New-York tribune., 1901-04-06
CARTER FRAUDS TRACED.
ARRESTS OF WE'LL KNOWN MEN MAY
SOON BE MADE.
THE GREATER PART OF THE EX-CAP-
TAIN's sTEALINGs WENT
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Washington. April 5.-ImpOrtant develop
ments in the sensational Oberlin NJ Carter case
are likely to occur within a few days. Carter
was convicted by court martial three years
ago of gigantic swindling operations against the
government while he. a captain in the Corps
Of Engineers. had charge Of the harbor
improvements Savannah. Ga Carter
is serving sentence of 1--WE years
imprisonment in the government penitentiary
at Leavenworth. Kan. Another part o. the
punishment inflicted him by the court
martial a fine Of $1,000 dishonorable
dismissal from the army. and to be per
petually barred from associating or commu-
nicating with officers of the army on the penalty
Of dismissal Of every officer who speaks to him
Major General F. s. Otis. the first Military Gov
ernor Of the Philippines was president OF the
court martial which tried Carter
Up to the time he was convicted Of stealing
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars from the gov
ernment, Carter under the Jurisdiction Of
and prosecuted by the War Department
Since then the civil authorities of the govern
ment, acting through the Department of Jus
tice, have been quietly. but vigorously and re-
lentlessly. tracing step by step the money Car
ter stole and now have the great bulk Of it To-
Gated. and about ready TO recover it and
turn IT back into the Treasury
PARTNERS GOT TWO-THTRDs
The total stealings. covering the period Of
about ten years. in which Carter had control Of
the river and harbor improvements at Savan-
nah, amounted to something like s. 100000
Only one-thrd of this was kept by Carter
as his share Of the Doodle" The other two
thirds went TO Carters partners in crime The
Department Of Justice has discovered that Car
ter's profits from the shrewd swndlng scheme
which he worked successfully for so long time
were SI22,oOO. The government detectives who
for three years have been on the ex-arrnv Off
GERS trail have located nearly every cent OF
this money. and as soon as certain unimportant
details are completed the legal steps necessary
to recover it will be taken by the Department of
Justice. Attachments will be sworn out by
United States District Attorneys in New-York
City. in Savannah. and at other places where
Carter invested the stolen money. and it is not
impossible that as result Of these proceedings
the arrest OF two or three well known men
charged with knowingly taking part in protect
ing Carter's stealings. will follow
1t has been learned that Carter invested the
money as fast he stole it. He put the most
of it in gilt edged securities, and some of it he
invested in real estate around New-York All
Of these securities, well the real estate
have been located. and the government will
swoop down them as the attach
ments obtained
CARRIERS FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
Whether not Carter's lawyers will fight the
proceedings is not known 1t is known how
ever that they have exhausted every means
known to the law get Carter out of the
Leavenworth Pententiary. Only two or three
weeks ago of his lawyers in Chicago tried
to secure his liberation habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. brought in the United States Circuit
Court at ST Louis. When the court denied the
application for this writ. Carter's attorneys an
nounced that they had not given up the fight
for him, though what their next move will or
he is not known. But even it, by the dis
and conviction. the lawyers should succeed in
getting him out of the penitentiary. the govern
ment's purpose to recover the ST0000 of Car
ter's stealings could be stopped Indeed it
is not thought that Carter would fight the pro-
cedure all If he could secure his release from
prison: but If he does gain his liberty it Is
believed he Will advise his lawyers to fight to
save the money which the government says he
stole.
Even from his prison cell at Leavenworth Car
ter has issued two three long statements de-
nying his guilt, and asserting that he is the
victim of army persecution. In these statements
he also denied that he had any considerable
amount of money invested anywhere or in any
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