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The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1865., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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enlightened world, and the great law of self-preservation, will justify all that was done by our country and her officers. Means for Securing Cleanliness. The next charge is that the Libby and Belle Isle prisoners were habitually kept in a filthy condition, and that the officers and men confined there were prevented from keeping themselves sufficiently clean to avoid vermin and similar discomforts. The evidence clearly contradicts this charge. It is proved by the depositions of Major Turner, Lieutenant Bossieux, Rev. Dr. McCabe, and others, that the prisoners were kept constantly and systematically policed and cleansed; that in the Libby there was an ample supply of water conducted to each floor by the city pipes, and that the prisoners were not only not restricted in its use, but urged to keep themselves clean. At Belle Isle, for a brief season (about three weeks), in consequence of a sudden increase in the number of prisoners, the police was interrupted, but it was soon r
in order to permit the accused a bring her witnesses into court. Ellen Haskins, Martha Thompson, Emma Smith and Mary Eastwood, arrested in Ann Edwards's house, and supposed to be persons of evil fame and reputation, were called to the stand; but the Mayor, after hearing the statement of officer Granger, ordered the accused to set back, preferring to give his decision at some other time. Lilburn, slave of Turpin & Yarbrough, was charged with burglariously entering the house of Thomas G. Turner, on Friday night last, and stealing therefrom a lot of molasses, fish, flour, preserves, &c., valued at two thousand five hundred dollars. Suspicion resting upon the accused, officer Adams proceeded to search his quarters at the factory where he is employed, when a portion of the stolen property was found.--The Mayor remanded Lilburn for examination before the Hustings Court. A youth, named Charles Rice, was charged with stealing a hat from a negro in the street. The accused denie