat;
en % Which r he hnd to 5e ,s ortress wTs
onl sa' Strictly E confined e q casemate
%Rch WAS UTE .tsv pS'fs ssan aunsf SnS
b bne : w smbbmissive prisoner, and was ii,
strong ad 5so tsat that oarS Sha not
sS Be ss1bls Ht r 's pys
hro%n x0sndy T HPHn wa ahe mol o afr And And
he ssnS 10 ,eir IL Which was confined was
asas',ny, r aa es IL es prs shsa
as so tnm,,n,o of soldiers. My eyes were