The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-11
CARTER AND DREYFUs.
Mr.. f. p. BIair's Reasons for institute
ing "a Comparison.

MIR. Il. T.. Biair's Reasons for institute
ing "a Comparison.
From the New York Times.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
You have editorially characterized my
statement in the Chicago Chronicle that
the punishment of Capt Q. M. Carter UNI
Ger the sentence of courtmartial, was
''damnable outrage" and my comparison
of his trial with that of Dreyfus as pre-
posterous and absurd" and useless and
Infamous"
win you give me space to justify, as
briefly as may be, my characterization
and my comparison?
Dreyfus was convicted by means of
forged documents.
Carter was convicted by perjury
If the latter statement be true, is not
The comparison just?
Carter was convicted mainly on the evil
dencc of former employees, by name a. S.
Cooper, J. w. Q. Stcrly, Marion Twiggs
S. NJ. Hale and Paul Twisgs.
Cooper swore that he had never had n
copy of The specifications, and had never
been ordered to compel the contractors TO
follow their provisions proved by four
unmpcachab,e witnesses that that testi-
many was fa'se in both particulars.
Just before the trial Cooper stated in
writing to Capt. Gillette that the mattress
work cost the contractors about 20 cents
per square yard. lie testified it cost only
cents. lie admitted on cToss-eXamina-
ton that his certificates ION honor" were
false, and so made for fear he might lose
his lob" lie swOre he had made over
two hundred tests of stone, and found
them all below the required specific gray
ity; and then, after every engineer Officer
and civil engineer on both sides had testi-
fed that Cooper's method of determining
specific gravity was ahsurdly wrong, he
admitted in rebuttal that he was in error
Sterlv This man was impeached I'm nu-
merous particulars, besides which he was
compelled to admit on cross eXamirali n
that for his own private gain he had made,
under oath, a false claim against the gov
crnment and had pocketed the proceeds
Moreover. it was proved on the trial that
he emhezzled about 1925 of the Hirt money,
and tried to saddle It on Carter. In dis
approving the finding of The courtmartial
as to this item. the Attorney General has
sustained Carter's position that Sterly was
the thief.
Marion Twiggs: This man swore that
his official reports ION honor" were all
false. He also was directly impeached by
Mr. G. w Brown a civil engineer.
Hale: This man was caught in al least
three separate preposterous les. This was
shown by the testimony OF Capt Town
send aud Lieut. Rees of the Engineer
Corps and by Mr.. G. Y. Wisner and Mr.. II.
c. Ripley eminent civil engineers.
Paul Twiggs This witness swore posi-
lively that he had never had the specifica-
lions, and had never been ordered by
Carter to compel their observance by the
contractors. This was a vital matter 10
the defense. When Twiggs found I had
witnesses with whom to confound him, he
came back on the witness stand, and adj
United that he had previously sworn false
ly.
This was not all the perjury by witnesses
for the prosecution by any means but II
the testimony of the five Witnesses named
were eliminated. there would not have been
The shadow Of a case against Carter.
Was there anything worse than that in
the Dreyfus case?
In my printed briefs, submitted TO the