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was exhausted and bore no right to

was exhausted and bore no right to
cause Imprisonment.
The prisoner showed a slight nervous
ness as the hearing proceeded His eyes
! went quickly from his attorney to the
| judges and occasionally he took notes on
the argument.
When court convened at % clock Col
| Clous began the argument in behalf of
the government. In reply to Mr.. Blair,
Col. Clous contended that the court-mar-
t1al was competent to decide under which
charge the prisoner should be tried, and
that its decision. was not subject to re-
view by any other court
Argument closed at $50. Judge Thayer
announced that the case would be taken
under Amusement, and will notify attor-
neys when ready to hand down a deci-
sion.
Attorney Blair asked that, in case Car
ter is discharged, he may be permitted
to go without guard to Savannah. Ga, to
surrender himself for trial under the in
dictment found against him there by the
grand jury a few months ago. Carter
was rcmanded to the federal prison
decision is looked for in about a month
Judge Thaycr will go home tomorrow.
CARRIERS SIDE OF IT.
Oberlin NJ. Carter, degraded captain of
engineers, today, for the first time since
his arrest last winter for defrauding the
government on Southern harbor con-
tracts, made public a statement in de-
tense OF his acts. Carter was taken, dur
ing the noon recess, accompanied by his
attorneys and the warden of the peni-
tenuary, to hotel for lunch, when he
was accosted by a newspaper reporter.
1t was the first time that Carter had been
out Of the prison walls since his incar-
ceratIon last April.
Since my arrest" he said. ''I have
a sta
ton, but have prepared one TODAY"
with these words he handed the reDorter
a typeWritten document, which is in part
as follows:
Until this moment I have never an
thorlzed an interview, and YOU will nm
derstand that considera lions of deIicacv
and propriety forbid mo. saying now one
WORD concerning the matters before the
court 1t seems manifestly proper. how
ever, that | should give you my reasons
Tor 1nSutuung these proceedings | am
| entirely Innocent, and I Shall not rest
t- my innocence, proved at my mill
Iafy lnqu1sltlon, is officially proclaimed
It was proven that not~one dollar of pub
TIC FUNDS was every misappropriate
OF mtsatppne NED by me, and that the gov
me In any manner whatyer."
Mr. Carter then quotes Gen Crafghill
and other engineers Ito. prove that his
duties were performed faithfully and in
telligently,'' and adds that the only
ground assigned by the attorney general
| for his condemnation was ssadmitte51v
that of pure suspicion, not only uns,n
| ported by any evidence whatever, but in
direct conflict Herewith, and has since
been shown in a court of law utterly
false.
In institutitg habeas corpus proceed
| lngs l have an infinitely higher motive
than to gain liberty What is mere lib
erty or even life, to man of my aims
| associations & hi
whose life has been devoted to the faith
tuI service of his country, and whose good
name is beyond prize? 1 have sought
| liberty because I am innocent and that
may have the opportunity before health
ana strength are gone, to compel the le-
8aI Vlhdlcalon OF my character. / reo-
oshlze that soldier s life is in the hands
OF MS military Superiors, and may be
| Sdcrlnced by them at will, but no gov
| eminent has the right to permit military
! e. pontleatr power to sacrfficethe reputa-
tlon OF an innocent man, no matter whose
| errors or interests are concerned nor
whose crimes sought to be shielded
| what becomes of my body matters but
Attle, Tor am but one man. but it does
matter to this entire country that a man
| should have been denied a fair trial and
| declared guilty when he is innocent, and
that subsequently, on a pretended judicial
1eview of the evidence, virtually on a
| secret retrial of his case, at which he
was not even allowed to be present. NY
| innocence, established even during NV
military inqdisiton, could have been
| proven again and with absolute certainty
long ere this had not the means of doirg
SO been suppressed, but sooner or later,
! Notwithstanding the crimes of my perse-
1 cutors, and the conspired clamor for the
shame or an innocent man, my vlnd1-
cation is bound to come"
In case the application for the writ is
denied, Carriers attorneys will appeal to
the United States supreme court
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