The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

chain, how many pounds II | try
to move, they trip me, and have al
ready abraded broad patches Of skin
from the parts they touch. Can you
devise no means to pad or cushion
them, so that when | try to drag
them along they will not chafe me
so intolerably? My limbs have so llr-
tie flesh on them, and that so weak
as to be easily lacerated."
Dr.. Craven said this appeal sent
the first thrill Of sympathy for his
prisoner patient through him, SO ne
went to Gen Miles and told him the
shackies must be removed. Gen.
Miles asked if it was "a medical ne
cessity," hesitated and gave no prom
ise; yet the iron doors to Mr.. Davis
cell were by that time in place.
This Gen. Miles did in spite Of the
fact that he was allowed by Assis-
tant Secretary of War Charles A.
acle Mr. Davis, to use his discretion,
acel Mr.. Davis, to use his discretion,
as Gen. Miles himself states in his
article published in your paper.
Mr.. Davis would certainly have
died under the tortue Miles inflicted
upon him in denying him the neces-
sary quiet his extreme nervous ex-
haustion demanded as we'll as from
the starvation incident to his inabili
ty to eat the coarse food coarsely
served, which Gen. Miles ordered,
had not DR.. Craven insisted on Miles
allowing him to send properly pre-
pared delicate food from his own ia
bic. and in other ways lessened the
severity of the treatment Miles gave
Mr.. Davis.
When Miss Margaret Howell, my
mothers young sister, lay i'll on
board the Clyde, and Col. James,
chief quartermaster, called on Or.
Craven and asked him to visit the
Clyde, lying off Fortress Monroe as
there was very i'll woman on board,
Dr.. Craven asked a permit of Gen.
Miles to do this. The latter said,
however, that his orders were to al
low no communication with the ship
ON which Mrs. Davis, her four little
children, her young sister, Mrs. Clay,
and others were detained helpless
prisoners of war. Mr.. Davis was hor-
ror-stricken when it was reported to
him, and exclaimed, mo gentleman,
no man Or Christian or even human
being would have so acted" He also
said he had "heard Gen. Miles was
from Massachusetts,, but it was not
much for Massachusetts, to boast that
one of her sons had been appointed
his jailer, and it was becoming such
a jailer to Cypress helpless worncn
and children"
Gen Miles would not even allow
Mr.. Davis to have access to his linen
but doled out his clothes as he might
to convict and certainly, not often
enough in our warm southern climate
in June, to insure comfort. Gen.
Miles gave him no suit Of outer cloth
ing other than the one he had on
when put in prison. After being
told that Mr.. Davis sight was rapidly
failing on account Of the light kept
burning in his cell day and night, Mr..
Davis having partially lost the sight
of one eye in Mexico during his bril-
liant services to the United States,
Miles made no change. Owing to
the damp, unhealthy condition Of Mr..
Davis's quarters, which Gen. Miles
his jailer, did nothing to make better,
Mr. Davis developed erysipelas and
Dr.. Craven despaired Of his life and
did all his humane instincts, curbed
by Miles orders, would permit to re-
lieve his patient, and no doubt saved
his life. Miss Anna Craven, DR.. Cra-
ven's daughter. took charge of the
preparation OF Mr. Davis meals, and
in sending her a message Of thanks
Mr.. Davis said he might never see