The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-15

polluted. have been many. and have
caused more than one outburst of public
Indignation. 1t was in 1882. at a Brook
Ign town meeting. that definite steps were
first urged to properly bury the re-
mains. Nothing was done. however, un-
I'll lS0s. when the Tammany society Sc
tomb. which was constructed on Hudson
street. To this the bodies, dug from the
trenches along the Wallabout banks.
where they had been hastily inferred.
With passing years the structure fell
into decay. the bones became exposed and
children played with them. Public feel
ing became aroused. and in 1879 the city
Of Brooklyn removed all that could be
collected, several loads of them. to a
tomb at Fort Greene park under the
stairs Of the entrance. where they had
been until work had begun on the pres
Stanford White designed. and which rep
resents about 100000. To these bones
were added. four years ago. after pub
lie service at Plymouth church. many
more, Filling about eight collins, which
had been unearthed in construction of
warehouses at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Al the remains are now encased in me
tailic collins in the spacious tomb. which
is approached by a stately flight OF sew
eral hundred steps.
Fiendish Cruelty.
The experiences of the prison shil,
martyrs" constitute one of the most
frightful chapters in American history.
Eleven thousand sailors and soldiers died
in the Jersey alone. ship constructed
to accommodate only 400 men, into which
more than a thousand prisoners were
usually crushed. Many were kept there
for years A survivor. Captain Thomas
Dring. wildly depicted the scenes of the
horrible incarceration: Registered and
sent below, newcomers suffered terribly
from the intolerable heat and foul air,
and when they sought the narrow air
holes they found them blocked by others.
who fought with all their strength for
even the faintest breath of the precious
air.
Utter arrangement was a common
symptom of the fever that caused many
deaths on board, and TO increase the hor-
ror of the darkness that enshrouded us.
for we were allowed no light betwixt
decks, the voice OF warning would be
heard: Take heed to yourselves: there
is a madman stalking through the shin
with a knife in his hand 1 sometimes
found the man a corpse in the morning
by whose side | laid myself down at
night
OF the bread furnished the prisoners.
account: Il do not recollect soeing any
which was not full Of living vermin; but
eat it. worms and all. we must, or
starve
The condition of the great copper in
which the prisoners meat was boiled is
thus described in the memoirs of Ebene-
ger Fox, also a prisoner aboard the Jer-
sey:
1.-The inside Of the copper had become
corroded to such a degree that il was
lined with a coat of verdgris. The Jer-
sey. from her size and lying near the
shore. was imbedded in the mud: and i
do not recollect seeing her afloat during
the whole time / was a prisoner All the
filth which accumulated among upward
of a thousand men was daily thrown
overheard and would remain there until
carried away by the tide. The impurity
of the water may be easily conceived,
and IN this water our meat was boiled.
Not less revolving than these scenes of
cruelty and distress was the manner in
which the inanimate bodies of these mar
tyred prisoners were hastily and indie
corously consigned to the earth, in some
cases almost before they had become
cold
The program prepared for the day to
begin at p. m. included:
Music by Twenty-third regiment band.
T. F. Shannon, leader, closing with the
''Star-Spangled Banner" all standing.
Prayer. the Rev. DIR. S. Parkes Cadman.
Poem. Thomas Walsh.
Grafton. Hon. William H Taft
Presentation of monument on behalf OF
the national government, by Secretary OF
War Luke z. Wright.
Acceptance on behalf of the city. by
the chairman of the board of aldermen
Patrick F. MCGOWAN.
Address on behalf of the Tammany So
ciety or Columbian Order. by Daniel f
Hohalan, grand sachem.