The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-19
CARTER MAKES
MANY CHARGES
Declares His Conviction Was the Re.
suit of Conspiracy.
SAYS HIS TRIAL WAS FARCE
ATTACKS FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL eRIees.

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-Charges of con-
spiracy against army officers, made by
oberlin NJ. Carter, who was convicted
of embezzling S.OOO,O 600 from the gov
eminent, enlivened the proceedings be-
fore Special Examiner Wyman today.
In reply TO questions by Assistant
United States Attorney General Erwin.
Carter asserted that the finding of the
courtmartial which declared. him guilty
was the result of a conspiracy among
The officers constituting the courtmar-
tial.
7 was condemned and sentenced 10
prison on secret testimony at a hear
ing where neither myself nor my at
| tOrney was allowed TO be present" said
Carter. That is why | was insistent
on obtaining a trial in a court of JUS
tice where l could confront my accus-
, ers and summon witnesses. If / could
have met my father-in-law. II. E..
Westcott, IN open court, ] know he
would have told the truth. As it was,
he was a feeble old man, and the
government representatives worried
him into signing the statement which
is now used as his testimony
Claims Trial Was Unfair.
''Why should the government give
| you another trial after military
| courtmartial of three months inYesti-
| CATION had found you guilty and you
| were serving the sentence in PRISON.
| asked Mr.. Erwin
Because / never had fair trial
| shouted Captain Carter. The inves-
| tigation by the courtmartial was an
! Infamous farce. General Otis, the pre-
siding officer or the courtmartial, was
! found one night in the office of the
| prosecuting attorney plotting TO have
me convicted. My attorney and my
self learned that General Otis had left
/ the hotel secretly to conspire with the
| prosecuting attorney and we made an
| investigation and found he and other
members Of the courtmartial in secret
| session with the government attorneys.
| They walked mile and then climbed
| five flights of stairs after the elevator
| stopped running. 50 as to be alone"
Claims Conspiracy.
You charge that General Otis and
| other members Of the courtmartial en-
| tered into a conspiracy 70 send you 20
| PRISON."
Il do, and 1 know what am talk
| ing about" replied the witness. THE
late president, William Mckinley, was
/ clAi AlOiiCol man the Top OF his
| head 70 his toes. but / was advised
/ that Attorney General Griggs was cor
rupt"
How do you know Attorney General
/ Griggs was corrupt"
Because a high official OF the Penn
! sylvania railroad told me-" replied the
witness He said his road ran through
/ New Jersey and he had reason to know
Of Mr.. Griggs' character. He advised
me 10 have nothing to do with him. +"
carter's Uncle.
| Witness was questioned at length
/ regarding a contract made with his
| uncle, L. ID. Carter, in 1897, TO pay him
| $4,000 year TO work for his release
| from prison. The government attor-
neys showed that L. ID. Carter had
! about $4,000 worth of the defendants
| securities at the time he was supposed
| to be drawing a salary of $1,000 a year
| for legal services.
Various Accusations.
Carter described the manner in which
/ his books and private papers were signed
/ by government officers while he was ali
sent in October, 1898. Certain papers.
which he said he intended TO use TO prove
that many of the prosecution s witnesses
committed perjury at the investigation
! DN the cOuftmartlaL are missing. lie az
cused the Officers Of the eourtmartisl and
| the board of inquiry of having taken
/ them In order TO deprive him of the use
| of the documents at his defense. He ac-
cused a member Of the courtmartial
! Captain Gillespie) and others of having
copied many of the personal letters while
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