The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-15
HOW ERWIN GOT
ON TO CARRIERS CURVES.

Is Said to Have Every Phase of Re-
marknbIe Case at His Fingers Ends
MT Marion Erwin, United States
district attorney has returned South
after several weeks stay in the North
where he has been on business con-
nected with the ter-Greene-Gaynor
case. During his absence he spent
nearly month in New York. taking
testimony before a special examiner
in regard to civil matter connected
with the case. A few more days VIII
complete this branch Of the work for
the government, when the defense VIII
be allowed time for taking tesu-
mony.
AS a result of his investigation Mr..
Erwin has found, according to an IN
terview in Macon, that there were just
forty-two divisions of the spolls Sc
cured from the Savannah harbor ana
Cumberland sound contracts, extend
ing over a period of six years. ana
Capt. Carriers share in these amount
ed to a total of $722Q00 OF this amount
Mr.. Erwin has succeeded in having
seized and placed in the hands or re-
ceivers under the direction of United
States courts about 100000 in Sc
curities and real estate. Carter spent
about $3.50, 900 in lawyers fees and
for other purpose and there is still
some $4,000 or $4,000 on which Mr..
Erwin has not been able to lay
hands.
1t is incumbent upon the govern
ment to prove that the property thus
laid hold on is the property which was
purchased with money received from
the government Through this con-
spiracy. 1t will readily be seen what
a difficult task Mr. Erwin has in
hand, but how he has succeeded in
doing this, and how he has secured
practically perfect chains of evidence
to establish the fact, even where the
money has been turned over four or
five times, has already been, in part
explained.
A brief review of this, however, may
prove of interest. 1t was found. Mr.
Erwin is quoted as saying, that at
stated times Capt. Carter WApld draw
two checks in favor of Greene and
Gaynor, as the case might be. These
he would carry to New York. One
of them would be sufficient for carry
ing on the work, and this would be de-
posted in a Savannah bank. The
other. and very much larger check,
would be deposited by Capt. Carter in
a New York bank, one-third of il
checked out to Gaynor, and one-third
drawn out in cash. In each instance
it has been found that on the day the
cash was drawn or the day following
Carter made a purchase of securities
through some New York broker All
of these purchases, it is claimed, have
been traced through brokers' offices.
Each instance in which Carter collect
ed the coupons on bonds has likewise
been traced, and a record of it made.
Similarly there has been made a COM
plete record of all the transactions en-
tered into by Carter under the color
of a power of attorney for R. F. West
colt, his father-in-law.
Had it ended here the work would
have been comparatively easy sailing,
but in order to cover UP the property
as effectively as possible Carter, at va
rious times after he found he was in
trouble, sold and resold securities,
shipped them to Chicago and sold them
again, and then reinvested in other Sc
curities Through brokers' offices, banks
and other institutions which had a part
in these transactions, each of them has
been carefully traced until now Mr.
Erwin is able to take any given lot of
securities which he has had placed in
receivers hands and prove that they
were bought with the cash drawn out
of the bank by Greene at the time
Carter carried the check to New York.
The process of arriving at these con-
illusions has been a long and tedious
one, for it has required no little work
to follow the various and numerous
steps in the different transactions.