The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-05
THREE POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
,pr CARTER TRANSACTED MIR
WEsTCOTT'S BUSINESS.

inter SO stating, Not Admitted by
a.. Court-Mr. RObt. e. WestcOtt
ss cant. Carter Managed His
r,+her's business, and That MFR.
,,.stcott Gave Him Money, But He
MD Not Know How Much--Mr. w.
=, MackaII ON the Stand-Mr. Geo.
~ brown Testifies About the
work.
,.era we're several different kinds of
audience placed before the Carter court
-,,r,iai by the defense yesterday, much
.eit of an interesting character.
rbo movers of attorney given Capt. Car
by Mr. R. f. Westcott of New York !
and other letters and papers were intro
,rced Mr.. r. e. Westcott, son of Mr.
p T. Westcott gave some interesting
t.cts with reference to Capt. Carriers re
,,tons with his father.
There was a large attendance of ladies
IN tbe court room, perhaps the largest
since the court has returned to the United
states court room. The session was a
short one, closing about 1890 o'clock, and
throughout interest was maintained in the
,nterrosatories by counsel.
Mr.. Rose, for Capt. Garter, put in evil
5ence some correspondence between Capt
Garter and Maj. Bixby, corps of engineers,
,olattne 10 Capt Carter trip to George
town S. c., an account of which the
rrosecution put in as bearing on the con-
sniracv charge This correspondence
showed that Capt. Carter had requested
Mai. Bixby, then in charge of that district,
70 meet him at Georgetown and show him
the work then being done there. Maj
Bixby replied that it would be impossl-
Die for him to do so, but ne would have
his foreman take him over the works.
There were then introduced the papers
relating to the patent owned by the At
bntic Contracting Company for the
launching of the large multiple mattresses
from the barges on which they are con-
sructed. The multiple mattresses were
not spoken of in the specifications for the
reason that the Atlantic Contracting Com
pany owned this patent, and would, were
multiple mattresses called for thereby
have an advantage over other bidders.
The first of the powers of attorney intro
duced was from Mr.. Westcott to Capt
Carter dated Oct. Il, 1891, and authorized
Capt Carter to attend to a certain family
matter relating to one of Mr.. Westcott's
daughters. The next was a copy of the
power Of attorney to Capt Carter, the
original Of which is in the possession Of
the Union Trust Company of New York
This is the power which authorized Capt
Carter to draw on Mr.. Westcotts bank
account there. This power was revoked
6a irA aeo
ney was from Mr. and Mrs. Westcott, and
was general in it's nature.
Al this point the Judge Advocate Col
Barr, made request to the court for
shorter sessions. He had received a let
Ter from the Secretary of War, stating
that the Geographic order authorizing the
court to sit without regard to hours, was
meant to apply only when engineer Off
GERS were here from other stations. and
wanted to get back. II was not meant
mat the court should sit for longer hours
when such officers were not here. Col.
Barr said that four hours a day of the
court work was all that he could possibly
attend TO when he had other work on hand
besides.
Inc defense had prepared series of in
teIrogatories, seven in number directed to
MT. Robert w. Taller of New York. which
were submitted with the request that the
court authorize them to be taken there
n Co-. Barr desired time to prepare cross in
n Wrogatories, and it was for this reason
'Hal az MS request the court adjourned al
On earlier hour. The testimony from Mr.
idNer VIII relate to a conversation with
~i' Nestcott concerning Capt. Carter
10" Barr said he might object to the adj
lNiSsloh OF The interrogatories, but as long
as lhey were to be taken he desired to
present also cross interrogatories
MI W. w. Mackall was the first witness
vi 'ne stand. de, as secretary and treas
u.eI oil the Hunting Island Land Com
. 'p@uy' save some testimony with regard to
4 mat corporation. The Atlantic Contracting
company had secured permission from Mr..
o. ~ Garhett TO cut brush there, he stated,
unknown to him. When he discovered that
~ was pelhg cut he ordered it stopped but
~dIhed later that permission had been
gwen by Mr.. Garnett. He then made an
"ia"sements with Mr.. Gaynor himself
ewing permission to cut brush there to be
Pa'a Tor at the rate of 81 a mattress He
aT Iu ndu no settlement yet, but would get
az lhat was due, he said. He also ex-
pIalned the company's organization
Mr' Robert E. Westcott was then called.
ne said he lived at No. 1 West Seventy
S'1o'u street, New York city, and is a
~" Vi MI Robert f. Westcott. He knew
1t ms father had entrusted to Capt.
dI'er the settlement of some family mat
Is relating to another sister, and had
sven MIN money for the purpose He
fpoke also of his sisters marriage TO Capt.
OaIler and her death
. NIr' Westcott said ne had heard his
ta'ner say that he had implicit confidence
~ apt Carter and he knew that Capt.
Eaiter mad managed his fathers affairs
Hdu not managed them himself, he
ra u' because he had so many other busl-
fo S matters to attend to, nor had his
amer ever asked him to do So But he
them -'s'N ~
w. Westcott said he considered his faith
very generous 10 his children and to his
-lh-law. Mr. Westcott, his father, Is
b " az 81 Reno, Italy, on account of his
m'u' lie had urged his father to go
b idst October he said, at a time when
e, nsath was getting worse and worse
every day.
h. inclusion, Mr.. Westcott stated that
A"eW his father had given Capt. Carter
T,n'y " but he did not know how much
,-i".S the examination of Mr. Westcott
9iair again offered in evidence the
written by Mr. r. f. Westcott to,
P,' carter, with reference TO the pow
10 "i attorney, at the time fine hoard of