The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-27
GOING OVERTHEPAPERS.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR INvEs-
LEGATION ABOUT AT A WIND-UP.


LEGATION ABOUT AT A WIND-UP.
Col. Hughes Waiting for the Testi-
rnony to Be Written Out Before He
Returns to Washington - The Meet
ing at Lieut.. Carriers ONCE Between
Lieut.. Carter, Capt. Greene and Mr..
Curtis, and What Took Place There.
No further testimony in the river and
harbor investigation was taken before In
spector General Hughes yesterday, and no
additional afidavits were received. Mr.
Curtis called on Col. Hughes and had a two
hours talk with him in the afternoon.
The inspector general said last night that
he spent most of the day going over papers
and documents in the Office. He thinks it
likely that he will be here two or three
DAYS vet waiting for the testimony to be
type written and submitted TO the witnesses
for revision. After that he will leave for
Washington, where, he says, it
ought not to require more than one
dav to examine the documents bearing on
the case then. and he thinks that within
ten DAYS he will have his report ready to be
submitted to the chief Of engineers There
has been considerable inquiry for state
ment that took place between Lieut.. Carter,
Capt. Greene and Mr.. Curtis in Lieut..
Carriers Office when he called Capt. Greene
to hear Mr. Curtis charge against him.
The following is the testimony as given by
Lieut.. Carter on that point:
Col Hughes-I wish you to give what
Mr. Curtis stated in that interview-any-
thing that may be necessary to give me
clear understanding of what occurred.
Iieut Carter-That same morning that
the interview took place, Mr.. Curtis came
into this Office and stated TO me that he
wanted TO speak TO me about something
important. He says: You remember
last summer | told you that / thought l
was going to have a proposition from
Greene & Ciaynorn He says. well, it has
come.n or words 10 that effect. Capt
Greene has offered me $500 month if l
can get TO Fernandina.
/ said: Al cannot understand this; you
must be mistaken He insisted he was
not mistaken. he went on to state that
Capt. Greene had said that the work was to
be done in deep water, and that nobody
would know how much rock, or what kind
of rock, went in, and that he (Greenel had
stated that would pay for whatever Mr..
Curtis reported. and in that way they
would enter into q conspiracy to defraud
the government, and that Capt
Greene had said to him
that he could have him transferred, or sent
there, and that he could have any obnoxious
inspectors removed, and stated that he bad
Mr.. Brown removed and had had him sent
to Fernandina, and that had been worth
$50 a day to Capt Greene. That was his
statement in substance. / was astonished,
and asked him if he was not mistaken. He
said Mo- Then l suggested that should
call Capt. Greene in, and he said il was
not necessary and replied thought it was
but right. He then said he was perfectly
willing. I sent for Capt. Greene and
brought him,here and when he came in the
office, think said to him that Mr.. Curtis
had made quite a number of statements
and 1 requested Curtis to repeat them.
Whether l did that repeat the statements)
or requested Curtis to repeat them do not
remember.
''Then, either Capt. Greene turned to Mr..
Curtis, or / asked Capt. Greene, and in re-
Spouse to the questions he said TO Mr. Cur
us: Mr.. Curtis, you said to me when we
were speaking that Lieut. Carter was going
to have man down there named Paret, who
did not know much about the work, and ]
would have great deal Of trouble. then
down there, did / notF Curtis said YES.
but he inferred - Il then stopped him.
and told him / wanted the exact Ian
kudSt, duu coulQ QfaW my own In
ferencesl. Then Capt Green asked him
whether he had ever said that he had Mr..
Brown relieved. etc. 4 think | asked Capt.
Greene this. Greene turned to Curtis and
said that what he had said was that some
inspectors were inexperienced, and he had
less trouble with experienced men. Was not
that it, Curtis said, i inferred YOU could
have him removed.
then stated / didn't want differences. /
want 70 get at the exact language that was
spoken, The substance Of it was that Can't.
Greene did not offer him the sum of $500.
This be admitted. He also admitted that
Capt Greene had not said to him that be had
MIR. Brown removed. but he inferred so,
and then Greene asked Mr.. Curtis if he in.
sisted in any way that it was through cor
rupt practices that this change had been
made, whether all he said was not that he
wanted simply chance to do honest work.
Curtis said yes, but he inferred l then
stopped him as before.
"Capt Greene said to Curtis; 'sDid eve,
offer you S500per month"; and Curtis agar
replied: "No, but l inferred that was what
you meant" Then Capt. Greene asked him
If he had ever made a corrupt proposition
to him. Mr.. Curtis said no, but he in
ferred -
find slight mistake in my letter to tht
chief engineer, for it was Mr. Curtis who
first left the room, and shortly afterwarC
Capt. Greene. / then called Mr.. Curtis il
and told him | could not understand VIII,
he should tell me that Capt. Greene haC
tried to corrupt him, and then admit il
Capt. Greene's presence that it was only al