The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-01

Leavenworth, Kas., November Is
\ few minutes before o'clock TINS
morning Oberlin NJ. Carter. eX-cap-
tain of engineers, walked out of the
federal prison at Fort LeaVenworth,
a free man. At the gates he was met
by his uncle, L. D. Carter and lmme-
diately driven in a hack to the union
depot in this city. This last move
ment was a ruSe to throw the news
paper men, whom he wished above
all things to avoid, off the track. At
the union station he was met by
representative of the Associated Press
and while Carter still stunchly re-
and while Carter still staunchly re-
plans for the future, he said:
Il will catch the Missouri Pacific
train out of here at 5:14 o'clock to
Kansas City and there after breakfast
will take the fast Santa Fe direct to
Chicago. | wish to spend Sunday
with my mother, who IS over anx-
ious to see me-
While awaiting his train, the eX-
army officer cOnversed freely on a
large number of subjects, but always
| skillfully avoided the introduction Of
anything in regard to his conviction
or his plans for the future. He spoke
! at length about the prison, but even
then turned the talk from himself
| to generalities. In regard to himself
| he merely said:
| Il am feeling as we'll as could be
expected under the circumstances.
| Deprived to the extent l was of eXer-
| else, I could not hope to be better
! situated.'
| The captain looked much older
| than when he entered the prison
! nearly four years ago, but showed
| no trace of i'll health.
| 1t was thought last night that an
| officer of the department of justice
| might be at the prison gates to re-
| arrest Carter on an old indictment
| but such was not the case. When
| he decided to leave, the gates were
! thrown open to him, and he passed
out of the prison walls for the frs,
time since he was brought into court
here during his first attempt to OBJ
tain release by an act of habeas
i corpus. He was attired just as ne
! was on his arrival at the place of his
incarceration.
| WILL SEEK VINDICAT1ON.
Kansas City. Mo-. November 2S.-
The train bearing Oberlin NJ. Carte1
:, arrived in Kansas City at $50 thi
morning. The ex-officer and his lit
i, tie party mediately transferred t
), the regular eastbound Santa F.
+ train. which started for Chicago a
7:35 But little attention was palt
, to the party. which made every Ell
fort to avoid notice. Breakfast wa,
eaten on the train after it left kan
p sas City. The train is due IN Chfca
> go at S:45 tonight.
al During his short stop here, eX
al Captain Carter talked Interestingly.
> LAS to my future said Captai
f Carter, Il really have no plans.
: must wait first to vindicate mysel
+ before the American people"
nj Will you consider your vindicato
: complete unless you are restored I
). | rank in the army?"
o. The ex-captain paused before h
d answered. "Of course" he said. IN
i vindication would not be complet
| without that. But that's too "a
0, | ahead I can't talk about that; can
81 consider it at present.
IL 1T is reported that you have ha
an offer from the Holland govern
q. ment to help in the engineering wo1
D. on the drainage Of the Zuyder zee
/ "I have no offer under consider;
l. ton" he replied.
to Chicago, November 2S.-Using e
/ cry means to avoid notice. Oberlin
v Carter, once captain of engineers
IN the United States army, arrived
tyl Chicago tonight at S:45 o'clock az
- was at once driven to the home OF +
to brother. DR.. l. Stanton Carter. 3
~ North state street. When the San
eS Fe train bearing Mr.. Carter DIRE
" into the Dearbon street station +
brother and his attorney were to me
he him Carter had nothing to say b
nd indicated that some later time
to might make n statement.