Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-26
GREENE-GAYNOR TRIAL
Townsend Cross-Examinati0n
Concluded Today
AT SAVANNAH HEARING
Testimony by Col. Willard Favorable
to Defense.
WORK AT PORT JUDITH QUOTED
Plant of Another Firm of Contractors
Used There and Not That
of Defendants.
WORK AT PORT JUDITH QUOTED

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAVANNAH, Ga. March 26.-The cross
examination of Major Curtis Townsend.
Engineer Corps. United States army. was
concluded this morning in the Greene and
Gaynor trial The witness stated that he
Is now Il member of the general board of
five officers which has in charge all con-
templated or projected improvements OF
rivers and harbors in the United States,
which are referred to 1t by Congress. lie
was as-ed what since the Washington
aqueduct fraud had been the attitude of
the Department Of Justice toward him.
He said he had been appointed by the de-
partment to assist IN the investigation and
defense from further fraud.
The witness said he had not seen Cap
tain Garter since the court-martiai
Lieut. Col Joseph H. Willard testified he.
as Carter had done, had advertised for BIDS
for less than thirty days. and that he sent
only one copy of specifications except Where
the applicant was well known. Brush
facines he said. are more desirable tnan
rods in a bearing stream. the multiple
mattresses put IN by Greene and Gaynor
he regarded as perfectly admissible under
the specifications.
Another Plant Used.
Mr.. Osborne brought out that Col. Will
lard nau betu III C1dISt AT foAHL JuuitAi,
near Newport, and that Contractor Dono-
van was there using the plant of another
firm of contractors in carrying out his con-
tract.
The defense regarded this as material be-
cause 1t had been established that the
Greene and Gaynor plant had been used In
this district when contracts had been Sc
cured by others who had some connection
with the defendants.
n Col oil }oof anv1U
was largely of the same ature as that or
Nal Townsend and Col. Willard, and, like
theirs, favorable to the defense.
Work According to Instructions.
Mai. Thomas H. Reese. now stationed at
Fort Leavenworth. but who was Carter's
assistant from 1889 to 1893 said that the
work done by Greene and Gaynor in the
Savannah river below Augusta under his
supervision was according to instructions.
The multiple mattresses used In Jetty work
by Greene and Gaynor were In his opinion
better tina nthose formerly used.
The witness regarded the construction OF
the facines in Greene and Gaynors brush
camps as properly carried out. He had
visited the camps and found the work done
as required by the specifications. Maj
Reese said Maj. Gillette had discussed the
Carter case with him before the court mar
tial and that Gillette told him that
He knew he was held professionally.
personally and socially responsible for the
charges brought against Carter, that when
he fought ne fought hard. and that If his
best friend should get in his way he would
Ilt him.
Gillette, Rees said, seemed to seek TO
make Rees take the same view of the Car
ter charges as Gillette. This Maj. Rees
declined TO do. on the cross-examination
the witness stated he left Savannah in
April, 1898. The district attorney said the
evidence had shown that the constructing
of multiple mattresses on the decks on
barges and then sliding them off into the
water did not begin until September, 1898