The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24
Miles RESTLESS
AGAIN REPLIES [: [. 4 E||:.s|:..
Declares All Charges Of g. Crlllssll'ty
4 III III. to President Davis
\ N ssB 5Ss5 Untrue. 3
lcRAvEN''s; BOOK SPURIOUS.
\ Surgeon Who Was q Prisoners
Friend and Miles's AAc Gus Y.
Not the Author.
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The Independent, iof n 9 w = ork, - tr ~
currc1, week, contains q paper no less
Interesting md Important historically
n than General Nelson Al. NJ ilcs's own sta
n,ent OF his treatment Of President Jtof-
ferson Davis when tho tier was o rl'ls-'s
!, oncr OF war at Fortress Monroe. Pre t'sl.
4 dent Davis and Mrs. Davis nave ire.
B brutality cruel TO Mr. Davis during the
period Of imprisonment and this is his
/ reply. 1t follows: .3 Ell
During tho great civil ar, ron, 1861
4 10 18e5, that was wagcd with greater IL.
/. tensity ana sferocty than "A any gotl her OF
" modern tl1nes 1t Is we'll k1l oWi,5 tina 7 Ger
tain plots wero formed q gainst tho person ~
q or life OF President Lincoln On..t the night
Il OF April ~. " 1855, President & Lincoln was
4, ags,Is siy,,tpd ana a desperate effort made
! to take tho HE az secretary Of state Sew
n ard and the assassination OF tho Vice
II president ana General Grant was also,
& contemplated by tho consplratois who
v formed the plat to destroy tho heads OF
tho government. fortunately, General.
" Grant was absent al Altirnore on that
fatal night. Tho nc ual assassination
were 10 be committed by q few insigntf-i
G cant and obscure men. who could have
3 had no motive In such q flendish con-
Dpirucy. n .Fi III ;5 N . Z, 81
4 trntc Of the United states. Andrew john,
q son, who inter tho death Of a bra ham
VI lincoln, had taken the oath OF office as,
& President. Issued the following proclaina-3
y ton: 5ss3 IN 5 VI; s3
|. Whereas II appears from evidence II the
4 Bureau OF Military Justice that, tho atroclous
a murder az the late president. I'd Abraham Lin
s1on sea ane f. SECRETARY ate
r werc incit ed concerted and procured by and
between Days Late 2, RiseSss
4 Ieveriy Tucker. George n. Saunders. w liam
I 6. cieary and other rebels and traitors against
7 In CO NADIA: 43i$5 3s,. 81
Now, thsretor., To- The end tha. ,ua.iee may
81 limited states do oner and promise Tor the.
arrest OF said persons. or eithar OF them
within the limts q The United States e thas
ono hundred thousand dollars for tbs arrest
4 'rwentysfivs thousand dollars for the rrest
81 OF Clement z. Clay. 5 \.
Twenty-r i've thousand dollars TOR the. arrest
" OF Jacob Thompson. late of Misslssippl,
Twen FIVE thousand dollars FOR the ares.
4 Twenty.f live thousand dollars for the arrest
a Of Beverly Tucke II. .sg NJ
Ten thousand dollars for the arrest q VII u,
liam q cleary. late clerk 4 o. + Clement =.
provost marshal general e the E n g,
# said PERSONS with notes OF the above rewards.
h1bd ssSu.sa zeal tho nised
states q be- AFT Tx ed. 2{
at the e sshnson ~ seeo oro
Thousand eight hundred ana sixty five, and Of
'ner'sA '"s slll ANDREW JOHNSON
e By the President: rs FAN Il
~. II UNTEH. Y, eSs 4
i3S I'LL Acting Secretary OF State. 3a4s
Jefferson Davis did not surrender when
\ the ca pItal OF the Confederacy. Richmond,
IL was captured. He did not surrender with
lis principal armies when they aurren-
deretl under Robert Il, Lee and Joseph y.
johnston. but 1t was his intention,T as he
81 admits In his own book. The Rise anu
n Fall OF the Confederate .Goyernment.'ato
"a Try to escape and cross tho mississippi. so
n that he could Join the Confed erate army
in that section ana continue the war. He
was hunted down and caught near irwin
4 vile, Ga. He was sent to Fortress Mon
Il roe to await trial on the charge Of COM
n plicItyl In the ASA ssinatlon&o of Mr.. Lin:
a. coln.S It was the expectation and pur-l
X pose OF the government ut that time to
bring him to trial on that charge as soon
as the trial OF the assa ssins, then going
E on, was completed. ,ig5 93 4. & 4 4.
& The proclamation issued by the Presi-
dent was imperative and authoritative to
il every officer ana soldier In the military
service OF the United States. They could
not question The reliability Of the state
,nents contained in IT, but We're bound to-
f accept them ms based on facts; IN fact,
the proclamation itself states: 5S % w IN III !.
ut appears from the evidence in the
I Bureau OF Military Justice that the afro
clous murder OF tho late President, &Abra-
ham lincoln. and the attempted assassi-
q nation Of tho Hon. William II. Seward,
& Secretary; OF State, were melted, concerted
and procured by and between Jefferson
Vi Davis 80 and other rebels and aitors
against the government OF the United
q states. ~ "a isS6{ 5s.5 4.
The details for the close custody Of Mr.!
y Davis were drawn up by MAJ or-G General
4 IIalleck. commanding that department., III
X person. and In handwri ting 81 The last
K para era phi sof the instructions ads n s
II follows: lfy i;
a43 4. The Commanding General 8of the District