The age-herald., 1901-12-08
CIad in the Prison Garb Of Gray He Writes the
 Prison Records
HAS SURRENDERED S7OO,OOO.
As Prisoner His Behavior Has Been Perfect-There Is Not Scratch of Pen Against
 Him.

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, December 7.- Special )-Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, known here as Convict No. 20e4, is calm ly awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court in his effort to be released on habeas corpus, argument in which was had last Tuesday.
 From behind the bars of the United States penitentiary, Captain Carter has tossed $7O0,0OO into the scales of justice that he may have another trial.
 Clad in the prison garb of gray, brand ed on every garment with the red fig ures of disgrace, "2094', he awaits impa- tiently the moment when. before a civil court he may vindicate his honor.
 If he fails then he loses all. Should he win he recovers a jeopardized fortune amounting to nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
 Exoneration in the United States Cir cult Court in Chicago, where Captain Carter has agreed to risk all, will have no affect upon his prison sentence here. That was inflicted by court martial. One hope of release he still has, and that is in the Supreme Court of the United States. Captain Carter's attorney argued for a writ of habeas corpus on the technical ground that the court mar tial exceeded its jurisdiction.
 Should that court grant the prisoner s plea the gates of the prison will swing outward and '2O94' would become but a memory.
 Shrinking from notoriety and visitors, Carter has given way just once to his feelings. A fortnight or so ago his attor- ney Horace G. Stone, came here to see his client in the office of Warden Mo Claughry. Briefly his attorney told the prisoner of the agreement proposed by which the government offered to allow Captain Carter to establish his right to property found in his name-if he could do so in a civil court
 At first the full significance of the statement did not strike the prisoner. Then. grasping 1t all at once. he burst into tears, and in a voice far from steady said:
 Why. that-thats what 1 have been hoping for. dreaming of, for months"' Then his self-control returned, and he was again the sturdy military figure that he was as captain of engineers in charge of government work at Savannah.
 How He Looks a Prisoner.
 There is none of the convict about him. The suit of prison clothing fits him per fectly and he wears 1t as though it were his uniform of old. His well-set figure is a bit heavier than when his friends saw him in New York, for he is in splendid health, and the regular habits and disci pline of the prison nave removed the ef- forts of worry and tribulation. His com plexion is clear, and has none of the prison pallor.
 To congenial occupation must be given credit for much of the prisoners good health and buoyant spirits Most of his waking hours are spent with his flowers for he has developed into an enthusiastic florist, with the flower beds and green houses of the prison hospital in his charge.
 As secretary to Dr. Thomas, in charge of the hospital, he accompanies the sur geon through the wards ana records the history of the various cases, and is in general charge of the hospital office and records.
 Carter's clothes are like those of all tho other prisoners His underclothes, of fair lly good grade. are stamped plainly with his number, .'2O94." His outer garments consist in winter of coat vest and trous- CTS, made of a neat gray cadet cloth, wool on cotton warp, cut 10 measure by citizen tailor in the prison shop and made by convicts.
 In the front of either trouser leg. just above the knee, is branded the number in red. It appears again on the back of the vest and again on the coat just over the shoulder-blades. It is stenciled there in indellible red constant reminder that he is without name so far as the prison is concerned-simply '2O94
 Carter's Daily Routine.
 Carter sleeps in little room on the second floor of the hospital, directly over the office. Two other hospital attendants bunk in the same room with him, one of them being a negro. Each has small iron cot, counterpart of those in army barracks the country over.
 Breakfast and all other meals are the same for all, except patients in the hos pital, and vary little from the fare in other penal institutions. Captain Carter