The sun., 1897-05-02
DENOUNCED 1T. BAMFORD.
CAPT. CARTER'S LIVELY TESTIMONY
IN THE ROMETN TRIAL.
Tells in tho Court-NInrtinI Proceedings That
Ho Told Bnmrord That Ranford should
Have Gut out Hts Tongue BEFORE Denying
That Ho was Engaged 60 Miss Roneyn.

Tells In tho Court-Mnrttn1 Proceedings ThAt
Ho Told Bnmrord That Ranrord should
Have Cut Out HTS Tongue BEFORE Denying
That Ho wns Engaged 20 Miss Romeyn.
ATLANTA. Ga, May L. Tho status Of affairs
at Fort Mcpherson Is remarkable as illustrating
tho extent TO which jealousy, cnmity, and gos-
sip can do damage in army life. Each witness
that has como to tho stand in the Romcyn court
martial has brought out more clearly the ncccs-
sty of an exhaustive official Investigation mt
the fort II an effort is to be made TO clear tho
social atmosphere.
At the beginning Of the court-martial tho bit
ter feeling in tho garrison was supposed to bo
limited to a very few who were involved direct
ly or indirectly with the principals in the
Romeyn case. but it has developed that in.
innate friends OF long acquaintance have bc.
como at enmlty.
1t is probable that Lieut.. OBrcn will be tho
next to undergo tho ordeal of q court.martinl,
and II is almost az certain that handsome Lieut..
Bamford, who is at the bottom Of the present
trouble, will have to face tho thirteen stern men
who will soon decide Romeyns fate.
Tho testimony this morning for sensational
ism and personalities surpassed any that has
yet been introduced Capt Carter, who through
out the affair has been tho most aggressive nd-
herent of Capt. Romeyn, this morning took tho
stand and told of a visit no had mudo to Lieut..
Bamford immediately after it was announced
through tho press that tho latter had denied
that an engagement had ever existed between
him and Miss Romeyn. Carter has the rcputa-
tion Of being an exceedingly plain spoken man.
He said:
"Mr. Bamtord came to see me at my quarters
after this court was ordered. and brought up tho
subject of the approaching trial. l said that
Lieut. O'Brien claimed that no engagement eX.
listed between Bamford and Miss Romcyn. /
asked Mr.. Damford to tell me the truth about
1t. i was engaged for two weeks, or what you
may call an engagement existed. but asked
Miss Romcyn to break il OFT for obvious
reasons, Bamford told me. Did you ask hcr
father for her hand = asked. and he freely ac-
knowledged no had done
'ATerward he came TO me about an order
which had given him to execute. had seen
that morning an exhaustive statement in tho
his engagement. asked him: Is II true that
that was published with your. consent or
through your instrumcntaltyf He said II wns
true. l said to him: Before you did such
thing you should have had your tongue cut
from your mouth. You should have sworn on n
young lady was right and you were wrong. You
would then have had the respect of gentlemen
Il asked him TO make correction of the pub
lication. / asked him IL he did not remember
that one day walking with me toward my quar-
tiers he had acknowledged an engagement, then
had such q conversation with me- MIR. BAN.
ford, said l. you have told wicked. deliberate
falschood. Further than that you have told
wilfu deliberate lie. In future want to have
nothing to do with you except officially. Get
out of my office at once
rcbuttal. but they told nothing new. Miss
Romeyn was one OF them. The court then ad-
journCd until Monday to give both sides a chance
to prepare their closing speeches.