The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05

4 far that the shoes should not hoid To-
| gcther. The shoes looked 80 very
unpromsing for campaigning pur-
poses that when they were
reached in the examination the
| sergeant decided that they' We're not
\ worth the trouble of appropriating
/ had therefore the satisfaction of walk
/ ing up the valley on my own shoe
feathers, and the shoes held together in
! fact for some weeks after | reached
Richmond.
| Finally they reached Richmond and
arrived late in the evening at the ia
| nous, or. | better say. infamous Libby
/ prison.
| imprisonment is bad enough IN it.
| self says Mr.. Putnam. but If 1t is
accompanied by lack of discipline there
results Il discomfort and II brutality
/ which produces a kind of pandSmonum
rule. Pains were taken BY the adju-
tant to secure floor spaces for US as
far AS practicable according 10 our own
/ preference for companionship.
My friend Wander Weyde and myself
were soon stretched out in a corner.
not far from the front windows, which
served our purpose as well as any other
ON the brick against which my head
rested rs / lay were already scratched
the names of several previous tenants.
! asked about the man whose name
came last in the line and was told that
he had been comfortably buried the
I week before"
OF the prison Itself Mr. Putnam
writes:
1T had been utilized for ship chand-
lery supplies. IL hacked onto a kind
of creek that connected directly with
the James River and fronted on a
street, the name of which | have for
gotten, that ran into Main street The
building was in three stories with IL
cellar The prisoners were allowed TO
| sleep and to remain in the two upper
stories and to pass through the ground
floor out to the yard ON the ground
floor itself and In the yard was "A full
supply Of sentries and the sentries also
paced about the entire building outside
THE tunnel Of SO had been worked
from the cellar; but the story Is too
long to give here in detail. The under
taking had been planned by Col Rose.
who was unfortunately not one Of those
who secured his free dom OF the 100
! odd men who made their way out
through the tunnel all hut about forty
were recapturcd. They were OF course
separated from the Union lines bv the
whole force OF Lees army The sur
prise ~ that any men got through.
I'm my time there was no onportu-
nifty for even an attempt at a tunnel
The cellar had been Thoroughly sealed
with cement and access to It was care
fully guarded A trained bloodhound
had been added to the prison guard. I
do not know when that dog took time
TO sleep. for according to al reports. he
accompanied every round OF the guard
(the rounds were made once in two
hours) for the entire circuit of the
building.
He had thoroughly learned his
prison duty and with his trained in
stlnct and keen scent not only would
there nave been prompt detection Of
any disturbance uf tn" ground but a n alb
solute !mpoSSihllity of the man making
the disturbance getting away ont of the
dogs reach. When Richmond was cap
iured this doc was among the prisoners
ana | read that he was taken to New
York and sold a, auction on the steps of
the Astor House FOR large sum
Il judge that the buyer. whoever he
was must have found Il necessary 10
Keep away from the dogs Observance
any member Of his family or friends
who might be wearing blue cloth. II
was quite clear to the hound that any
one wearing blue was to be torn up.
was told that when a hound was Young
ne could be trained tn almost any duty.
hnt that when grown up any change OF
raining was practically impossible"
Later the prisoners were removed 10
panville, were tobacco house was