The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-01
1T is APPROVED
AND CONFIRMED
Mckinley Signs the Carter Verdict-Dis-
missed From tie Service. Fined
and Imprisoned.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-The president
has approved the sentence imposed by
the court martial on Captain Oberlin M.
Carter. corps of engineers, U. S. A., and
the war department directing the exc
cution of the sentence. The verdict of
the court was as follows:
And the court does therefore SEN
tence the accused Captain Oberlin NJ
Carter, corps of engineers. U. S. A., to
be dismissed from the service of the
United States, to suffer fine of $4,000,
to be confined at hard labor at such
place as the proper authority may d.
rect for five years, and the crime, pun
ishnlent, name and place of abode of
the accused to be published in the
newspapers in and about the station
and the state from which the accused
came or where he usually resides"
Following is the formal approval of
the verdict:
THE findings of the court martial in
the matter of the foregoing proceed
ings against Captain Oberlin M. Car
ter, corps of engineers, U. S. A., are
hereby approved as to all. except the
following:
Charge H.. specifications 7, 8, 9 and
10; charge III, specifications 3, 4, s, 6, Z,
And the sentence imposed by the court
martial upon the defendant. Oberlin M.
Carter, is hereby approved
"ELIHU ROOT, Secretary Of War.
Executive Mansion, Sept. 20, 1885,
Approved and confirmed
civilian MKINLEY."
Appended to the orders above is the
following.
by direction of the secretary of war,
Captain Oberlin M. Carter, corps of
engineers, u. S. A., ceases to be an Off
Ger of the army from this date, and the
United States penitentiary, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan, is designated as the
place of his confinement. where he will
be sent by the commanding general,
department of the East, under proper
guard.
by command of Major General Miles.
H. c. CORBIN,
"Adjutant General"
Charges were preferred against Cap
tain Carter by General John M. Wilson.
chief of engineers, Dec. 49, 1897. These
charges were made after the investiga-
river and harbor works at Savannah,
Ga, and other points in that district
which had been under the supervision
of Captain Carter. The charges main
ly consist Of a declaration that Carter
had entered into a conspiracy with
other persons to defraud the United
States. It was alleged in the charges
frauded the United States out Of from
81, 900. 900 to 100000. The trial Of the
charges by q court martial, over which
General Otis, now commanding in the
Philippines, presided. lasted several
months.
The Judge advocate of the court was
Colonel Thomas f. Barr, and the court
itself consisted Of officers IN nearly
every branch of the service and Of high
rank.
The trial resulted in the verdict and
sentence which was approved to-day
The case has attained widespread noto-
riety on account of the financial and
social connections of Captain Carter.
No such consideration and no such
amount of time has ever been given
previously in court martial.
The reference to the attorney gen.
eral Is also something unusual, but this
action was taken, it is said, to give the
officer every possible opportunity to
prove his innocence. The charges which
are disapproved are Of minor import
ance and relate to smaller items of
alleged Captain Carter had defrauded
the government. The main contentious
of the prosecution are sustained.
Carter Under Arrest.
New York. Sept 3o,-Captain Oberlin NJ
Carter was arrested to-day in this city
by Adjutant General Simpson who came
on specially from Washington for the
| purpose. Captain Carter was taken to
| Governors island and handed over tc
! Captain B. ]. Roberts, commanding off.
| Ger, with orders to keep strict guard and
| put Captain Carter in close confinement
| Captain Carter is now in one of the up
! per casemate cells in Castle William
| He will be notified of his dismissal from
| the army and will be handed over to the
| civil authorities in New York. L. j. KEEL.
| logg of the law firm of Kellogg, Rose &
| Smith, called upon Captain Roberts arc
asked permission to see Captain Carter
Mr.. Kellogg refused to make statemen