Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-31
THE CARTER SCANDAL
Letters of Importance Hitherto kept
Secret.
CNew York Journel.)

CNew York Journel)
WASHINGTON, August S.-Attorney-
General Gr4ggs is expected 10 return TO
Washington tomorrow, and decision
In the Carter case should be given within
forty-eight hours after his arr1Val'
The army, particularly the Engineer
Corps IS in a ferment. and tremendous
scandal is hanging in the balance.
The Journals. exclusive Information
nrinted this morning. telling how carter
was originally accused i'm 1889 by hhsln,'i
W. r. Curtis and whitewashed py Co'o
mel r. F. Hughes. at the mstIsati"n Va
tbe Engineer Corps; how GURUS uleu 90
n result OF the abuse heaped upon M"
bv brother officers in the corps now
when Carter was again accused ye'is
later by Captain c. II. Glllette, scr ct
conference was held at Ayers house pc
tweon Captain Carter, General John NJ.
Wilson. and Secretary Alger, with the
resutt that a court of inquiry, ana not
court-martial. was appointed; how the
Eneineer Corps did its best to piotect
Carter and would have saved MN hdu IL
not been for the relentless Gillette, VINO
succeeded Carter at Savannah; how Car
ter has notified all his friends ana con-
federates that if he goes to the pehi.eH-
tiar-v he will take others with hiIh' no"
the case was for awhile taken ouI VI
the oe-advocate-gen hands by
,ie,or ord only restored when Represen-
tatIve Amos Cummings threatened con-
eressional UNCONSTITUTIONAL this created
a sensation.
TWO COURSES ARE OPEN.
Tho administration can take either one
of two courses. II can sustain the Uou'
mortiol's verdict or It can modify II. II
a. takes the first course and desires 10
nurge ,ha army. II must at once enter
sutt against Carter's fellow-consplfalors
for conspiracy. and investigate the malo-
dorous stories alleging criminahty IN
half score of government contracts super
vised by the army engineers therepy
nrecipi,ating a scandal that conservative
arn,v officers declare will be tine scahudi
of the century. , iii
fies the court -martars verdict carter
will 20 free; the government VIII rose
hundreds of thousands it could other
,rise recover: the suits for conspiracy
win never be entered, and the army VIII
no more demoralized than IT was IN Al
gers heydey. -.
Even now so much time has been lost
by President Mckinley that important
witnesses have died; others have leit the
jurisdiction Of the government, ana the
gfUt1ltH VI
sums so that IT Is clear that suits en-
tered now cannot be as fruitful in result
as If entered when the Carter case deVel-
opments at Savannah, In 1898, proved the
conspiracy.
MIGHT BE IMPEACHED.
The military legal authorities hold that
President Mckinley and Attorney-Gen-
eraI NIcKenna. now Supreme Court Jus
tice are liable to Impeachment on the
ground that when the current testimony
before the Carter court-martial proved
corruption. II was their duty 10 at once
order legal proceedings against all con-
cerned.
LETTERS PROVE CONSPIRACY.
The Journal correspondent to-day Sc
cured excerpts from letters passing be
tween Carter and Contractors Greene
ana Gaynor, and hitherto kept secret
clearly proving the existence of an I'M
holy pact
The letters are part OF the cour
record. b. d. Greene was an army engin-
Ger. who resigned TO 60 into business
with Gaynor, and was an old friend oil
Carter.
1t is believed IN army circles that the
| administration cannot withstand the pup
lie clamor. and no one here will be sur
prised if Grggss decision sustains the
| court-martial. In such an event II VIII
| soon be evident If Captain Garter intends
| 10 be game" or peach upon his confed-
crates.
A court-martiel for Major now Gen
crab Hughes. who originally white
washed Carter is mooted.