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The Vermont Watchman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
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President McKinley approved a court martial verdict convicting Army engineer Captain Oberlin M. Carter of complicity in $1.7 million loss to the government from irregularities in Savannah harbor improvements, sentencing him to five years hard labor and a $5,000 fine.
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Having given Captain Oberlin M. Carter every opportunity and ample time to prove himself innocent of the charges against him, President McKinley has at length approved the verdict of the court martial finding this officer guilty and condemning him to imprisonment. Captain Carter belonged to the engineer branch of the service. He had been for some fourteen or fifteen years in charge of the improvements in Savannah harbor. He was attached to the Nicaragua Canal commission in 1896, and his successor at Savannah discovered grave irregularities in the work there. An investigation and trial by court martial followed, and Captain Carter was found guilty of complicity in the loss to the United States government of $1,700,000. The finding of the court was reviewed, at the request of the President by ex-Senator Edmunds, who advised the President that conviction was warranted. The attorney general also reviewed the testimony with the same result. So the sentence of five years imprisonment at hard labor, and the payment of a fine of $5,000 has been finally approved.
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Savannah
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guilty of complicity in the loss to the united states government of $1,700,000; sentence of five years imprisonment at hard labor and payment of a fine of $5,000
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President McKinley approved the court martial verdict finding Captain Oberlin M. Carter guilty after giving him opportunity to prove innocence; Carter was in charge of Savannah harbor improvements for 14-15 years, attached to Nicaragua Canal commission in 1896; successor discovered irregularities leading to investigation and trial; verdict reviewed by ex-Senator Edmunds and attorney general, both advising conviction warranted