Show 1 TLZy T1 z u L L r r 10 1 ARNOlD9 z ra M k t l i t iJ 1 Th X J A d I Conspirator Tells of His II r C mL l 7 < 7 tl r 1 f 00 1 STORY Of LM ll t J4J Lfl I 3 tI i I i i i = iY i 1 Imprisonment at Dry Tortugas I II C7 q I L r U L Tho opening chapter of the confession confes-sion of Samuel Bland Arnold detailing detail-ing for the first time the conspiracy to kidnap President Lincoln ap jieared in Tho Tribuno Sunday December De-cember 7th This remarkable history will be continued from day to day in Tho Tribune until concluded Coprhh lt < 12 2 by tho Baltimore American Published Exclusively J In Utah by Special Spe-cial Arrangement by The Salt Lake TribuneContinued Continued From Yesterday During the first year and a half the I Dry Tortugas was anything but a para disc There did not pass a day hut men could be seen tied up by their thumbs between the sky and the earth until the Joints of then thumbs were nearly pulled from their sockets some Carried to the Gulf stream bound in j cords and nearly drowned and others tied up In the guardhouse and lashed upon their naked backs Many of those cruelties were Inflicted because tho victims had followed the example set by some of the officers In charge oC them and hnrl dared tb become be-come Intoxicated There was another mode of punishment applied in many Instances Men were what they termed nailed to the cross or spread eagle fashion and others were tied with their hands behind them to swinging limbs tho tip of their toes barely touching the earth If these same ciueltic weo practiced In other portions of the army to the zamc extent an was done at Dry Torlugas the cause of so many desertions deser-tions from the service could easily be 1 1 discerned Had the soldiery at that post the facilities of deserting there would have been but few of the command com-mand left to do garrison duty Many left In email boats to make their way from the scenes of torture across 100 miles of sea preferring to rlfek their lives upon the deepS deep-S rather than remain dally dunned to death by such biutal measures meas-ures enforced there These particular par-ticular cases I will hcieaflcr refer to It bclntf my desire nc far au possible pos-sible to relate each thini In order as far as memory can recall A short time after Col Orenfclls removal re-moval to other Quarters a ciie of smallpox broke out upon the Island Jhe patient Instead of bcini placed In j a remote corner of the fort there hc I In many unoccupied Casemates wall J able at the time where the disease would nil ondnnerer olhoiu WQH brought end placed midway between our quartan and those of Col Gren fell We came In contact with it dully afc wo paKird to and from our labor Col Gienftll receiving the full benefit I therefrom upon each puff of wind that I passed V > failed to become Inoculated Inoculat-ed with the loathsome disease however how-ever Finding the patient still romulnln I in close proximity to ouch of our quarters i quar-ters Col Grcnfell obtained a large I I I W r = S 1 blackboard and upon it In large letters inscribed Smallpox Hospital directIng direct-Ing all persons on the island to shun IL This drew the attention of the officers together with the murmurlncs heard oil over the island and the patient was removed to another portion of the tort The action of the authorities in this affair af-fair was so pointed that not only ourselves our-selves but each man upon the Island firmly believed that It vas clout for the express purpose of Inoculating us with this fearful and loathsome malady mal-ady JOKE NOT APPRECIATED Col Grenfell was severely reprimanded reprimand-ed for his action and sternly commanded com-manded to take In the board and to be very careful In his actions In the future fu-ture He vas not In the least Intimidated Intimi-dated but strictly garnered the actions oC the officers at the fort recoidin them In a diary which he kept during his Imprisonment and which I learned IK nov In the possession of Capt Mac Elratn Company L Fifth United States artillery At this period sustenance sus-tenance was horrible and of the most disgusting nature We sustained ourselves our-selves from our own resources It was a jrodsend that we possessed it otherwise other-wise starvation would have atarcd us In the face Col Grenfells quarters were papered over Its woodwork front inwardly v 1th his dally rations rtf bicad and meat a nail having been placed through It to fasten it to the wall Soldiers were loudly complaining about their rations and the quality Issued Often when guarding us they requested something I to cat stating that they were nearly starved that they were robbed of their rations etc Many a ones hunger was relieved by us from our own scant supply through which ve gained their filtndllncs In Dome Instances but as a general thing they were kind and sympathized with un In our misfortunes and would have permitted us to have escaped if in doIng so they would not have been compromised In the matter They complained bitterly of the distribution of the company fund statlner that the benefit therefrom wan not received by them but used by the company of ficurtt themselves This was the general gen-eral complaint among thorn all during the flint two years of our incarceration I make no assertion myself or accusation accusa-tion In this matter tin I am entirely I ignorant upon the subject and I give but the statements of others in this special Instance RECRUITS WERE MALTREATED Never were a lot of recruits worse mal treated I They were beaten bruised I end maimed by hurtih treatment and punishment awarded Inhumanity seemed to be the ruling element and barbarity and injustice the only thoughts of those In power our rulers Sunday morning would ahvayn find twenty or thirty packing balls at the suuidhouac In the boiling sun until some of them exhausted and overcome by the heat would fall In an almost lifeless condition and lie there no notice no-tice being taken of them until I after the fact had been reported to the of I S 1 A 0 JJ i 4 r J f fleer of the day when they would be picked up and conveyed to the hoa pltnl for medical treatment A French Canadian tiled about a month sifter his urrlva superinduced from the cruelties practiced upon him by the list sergeant of his company receiving knocks on the head body and limbs from tho huttend of the musket used until nature travo way and he was consigned to a premature grave on the adjacent Island of East Key The man who perpetrated this piece of cruelty was afterwards through examination ex-amination made a Lieutenant In tho United States army This was not the only Instance of his cruelty as every I soldier who was In the company can testify lie misused with but few exceptions every man In the company A private soldier of his company by the name ot Street came into the hospital hos-pital one morning while I was therewith there-with the blood streaming down his neck from a wound Inflicted at the hands of thij sergeant during drill I saw the man myself and received my Information directly from him I cannot can-not remember the names oC the many so Illtreated but they were numerous In one Instance he struck one of the soldiers of his company over the fingers fin-gers with his saber nearly Jieveilng them from the hand Often was I shown also by my roommates deep and black bruises on their bodies ALLEGED INHUMANITY Another Instance of heartless inhumanity inhu-manity was perpetrated upon a soldier In Company D Fifth artillery by name at Christian Conrad a German Conrad Con-rad had been aitllcUd with fits and suffering suf-fering so much thciefrom that he was unable to perform hla duties In his company lie was placed In the hospital hos-pital VJille there his condition grew rapidly worie the lower portion of Ills body becoming nearly useless to him lit being with the utmost difficulty th the t-he could drag one foot after the other The doctor In charge Ktatod that this Was mere pretense and that he would bring him around to duty He was discharged from the hospital placed In the guardhouse and ordered to carry ii twcntyfourpouml log which was done under the most excruciating pain us the man tiemblcd like an aspen allover all-over from the exertion required to execute ex-ecute the Imposed tusk his limbs being be-ing dragged along almost devoid of llic or action During the performance of thIs task a cruelly unsurpassed hln frame ws violently contorted with repeated re-peated fit tho command given being that no uoldioi should IiLoifere 1 or offer of-fer any isnljtmicc In the pretended I spells and he wan left writhing In hit I agony without any helping hand being permitted to reach forth to relieve hla sufferings For a week In remained In the guardhouse guard-house attarlied repeatedly with these fits RuckotB of water were ordered to be thrown over him when under their Inflti noe and bin condition grew worse and worse He was again rc mood to the hospital l where he remained re-mained until fornotlme In November ISCti whenJiowon nisLchajSpfl J from thp t f I I 4 t4 t y it J S J j < r L crlce of the United States lie was borne upon a stretcher to a steamer lying at the wharf a helpless man unable un-able to stand up or move his lower limbs He frequently expressed the opinion that the doctor was trying to kill him and whenever the physician made his appearance In his ward his entire frame shook with fright and horror SEVERE ARRAIGNMENT Harshness began to Increase in manner man-ner both to the soldiers nnd prisoners Drunkenness ran riot on the Island There waa not a day passed hut that olflciPfs could be seen reeling under its Influence as they staggered down the walk leading from their barracks to the sallyport of the fort Gaze where you would the eye would come In contact con-tact with some of them Inebriated a disgrace and dishonor to the service of the country which they represented Liquor was obtained from every boat that entered the harbor and If the supply sup-ply became exhausted before tho arrival ar-rival of a boat again inroads were made upon the hospital supplies so that when needed In case of sickness the supply was exhausted I state this not upon mere hearsay I have witnessed all these things myself have seen orders or-ders sent to the hospllal for the liquor have seen the orderly as he returned bearing the bottles have unwrapped the covering and read the label Splr Itus Feimcntl and havesMn tho peculiar pe-culiar bottlo containing the fluid upon the officers table But with this I have naught to do If the Government permits Its officers to live under the Influence of liquor we the people have no right to complain com-plain but must support It From the barbarous treatment daily received from tho officers under tho influence In-fluence of Intoxicating draughts manor man-or the soldiers began to contemplate desertion Many succeeded In their oE forts until it became necessary to 10 strict them from going to Key West upon parses Passes of every description descrip-tion consequently were rescinded and soldiers became as much confined on the Island ns prisoners One of the most heartless acts witnessed wit-nessed In thin age of civilisation happened hap-pened on the occasion when the paymaster pay-master had1 arrived at the fort to payoff pay-off the troops It was J a counterpart of the Middle Ages In cruelty and barbarity bar-barity The prisoners were engaged In unloading a vessel moored at tIm wharf containing commissary and quartermaster storeS for the port During Dur-ing the work tho prlrnners whose duty It was to unload vessels on arrival indulged In-dulged freely In spirituous liquors In company with soldiers who had charge of them A prisoner by the name of Tnmes Dunn became beastly Intoxicated Intoxi-cated in company with two oC the sol dleio who cni acting as provost rrtmlaTIED I TIED UP TO BELL POST The occurrence was reported to the officer of the day when he gnvoorders to the sergeant of thu guaid to place him on the ring to carry a ball but finding he was too drunk to comply c i i S 1 1 L T 7 with the order he ordered him to belied be-lied up Accordingly he was tied up to the bell post erected In front of the guardhouse by his wrists it being about 11 oclock In the morning On returning to my quarters for dinner din-ner Dunn was still tied up to the post remaining there until my return to the office about 2 3 oclock In the afternoon 1 returned li t > > my quartcis about 5150 P m and found Dunn transferred from the bell post and tied up by his thumbs to the Iron bars or railing Immediately beneath our quarters He wns in drunken insensibility swinging to and fro bound around by a small rope his legs stretched outwardly the whole weight of his body resting upon his thumbs thumbsTo To bo Continued Tomorrow |