Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-01
Secret Dispatches From De-
partment of Justice Seek
New Light on Conspiracy.
MAY CARRY THE FIGHT TO
WILSON ADMINISTRATION
Friends of Resigned Official
Fear That Present Regime
Will Hush Scandal.

WASHINGTON D. c., March l.
kilograms to attaches Of the depart
ment Of Justice in Atlanta, secretly dis
PATCHED. order the reopening of the in
yestigatiop into charges by Colquitt
Carter that he was forced out Of Of
Ace as clerk of the Federal court in
Atlanta, through a conspiracy in
which 0. g. Fuller. his former friend
and the present clerk. figured
Walter T. Colquitt, friend of Mr.. Car
ter. hos wired the department of jus
tice that many portions of the Har-
rs statement made in reply to the
charges against him are untrue and
demanding a further investigation.
Charged FaIsities.
The telegram from Colquitt says that
Mr.. Carter denies Harris report as
to compositionA I understand par
tisl examination with reference to this
has been gone into, but we also re-
quest further examination on this item
under our agreement with reference TO
additional investigation upon false
items of Harris report"
Mr.. Colquitt says all sides want
complete and fair investigation OF all
charges and counter charges. In re-
DIV, the department wired that Mr..
Bailey would probe additional charges.
but that meanwhile the original Bailey
renort on original matters would be
presented to the attorney general.
ANY new matter relating to orig
tnal charges, the department says, will
be given consideration before the case
is disposed of.
The Geographic instructions repre-
sent the result of the activity Of Car
ter's friends in Washington, who were
fearful that the department of justice
would purposely take no action in the
affair. and would leave the matter, with
its probable entanglements. to the
Democrats Additional charges, neces-
stating activity. are believed to have
been filed.
May Appeal to Wilson.
Friends of Carter, determined, WlH
pursue the matter into President
Woodrow Wilson's administration, II 1t
goes by default until the Republicans
leave office next Tuesday. 1t may be
that, even if the investigation falls fiat,
as friends of Fuller prophesy an at
tempt to renew it before President
Wilson will be made.
However the apparent hurry-up at
mospbere which in Washington sur
rounds the subject of the Carter IN
yestigation seems to portend decision
on the part of the department to de-
clare itself on the result before Tues
dav. Persons interested are expecting
some action on the part of those on
high.
Exoneration or Reduction.
The only action possible would be
the exonelation of Fuller and Harms on
the one hand or. ON the other. the dis
charge or production of Harfs, who is
an attache of the department of jus
ticc. Regarding M. Fuller, the depart
meut has 10 authority other than to
present facts 70 the judge of his court,
who in this case is Judge W. T. New
man.
INSPECTOR Harris has filed his answer
to the charges. on receipt of the Har-
ris answer the department Of justice
gave Colquitt Carter the privilege of
replying to certain statements made by
Harris.
Carriers answer probably will not be
received in time to dispose of the case
during the present administration, and
the decision will probably 60 over into
the Democratic administration.
The department is awaiting Carriers
reply to The Harris statements, in which
the inspector defends himself against
the findings in the Bailey report
Seen in his office in the Atlanta Fed
eral building this morning, l.. ]. Bailey
special agent of the department Of JUS
tice. said that he could give no infor-
nation regarding the investigation
that he was awaiting word of results
from Washington as curiouSly as amy
others concerned, and that me was mo-
meutarily expecting sucn word.