The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-06
coNNoLLY's SCRAP WITH HALE
,NEER .ENsEY's DESCRIPTION
~, 1T BEFORE COURT MARTIAL.

mt Work-They wanted the Har-
-. improvements Made Promptly.
~. zippeI Of'New York Testifes
vnrtber About Capt. Carriers Re-
lions With MIR. WestcOtt.
T,,r fine second time since it has been
LIMO the Carter court martial held two
ems Yesterday. There was the usual
I'll in the court room all day.
There was some more testimony with re-
.,r5 70 Capt. Carter's~ relations to Mr..
Westcott, but the principal feature
e.hs dav was the testimony by the sew
nrominent residents of Fernandina,
l-so were introduced by the defense. They
testified about the work not as experts
,,,+.as they saw it, all being citizens who
70 interested in its being properly done
feature of the days proceedings was
..a story told by Richard F. Ensey of
.,.clork Michael F. Connolly's scrap with
u.i+poss Hale a night or two ago. In
tor 9ales side of it, of course, was
not heard.
rho frs, witness on the stand was Mr..
c,stavus E. Zippel of East Orange, N. j.,
aha is connected with the Delaware,
,ckawanna and Western Railroad. He
...tieed that he had lived near the West
s,tt family for twenty-six years, and that
,bcr a bow he grew up with the children
If Mr. r e. Westcott. Mr. Westcott took
hin, into his Office and gave him his start
IL life.
Mr. Zippel said he knew that Mr.. West
oo,t was m a critical condition physically,
and that his condition generally was quite
q nervous one. Mr.. Westcott he said, was
srasrire from bronchitis. He knew that
cant Carter had settled family trouble
for Mr. Westcott, and he knew that Capt
carter had powers of attorney from Mr..
Westcott. He had received a check from
Cant Carter signed as attorney for Mr.
Nestcott He knew that Mr.. Westcott
mas verv liberal to all the members of his
familv and to those in whom he trusted,
and that he was very charitable man,
but quiet and unostentatious man in
his charities. He knew of Mr.. Westcott
swing 81 COO to a local charity in East
orange and afterward experimenting this
gift
he was wrapt up in his family The wit
ness knew that Mr.. Westcott reposed
great confidence in Capt. Carter, and he
n was then asked the question if he had
ever heard any statemenE from Mr. West
n colt to that effect which would show Mr..
Westcott's confidence in Capt. Carter. To
H tlis the counsel for the prosecution OBJ
ieeted. but after consideration the court
overruled the objection. Mr.. Zippel then
replied that he had heard Mr.. Westcott
4 many times express his implicit confidence
in Capt. Carter.
He said that Mr.. Westcott is now in
Italy for his health, and also with one
Of his daughters, who is in a precarious
condition He knew Mr.. Robert E. West
colt, and knew that he is the president
Of a very large ice company in New York,
and knew that he was also in charge Of
the produce shipments over the Delaware,
A LackaWanna and Western Railroad. He
n knew also that Mr.. Westcott handled real
n estate and that he was interested in Wall
n street and was considered a very wealthy
man
There were placed on the stand at the
81 morning session ex-Mayor j. j. McDon-
Ough ex-Alderman William Garrard ana
eX-Alderman r. c. Gleason, and at the
n afternoon session eX-Alderman w. ]. Wat
son, all of whom testified with reference
to the quarantine rock which was sold TO
the Atlantic Contracting Company, and
in connection with which Capt. Carter
has been charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the city.
EX-Mayor McDonough testified that the
quarantine harbor line was established
during his term of office, and that it. ex-
pected then to have to move the ballast
rock deposited within that line. He con-
4 sdered that the city got a good price for
4 H. lie remembered, when cross examined,
/ that some rock had been sold under his
administration at 81 a ton, but said he
would have taken a considerably lower
price for it if he could not have got 81.
COL. Garrard thought the city had got
good price for the rock, and said he
/ considered it a clear gain. He would have
been willing to let the rock go for moth
ing, provided ii had been put into the river
work Both Mr.. Gleason and Mr.. Wat
Son testified on the same line, saying they
considered it so much clear gain to the
cry to get anything for the rock, which
was Otherwise of no value.
Mr.. Edward d. Lukenbill, forwarding
agent of the Florida Central and PENN
Suiar Railroad at Fernandina, said in 1896
he channel at Cumberland sound was
sAoahng and getting worse and worse all
le t'me. He himself made three trips to
washington to urge the congressional
ommittee to make the necessary appro-
Fauons for improving Cumberland
"uhd commerce was then increasing
o.u the Improvement was quite necessary,
Aue witness said he was connected with
company at Fernandna, Fla, from
"ch the Atlantic Contracting Company
eouIed brush, paying 10 cents a wagon
lie 81 in II
ue lhe lascines. The company had two
Us ana sometimes three. II rented a
", IarI from his company at $40 month.
Ne weather and conditions were often
~ mat the contractors could not work.
~ Hda examined the works at Fernan-
a' dnS had done it frequently in the
sS' OF the people there. He found
riorlda rock on the. jetties accumulat-
"lLHacles and oyster shells, and made
solid mass.
.o'las y. Hall, county judge a Fern
/ 'N' ana publisher of the Florida Mir
S'la nc had occasion to inquire in 1897
.ne progress of the work in the har-
MT Marion Twiggs told him it was
eSsing all right, and there was no
4 a..a' non al any time that there was
il'S wrong with It, He had seen sew
f ines the mattress which got away
/ aha" we contractors 1t was in good con-
/ a,,1' tnere being no holes in it. 1t was
heh "oou' LOU Vi I'VE iSV'