The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-20
| AM THE VICTIM
OF ACONSP|RACY
My Trial Was an Infam-
Gus Farce.
so RACES CARTER
He Charges That General Otis and
Other Members of the Court Mar
tiaI. Entered Into Consplra-
cy TO Send Him TO
Prison.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Chicago. oct. 18.-Charges of con-
spiracy among army officers, made by
Oberlin NJ. Carter who was convicted
of embezzling 100000 from the
government, enlivened the proceedings
before Special Examiner Wyman to-
day In reply to questions by Assist
ant United States Attorney General
Erwin Carter asserted that the find
ing of the court martial Which de-
Dared Carter guilty, was the result
OF a conspiracy among the officers
constituting the court martial.
IL was condemned and sentenced to
prison on secret testimony at q hear
ing, where neither myself nor my at
toncy was allowed to be present.
said Carter. THAT is why | was in
s.steut on obtaining trial IN y court
of Justice where | could confront my
accuscrS and summon Witnesses
why should the government give
YOU another trial after a military
court martial after three months in
Vest:gation, had found you guilty and
YOU were serving the eentcnce in
pr Soa?' asked Assistant Attorney
General Erwin.
"Recausc [ never had a fair trial"
shouted CAPTAIN Carter. THE inVcSti-
gation by the court martial was an
Infamous farce. Genera, Otis, the
presiding officer of the court martial
was found one night in the office of
the prosecuting attorney plotting to
have me convicted. My attorney and
myself learned that General Otis had
left the hotel secretly to conspire with
the prosecuting attorney, and we made
an Investigation and found him and
ether members of the court martial in
gecfet conference with the government
cttcr1cy."
"You charge then that General
obs and other members of the court
martial entered Il conspiracy to send
yor To prison 2"
81 do. and / know what I am talk
ing about" replied the witness. '"fhe
late President William Mckinley, was
an honest man from the top of his
bead to his toes. but [ was advised
that Attorney General Griggs was
Corrupt."
How do you know Attorney Gen
eral Griegs was corrupt" asked AS
sistant Attorney General Erwin.
Because high official of the
Pennsylvania railroad told me-" re-
lied the witness. 'He said his road
ran through New Jersey and he had
reason to know of Mr.. Griggs char
deter. He advised me to have moth
ing to do with him."
Carter described the manner in
which his books 2nd private p2pers
were seized by the government Off
GERS while he was absent in Europe
i'm OctEber 1897. Certain papers,
which he said, he intended to use to
prove that many of the prosecution s
witnesses committed perjury at the
Investigation by the court martial. are
missing. He accused the officers of
the court martial and board of in
Guiry with having taken them in or
der to deprive him of the use of the
documents at his defense. He ac-
cused Captain GILLESPIE. member of
the court martial and others of having
copied many of the personal letters,
while the documents were in their
possession.
He also accused the government
officers of neglecting to return several
pieces of personal property, which he
highly priced. One of these was
niece of the flag which flOated over
Fort Sumter when the fort was first
fired upon in 1861. and another was
= letter from his wife. signed ''Sweet
Ann" and containing a lock of her
hair.