The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
MUST SERVE SENTENCE
VERDICT OF COURT-MARTIAL IN
CASE OF CAPT. CARTER Is
APPROVED
FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT
To This Is Added Fine of $1,000
Appeal of Capt. Carter's Attorney,
Wayne MacVeagh, to Attorney
General Was without AvaiI-His-
tory of Case That Has Been
Made Famous.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The president
mas approved the sentence imposed by
court-martial on Capt Oberlin NJ. Car
ter corps of engineers, u. S. A, and a
formal order was today issued from the
war department directing the execution
of the sentence. The verdict of the court
was as fellows:
And the court does, therefore, sem
tence the accused, Capt. Oberltn NJ. Car
ter, corps of engineer, U. S. A, to be
dismissed from the service of the United
States, to suffer fnerof 5000. to be con-
fined at hard labor at such place as
Che proper authorities may direct, fer
FIVE wears, and the crime, punishment
name and. place of abode OF the accused
about the station and the state, from
Which the. accused came or where he US
ually resides.
Following Is the formal approval of the
verdict:
The findings of the court-martial in
the matter of the foregoing proceedings
against Capt. Oberin Nj. Carter, corps of
engineers. .. S. A., are eo hereby aP p ROY,
II, Specifications 7. s, 8 and 10. Charge 9,
Specifications 8, q, O., 6, Z, g., IL and 20
which are disaa,pproved; And the sentence nee
defendant Oberlin NJ. Carter. is hereby
approved.
G. Sept 80 1Ss9APPrGKed M aRd G9aflrm-
Appended to the orders above is TIE
following:
Capt. Oberlin NJ Carter, corps Of engl.
neers, u. S. A, ceases to be an off1&er OF
the army from this date and the United
States penitentiary at Fort Leavenw 31t tn.
KAN is designated as the place of his
confinement, where he will be sent by the
commanding general of the department
0l '. By Command it Of MAI Gen Miles. :.
III. c. Corbin, Adjutant General"
HISTORY OF CASE.
Charges were preferred against Capt
Carter by Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of
engineers, Dec. 49, 1927. These charges
were made after the investigation by
board of engineers of the river and har-
Dor works at Savannah, Ga, and other
points in that district which had been
under the supervision Of Capt. Carter
The charges mainly consisted of dec
laration that Carter had entered into
conspiracy with other persons TO defraud
the United States It was alleged in the
charges that Carter and certain parties
had 6efrauded the United States of from
81, 800 900 to $1,000 900. The trial Of the
charges by a court-martial, over which
Gen. Otis, now commanding In the Phil
irpines, presided, lasted several months
The judge advocate Of the court was COL
Thomas F. Rarr and the court itself con-
sisted Of officers in nearly every branch Of
the service and of high rank. The trial
resulted in the verdict and sentence
which was approved today. The case has
attained widespread notoriety on account
of the financial and social connections of
Capt. Carter No such consideration. and
no such amount of time has ever been
given previously in a ccurt-martial
The reference to the attorney general
is also something unusual, but this ac-
ton was taken, it is said, to give the
officer every possible opportunity to prove
his innocence he charges which are
disappcoved are of minor Importance, and
relate to smalle, items of river and har-
bor work, in v h;ch it was alleged Capt.
Carter had defranded the government.
The main contentious of the prosecution
are sustained