The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-13
CARRIERS LETTERS TO GREENE
CONTINUED from Eighth Page)

Gaynor several days before the opening
OF the bids?"
Il can't remember, I believe they were
here at that time"
You were quite intimate with Capt
Greene and Col GaynOr2'
Not with Col. Gaynor l was not par
ticularly intimate with him.
Intimate enough 70 call him by his hrst
name, John. We're YOU not?'
No I called many Of the people on the
work under me by their first names
Did you call Mr. Walsh Willie?'
Il don't think / have seen Mr.. Walsh
but once in my life
Capt Carter did not think the speci-
ficauons. which called for one bid on the
three different classes OF mattresses gave
the officer in charge any particular pow
er TO Cypress the contractor. An en-
gineer officer has great deal of power
anyway, and if he is uarrow-mlnded can
Cypress any contractor. The one bid On
the three designs was called for because
experience has shown that they cost about
the same. and the engineer officer should
have the power and discretion to put in
some of the first and second designs
wherever they are needed
Did you always tell contractors tnat
more of the third design of mattresses
would be used?'
yes, l always gave them all the in
formation they asked for
did you tell Mr.. w. H. Nenable that
the third design OF mattress would be
mostly used"
Probably I did. l know 1 did if Re
asked me. l cannot remember what l
told each contractor, but generally speak
ing l gave them all, all the Information
required"
did you give that information TO Mr..
Hancock"
From what l knew of Mr.. Hancock ]
did not consider him seriously"
you did not know whose representative
he VASE
He told me he represented himself
learned that he afterward went with the
Venables at Tybee."
"An the time you were using these same
specifications you were dealing with the
same contractors"
YES in most instances that IS true.
And the beneficiaries were the same?'
"Of that l had no accurate knowledge
] die not know who the stockholders or
the Atlantic Contracting Company Were
you have not had any correspondence
with Capt, Greene or Col. Gaynor since
1892"
Not much. / should have written them
If 1 had had any proper reason for 50
doing"
Capt. Carter said he was indebted to
Capt Greene for hints in pursuance of his
studies. He did not look up to him, but
respected him.
an one of your letters TO Capt Greene
about a certain affair appears this express
sion, Say nothing to John, as this is an
outside matter. What did you mean by
outside matter?"
Il suppose il meant something outside of
the air jack, or something of the kind"
did John have any particular claim to
be inside in matters between you ana Capt.
Greene?'
mo, he did not"
why was it necessary then to call it
an outside matter?"
II don't know of any necessity"
With regard to the letter asking Capt.
Greene whether he and Col. Gaynor would
take 81, $50 or $500 in the Savannah Paw
ing Company. Capt. Carter said 1t was
written at the request of a friend of his
in Savannah, who asked him to write and
see If he could get others Interested in the
company.
From another of Capt Carriers letters
to Capt. Greene, Col. Barr quoted the
suggestion that You. Minis, Gaynor, Clay
and myself" should each take one-ffth
interest in the pneumatic jack.
WAS not that a business enterprise"t
Col. Barr asked.
NO, did not consider it so. l was sim
ply looking into the matter to see If 1t
could be made to develop into something,
but Il never did. Greene and Gaynor were
not contractors at that time"
In the same book was letter of May
2e. 1889 in which Capt. Carter asked Capt.
Greene If he would be here within week,
and if not, II he could let him have 2,90l
IL he should need it. 1t said: 1--WE do not
want to be frozen out of a good thing"
WAS Capt. Greene contractor then?'
Col. Barr asked.
81 don't remember"
The record showed that w. T. Gaynor
was the contractor at that time. Capt
Carter did not know that Capt. Greene
was interested in the work.
shortly after This you informed Capt
Greene by wire in relation to the Curtis
matter, did you not?'
Yes"
"You dictated to him an affidavit for hin
10 sign, did you not?''
yes, sir. That was prepared at The
suggestion of Gen. Alexander and Mr.
Mackal. II was on their advice that
acted"
You have never had any business asso-
Citations with Greene or Gaynor?"
mo associations that l so considered
l talked with them and wrote to them. bu
had no business transactions with them.
You did not write 10 them after 1891 ?
4
After my marriage l coufided to my faith
er-in-law any little schemes that had.
'-Can you find any letters to them il
your private letter books written after n
Incarceration of the Atlantic Contracting
Company"
u don't know: they may be there"
Capt. Carter explained with referenc
20 Mr.. Hegeman as his business associat
was at a time when he was looking afte
a matter which his father-in-law wante
10 90 into. The matter fell through. an
never amounted to anything. Mr.. Hege
mans Office was at SO Broadway, n. Y
al the time. and so was Capt. Greene's
He did not know where the Empire Con
etruction Company's office was and di
not know Hegeman was stockholder /
81.
Capt. Carter could not tell which of tn
r,syrneuts made on the 81 600 were made b
his brother. The money might have bee
sent 20 him by his brother. and paid b
him 90 Capt Greene. He never kept an
cash books or accounts in his own flnar
cal transactions.
you had many schemes and enterprise
and never met anything but disappoin
nnentT'
ives that's about the case. / belieV