Year: 1864

head the other; perhaps it was five AID a
| half feet long had not rag furnished me to


lie upon nor to cover me the cell was under


ground no window there was gas light in


the entry !; it had lattice iron door "a man


could stand up straight in the cell the privy
| was in one corner of the cell; over it was


wafer. faucet and cup, there was no cover to


the privy. Thessmell was worse than that


ofany country privy was ever in. On Sat-


urday the privy was washed out-at other


times it was left as used. Sometimes three


prisoner slept in the ccll-two on the floor


and one on the shelf I was three


nights in the cell and two out in the room. -
On Saturday night drunken man was put


in the cell with me. He was drunk, noisy,


filthy, and nasty. He was put in in the mid


die of the afternoon. The keepers had


thrown water on him, and at night the cell


was very wet, and had to lie in the water


with nothing but the clothes wore. was
compelled once to eat in the cell 1T was on


Sunday night; was put in right away after
dinner We had bread and coffee for break.
fast, bread and water for supper. Two little
pieces of bread each time. Twice I think we
had arlittle meat. Once or twice we had
coffee instead of water with our bread for
supper.


On Monday night, Murray came there
1 asked him if could not give bail and get
out of that sinking hole, for could not live
there any longer. / offered to give any
amount of bail and pay up my board in the
city and report myself every day. He said
l. could not be bailed that there was no
getting out at all that money conld not
bail me out. He said, "if the whole of Green
county comes down here they cannot do any,
thing for you," that he did not know of but
one pan that could do anything for me, and
that was Judge Beebee, and said: Ifyeu
wish to see Judge Beebee, will send him
up in the morning." and I said if he is the
only man that can do anything send him to
me- The way came to have the interview
with Murray was, he came to the sergeant's


room and got permission from Sands to 90
and see him. On Tuesday morning about
noon, man came in and inquired for me.
He was smallish man, with a large heavy
beard, and asked me ifI wanted to get out
and said | did. He said suppose | can
get-you out, but have to use the influence
of great many men in the in the city and
telegraph to Washing ton number of times.
and it will be pretty expensive. asked him


he was Judge Beebee and he said he was


and that Marshal Murray had sent him there
asked him what he would charge me and
he said he would get me out for 500, II
told him could not give him that and he
asked what could give, and said S25.-
He said he would do nothing for S25. Soon
after he came back and said " If conclude
to do anything for you, who is your bail.n
| named two men living at the foot o
Franklin street. A few minutes after he
came in withg another deputy marshal and
told me could 60 with him to get bail and
could come then to Marshal Murray's Office
Beebee was not absent from me over ten or
fifteen minutes before he cane back with the
other deputy Marshal This was about II
o'clock at noon. | went with that man to
see Isaac Darby in Franklin street waited
on him to see Mr.. Steenbergh. When he |
came we went to Marshal Murray's office. !
No one was there but the clerk, and he went
to WORK to fill out bail bond, Before il
was done Marshal Marray came in. He |
went to the clerk to see what he was doing |
and said, Hold on; don't know anything |
about this you must wait till Mr.. Beebee
comes" We waited quarter of an hour
till Beebee came in and he went to work |
and finished the bail bond, Beebee then |
asked me to sign it, and | did So Darby |
and Steenbersh signed it, and then we went
up three pair of stairs, to justice, who took
the acknowledgment and charged me So,
which paid; we catnc down; gave judge
Beebee, whom met on the stairs, twenty
five dollars, and came off with the bondsmen;
| got home on Wednesday about shutdown
Luke Roe and Elias butcher, came to New
York in my behalf, also Esquire Lathrop
and my father, at my solicitation, to fetch |
some papers to aid me; my father lives in
ConesviIe, Schoharie county-the other
men in Cairo, except Van Steenbergh, in
Catskill, 81. ssga


The jury4were out about two hours after
the sJudges' charge aad returned verdict of |
$1,000 for the plaintiff.


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