Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-21
TRIED TO CURTAlL EXPENSE
Alleged to Have Made Greene and
and Gaynor Do Good Work.
GOVERNMENT WORK CONTRACTS
Counsel Says That When Time Comes
He WIN Prove Forty Cases Of Per-
jury in Expert Accounts.

Special From q Star Correspondent.
CHICAGO. NJ, September 21.-Claim was
made before Judge Kohlsaat in the federal
court by Attorney H. G. Stone. counsel for
oberiin M. Carter. former army oficial.
who Ii now being sued by the government
for money he Is supposed to have embezzled,
that instead Of stealing money from the
government he actually saved it more than
one million dollars on contracting work at
Savannah, Ga.
Carter IL charged with having let con-
tracts for government work at Savannah to
Contractors Greene and Gaynor which re-
suited in him getting a third Of the profits.
and that he allowed the men to manipulate
the contracts 30 that the profits were
greater. Carter has served five years in
prison on this same charge, having been
court-martialed. Judge Kohlsaat is trying
the civil issues in the case, and Carter de-
clares he viii be indicated before the world
by evidence he will present which the court
martial would not allow.
1.-THE evidence shows" declared Attorney
Stone. that Carter did everything possible
to keep the expenses down. He made
material into the work than the specifica-
ton called for. He advised the chief en-
gineer that If contracts for dredging and
placing pier mattresses were let to one firm
the only concern which could bid on such a
vast amount Of work was Greene and Cay
nor's. and the contracts were advertised
separated on his recommendation.
IF he had been sharing in the profits
With Greene and Gaynor, why would he
cause their revenue to be thousands Of dol
lars less when he could have made. them
more by keeping still? Carter resigned his
position as engineer in the army at Savan-
nah before any suspicion was cast upon
him. He quit work long before Greene and
Gaynor had completed their work on a con-
there Is no pretense that he received money
from them after he quit wor. If he was
with them why did he do that?"
Robert F. Westcott Accused.
Attorney Stone then declared that II any
one was in collision with Greene and Cay
nor 1t was Robert F. Westcott, Carriers
father-in-law. This is proved by the fact
that while Carter was on trial for stealing
money from the government through Greene
and Gaynor he signed receipts for $63, OO0
worth Of securities from his father-in-law
In the offices of former Secretary of War
Eahu Root'and A. J.. Rose In New York.
Sdl0 VIC dttUTHcy. OO YOU lfiIh d Ifldn Oh
/ trial. for stealing would sign his name to
a death warrant and receipt for 1.-The very
property that was stolen II he knew it? Do
you think that Mr.. Root and Mr., Rose
would have been parties to such thing p
"It might have leaked out and Root would
have been ruined in New York. The papers
at that time were full of Carriers trial and
these men knew ali about it. If there had
been anything wrong wouldn't they have
found 1t out before being parties to the
transfer of the securities? For several years
the government has had every scrap Of pa
per of Carriers private documents, but they
have not found thing discriminating in
these papers, and that is borne out by the
evidence.
Forty Alleged Cases Of Perjury.
"They say Carter is the most skillfu
scoundrel on earth. Do you think If he
! was that he would SO carefully cover up his
steps for several years and then when he
| was on trial for stealing the money h.
| would sign a receipt for it in the Office.
Of the most prominent men in New York
| Attorney Stone will argue that Westcot
| may have been in partnership with Greene
and Gaynor, but that If he received dis
| honest money and gave it to Carter. Car
| ter did not know the money came from
| Greene and Gaynor. Further than this
Stone declares, he will show by the record
| instances of more than forty cases Of per.
jury in the expert accounts of the gov
eminent Introduced against Carter.