Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

Money Machines. 1855. is a para
graph bearing upon this matter Of the
imitatio Of the governments notes:
Heretofore. it 10 stated. the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury has allowed
strangers an opportunity to examine
the operations of the machinery used
for printing the national currency In
the Treasury Department. Certain per-
sons. pretending to feel a deep interest
in the process Of printing greenbacks,
made this a pretext to secretly take
sketches or drawings of some OF the
improved machinery used in the pro-
duction Of government notes, which
machinery is not found in any other
printing establishment in the United
States. Some Of these parties. it has
been discovered. were counterfeiters. or
friends to counterfeiters. who have used
the information thus obtained for coun-
terfeiting purposes. To prevent any
advantage being taken of this privilege
hereafter. the Secretary Of the Treas
ury has decided to grant no more per-
mits to strangers to visit the printing
rooms in the Treasury building"
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"dSniuS 3 lOH vas greatly interested IN
the southern pardon seekers at this
time fifty years
Pardon Seekers at ago, and the coll
~. yuh;.. u umns OF The Star
'" se AA0"ee' contain many
references to them. In The Star of
September u. 1865. is the following de-
scription of a scene at the White
House:
THE executive mansion was again
crowded today by visitors. an unusually
large proportion of whom were ladies.
Most of these are interested in pro-
curing the discharge Of relatives from
the military service. The heat Of the
anterooms and hall adjacent to the
Presidents apartment was suffocating
and could not be endured without fire.
quent visits to the windows for fresh
air. The ushers are faded almost to eX
haustion, and the secretaries, in shar-
ing the labors Of the President. seldom
find rest.
THE rebel pardon seekers throng the
White House If possible in greater
numbers than at any time before, and
spread themselves on the sofas with
all the license accorded to a Georgia
barroom. The ushers make their grand
rounds quite often to awaken those
who persist in sleeping in the arm
chairs and wherever a favorable seat
is to be found and find no little diff
place.
president Johnson continues in good
health. Notwithstanding the incessant
annoysnces and tax upon his physical
energies to which he is subjected, and
disposes Of the innumerable matters
brought before him with remarkable
dispatch. We regret to announce that
Mrs. Patterson. daughter Of President
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night. She is much worse today. and
several physicians have been called in
to attend her, among the number DR..
Norris
Although the witnesses summoned by
Wirz to testify in his behalf at his
trial for the Ander-
WirZ Witness sonville atrocities
a, were given assurance
iesleu' that they would not
be arrested while in Washington. one
of their number was incarcerated on a
specific charge. This is told of in the
following paragraph of The Star Of
September %, 1866:
James W. Duncan. one of the wit
nesses to testify in behalf of Capt.
WirZ, was identified in the courtroom
yesterday by some of the witnesses as
being in charge of the cook house at
Andersonville, and who had ill-treated
and robbed some of our soldiers. caus
ing the death of one. He was yesterday
afternoon committed to the charge of
Capt. West. at the Old Capitol. by Gen.
Augur. Duncan, on being taken to the
prison, was assigned to similar quar-
tiers to those occupied by WirZ: room
not allowed to go. nor is he to hold in
tercourse with any one. He is appar-
emily not above twenty-five years of
age, is baker by trade, and his pres
emit residence is Norfolk. He is UNDER
stood to be native of Baltimore. but
has been some years south. living in
New Orleans at the commencement of
the war. where he enlisted in Louis
lana regiment. from which he was final
ly detailed as sort of commissary
agent, acting as such at Andersonville."
In The Star of September %, 1855, is
a description of a scene in the Wirz
courtroom of more
WlrZ Challenges than usual interest.
,r,.. George w. Gray Of
witAess. the 7th Indiana had
testified that on one occasion the witt
ness and a man named Stewart Of the
9Th Minnesota carried dead body to
the dead house and as they were re-
turning Wirz showed up and asked
what they were doing. When Stewart
that they were out by proper
authority, Wirz. said the witness, drew
a pistol and shot Stewart, killing him
instantly, after which some rebels rob-
bed the body. The Stars report con-
tinues:
col. Chapman asked witness if he
was sure it was Wirz who shot Stew
art. Witness said he thought 1t was. it
was the same man that Lieut.. Davis
called Wirz. The prisoner was here
ordered to stand up, but he simply
turned his head and looked toward the
witness. saying You never saw me
there Witness could not positively
stand up and he nervously rose to his
feet. The witness looked at him care
fully for a few seconds, and Col. Chip
man told him to be sure. for it was
very serious matter. Wirz commenced
to speak to the witness. saying: You
never saw me there. Look good. make
sure" but he was quieted by the judge
advocate. The witness. after looking
little longer. said solemnly and i'm
pressively. pointing toward Wtrz: That
is the man.. WirZ sank to the sofa and
placed a hand over his heart as though
in pain. His fingers twitched nervously
and his eyes rolled and medicines were
tendants. The court here adjourned and
the crowd of spectators fingered be-
hind, as is their custom. but were or
dered by Gen. Wallace to leave the
courtroom in order that the prisoner
might have more air. The windows
for DIR. Ford. while the pris-
oner's attendants administered medi-