The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-30
AS TO THE CARTER CASE.
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Washington, August 49,. -tstan Specially.
Yesterday stopped with the namcs Of
the officers composing the court martial
that tried aud convicted Captain Carter.
BY reference TO that list It Will be obscrv-
cd that the court was composed OF men
of every branch OF the military service.
IN addition to engineer and ordnance
officers, who are familiar with the con-
struotion OF public works the drawing
and awarding OF contracts and the dis
bursoment Of funds, there were officers
OF tho supply departments who also have
experience with the making OF contracts
and ihe disbursement of large sums of
money. and officers OF the artillery and
Infantry. OF the court. General Wilson
said at is a body OF officers and gentle
men that an accused officer, knowing he
was Innocent, would appear before II with
perfect confidence, but before whom
guilty man would 80 with fear and tromb-
ling"
In his reply TO the briefs OF the counsel
for Garter filed with the attorney general.
in which the competency of the court TO
properly estimate tho value OF the testi
mony was questioned. Colonel Barr said:
II would not be possible In civil courts
to secure jury OF like special lltness to
determine the issues which were sub
mittod for their Judgment, The president
OF the court iB n trained lawyer. Two
Of It's members belong to the engineer
corps, and have been in commission
thirty seven and thirty-lyc years Five
of them are discussing officers, with many
years experience IN dealing with just such
vouchers as wore under consideration in
the trial. Four OF them have had large
experience In the trial of eases before
courts martial, ono OF whom has had sev-
crnl years experience "a judge advocate
OF a military department, and all of them
represent the highest intelligence and
conscience of tho army"
such was tho body OF officers before
whom Captain Carter was tried and by
whom he was unanimously pronounced
guilty and sentenced to be dismissed from
the army,
The trial continued for four months.
the court sitting in Savannah and New
York. II was contondod aud established
by oral and documentary testimony, much
of the latter being contained in the Of
hcial papers OF the accused. that from the
outset of his long tour OF duty at s;avan-
nah Captain Carter was In collision with
n, y, Greene and John +, Gaynor and
others TO dcfraud the government by 80
managing that they would get as many
contracts as possible, the specifications
of which were SO loosely drawn as to put
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ma warc n,,tiyn IN I,y,ng ~ ners,,nae
,ntn,,,ad htadars nat "a Ma n,r,,,- ,,,n
shown that few minutes before 10
o'clock. at which hour the bids were
opened, Edward Gaynor walked to captain
ana s,Ss,ft, lin S'o a,htr y" "S ,,'e
uuontly asccrtalncd that mo bid suhetl.
tuted by Gaynor was bid in the name
on Auson NJ, sahSs, Mr., sahgs Is e.oSn,
was awarded to Mr. panss This nronnseI
was made out by Michael A. Connolly,
the confidential clerk Of Carter bangs
was no, prcson, at the TINA OF opening
bids knew nothing whatever OF the fact
that he had hecn awarded the contract.
aud never discovered u until the work had
hcen completed and payment made
In forwarding the schedule OF bide to
Washington, Carter reported that Bangs
could not 10 The work for the prices stated
IN hts bid hut that, as Bangs was a re-
sponsihlc party. he recommended the ao-
ceptance OF the bid Carter knew this
was fraudulent bid. because the hand
writing of his clerk was wolf known to
him Bangs was given tho contract, two
of the Gaynors becoming his surotes. In
making payments the warrants for pay-
mont We're drawn TO Arson NJ. Bangs.
turned over TO Connolly, Cartor's clerk,
ny him indorsed, By forging tho name %
Bangs and IN this way the money reached