The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-17
is CARTER'S KEEPER
CAPT. MccLAUGHREY TALKS OF
HIS PRISONER.
WANTS TO COME TO SAVANNAH
CLAIMS HIS PRESENCE Is NEcEs-
SARY HERE.

A Good Prisoner, Says the Warden,
Observation-Disclosures Blair Brings
Him Dreyfus Records TO Read.
The Warden Surprised to Hear
That Savannah Is Not Unanimous
I'm Its Belief In Cnrter's Innocence.
Atlanta, Nay 16.--Maj. Frank Strong.
special agent of the Department of JUS
tice, accompanied by Warden r. w. Nc
Claughry of the Federal Prison at Leav-
enworth, Congressman L. r. Livingston.
Contractor John Griffith and Architect w.
3. Eames, of the new Federal prison here.
were in the city to-day, and went out TO
the prison site, on a tour OF inspection.
Their object was to make suggestions
to the contractors with reference to fin
ishing the buildings and furnishing them
when completed. Attorney General Knox
will come here later and inspect the
buildings
Warden McClaughry Of the Leaven-
worth prison. gave the Morning News rep
resentative an interesting interview rel
ative to Capt. Carter.
II understand" he said, Garter will
make another effort before the Supreme
Court to get out ON bail, baslng his APP
piication on the decision of Judge Brown
ordering Greene and the Gaynors back
TO Savannah for trial. He claims his
presence IS necessary there, because he
Is indicted as a co-conspirator. and must
sive technical evidence in the case.
Garter" he said. rs a good prisoner
accepting the conditions without COM
plant, but he Is subject to spells of Sc
vere depression, accompanied by extreme
nervousness and insomnia. He is like
Gagged eagle. beating his head against the
bars. / do not Of course, mean that he
tries TO escape, but that his condition is
similar to that OF an eagle in captivity.
He continues to keep the records of the
hospital and 10 work three or four hours
every day in the flower garden fronting
the hospital. This relieves his nervous
ness to considerable extent
Garter still has three lawyers working
on his case, Frank Blair OF Chicago John
II. Atwood of Leavenworth and Judge
Jerry Wilson of Chicago.
Blair the other day brought four or
five volumes OF the record In the Dreyfus
case 10 the prison at Leavensworth and
asked permission for Carter to read them.
told him / had no objection, but asked
MIN why he wanted him 40 do so. I want
him to see Blair replied, how much his
case Is like that OF Dreyfus, fact which
sooner or later Will be demonstrated I
asked him II he wanted to get Carter par
doned. lie replied that Carter did not
want pardon, but vindication,
Carter still persists strongly In his in
nocence, and suggested to him that un-
der these circumstances he should bear
MS punishment without complaint. He
admitted that he should do so, but he can
not keep back the severe spells of de-
preston which come upon him. He Is
good prisoner, however, and / have had
no trouble whatever with him"
Warden McClaughry, asked as to the
sentiment in Savannah with reference to
Carter's guilt or innocence When told
that 1t is generally thought Carter Is
guilty he seemed somewhat surprised.
Carter and his attorneys" he said.
persist In the statement that Savannah
Is unanimous in the belief that he is in
nocent OF the crime for which he was
convicted -