The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-22
Government Special Agent Nj.
A. Carter Gagged.


My attention is called to the fact
that this acknowledgements
agent is at last locked up without
bail in jail on charge Of conspir-
cy.
The District Attorney is called
upon by Schnrz, Williamson Il Co,
''to find BAIL" Carter says he is
still in duence, hemmed in by
a.. POPULAR HATE s,ts
and yellow fever, and the District
Attorney does NOT hurry up his
rescue. Only recently this man
was removed from his power in
Calcasieu with the entire CT owd of
deputy marsbals and keepers.
They We're harried away from that
oppressed district and also the
military were removed. So much
for the investigation; and although
the report OF that one-sided com
mittee will never be made known
until called for 10y Congress, it had
the effect of cleaning out these
government inarauders from that
district.
Mr.. Adams and Mr. Hale, the
special agents, who, according to
Mr. Acklen, were "sent by Schurz
to investigate Schurz," tried an
artful dodge on me.
/ was asked to go on board the
revenue cutter Dix, to arrange the
manner OF conducting the inyesti-
cation. This was to be a private
meeting, but during the settlement
OF these preliminaries Mr.. Carter
and his counsel appeared and were
admitted to the deliberations 1t
looked to me preconcerted ar
rangement. Mr.. Hale and Mr..
Adams pressed upon me the ne
cessity of holding the in ,estigation
on board the Dix. / objected on
the grounds that the people would
look upon it as further acts of in-
timidation, and particularly as the
Witnesses We're to be brought on
board one at a time on an armed
gunboat with armed men around;
that it would be nothing more nor
less than further acts of intimida-
ton.
Messrs. Adams and Hale reluct-
antly consented to my demand
that the investigation should be
held iu public. in u public room,
in the town of Lake Charles.
The commissioners then declared
that the investigation must be held
with closed doors.
To this Iagain determinedly OBJ
iected No Star Chamber proceed
Ings for me. The people were
openly outraged, and openly they |
must be yindicated. The commits
siouers demurred; they did not like
;he open system Of inquiry. Upon
Which { declared you can have |
your Investigation with closed
loors You are SO disposed, but
Iou will hold the Inquiry without
ny presence. 1 shall have moth
ng to do with it, and will write
instantly to the Hon. j. I'll. AeKlen
it Washington the facts and my
'eason for withdrawing from the
Investigation. At last it was CON
'eded to investigate with open
loors.
Then another suggestion was
made by the commission-that in |
conducting the investigation we
we're to be confined to the matters
o question, and not to go back
lpona mans character. Mr.. Hale
.dding, for instance, anything that
fifteen years ago. /
,aased for a minute, aud reflected,
know TO what you allGde. / then
greed not to make any reference
o past character, although / had
'apers in my possession that re-
.Acted upon both Carter and Gal
eH,
The time will come for further
nquiry as regards the financial
management Of the funds--how
aised and how disposed of. Car
81 had the advantage of the sup
ort of Judge Billings, District
.ttorney Lacey end Marshal 1
Wharton, instructed, it is said, by
ftorney General Deyens Schurz