The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-18
SAYS TEAM WAS DEFRAUDED.
Continued from Eighth Pase.

pastors The targets were shifted with
eohsIaeraole difficulty, the target in the
i prt oeins raised by main force and held
up while the examination was being mo,Ia
VI me remaining targets in the pit No
oee appeared to understand the working
oI the targets. and the targets were held
up Dy men on either side grasDing them
py having tho rod on the marking disc
inserted under the> bottom of the target
anu used as a lever.
Inc second sash of the tarket was ex-
dihlhed in a similar manner. Lieut..
Nookson and Private Philpot reportinc
nineteen bullet holes in the back of the
Dui-seye and an inspection by this af1-
ant ana member of the Georgia team
ulscloslhS htty-four pastors on the face
OF The bullseye. On the target
tueIe We're six pastors which
covered no holes in the back
ing OF the target in the four ring. Thir-
weight bullet holes were found In the
four ring on this target and eight shots in
tne three ring. That the examination
aDoVe referred to was on target No s.
mat target No. 6 and target No were
examined. A strong light was held back
OF the bulseye which enabled afiant to
see that each paster on the front of the
DulIseye covered hole through the tar
get apparently made by a rife bullet.
targets
Nos. and penetrated both the paper
race and the cloth backing OF the targets
mat upon leaving the 600-yard butts a
pflet examination was made of target No
IN the 5oO-yard butts on which target no
pastors were found which did not cover
corresponding holes in the target That
at1ant Immediately reported to has supe-
rior and commanding officer Brig. Gen.
George H. Harris, the facts substantially
set forth in the above affidavit. That
Lieut.. Col J. f. Brooks, the captain of
the Georgia state team. came to the tent
IN which Gen Harris was, and there dis
cussed the matter. That afiant is inform
ed and verify believes that on the morn
ing of Friday, Sept. s, 1899, Lieut.. Col.
Brooks, and Col George T. Cam called
upon Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer, execu-
tive officer of the New Jersey State Rifle
Association, and laid the matter before
him. and that said Gen. Spencer had the
targets removed from the butts and locked
up IN one of the houses under the control
of said association. That on the night of
Friday, Sept. s, this affiant went to the
club house where he saw Lieut.. Col
Brooks and Col Cam in conference with
Gen. Spencer. That at the same time he
saw present in the club house a number
of members of the Georgia team, among
whom he recognized W. G. Austin, Henry
Blum Jr Frank Battey and number of
others. Lieut.. Cookson and Lieut. Holt
of the District of Columbia
team were also present. being
there for the purpose of answer
ing any questions which Gen. Spencer
might desire to ask. That about II o'clock.
after waiting fully two hours affiant went
to his quarters. That affiant was told by
Gen. Spencer that he (Spencer) believed
that the targets No s were changed be-
tween the time when the match was fired
and the time when affiant made the exam
nation of said targets, and that he could
prove that the targets had been changed.
That said Gen. Spencer showed affiant the
targets in the room where he had them
locked up about 1870 a m Saturday, Sept.
8, 1899 That affiant marked the targets
which he saw in the pit on the night of
Sept. in order that he might be able to
identify the same if seen by him again.
Continuing, Col. Brooks says:
THE character of the men who visited
the pits is sufficient refutation Of the
SANDER contained in the statement made
by Gen. Spencer to Maj. Harvey, and 1
call on Gen. Spencer TO make good his
statement that he can prove the charge
Of changing the targets or failing to do
So to occupy the unenviable position Of
one who ISLANDERS men without reason.
If Gen. Spencer is correctly quoted in
the New York Sun, to which my attention
has just been called, as stating
that, should the Georgians appeal
from his decision, he will show up certain
things that will make it unpleasant for
them, I beg to state that we are ready to
meet any charges that he may have on
hand and that he need not wait for an
appeal which cannot now be made, in
order to make good the charges he refers
to.
Il also notice the remarks in "Shoot-
ing and Fishing" TO the effect that it is
a surprise that the Georgia team should
take any such stand with the New Jersey
Association, which has for the last four
years done everything to make their stay
pleasant and agreeable. targets and mark
ers having been furnished them for a week
before every meeting at no expense to
themselves l can only say in reply: con
each occasion of the visit of the Georgia
team they have volunteered and insisted
upon paying for targets, but were never
allowed to do so. But this courtesy on
the part of the New Jersey Rifle Associa-
ton cannot influence US to remain quiet
under a charge of doing a dishonorable
act"