The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-04
makes Il WARM
FOR 0 GEN 8 {. MILES. ]: {
Dr. Jones Makes CauStiC.
Reply to the State
ment. ..#.
h }s sS
PSESIDENT'DAV ..sa
CONDEMNSxMlLES.
l.s, " Z " s5 Il.
Declared Before His Death That
His Jailor's Treatment Of Him
Was Brutal and Insulting
in the Extreme Mrs.
Davis's Testi-
rnony.

k Greatest Interest was aroused IN Rtcn-s
mona by the statement. OF General n Vel Nelson 70
A Miles. published yesterday, purporhn',4s ',4 9
to give true history OF his reat tnnsnt NJ Of
President jefferson Davis while q prison pHt:l
er under General Miles at fortress Mon Mo
roe. II 3: 4s35 ID
Dr. x. William Jones, % tarys OF OF 1ns 1S'
jefferson Davis Monument Asso tof'' on
author of the \ emorlal Jefferson 81
Davis, our Dead President," intimate e
friend { of Mr.. Davis in the latter's old 'l'l
az q gave out last night the folio r wing
sharp rejoinder 70 General N les sta .'' e.,
ment III several partc flatly deny
ms tile accuracy Of General dies sta M se- =.
mon t.. VA t935 f # gi3sSs 3s
Is Dr. Jones said: n 81 81 Il
t"In tho controversy between, E'resi. i.
dent Roosevelt and 4 thers With g eneral. y.
Miles J. have taken no Great y ''fsl't nat
deed have been posed ~ @ {. Y say
"a IS plague On & bot Ii yo our he s-nor
have i taken int crest In tho recent bill
IN Congress, siippo sod to- be hit at
General M lies. But J. have read VII = the
grea test interest. the anlazlng Ct atement e.
published ti,s morning by General y y es7;33
son .:$ NJ Miles, because II 81 have st he most3
vhnlnin nei proof that this staten entsis
4, tIprlv at variance with the facts In the
case. IN L note the following wv
"a General Milee says tha q Davis y.
was sent to Fortress Monroe to, y await ai
trial for completely in the
a,f Mr.. Lincoln Es " I.
Now, General Miles Il knows hat ,ll1l thifl
,tatement5 va without the slishtest foun:'s '
latlon.-that while Il ther was such sian Y
der aEainstg M 4. Davis at H first hat y
rested upon 60 slight afS foundation that
% poSiintelljgsnt Si man at N Sst he North be.
elieyed Ut, iF7S and Holt and his band "a Ct
trained 5p q rjurara V did mot dare tor try
him on any such charge, NM fit.S fBsS
He was nprisoned for VI ire sol ,'''gs and,
though, u Inderwood and his W! hla OK si and
tan 4, grand jury d find an otrnent:
for treason against 3 hinl.s General Lees
and other Com federal tei leaders on the Ead-
vice OF the ablest lawyers at the North
Chief b Justice Chase N at their s head, the
governm1ent II: never I dared ito try him
even or,s that charg .tyt w by, e then, does
General Miles bring ii .complioity in the
assas sinatlo OF MI In nnoln,s axceptSsato to
reyiye3sth the gold$ slam del. Ind thus mitigate
his own CRUEL treatment of 8$t his Y. sol
der ct atesn1a All, and high.toned
Christian Gent tlerraIl
:sss y nder n 8 Orders.
General ,,1, 4 Niles olain,s that in putting
irons son NJ r.as Davis he acted under or
ders. ana SRas simply ) acting as Il o sol
der obeylng hiss IS per rlor. Let us see e:
how this & Il. # hes on order General
Miles hasM ever been q BILE to- produce |! IS
the following; issued by CA. Dana, the
Assstan secretary ofs WAR: .ss5 NJ
herebV
authorized 4 and Il directed to place man
tacles and @fetters upon the hands and
5feet Of Jefferson Davis. and Clement
q. Clay whenever 3 he may d deem It ad-
Visa bio In order to- render their Imp prison.
ment more secure, (121 War Records OF
the Rebellion. p. 565) @ 81 VII. Y
The same day Mr.. Dana, who had gone
to Fortress Monroe to SEQ the prisoner
so safely incarcera " wrote "a vivid ac-
count OF the whole proceedings. In which
he says. IT have not given orr
ders to have them placed in irons. y & as 8
General Halleck seemed opposed TO it,
but General Miles is Instructed to have
letters ready If he thinks them neces-
ga ~" (Ibid. ,p.,S 563.) Under this per-
nit. which left the matter to General
Miles discretion. but did not order. him
to do It, ho wrote to Dana on the 24tll
OF 4 May; & IT'D, s q. I,
# ~ esterday II directed that irons be
put on Davis s ankles which 3a hc lvio-
iently res,sted. but became mo 70 quiet
afterward." (Ibid. pp. 57o-n.)
! It was probably INTENDED that this lot
ter should only be seen by Dana, but
somehow tho story got out, was pub
llshed In MI OF tho papers, and Y In
stead OF eiciting tho approval and APP
plause which these worthless Doubtless ex-
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