The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
ROSE WILL ASSIST
NEW YORK LAWYER ADDED TO
COUNSEL FOR THE GAYNoRs.
HE is NOW IN SAVANNAH.
HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH CASE
FROM ITS BEGINNING.

Wide Acquaintance with Its End
less Details Has Induced the De-
PENDANTS to Bring Him From New
York to Assist I'm Their Defense.
Mr.. Rose Says He Has Heard Moth
ing From Capt. Greene or Col.
GaynOr-They Left His once with
the Statement That They Were
Coming to Savannah-Case to BE
Called for Trial on Its Merits To-
day, but 1t Seems Unlikely 1t Will
Proceed.
Abram J. Rose Of New York. coun-
sci for former Capt. Carter in the
court martial proceedings against that
officer and for Greene and the Cay
to secure their removal from New
York 20 Savannah, reached Savannah
yesterday
Mr.. Rose has been retained as
counsel by Ed and Will Gaynor and
will assist their counsel already in the
case in the defendants defense in the
United States District Court. The trial
OF the case against these defendants.
as well as against those who are now
in Quebec and seeking to evade the
process of the court, has been assign
ed for to-day, and Mr.. Rose will make
his first appearance in the District
Court this morning.
He has been connected with the case
from its very inception in the pro-
ceedings against Carter, through all
the varied and bitterly contested iti-
cation that has followed, and proba-
bly, knows as much about it's endless
details as any man on earth. His ac-
quaintance with the evidence is close
and intimate and it is largely because
OF mis- knowledge of the subject that
he has been brought from New York
10 assist in the. defense of the ac-
cused.
Mr.. Rose said he had heard nothing
from either Capt. Greene or Col. Cav.
nor since he last saw them in his Of
nee in New York. This was on the
day they left that city for Canada.
Nobody could have been more sur
prlsed, or even as much surprised as
was /, said Mr.. Rose. "by the news
OF their failure to appear in court here
at the time set for their pleas. for
they left my Office with the statement
that they intended going direct to Sa-
Vannah that night. / felt fully assured
that this was their intention, and for a
tme / could scarcely believe they had
changed it.
Il have not had a word from either
of them, either directly or Indirectly.
since that time, and | know nothing
OF their movements other than what
has been printed in the newspapers on
the subject ] am just as much at a
loss as anyone else to conceive why
they adopted the course they have
seen fit to follow"
1t is scarcely probable that Mr.. Roses
stay in Savannah will be very extend
ed at the present time, unless he should
choose to linger here in the absence of
any proceedings in court The case
against the four defendants will be
called in court at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and Ed and Will Gaynor will be
present and prepared to respond, but
1t seems very unlikely t~at the trial
viii proceed In the absence of the two
principal defendants, whose extradition
from Canada the government is now
preparing to seek, the probabilities all
are that the district attorney will make
an effort to have the case against the
defendants here continued, until such
time as they can all be tried together
Counsel for the defendants would
probably prefer to have the case pro-
coed as to Ed and Will Gaynor, but
they are not entitled to insist upon this
as matter of right, and Judge Speer
probably will not force the government
to trial under the circumstances.
District Attorney Marion Erwin will
not return from Washington in time
to conduct the governments case at
the hearing this morning, and Special
Assistant District Attorney Samuel B.
Adams will be in charge of the prose-
cution. The fact that Mr.. Erwin will
not be on hand lends added color to the
general belief that the government will
ask or a continuance.