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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

the American officials found that the trouble
was caused by number of malcontents who
did not appreciate the baths and swimming
pool forming part of the equipment OF the
great amusement and recreation grounds on
which the camp was located
War on the firing line may be more hell
like than in other days, but apparently when
waged by rich countries mankind has touno
way to mitigate its horrors behind the inc
The contrast between conditions in British
detention camp to-day and in one OF the civil
War fifty years ago is presented IN the &C
count of his experiences in various Confed-
crate detention prisons recently set down by
a Boston banker. Fighting in the Army OF
the Potomac, he was captured in June, 1904
near Richmond The famous Libby Prison
was his first domicile.
81 received warm welcome at the prison
door from the famous keeper, Dick Turner
,yho ordered me to stand against the wall to
h. measured" he says 81 wondered If 1t was
for coffin, or only hole without coffn'
"That was a new and strange sensation as
went in and began 10 look at the world
.hrough prison bars Passing by the win
dow l saw tn. shining barrel of rifle point
al a. me and companion motioned to bull
l., mark in the roof, where some one had
been shot at for going too near a window
This room was a large storage lott on the
second floor. filled with prisoners sitting
around on the floor singly and IN groups
About o'clock negro came IN, bearing
. hask.t filled with small cakes made OF I'M
hoI,.d cornmea and water These were un-
ann.t;zinq. but sufficient to keep one aiVe'
This was our daily ration, and think once
w..k we had a small dose of pork or corned
b,.f The beef was so lean and dry that some
one said the owners of those cattle must nave
killed them to save their lives PRISONERS ",'o
had managed to smuggle in silver-pia'ea 'o'N,
and spoons from their knapsacks were ioo".1
unon as men of distinction. found 'ha' 'i'e
desire for these articles was almost a mans
Even colonies. and once chaplain WEI
c.u,bt in the act of taking some other ie'-
,o,v's spoons. AS the darby said: he feaiy
didn't mean TO steal, but when ne pasSeu ''N
wood pile it just seemed 10 be MS
NV first night in Libby was nearly d sie,p
,,ss one but | slept just long enough 10 i.'
some rats take my breakfast. denied mySel'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

Worldliness can flourish only under comfort
and luxury. Instead of these, trials and dan
ger proved an efficient topic for religious SEN
timent, and prayer meetings were well at
tended
After about two months in this city we
heard again the oft repeated order, Move
on"
Sherman was only three hours march from
the city. This time they were removed to
Columbia, and then to a stockade outside the
city.
AS il was mdwinter and no shelter was
provided, we were forced to cut wood from
forest near by and build rough log cabin for
ourselves There was a man living
near our camp who owned pack OF blood
hounds They were formerly used to track
escaped slaves, and they were now used to
track escaped prisoners so we had no love tor
those hounds. When two of them wandered
into our camp one day we coaxed them back
out OF sight, knocked them on the head and
buried them in the ground. Soon the owner
came in looking for his hounds. None had
seen them. But he discovered the new-made
graves, and, going out, soon returned with
man and spade. They dug the bodies up and
carried them away on their shoulders. We ex-
pected severe punishment for this outrage, but
luckily we escaped it. At Andersonville pris-
oners had harder experiences than these, for
bloodhounds were called out every morning to
cover the ground about the stockade and de-
tect any one who had attempted escape. Often
prisoners were brought in torn and bleeding
from these attacks.
1T was thought that the policy of the Con-
federate government was to reduce the
strength of the prisoners by course OF i'll
treatment, but this, believe. was untrue. Our
rations were approximately the same as that OF
the Southern soldiers. Close confinement and
the unbolted cornmeal soon resulted in chronic
dysentery. Poor water, crowded quarters, lack
of medicine or care and great dependency did
the rest.
1T was now February, 1866, and the lost
cause was losing rapidly Once more Sher-
man was approaching. We climbed into bag
gage cars again for journey to Charlotte,
N. c. No prison pen was ready here-the
authorities had exhausted even their power for
building prisons. We were put into an open
field with guard around u.s. A small ration
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

half the night ration, putting 1t under my Pill
low. so that might have it early before our
colored steward arrived. But the next morn
ing il was gone-eaten by rats while slept
This was a time OF terrific suffering and
disease among prisoners. 1t is hard to under
stand how we endured so much misery with
so little complaint. The deaths at Anderson
vile were about one hundred daily, and ire
ouenty carloads of unknown Yankees were
dumped into trenches. Our food came from
Georgia. General Grant might capture Rich-
mond at any time, so it was decided to send
us 70 Georgia. After the war Jefferson DAVIS
said that it had been selected as the Prison
State after much consideration, because OF
its pure air and generally healthy conditions
Had we known this in 1864 instead OF twenty
wears later. it would have been a great source
of comfort to US.
"Our turn came the last of June. We had
personally conducted tour fifty to sixty men
in baggage car. Standing room only would
have been an appropriate notice for "heh
was lucky enough to be able TO stretch OUT
and fall asleep was awakened by dreadiui
dream that some one was piling cord OF
wood upon me- AS eight feet make cora,
this was literally true, for each man had TO
struggle hard to keep his own feet on top OF
the others. There was opening except one
door guarded by two soldiers with bayonets
crossed over it. Twice day cornmeal and
water were passed in; day we were al
lowed TO walk out, under guard, Tor hfteen
minutes.
after a week of this travelling we reached
Macon where 'stockade,' or outdoor prison.
awaited us. This prison pen was located over
a stream. one end Of which was used Tor
drinking and cooking. the other for washing
and sewerage. A high plank fence, around the
ton Of which ran walk for the guards IN
closed the yard About thirty feet within TINS
ran the dead line so called because inc
guards were ordered TO shoot any prisoner a'-
tenptng 10 cross it. OF course, no one would
think of trying to get out that way Tor they
could not climb the outer fence. Yet saw
New York captain shot down as he walked
toward the dead line with no intention OF
crossing it.
I'VE were served the old, familiar cornmeai
AID twice a week bacon, sometimes green
,yi,b partial decay. We mixed the eornmeai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

with water and cooked it in an iron pot COW
cred with hot ashes-as the negroes cooked
their bread, or 'pone' For change we had
occasional rations of beans, a small, black
variety, known as sheep beans These. as
we'll as the bacon, were along in years. Each
bean had several tiny holes and each hole con-
tanned a little worm. 1t might have been called
second Diet Of Worms On bean days we
all sat around the pot, armed with pointed
sticks, and picked out the worms, one by one,
from their hiding places. 1t was tiresome
job, but time with us was cheap, and beans
were very dear. We had such great craving
for vegetable diet that we consumed even
potato Feelings found on the floor with great
relish. Prisoners began to be troubled with
scurvy, due to the monotony of their diet, and
in a few cases men lost their legs or arms
from the horrible disease.
General Sherman, having taken Atlanta, had
now begun his famous march to the sea- This
obliged the authorities to place US out OF his
reach-in fact. his army kept us moving con-
tinually from one prison to another during the
next six months This time we were taken to
Savannah. After landing at the depot we were
marched through the streets, followed by
crowds of white women, children and negroes,
who scolded and sneered at us.
ooh Lord We've got all the Yanks, sure!
Now what for did youuns come down here 10
fight we'uns forP
Savannah soon became in danger, so we
were transferred 10 Charleston, S. c. No
prison being ready there, were placed in
the yard OF the states prison and workhouse.
The criminals looked out of their grated win
dows overhead, yelling and shaking the bars,
while we tried 10 endure the dark, muddy
quarters beneath
Our batteries at Morris Island were now
shelling the city-an act denounced as barbar-
Gus by the Southern papers. For retaliation six
hundred OF US Yankee prisoners were placed
under the fire OF own guns. The COM
mander was soon informed OF our location and
directed his shots so that they passed over or
beside us, thus leaving us unframed We sat
there day after day watching the lombard
ment. The shells. constantly exploding in the
air, would sometimes fall and burst inside a
building.
In this position we had small thought for
games or discussions or any such amusements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

PROBLEM OF the present wal 10
" the care of prisoners. II one could
( n accept some of the totals OF prison.
ers which have reached this country
!, would mean the sheltering and feeding OF
well toward a million persons. According 10
what were described as official advices on NO
vernber /, Germany had 100000 prisoners IN
Guiding many thousands of civilians, VINO were
arrested in Belgium and France and removed
to Germany in order to prevent their parucl-
patton in military operations. France had more
than 100000. including civilians and soioieIs'
and England had 10000 civilians and several
thousand military prisoners.
They are being cared for in what are terii'eu
detention camps These are like ANDERSON
vile prison in only one respect lhey arc
nelosed areas and not buildings They are SO
different from that notorious Confederate oe
tntion camp that Bernard Shaw plctureu
starving Britons and Belgians looking nun
Srly through bsrbed wire fences at hourlSh-
ng communities Of jolly, well fed German
PRISONERS Of war" AS matter OF tact &c
sordlng 70 Chandler Halb and Chandler r.
anderson. Of the American Embassy IN Lon
aOn, who have visited the German and Eng
Sh detention camps in order to assure Ger
Hsny and England that their countryInen are
'sing treated humanely, the comforts proVioeo
the English camps are almost Injuries. In
Ssrmany the men are also being cared Tor
very well To be sure. in some OF the camps
ne prisoners are doing certain amount OF
work. The reason given-and it is legiti-
nate one--is that it is for the benefit OF their
hath
There are several camps in England. One
on Newbury racetrack. The prisoners were
aoused in tents until cold weather set In,
wen they were removed into huts and stables,
mere the conditions were similar to the
amps on the German racecourses. The Ger
mans were each provided with two blankets
s0o drew rations equivalent 70 those of
'''ush soldier. except that they received less
Deat and more bread Each officer had
No' and usually room 70 himself. Cards,
''soing matter and plenty Of room for exer-
&c were allowed them. Great attention was
e'eh TO the sanitary arrangements AT the
imp on the Isle OF Man, in which number
Phsoners recently rioted and several were
VI when they undertook to rush the guards,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

do you think that your jury or any jury Is
qualified to try man for his life"
81 don't know about that" said Mr. Heddy.
They should have got jury that understood
the law we'll enough to get the fine points
This was practically a farmer jury. Unless
jurymen in general can understand law they
may work injustice"
"Cleary was an influential man in Haver-
straw. wasn't he? Do you think that politics
played any part in the verdict"
No, 1 don't" said Mr. Heddy. It's not
possible The jury was gathered from the
length and breadth of Rockland County None
was in a position to work politics. There
wasn't anything of that sort in the trial. 1t
was fair verdict and I'm back OF it"
How did Cleary impress you personality
He seemed pleasant sort OF man. He
didn't seem the kind to commit murder unless
he was out Of his mind"
why did you think he was insane"
Because of the evidence. All OF 1t went to
show that there temporary insanity
Cleary left his house after he'd talked with the
doctor and he was only partly dressed. He
didn't have on any underclothes, for one thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

He was wearing carpet slippers-Juliette slip
pers, / think they are called. That tended to
show that he was out of his mind
He drank heavily and when he reached
Haverstraw he found the gun on his desk
where he got his mail He didn't have any
earthly chance to know that the gun would be
there 1t belonged to the town constable who
had left it because he was going on Sunday
school picnic up the river. Furthermore,
Cleary didn't know that Newman was in town.
And Newman walked right into the office
when he was there"
Suppose you tell the story of the trial as
the jury saw it."
"In the first place" said Mr.. Heddy, the
points in the case seemed very clear. We were
told that if there was reasonable doubt we
were to give the prisoner the beneht-snd we
did!
"The doctor told Cleary at about o'clock
in the afternoon that his daughter ought to be
married. Cleary pondered over this until
or $50, when he went out to mail letter to
his sister in Chicago and a telegram to his
brother in California. He did not return to
his apartment after that. He walked the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
THE GRADUAL STAGES BY WHICH H
FINALLY REACHED INSANITY.

First you said that Cleary wasn't right when
he reached Haverstraw. Now you say that his
mind left him when he saw Newman
HE was partly insane when he left home
and completely insane when Newman came in
front of him. The drink itself may have helped
to bring about this insanity but was not the
cause of the murder"
Previously had talked with another OF the
Cleary jurors. This man told me he had heard
after the trial that one of the juryrnen had
been in similar position TO that OF Cleary.
The daughter of this man had been treated
much as Clearys daughter" said the juryman.
HE summoned lawyer to his house to talk
it over. When the lawyer was there the OF
fender passed by outside. The lawyer pulled
the father back before he attacked the young
man. He barely caught him. Grabbed him
by the foot That came up after the trial. The
Juror told me about it himself. The reason it
didn't come up before was that it was gen.
orally unknown when the jury was selected"
Don't you think that would prejudice the
juror?
We'll, I suppose it would"
How about the scene in court when Cleary
embraced his daughter' Did that come up in
the jury's dscussion"
"One man spoke about il and he was stopped
in short order. We weren't any spring chick
ems, tell you! We sent in our verdict be-
cause we believed that Cleary was insane
DO you believe that the scene in court
when the young woman met her father was
staged for its effect on the jury|
Partly so, but it didn't have any effect upon
me- There is no doubt that it was effective in
a way"
Most of the jurymen have daughters,
haven't they"
"All but two"
Don't you think that this might influence
the verdict"
81 suppose it might"
DO you think that capital punishment could
influence murder jury"
81 suppose it might
DO you think that such verdict as you
rendered is dangerous"
We'll" said the juryman, 81 suppose that
might be true, too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

themselves. They may be taught
10 fear possible consequences
p.e~t Hcddy. foreman OF the jury that &C
..:.,ed William Y. Cleary OF the murder OF his
'.,.in.law. Eugene Newman. made this state
On, when he was asked 70 reply to the crit
.s,n heared on the Jury.
Mr. Heddy is a gardener living near Sloats-
,..s When I saw him less than week after
i. troueht IN his now famous verdict he was
-.-yops. lie was nervous for several reasons.
- ,leir home towns The Cleary jurors are
,,r.relv criticised end they are not unaware o'
.ss TACT. Public opinion throughout the length
- breadta of Rockland County IS against the
verdict
~Everysodys got it in for the jury" said
..,,rsrs- They hadn't ought TO have let
CLAY off scot free: that's certain. The verdict
"a great surprise 90 us. We were sure he'd
y. convicted. I'm not saying that he ought 20
H.. gone 20 The elcctri5 chair, but no man
"a deliberately shoots another should get of
,-,sout punishment. If I'd been on that jury
r. have hung it if stayed there for a month
.,,bsr than put in my vote for an acquttal.
rv,rvbody I've met feels the same way"
VICTIM OF NOTORIETY BEWAILS
HIS FATE.
Before sat on that jury" Mr.. Heddy eX
,a;ned. u went about my business without be-
ne bothered Now my name is known from
m. end OF the county TO the other and my
,i,ture has been in the papers. l tell you I'm
,h-opgh with it, If the newspapers would only
Z, it drop the trial would be forgotten"
When I asked him what he had to say in
r.plv 10 Justice Morschauser's criticism he
said:
Judge Mo-schauser told me and the rest OF
rs that so long as we acted in accord with our
own consciences we mustn't mind what out
sid.rs. sav-and we don't intend to. l know
,h,re has been some criticism. I've heard
nothing but the trial ever since l came back
towork
Don't you think that the verdict may have
bad effect upon the country in general by
~couragng similar crimes?"
y don't know" said the foreman. "ln some
ways it may 90 good
DO you mean that Cleary was justified?
BY no means. except through the verdict
". brought in, that Of insanity" replied Mr..
Heddy. you never know what father will
DO under such circumstances. Evidence was
gwen at the trial 10 prove that in Clearys
opinion Newman was man OF poor character.
was in evidence that Cleary had been told
50. have no doubt that this helped to drive
hin insane when the great blow fell.
aCl,a-v vvae IN q hard position for any father
to be in. That doesn't excuse the shooting, OF
course, but it helps to explain the cause that
led to it. A man with tendency to insanity
would be likely 10 have a weak willard our
verdict is not the only one given in favor OF
men so placed. There was the Hannigan case
twenty-five years ago or Whereabouts.
brother shot down openly on Broadway the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
One Juror "SupPoses"
Such a Decision as Was
Rendered Might
Be DANGEROUS.

pull a Commandment around before you can get
anything out OF it.
The constable had been in the habit OF get
ting Cleary's mail. The revolver was on top
of it. II was left there because OF the con-
stables trip up the river on picnic. Cleary
took up the revolver and left il on the desk
They were getting ready TO go out and
Cleary was on his feet with his back to the
door as Newman came in"
What do you think went on in Cleary's
mind at that point
1T was then in my opinion that he went in
sane. He gave Newman no chance whatever.
He picked up TIE revolver and fired as New
man sat down. It was Fox, think, who took
the revolver away from him"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
Foreman Thinks Verdict
"May Teach Young
BOOSTERS TO Behave
ems elves"
BY H. w. STOKES.

% . T: IS: !: e: g.: G.: ::
TO fear possible consequences"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
Taylor Holds Back Fire
Bids For Another Week
at Local Firms Request

No recommendations for awarding
the contracts for the additional motor
fire apparatus were put into. City
Council this afternoon by Commits
sioner NJ. Harvey Taylor, superintend-
ent of streets and public property.
Mr.. Taylor said he will withhold
these recommendation for another
week at the solicitation of the Morton
Truck and Tractor Company which
wishes to demonstrate to the city com
missioners the type of tractor it is
manufacturing.
AT the earnest solicitation of the
Morton company" Commissioner Tay-
Tor told Council, II am going to hold
over the recommendations relative to
fire apparatus for another week. The
company want a chance to demon
strate their machine and notwithstand-
ing the fact that I have waited for
three weeks / will wait one more
week. However. ! do not see what
can be gained by the delay. as am
of the opinion that the city certainly
cannot be benefited by the purchase
of an untried machine that costs $3.50
more than a standard type that has
been used extensively for several years
in the larger cities"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
CROW WILL PRESENT
TWO ELECTION BILLS
They Are Aimed at Fusion After
Primaries and the Nom
partisan Act

Senator William +. Crow. of Fay
ette County, chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee, will to-day in
troduce in the Senate an anti-fusion
bill together with a measure aimed to
repeal the non-partisan act.
The anti-fusion bill will prevent the
Withdrawal of one party nominee and
his subsequent endorsement of another
party. The measure will provide that
a nominee cannot be taken from a
party ticket after he is nominated
thereon unless he dies. Then of
course his place will be filled by tile
party. The measure aims to prevent
the fusion which took place in the last
campaign when William Draper Lewis,
who was nominated by the Washing
ton Party voters withdrew from the
Washington Party ticket and per-
mitted the leaders to nominate Vance
G. Mccormick who was nominated by
the Democratic voters of the State.
The anti-fusion bill will also pre-
vent combination to be made on a
mayorality ticket.
Under the terms of the non-partisan
judicial act repeater the repeal will
not go into effect until January 1,
1915. Thus the Judges to be elected
in November will be chosen on the
non-partisan ballot. United States
Senator Penrose, some time ago an
nounced that he was in favor of the
repeal of the partisan act. but
that he did not think the repeal should
go into effect until 1916.
Another measure to be introduced
by Senator Crow will take the nom
partisan feature from the third class
city~act.