The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03
DEFENSE STILL AFTEB STERLY
CONTINUED from Eighth PaCe.)

He paid me up to a short time ago"
was the reply
Or. Paige did not remember whether
Capt. Carter paid him in cash or in
checks. Sometimes it was one way and
sometimes another He remembered taxi
ing Capt. Gillette out TO ride nenind the
horse. and he told Capt. Gillette il was his
horse. lie did not care TO give Capt Gil
lette any of the details about the horse.
The court at the conclusion of this testi-
mony took a short recess.
Mr.. Thomas +. Gleason was sworn after
the recess. Mr.. Gleason said capt. Car
ter had horse in his stable and had 1t
there in July, 1897. He knew OF mis- own
knowledge that Capt Carter owned tho
horse.
MIR. Gleason said MIR. Sterly knew that
Cant. Carter owned the horse as he had
come 10 the stable several times, and Capt.
Garter had given Mr.. Sterly permission TO
ride the horse Mr.. Sterly did not use the
horse because he considered him too fiery.
Capt Carter paid $50 month for the
board of the horse. sometimes It was paid
in checks and sometimes In cash When
Capt. Carter was away Mr.. c. "A. l.. Gun
ningham used the horse. There was bal
ance -stfu due by Capt. Carter, he said, for
the board of the horse. When capt car
ter went away to London, he told MIR.
Gleason to sell the horse for him. Mr..
Gleason said he Still had the morse on sale
as Capt Carriers property.
DR.. E. r. Corson said he had known
Capt. Carter since 1887. He was quite init
mate with him. and knew that prior to
1890 Capt. Carter was living i'm very
modest way and within salary of $l75 or
500 month
In the spring of 1890, DR.. Corson said he
visited Mr. r. +. Westcotts family with
Capt. Carter. He was on friendly terms
with the family. He was present at The
wedding of Miss Westcott and Capt. Car
ter. He knew that MIR. Westcott was
very wealthy man.
He noticed a change i'm Capt. Carter'e
style of living ster his marriage. DR.. Cor
son advised him against renting house
after his marriage. His conversation, with
Dr. Corson was relative, to his Living on
the salary of an engineer othcer, lie sun
remained on intimate terms with capt
Carter and visited him and his wife quite
frequently.
Mr. Westcott was &, patient of Lr. Cor
sons during a stay of month at the De
Soto and he knew him quite intimately.
He visited the family for four days in
June, 1890. EIe had visited him OH two 9TH
or occasions. DR.. Corson said he had had
full opportunity to judge of Mr.. West
colts generous characteristics, having
been with him on number of occasions.
On one occasion he was driving with Mr.
Westcott he said, at Richfeld Springs,
N. Y, and expressed a preference for
certain brand of cigar. Mr.. Westcott
stopped at a store nearby and made Dr.
Corson present of 100 of these cigars. He
also frequently sent him handsome pres
I ents at Christmas time, DR.. Corson said.
At the conclusion of Dr. Corson's tescI>
mony the court decided TO adjourn, it being
o'clock, until o'clock in the afternoon,
the court having been given permission as
heretofore stated to sit without regard to
hours.
When the court met in the afternoon, Mr..
E. r. Conant was called to the stand. Mr.
Conant was one of the first witnesses call
| ed by the prosecution. He was the chief
| inspector and engineer who had charge of
the Savannah river work near Augusta
under the Twiggs contract. Mr.. Conant
| gave considerable testimony, which was
not brought out on his first examination.
Mr.. c. A. L. Cunningham was then call
ed to the stand and testified that Capt
| Carter had owned and Sill owned horse
| which was at his stable. He bought the
horse in 1898. He owned it between July
| l and July 90 1897. When asked by the
| Judge Advocate if Capt. Carter had given
the horse to him, Mr.. Cunningham replied
| that he had done so in a way, saying he
| had perfect liberty to use him when Capt.
| Carter was away from the city. II he had
| sold the horse he would have given the
money to Capt Carter,
Mr.. W. G. Austin, employed in the
| United States engineer office since Octo-
Der, 1892, was next sworn. He was SOL
| der in the Seventh United States Caval-
ry. He was in the fight of Wounded
| Knee and received a medal for bravery
| there. Mr. Austin was first employed as
| an inspector on river work near Augusta.
| Then he was inspector on the Savannah
harbor work
While at work at Fort Pulaski he as
sisted in carrying the powder out of the
magazine, it being in danger from the fire
| right next to it. He and Capt Carter
Mr. Hail. Mr.. Burnett, went into the mag
azine.
He had been Instructed by Capt. Carter
| on several occasions to see that the inter
| ests of the government were fully pro
| tected and that full value was received for
every dollar Capt. Carter told him to
| carry out the specifications to the letter
| Capt Carter also told Paul e. Twiggs the
same thing in his presence and told him
| to see that the specifications were strictly
| carried out
Mr. Austin said he had seen military
| fascines and builtuthem. Capt. Garter
| however, told him, military fascipes were
not wanted. The new fascine in the court
room was not so good as the average he
| had seen go into the work here
| Mr.. Austin went to Hilton Head to
get some of the bundles of brush which
were introduced by the prosecution. There
was no work going on in the camps at
| the time. The bundles were injured in
| handling.
| He knew that Marion Twiggs had a
copy Of the specifications, but whether
they were given him or not he did not
| know.
In answer to Mr.. Blair's question about
| Mr.. Sterly and the Hirt money. the 1882. 10
| which Capt. Carter Us charged with fail
ing 20 account for, Mr.. Austin said he
| would like to explain several things in
| connection with the matter.
Before I went to Sea Grit on leave in
| August 1884," Mr.. Austin said, "Mr Ster-
| ly conided in me a great many things as
TO his wrong doings. When | returned he
| told me he was in considerable trouble.
He said Capt Gillette had found out
about the Hirt money and was calling on
him to account for 1t. He then explained
to me that he had used the 1921 to re-
imburse himself for personal expenses on
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