The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
CARTER CAVE UP
! BODY AND SOUL
Attorney Erwin Tells How the
Erstwhile Captain Fell in Will,
Greene and Gaynor.
STARTED TO LEND HIM MONEY
Contractors Commenced With
Small Sums and Inceased I'm
til They Had Him.
STARTED TO LEND HIM MONEY
lRy Associated Progs. )

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most interesting session that has yet been
held by the Federal Court in its two
weeks consideration of the Greene and
tiaynor case was that of today. when
| Special Assistant Acknowledgement Erwin
| in a long detailed arraignment, explains I
| ed to the Jury the governments conteus1
lions as to the guilt OF tho defendants, \
and indicated just what the prosecution /;
would endeayor to establish with incon-
4 testable proofs.
| I3oth defendants were present, as they
| have beer every day of the trial. but {
they did not seem particularly moved
by the language that charged them with,
the seduction of former Captain Oberlinil
NJ. Carter from his duty and the em-
t'azzlement OF hundreds of thousands OF
| dollars.
Assistant Attorney Marion Erwin saifsi
| the government would seek to show that
| Lieutenant o. NJ. Carter came here in
1854 under General Gilmore and was con--5
nected with the river and harbor work. 4
when appropriations for river and harbors
work were not so large as now. Carter
| was appointed in charge upon the death
| of General Gilmore. and the governments
would show. said Mr.. Erwin, that he fcllo
| in with Greene and Gaynor. AT an early
| stage Mr. Erwin said the contractor5f
| started to work on Carter, getting him.
into little side contracts with them and !
| making n little money for him. or, ats
i least. so pretending: then they commenc-4
| ed to lend him ploney. He would pay2
| the money back, and at first the loans i
were inconsidcrable, but soon the amounts,
| grew to as much as 5000 Gradually-t
| the amounts Increased. and he becaine-i
| involved in contracts and enterprises With
them. Then the alleged conspirators In! !
| terestcd the people OF Savannah in get-i
| ting q very large appropriation for Sa-5
| vannah harbor work. Congress made this
great appropriation. and in 1891. Mr..
Erwin said. Carter went over TO Greene
/ and Gaynor. body and SOUL
| When the payments began upon big
| contracts divisions of the money could
be shown to have been made at the end
of each month as regularly as clockworlS
/ From 1892, continued Mr. Erwin month
/ by month. the balances from payments,
| after defraying the expenses OF the work.
4 We're split up by Greene. Gaynor and Car
ter in equal amounts,
| In the advertising of various contracts.
| Mr.. Erwin declared Carter did not follow
| the regulations. often on 81 .O00, 900 con-
| tracts cutting down the time and so man
| aging as TO suppress competition and
| leave the work necessarily to fall to tho
Atlantic Contracting Company, of which
Greene and Gaynor and Carter were tho
IS.
| were thrown in the way of other prog
pective bidders. Carter was said to have
Kept the Specifications under lock and
key. guarding them carefully and knowing
every man who got n copy.
| Inc alleged conspirators 1t was stated
bought off other bidders. and the work
was let to the Atlantic Contracting
Company at exorbitant prices
| In one instance, said Mr.. Erwin they
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government was saved over 100000 on
I.one contract. In the course of five or
six years, he said. from 1891 TO 1897. the
1 contracts with that single exception,
\ went to Greene and Gaynor and Carter
| and tho net profits were regularly d.
vided among these three
Puts Screws to Outsiders.
/ In the exception. when the contract
went to mn outsider Mr.. Erwin said,
1 they put the screws upon him and caused
| him to fail Carter treating him with "A +
severity that he never showed in his +
demands upon Greene and Gaynor thus I
crushing him. so that there was MOI
| longer any competition.
| Mr.. Erwin, with pencils and bundles
| of straws, indicated the construction OF s
| mattresses and fascines. He said Car
! ter had three designs OF mattresses set (
| forth in the specifications. stating TINT
the engineer might require the use off,
! any ono of the three specified in thet
carrying out of the work.
| One OF these designs was much more
| costly than the Others and yet contracts
ors We're required to bid upon them toss
| gether at one price. Carter selecting
which he might see fit. Then. continued
| Mr.. Erwin, with bids in. Greene and 4
| Gaynor would be given the contract
because they had understood with Cars
ter that he would use the cheapest style !;
/ and had figured accordingly while the y
outsiders" would have figured upou tho I
| basis of the possibility of the eprtnenrs
choosing the most expensive des
| The obstacles thrown in the ~
! Venable Brothers, of Atlanta. li,t
| the bidders We're described, Carter epen e
| trying to keep specifications from them y
| by absenting himself and leaving his nri-g
waite secretary, Michael a. Connolly, his s.
Jim, tho penman," as AIR. Erwin termed
| him, to put them off Then ne said Carr
| ter would msleud them by telling them
| that they would have to do a great deal
of expensive subsidiary work that really
| was not necessary. and that was not done
| at all by Greene and Gaynnr when they x
secured the contracts.
"rhe jury will find" Mr.. Erwin said, in
! summing mp what he purposes to prove.
| and referring to Captain Carter. mat In :
| lieutenant. who had to got money from
! Greene and Gaynor TO exc out his measre
| salary he became q capitalist. receiying
! monthly large sums OF which the gov
| eminent was dcfrauded.. onbAreceiging n
| the Checks Mr., Erwin said Carter. womb
30 to New York, making n fake report 10
! his ohef rs to his whereabouts There
he would take his third in cash and de-
posIt 1t with some BROKER. Getting too
rich in time for it to look WELL he be-
gan to deposit in the name OF the lata
r. II. Westcott,a his father-in-law. The 4
money so deposited was drawn ous from
time to time md used for the purchase
of bonds which Carter held.
Carter's share OF the Illicit profits from
the government We're the same as ihoss
OF Greene ard Naynes. each or the tsrtS
getting ST., X
Judge Speor infoMiea the Jury that en-
should not take the prosecuting attorneys 4.
statements as evidence, ana directed ul-t.hl
i. ~ ia.