Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-21

mer companions forbidden to speak to
him; stripped of his uniform of blue
and gold and clad in the rough garb
of the convict, he has lost his identity,
even, and is known as No. 2095. He
! will spend the next five years behind
the bars of the Federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth. By the irony of fate
he is compelled to occupy narrow cell
in a prison which he designed and
built, and, worse still, the only window
in this cell overlooks the ballroom and
banquet hall where he led the dance
and INDUCED his epicurean tastes while
officer of the post few years ago.
Carter was considered one of the
brightest men ever turned out by the
nations school for soldiers, and from
boyhood fortune seemed to grudge him
nothing that ambition could dictate.
He was made cadet at West Point by
special appointment by President
Hayes, after having tried unsuccess-
fully in the regular way, and was a
model student and soldier, completing
the four years course with higher
average of scholarship than had ever
been obtained before, and his record
has not been equaled since.
From the day that he graduated until
the day that he was summary order
ed back from London to stand trial be
fore court martial he seemed to have
the ear of the War Department, and
was advanced rapidly in rank, and in
the important character of the work
intrusted to him.
Early in life he married the daughter
of millionaire Thomas S. Westcott
of New York, and his eather-in-law's
purse was at his disposal from that
time on. Fortunately for her, his wife
died before his sins found him out
Just before the discovery of his enor-
mouS peculatiOns-wh he was mill
tary attache of the American legation
in LondOn-he was named one of the
three members Of the Nicaraguan COM
mission, and there was lrdly man
in the army who did not envy the dis
tinctions showered upon him.
Military prisoner No. 2O94 is a vastly
different person. The prison barber
took him in hand within a few min
| utes after his arrival at Fort Leaven-
worth and removed the gracefully curl
ed mustache and waving locks which
had contributed much to his distin-
guished appearance. Then his hat,
clothes and shoes, each article made to
order and of the finest material, were
taken from him and he was given
suit of dark gray homespun with the
figures 1904 stamped in large red let
tiers ON the front and back of the coat,
and each leg of the trousers, under gar
ments of heavy cotton stuff, rough
shoes fastened with buckles. and big
straw hat.
Like almost every other noted Grim
inal, Carter persists in declaring him
self innocent of the charges upon
which he was convicted and for which
he is incarcerated. He has been given
every opportunity to explain what he
did with the vast sums of public
money that were traced to his. door,
but has not done so. He simply de-
clares that he did not steal the money.
and asks that his declaration be be-
lieyed.
Within a dozen rods of his cell are
the homes of a number of army Off
GERS, who know him well. but to them
Capt Oberlin NJ. Carter is dead. and
any army officer of high or low rank
who dared exchange one word with
No. 2O94 would be court martia1ed and
cashiered in short order. Since he has
become a part of the great penal ma
chise Carter has stoutly declined to dis
cuss his case and has gone about his
work as bookkeeper is the factory de-
partment of the penitentiary with ap-
parent interest and zeal.
Father Of Forty-ene Children.