The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-11
MAY HAVE BEEN MIR. ROSE.
Some One Resembling Him Made Re-
searches into Court Records.

searches into Court Records.
A dispatch in yesterdays Morning News
announced that Mr.. Abram Rose, one Of
counsel of Capt. Oberlin NJ Garter in his
long fight before the courtmarial and sub
sequenuy before the government at Wash
ington, had been called to Savannah. Nat
urally there was considerable curiosity as
to the object of Mr. Roses visit here
at this time, and especially as to any
bearing 1t might have upon the habeas
corpus proceedings in Capt. Carers be-
half, now pending before Judge Lacombe
of the United States District Court in
New York
An inspection of the hotel registers failed
TO disclose Mr.. Roses name, and it was
also learned that ne had not been seen at
any of the clubs al which he was a Wis
itor during his former visits to the city
At the office of Charlton Mackall a. An
derson, the local counsel for Capt. Car
ter MIR w. w. Mackall stated that the
announcement in the Morning News was
a surprise TO him. ana that if Mr.. Rose
was in the city he was unaware of the
fact. He had no idea. Mr. Mackall said,
of what object Mr. Rose could have in
coming to Savannah at this time Mr.. W.
G.. Charlton is in New York, and Mr. An
derson, the other member of the firm, was
out of the city yesterday
Inquiry, however, developed the fact that
a gentleman presumably Mr.. Rose had re-
Gently made search of the records at
the clerks office of the Superior Court for
the purpose Of obtaining information as
to certain papers recorded in the name of
Mr. Westcott, Capt. Carriers father-in-
law The presumption is that MIR. Rose
was looking up the records for the pur-
nose Of uniting these matters I'm salts
factory shape, or of making some dspo-
sition of the assets though why he should
have taken pains TO conceal his identity,
if, indeed he We're the person who made
these researches, only furnishes food for
surmise.
II Is generally known that Capt Carter,
while he was in Savannah, invested in
local securities principally real estate
loans, either for himself or his father-in-
law, Mr.. WestcOtt. A search of the re-
cords of the clerks Office of the Superior
Court developed the fact that Capt. Garter
had never loaned any money in his own
name that was secured by a mortgage
or deed to secure debt, that had been ad-
mitted to record.
The records show that Mr.. Westcott
lent money on two different occasions,
amounting in the aggregate of $25. 900.
These loans had presumably been made
by Capt. Carter acting under the instruc,
tAOuS anu III tHe interest Oh MT. w eSlGOLt.
one of these was for $4,000, was made
about 1892 and secured by deed to secure
debt upon a business block on Broughton
street. The other loan was for S10 900 and
was made some years later. 1t is secured
by residence property on Oglethorpe ave-
nue..
The deed securing the first loan has been
marked cancelled by Mr. Westcott himself,
since the finding of the courtmartial was
made pubic. The other loan is unpaid
and the deed by which it is secured still
i'm force. In neither Of these papers do $
the name of Capt, Carter anywhere APP
pear. either as principal or agent. Mr..
Westcott is named as the mortgage sim
ply and directly, and the loans do not APP
pear of record to have been made by Capt.
Carter as his agent, though it is under
stood that they were negotiated by him
The records do not show that Capt Car
ter ever lent money in his own name. If
Mr.. Rose is here or has been here on such
an errand, its accomplishment would seem
to be an exceedingly simple matter. There
are but two entries that would interest
him at all and these are both easily to lie
found. Neither contains the name of his
client.