The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27
GILLETTE FIGHTS HARD.
CCOntinued from EIghth Pare.l


so that he could call them his own, but
said he could not have sold them since he
was under obligation to return them for
the same amount when he left Savannah.
The horses were good ones, and worth
good deal more than he paid for them. He
drew forage for two horses, receiving the
money from the forage contractor and pay
ing the money to the livery stable. Some
times there was balance due to the liv-
cry stable, which he paid at the end of the
month. He did not remember whether he
paid discount to the forage contractor or
not.
THE court must remind the Witness"
Gen. Otis said, that he need not answer
| these questions"
Upon one ground alone" Col. Barr said
Upon the ground of crimina!lty he need
not answer" Gen. Otis said.
Il am aware of that" Lieut.. Rees said.
81 do not object TO answering the ques-
TONS"
He said he did not remember, but
| thought he received cash and not check
| from the forage contractor. He paid the
entire amount so received to the livery
stable
Col Barr used the witness stin further
| for the prosecution. He began to ask
him about a book case which was located
in his office in the Southern Bank build
! ing when he was here. Lieut.. Rees said
ttitl DOoh case Is now IN MS ONCE III MS
| house at West Point. He did not know
whether it was on the property returns
or not. He considered it perfectly proper
! to take these cases with him under the,
permission he had from Capt. Carter, he
| agreeing to return them to the Savannah
! office whenever they should be needed. He
! did not make a requistion for the book
case, except verbally to Capt Carter, whom
| he asked for the office furniture when he
| first came here.
He did not remember ever having seen
| the bill for the case. If Il had been made
out TO him personally, the government
would not have paid it,
DO you know where Capt. Carter was
on Sept. 50. 1892" Col. Barr asked.
| NO sir was the reply.
| A telegram was handed him. He did
| not remember the circumstance connected
with it. 1t was addressed to Lieut.. Rees
! from Orange, N. j., and said: "Wnl re-
| turn Friday morning. Carter, Engineer"
The witness said ne knew nothing of
Capt Carriers personal report for that
| month. Another telegram was handed
him. 1t was from Petersburg, Va, signed
| by Capt Garter, and told Lieut.. Rees TO
have proofs of the specifications for Sa
vannah harbor work ready for him the
next morning. He knew nothing of Capt.
Carriers personal report for that month.
He recalled the circumstances of Chief
! Clerk Stery's error in a Cumberland
sound voucher, and Capt Carters censur-
ing him. He did not have a very high
| opinion of Mr. Sterly's character, though
he did not, at that time, question his hon
esty.
II looked upon Mr.. Sterly as a syco-
plant" Lieut.. Rees said. He would do
most anything for Capt. Carter, no matter
what it was That was the impression /
got from his actions, both with regard to
Capt. Carter, and to Others"
You entertain other views of Mr.. Ster-
ly now than you did when you were here?"
Eyes, 1 do" was the reply.
| "Then you have come to the conclusion
he was a sycophant since your return to
Savannah was asked
mo, l held that view when I was here
before 1 now think his character is a
good deal worse than did at that time,
was the reply.
''Vhose guests were you and your fam
lily Just before you left Savannah Col.
| Barr asked.
81 think we spent one night at Mr. Ster-
ly's house before going" was the reply.
"a sycophant is not a very loveable
| character" interjected Col. Barr, to which
there was no reply by the witness
Col. Barr read the witness several items
from a pay roll, including purchases of
stone and the privilege of cutting brush,
and asked him whether he had instructed
| Inspector Woolvn to put such matters on
the pay roll and pay for them in that
way Lieut.. Rees said he did not remem-
| Der putting anything on the pay rolls
that could not properly go there, and was
| satisfied he had not done so, unless 1t was
| In the case of some stone, the pay being
for the actual labor of getting 1t out. Col.
Rarr here turned the witness over to the
defense for the redirect examination.
"Did YOU ever have any conversation
with the main prosecuting Witness capt
| Gillette in this case, with refernce TO the
| testimony which you should uehNel' Nnr'
| Blair asked.
II did," was the reply.
please state that conversation"
az went up TO the engineer office here
nearly two months ago, when 1 first came
down, when 1 was first summoned, on an
errand, and Capt. Gillette at once began
| to talk to me about the case" Lieut.. Rees
| said. HE said with refernce to the testi-
nnony that I had given before the board
of inquiry, that l was extremely partisan
toward Capt Carter. He said: Now, you
and 1 will be in the corps of engineers
longer than Capt. Carter; l know that ,
and now we will have to be careful how
we stand in this business He says: You
must not let your feelings for Capt Car
Ter and your prejudice influence your testi-
| mony, because it won't do you any gooc
| and IL may do you harm. He went on TO
say: I realize that 1 am held socially,
professionally and officially responsible
for the charges that have been made
against Capt Carter. 1 realize that it has
come to be a fight between him and me,
and when / am fighting, fight hard, and
anybody who stands in my way is liable
10 get hit; it would make NO difference
if il was my best friend; would hit
him and hurt him, if could Those were,
as near as l can remember, his words,
and then ne went on to show me what
he could produce against Capt. Carter,
particularly in reference TO the quaran-
tine matter. which l knew all about, and
I knew there was not anything in it, and
he tried to make that as black as posi-
BILE; and, as l thought, to try to prove
TO me that Capt. Carter was wrong. He
told me to come up, and he would show
me lots of things; that he had lots OF
things Of the same kind that he could
show me- 1 said with reference to that,
that l supposed they would bring out
everything they had in the trial and would
probably hear 1t there"
did he indicate at that conversation
his intention TO bring up any of the mat