The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-18
THE INTELLlGENCER.
! WHEELING, JANUARY IS. 1898.


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Of peace have attracted more attention,
( or1haye been characterized by more sem
sational details than that which has
been going on at Savannah q orgla, and
J Will continue. after to-day, at Augusta,
Captain o. NJ. Carter, OF the United
& States engineer corps, has always been
: regarded as one of the mos. efficient off,
4 GERS connected with the engineering SIR.
vice Of the army. and has enjoyed to the
fullest extent the confidence and esteem
OF his superiors. The charge. therefore,
which Is now pending against him, of
having stolen or shared In the theft by
: contractors OF more than $1,000 900 OF
4 public money. $1,000, 900 belonging TO the
government, In the Savannah harbor i'm
provements. has created more than an
3 ordinary amount OF interest and excite
ment IN army circles.
CAPTAIN Carter Is no ordinary man.
/, His rare talents secured hin, an appoInt-
ment upon the Nicaragua canal COM
mission, and later, by reason OF his cocial
i ACCOMPLISHMENTS he was made military
z attache Of the American cmba ssy at the
court of St. James. These incidents In
connection with his personal career ron
der more interesting the fact that he
s. now. stands charged with completely in
4 aSgieantic swindle. which he claims he
knows noshinr OF. Opinions are divided
as 10 his guilt. and there ia n tendency
ON the mart OF his associates IN the army
4 "a ,suspend Judgment until ne shall have
been afforded every opportunity TO vim
dlcate himself
The charges In brie, are. that while In
4 charge Of the Savannah harbo,. imnrovc.
ments during a per,od Of Ave years Can.
z tain Carter gave contracts 10 fayorites
5 without advertising. rhat no cer,iaea IN
false nav rolls: that he rcported bIms,Ir
Z !onsdnfv@wber. bc was absent. that he
changed the original plans of5 tho i'm.
proyemerts and permitted the use. or
willow brush for mating instead Of
& stone in building channel work having
the contractors the birhcs, r,tcs for thu
che, nes. filling work
cantoin Carter denies In toto tho
I charges and declares that the whole nro.
4 ce.dInr against him is tnsnired nv tho
iea,o,sv on the nart Of his spccsssor nd
5 occ,,ser, can,ain Gillette. and n desire
N -,,in him No.w;,hstandingb is do
malls. however Carter has been con.
fronted wph HE own diary and o.bor
naners In which are recorded enormo,s
Snarsonal exnenses far bevond b,s IN.
(! con1,e and records ~ stoct snecn1,t,ons
,Thcse natters no exn,a,ns 4, vo,Ious
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Win VIII 'ae Ease as wen as 70 ele enormous
4 a'1ouFs OF money that Is alleged 70 nave
+ peeh muicted from the government, the
outcome VIII be watched for with Con-
siderable interest, by the country at.
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