The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-26
FOR WORKING UP EVIDENCE.
VI. A. CONNOLLY SEEKING TO RE
COVER $4,000 FOR SERVICES.

Benjamin ID. Greene, John r. and
Edward HI. GaynOr and Against
Former Capt. oberIin VI. Carter.
Case To BE Tried in City Court.
Services Performed by Connolly in
Collecting Evidence and Finding
Witnesses an Cases for or Against
the Defendants the Alleged Basis
of His Claim.
Michael A Connolly is seeking 40 re-
cover from the Atlantic Contracting Com
psny. Benjamin D. Greene. John F and
Edward Gaynor and former Capt. Oberlin
NJ. Carter. sums Of money aggregating
more than $1,000, which ne thinks is due
him for services rendered in securing evil
dsnce for use in suits Instituted or to be
Instituted against the government.
Two attachments. one against the At
lantic Contracting Company. Greene and
the Gaynors. and the other against form
er Capt. Garter, were returned yest erday
morning inso the clerks Office of the City
Court The attachments had been sworn
out before Magistrate NJ. Naughtin and
levied upon the property OF the defend
ants. The ground Of attachment is the
non-residence of all of the parties de-
PENDANT, none Of whom either lives in or
is a citizen Of the state of Georgia Messrs.
Barrow d Barrow and Mercer & Mercer,
in the Carter case. and Messrs. Barrow
& Barrow alone in the Greene and Gay
nor case, represent the plaintiff.
In the attachment against the Atlantic
Contracting Company. Benjamin D.
Greene. John F. and Edward II. Gaynor,
the simple recital is made that the de-
PENDANTS are indebted to the plaintiff in
the sum of 1855. The affidavit of at
tachment In the case against former Capt.
Carter is in like simple form, alleging
the Indebtedness of S, 49S. In the former
case the attachment was levied upon the
tugboats William G. Turner and Harold,
three barges, two yawls and a boiler
and pump. The attachment against form
er Capt Carter was levied upon his
shares of stock in the Propeller Towboat
Company, service of process being per-
fected by handing a copy of the attach
ment affidavit and bond to Capt. Jacob
Paulsen. president of the company. The
bond in both cases is furnis ned by w.
Woledge. one being for $4,000 and the
other for $1,000
Connolly claims the money for which
attachments have been sued out and lev
led for services alleged to have been per-
formed by him on behalf of the several
defendants. At the time of the expose in
the Carter case Connolly was in Mica
raugua, and returned TO Savannah at the
instance of his former employer. 1t is
believed that he was then regularly en-
ployed by the defendants for the purpose
of collecting and arranging evidence, &C
cording to his story, and was to receive
a certain compensa ton for his services.
There were several cases either pend
ing or in prospect. Besides the court
martial the Atlantic Contracting Com
pony had a case pending before the Court
of Claims, and there was much newspa
per and some official talk of suits being
instituted by the government against the
alleged conspirators to force them to dis
gorge all or a portion of their ill-gotten
gains. II was to collect evidence to sup
port the suit they were prosecuting, and
to defend those they believed would be
instituted against them. that Connolly
was employed by Carter, Greene and the
Gaynors.
His position as secretary 20 then Capt.
Carter, had placed him in possession of
exact information as to all that was
transporting, and he was therefore a val
liable man for the purpose of finding mis-
laid or lost papers, cornering absent
Witnesses and generally working up the
testimony in preparation for the trial of
the cases.
Connolly claims that some portion of
the money he was to receive was paid him
on account, but that the bulk of it is still
due. His labors he AYERS, in finding and
arranging this testimony, were eXacting
and arduous and if the evidence secured
was 10 result in the vindication of his
employers and the Endorsements of their
work his contention is supported by Ill
the probabilities. Evidence of this kind
must have been exceedingly hard to find.
it viii be remembered that Connolly
was among the defendants indicted for
conspiracy to defraud the government,
the others being Carter Greene and the
three GaynOTs. He was brought back
from Havana where he was employed in
the Custom House, by a special agent Of
the United States government, and ny
permission of Judge Speer and District
Attorney Erwin, was released on a small
bond. 1t was rumored al the time that
he would become a witness for the gov
ernment against the other defendants ana
the correctness of this rumor has been
borne out, in the opinion of many persons
familiar with the case by recent develop
meuts in the preliminary Investigation in
progress before Commissioner Shields.
A representative of the Morning News
called on Mr.. Pope Barrow at his house
last night, and asked him about
attachment cases. Mr.. Barrow said:
"Of course, you cannot expect us 20
talk about our cases to the public in adj
vance of a trial. 1t would not be respect
ful to the court nor fair to either party.
The attachment papers are on file in the
clerks office of the City Court. are pub
lie property and tell their own tale
''Mr. Connolly has employed Messrs.
Mercer & Mercer and my firm to bring
suit against Capt. Carter for a balance
due on a contract and has also employed
my firm alone to bring suit against
Greene and the Gaynors, on a similar
contract In both cases the con-
tracts are in all respects law
full and binding. and MIR. Connolly
has i'm good faith, fully performed
them on his part. Nothing remains to
be done but for the defendants 20 pay
him what they owe him. The work done
by Mr. Connolly is worth what he charg-
ed. At any rate the defendants thought
so, for they promised to pay him what
he asks. Besides you will net fail TO
remember that Mr.. Connolly has present
cd himself and submit ted to the jurisdic-
ton Of the court in the conspiracy
charge, and is now. and has all the time.
Teen ready for trial"
FUNERAL OF RICHARD TURNER.