The Forrest City times., 1899-09-29
cAPL.0.M. CARRIERS CASE
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh Given
Hearing by Att'y-Gen Griggs
at Washington.
A JUDICIAL HEARING is ASKED FOR.
rectcd-Someone Will be Called
Upon to Explain positive Inven-
tions" that Have Been Retailed 10
Newspaper Correspondents.

Washington, Sept. 2s.-Att'v.-Gen.
Griggs gave a hearing 10 Hon. Wayne
MscNeagh, counsel in the court mar
tiai case of Capt. o. NJ. Carter. of the
army. Mr.. MacVeagh asked for n
judicial hearing in the case, saying
that if the president affirmed the pro-
ceedings he would be guilty of an act
of great cruelty and wrong. The rec
ord was, he contended, so saturated
with errors of law that it is impossi
bic in country governored by law to
affirm the finding.
ERRONEOUS Reports Corrected.
Before proceeding with his argu-
ment proper, he corrected what he
designated as erroneous reports con-
corning the case. The first of these to
which he gave his attention was il
statement that Secretary Alger had
allowed the attorney for Capt. Carter
to take away and keep possession of
the record in the case. This was. Le
said, absolutely untrue. The counsel
for the accused had never seen the
original record, and had received no
favors. 1t was also false that the rep
resentatives of Capt. Carter had i'm
portuned the president in the cap
tain's behalf
"here the Pressure Came From.
On the contrary, the only pressure
brought to bear upon the president
was from the other side. for the af-
hrmation of the finding. He recited
IL instances of what he termed posi-.
tive intentions, retailed to the CORE
spondents of the newspapers during
the past IS months. Sooner or later
he expected to reveal the authorities
OF these reports and expose their mo.
yves, and then to hold somebody re.
sponsible for proving their truth. He
had thought of asking the new secre-
tary of war to signalize his entrance
upon his duties by posting this notice
over the doors of two of the divisions
OF the departments:
NO falsehoods shall be disseminat.
ed from this Office during office hours"
Another Denial.
Mr.. MacNeagh also denied that the
flndlng of the court had been un..n-
lmous, Notwithstanding. he said, the
war department had so stated.
In asking that the court-martial yer.
nlet be set aside, Mr.. MaceNagh urged
the untitness of such a court, composed
of men unframed in the law. TO deal
with questions such as those involved
In this case. The findings of such a
court have no validity. and carry no
weight. The findings We're based on
a tumble OF homogeneous and discord
ant charges, ranging from embezzle-
hent and deceit in the smallest mat
ters to charges of conspiracy of inn
mense magnitude.
Only Fair Trial Asked
In reply TO question from the at
torney general, Mr.. MacNeagh admit
ted that no objection TO the missioner
of charges had been made in the court
martial. Mr. Griggs suggested that
the obJecticn should have been made
at that time, adding that he was ex
pressing no opinion upon the merits
of the points at issue. Continuing
Mr.. MacNeagh said that only a fair
trial was asked, and a fair trial could
not be had upon such collection of
charges as had been made in this case.
FlnGrant Violation of Law.
Mr. MacNeagh also dwelt upon the
point that the charges were brought,
Notwithstanding the statue of limita-
tons.
He contended that the fragrant yio-
latlon OF this act of congress was suf-
hcient to vitiate the proceedings"
He had no doubt that Capt. Carter
was convicted from the time he plead
cd this statute before the court but
this was done under advice. and was
at least legitimate.
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