The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-23
WORKING UP THE EVIDENCE.
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W but could not call those that had gone
- the work brush fascines, because they
IRE not choked and had not been well
trorned BY well trimmed he meant
i'nnod Of twigs and leaves after they were
,,t in the bundle. There was considera-
HE explanation of fascines.
p1 Ts +bese he said, referring to the bun
sias of brush on the jury platform, ARE
t-Isb fasciues then l have seen them.
Those are about general average OF what
p,qnt into the work"
In tbe low country and around Savannah
,ha quality of the brush is better than
MAT around Augusta. There was chok-
t-er of brush at Georgetown, S. c., but had
sesn none on the works here. He did not
consider lath yarn such as used a proper
ming to use around fascines, if the bun
dles were properly choked, because of its
lack of strength.
He did not recognize on Capt. Carriers
Uork any military fascine, but his inter
nretation of the specifications was that
military fascines should be used
can't Carter had told him not to press
the contractors, he said, and he was fur
ther positive that Capt. Carter had never
tod him to see that the interests of the
United States government were first
looked after.
was not the question asked you In Sa-
vannah in the presence of at least three
persons if you had been instructed to do
all YOU could to see that the interests of
the United States were first protected, and
then if you could consistently do anything
10 facilitate the work of the contractors
in a legitimate way, you could do it, and
YOU answered yes, sir?" Mr.. Charlton ask
ed
Mr.. Twiggs first replied no, that he had
not been so Instructed, but afterward when
his attention was called to the fact that
he had so testified before the board of in
curry changed his answer saying he
thought that was right.
But I want to know that II was right"
Mr. Charlton said.
YES SIR" said the witness, sit is
right" Another question similar in tenor
was asked, and he replied that it was
correct that he had been told to look first
after the interests of the United States
and then he could do what he could to help
the contractors.
material in the work at times than called
for by the contractor.
was there any better than called for
by the specifcations?" Mr.. Charlton
asked.
NO sir" he replied emphatically. He
said he knew Assistant Engineer A. S.
Cooper.
DO you know his general reputation
for truth and veracity?" was asked.
On an objection from Col Barr, the
question was withdrawn.
will ask if there is any instance In
your Mr.. Charlton asked.
Mr. Twiggs replied that he did, and told
of charges preferred against him by Coop
er for disobeying orders in digging into
Marsh Island too far. Capt. Carter in
formed him of these charges, and he had
told him A S. Cooper tiled" Capt. Car
ter then reproved him for so talking of
his assistant engineer. He said he had
never had any conversation with Cooper
on the subject until about two weeks ago,
when Mr.. Cooper told him he had not
reported him as Capt. Carter stated, but
that he had reported a mistake in the
work
"He said he had not reported me for dis
obedience 10 orders
up to two weeks ago you were of the
opinion, then, that Mr.. Cooper had lied?'
was asked
yes, sir; that was my belief; but Mr..
Cooper has informed me differently, and
it is now merely a question of veracity be-
tween Mr.. Cooper and Capt. Carter I
am out of It,"
Mr.. Twiggs said Capt. Carter had told
him to build mattresses and do the work
III accordance with specifications, but he
had not done So because he did not
consider that Capt. Carter wanted it done.
Capt. Carter, he said, was on the works,
and saw what was being done and did
not correct it. That was the reason, he
said, that he did not require the specil-
cations to be carried out.
Col Barr asked the witness about the
charges preferred against him by Mr..
cooper Capt. Carter, Mr.. Twiggs said,
had memoranda from which he read to
MIN, or, at least, he supposed it was a
memoranda. He did not know whether
it was given to him by Mr.. Cooper, ana
as a matter of fact did not know whether
capt Carter had any memoranda at all
or not.
Mr.. S M. Hale, inspector, surveyor and
recorder on Savannah harbor, was the next
witness. He had beef, on the works off
and on since 1891. He had had experience
win 1ascines in Augusta under Capt. Car
Ter and here under Capt Gillette. He
was last under Capt. Carter June 7, 1897,
ana was afterward employed by Capt. Gill
!ette on Aug 1. He was sent by Capt. Gill
Ie'te to the mattress camps on Hilton
Head to inspect and look after the con-
sFucuon of mattresses. He had required
cue contractors 10 put on double strands
ol lath yarn because they had no wire or
tarred rope. There was no comparison,
ne sad, between fascines and those bum
oles Of brush.
me witness said his instructions from
Ndpt Gillette were TO build the fascines
IN accordance with specifications, these
eeIhg the same under which he had seen
-asclhes made in Augusta. He then de-
SeLIoed the making of mattress in ac-
Soluahce with the specifications The
"a cS9SS USED on the WORKS, he SAID,
~ ~ uid not consider up to specifications.
ne cost of single course mattress built
oycordlng to specifications, he said, was
@oou' $l6E75, or about 33 cents per square
SaIu. His estimate of the cost of the
sIta,'Iesses that went into the work was
"oout 10 cents per square yard.
Inc witness identified the bundles OF
b d1Sh on the jury platform and said he
N rial W - SUN Ni'''e
me lne witness testified to having had con-
~ auCled SIX single course mattresses in
q" SSVUIuance with specifications, by order
al apt Gillette. These are the mattresses
Sai o0I which so much has already been
raa.t Inc bundles of brush put in the old
n each N' 0SSl apout az ceA's
am r' charlton then began the cross-ex-
eeLllInation, and asked some questions to
n cos, mat the witness knowledge of the
tor1 oI labor and materials to the contrac-
II tt was all hearsay He was inspector of
III o. 'uIulns of dams near Augusta, under
Fl 10 - carter. He had testified that Angus