The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-20
READY FOR The ARGUMENTS.
Gel BARR WILL CLOSE THE PROSE-
CUTIoN THIS MORNING.

Introduced Four. Witnesses in Re-
tbuttaI-Mr. SterIy Makes Several
DeniaIs--Inspector Hale Tells
About Conversation and the
Fight with ConnoIIy-Capt. Gill
Iette Says He Has Prosecuted the
Case From "A Sense of Duty and IA
Standpoint of Personal RESPONSE
Bifity-WilI Permit an Inspection
of Amy OF His Vouchers by Mr..
Hair.
1t seems now that this week will end the
Carter court martial so far as the evidences
and arguments are concerned. The de-
Tense rested Monday, ard after an hour
| and-a half OF rebuttal yesterday, Col. Barr
announced that he would close for the
prosecution to-day with the presentation
of a map of the Tybee breakwater.
There were only four witnesses sworn in
rebuttal, Chief Clerk J. ". 0. sterly, In
spector S. NJ. Hale. the office messenger.
named Greene. and Capt. c. E. Gillette,
Their testimony bore upon several minor
points in connection with the case, which
may be used in establishing connections,
The survey OF the Tybee breakwater.
which will be presented to the court this
morning has been made by Messrs. Mas
rindin and Young OF the United states
! coast and geodetic survey service. They
| have been here about ten days or more
under instructions from The Secretary Of
| War to make the survey required for the
| purpose of placing it before the court. On
the occasion OF their last trip TO the.
breakwater, Capt. c. G. Townsend of the
| engineers corps went with them as the
| representative of the defense. The reason
for having this survey made was the wide
discrepancy between those made ~ En-,
gineer Cooper for Capt. Gillette, and by
Engineers Ripley and wisner for the de-
Tense.
The map to be made as a result of this
new survey of the breakwater was not
complete yesterday. and could not be pre-
scented at that time. II viii, however, be
ready for submission TO the court this
morning, and with that il appears that
Col Barr viii close his case. II remains
TO be seen what that map will show.
Mr. Sterly. denied absolutely the state
ments made by Lieut.. Rees with reference
| 10 the Cumberland sound account, IN
which it was said he failed to deduct the
10 per cent, as required by law. He SAID
no such conversation as that detailed by
| Lieut. Rees between himself and Capt.
| Carter had ever occurred. The reports
from Cumberland sound were hurried up
al that time by Instructions from Capt.
| Carter. He had wired Capt Carter, who
was in New York at the time, that there
was no signature for Fernandina, and
Capt. Carter. he said, wired him back to
| make out the checks as instructed. lie
had a copy of the telegram which he sent
TO Capt. Carter, but had lost the reply.
The next subject on which he was ex-
amined was the employment of Fort Keep
| or Newmis Newmis, Mr.. Sterly said, was
first employed as messenger, then as fort
| keeper and also as a laborer. He would
carry the mali to and from the engineer
office and would then go to Capt Car
| ter's house, he said, where he remained
most of the time. Newmis never went
he had gone there the witness said he
would have known it. Newmis did not
have a key. he said. There were two keys
-one kept in the Office and the other Oh
board the Angler
He said Capt. Carter told him he had
given his horse away. He knew of Capt
Carriers having had three horses at one
time and another, but said he only had
one at a time.
The witness wha also questioned about
Capt. Carter's two hurried trips TO Au-
gusta. On his return from the first trip
he said Capt. Carter made the STA tement
that everything was going wrong up there
and that Burnett had taken about 81 COO
| After The second trip he stated Capt. Can
ter said that he had made an investiga-
ton and found that everything was alt
Y right so far as the money was concerned
as il had been spent for hardware and
other materials, and put on the pay rolls
Did you ever kill a MANI" Col. Barr
asked.
No, sir. never did, was the reply.
Did you ever desert from the German
army"
NO, sir. 1 did not," MI Sterly said. ~
was volunteer for one year and was
discharged with the qualification of a non
commissioned officer"
He told about his having worked in the
same tent at one time with Capt Town
send.
did you ever have conversation with
him, in which you told him you killed a
man, and that you were deserter from
the German army?" Col. Barr asked.
Il may have said it as joke" was the
reply.
You simply gave him that little story,
If you did?"
yes"
LAS chafr?"
.-'N t'4S NftASsS ulaue no re-
ply, and Mr.. Blair called attention to that
fact There was no cross examination
Inspector s. Nj. Hale was next introduce
ed. He produced five more fascine cho<ers
which he said he had collected from the
different brush camps. He said that Cant.
Townsend. Lieut.. Rees, Messrs. Ripley.
Brown and others, on the occasion of their
trip to Hilton Head Island did not go
where the greatest quantity of brush was
| located 1t is in evidence that Hale was
with them, and they asked him to Indicate
where the brush was.
Mr.. Hale then gave some testimony rel
alive to the fight with Mr.. Connolly. He
said he had had two drinks of whisky with
| a friend. Mr. Ensey had been drinking no