The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-09

Dn capt Carter ever have any in
terest IN the Empire Construction Com
pahy, or was it ever intended that ne
| Blair asked. = MI
Never" was the reply. Capt. Carter
| has never in any way had anvtbin@ To
! do with it,"
! capt Greene did not know how the stock
! DOCK of the Empire Construction Cornpanv
| came to be in Capt. Carriers Office The
| stock certificate for 1880 shares was left
! unassigned so that in the event of Cant
Greene's leaving the country Col. Gaynor
could transfer il and wind up the com
pany II necessary. The company was or
! gained for putting a system of sewers in
at orange, N. j., and lost considerable on
! the work
Mr.. Blair then called up the testimony
OF the expert in handwriting, David N.
| Carvalho, of New York Mr. Blair took
| up three checks, upon which were the in
dorsoments of Arson NJ Bangs. Carvalho
! had stated that Capt. Greene wrote Bangs
name on the checks
! Il did not write the Endorsement and
| have never seen it," was Capt. Greene's
| invariable reply. IT'S absolutely false"
! he continued land without any founda-
ton every statement he made about
those checks is false ! never signed any
name but my own. Two of the checks 1
| did not see at all, as l was In Europe"
| Capt. Greene said he had heard Arson
NJ. Bangs give John f. Gaynor verbal au-
! thority to sign his name
Mr.. Blair then read to the witness the
| specifications under the first charge, that
| of conspiracy. 1t was called to his atten-
ton that he was included under the term
divers other persons" this having been
asserted by the prosecution.
/ estate if
Blair said, in any shape
or in any form, you or Col.
Gaynor or Arson NJ. Bangs, or any of
! your business associates, or the Atlantic
! Contracting Company, either directly or
indirectly ever paid, or caused to be paid,
any money whatever to. or for, the benefit
of Capt. Carter. Let your answer be with
out any mental reservation whatever"
No never" was Capt. Greenes en-
phatic answer.
Several other specific and explicit ques-
tions on the same line We're put by Mr..
Blair, and to each one il was asserted
positively that Capt. Carter had in no way
received the slightest benefit from the At
lantic Contracting Company or any of
those connected with it. None of these
associated with him had ever done any
thing of the kind. If they had ever paid
any money for Capt. Carriers benefit he
would know it,
IF you divide money into three piles
on a table" Col. Barr asked, on the cross
examination, "and one party took one of
those piles, would yon consider that a
payment to him?'
81 never old anything of that kind"
was the reply, land could not tell"
Capt. Greene said he had received funds
of the Atlantic Contracting Company at
different times, probably as much as ST.
100000. There had, been stockholders
meetings, but he did not remember the
never declared a dividend in the ordinary
meaning of the term.
You never sent out any notice of
dividend?" Col. Barr asked.
mo, there was no one to notify but Col.
Gaynor and myself" was the reply.
You simply divided the proits?" Col.
Barr said.
YES" was the answer, whenever there
were any profits to divide"
''Well, don't you have profts?'
Sometimes we do"
Capt. Greene knew that Col Gaynor had
received verbal authority to sign Arson
| NJ. Bangs. He was not a lawyer and
could not say whether the signature wiz
out power of attorney was worthless or
not He had a power of attorney once
in accordance with the regulations, the
copy being given him at the sub-treasury
in New York, but he found it wouldn't
go in Baltimore, so he stopped getting
them.
He was here in 1896, but did not remem-
Der whether he saw Capt Carter at the
DeSoto Hotel or not.
The 1980-share certificate of the Empire
Construction Company could have been
validated, but in reality, he said it had no
value.
The Atlantic Contracting Company did
the work on Cumberland sound in 1894.
Capt. Greene said he received two or three
of the checks from that work Asked
with reference to a certain check under
this contract on which appeared Arson
M. Bangs, he replied:
MY name is on the back of it, and 1
was responsible for it."
He could not remember whether he had
authorized Cashier Burns of the Ameri-
can Exchange National Bank to guaran-
tee the endorsements of Arson NJ Bangs
or not. He might have done so, but he
only knew that his name was on the back
of the check and he was responsible for
1t.
He did not remember whether Capt.
Carter was present in the Hoffman House
last July, when the $345,OOO and the $3.50, 600
checks were handed to him by Col Gay
nor. He did learn afterward that Capt.
Carter brought those checks to New York
with him. He deposited the two checks
with the Knickerbocker Trust Company
July or Z. but did not know about their
collection from the sub-treasury, though
he knew he could draw on the amounts
at once.
Capt. Greene said the Atlantic Con-
tracing Company had no formal reports
made of material and labor
do you know how much money you
spent on the work on Cumberland sound
under the contract of 1882" Col Barr
asked.
II do not" was the reply.
Sent the checks yourself and don't
know whether you have spent $4,000 or
SCOOP"
mo, sir; I do not know, though my
bank book might show it."
"Will you produce that boek?"
mo, sir
why not?"
"a bank account deals with many mat
tiers outside of business, and 1 must re.
spectfully decline TO exhibit it,"
THAT is a legitimate question:" Col.
Barr said, calling the courts attention 10
the matter. No action, however, was
taken by the court
Col Barr asked the witness if he did
not issue on the same day in 1894 two