Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-16
THE HON. GEORGE porNDExrER.
IN SENI Y'E.-1fof,1o is9,

IN SEM 7E.-Hare4 ., 1883.
IN Inc Evening Session OF this day the lullowin
proceeding took place in which tho Senate nave m.
'isnanty set the seal Of rcprohation ON the utro-
cions plot against the Ell araetcr of Mr. Pol4dcxler.
the Senator from Mississippi:
Mr. Smith made the following Rcporl.
The Select Committee 10 whom vas referred tho
communication OF the Hon George Pond, xler, re-
speoifu.y report:
That with an anxious desire 10 ascertain the trnh
concerning the crave matters submitted 10 them
they proceeded 10 take such testimony as tiey con
stdered calculated 10 elnctdatc The facts; and hav.
~ carefully examined the same submit the follow
ms report as the result of thcir INVESTIGATION and
It gives them great pleasure 10 say, that III every
Tact aud conclusion hereinafter set forth the Com
mlltce was unanimous
AT the firsJ meeting ofthc Committee, Mir Tyler
and Mr. Wright were appointed subcnmniuce to
wait upon the Pfesl lent, and rcsnectay ieqnest
hlm 10 furnish the aft lnys of Mordecai Fov md
David Stewart, together with any information in
ms possession relative 10 the suboct-malter of IN
quily.
These gentlemen made a written report to the
COMMITTEE ofthcir interview with the President
See Doc They also obtained the original NJ
''days Of toy aud Stewart, copies Of wheel, mark.
col and 9. ARE hereto annexed
! lhe Comnllce readily unite in the doriarniion
mat 'ha testimony taken befots them hs lar nsli ~
aPFfable 'ujly sustained t3lc Prcsidcnn The slntc-
| 'asht winch he made 10 the subcommittee nor
doe' II IA any way appear from any evidence be
orc tha committee TIM the President hid any con-
neN'on with Tins ailoir directly OF INDIRECTLY other
| than that which he hmaefhas avoVcd The Com.
mluee WI 80 cvca farther, and say that consider
M HE situation II heard and danger IN which he
/ hal been Pi'aed, by the attempt of Lawrence upon
! r. a. Int III.
! desire 10 have the whole matter cxpllrrd But the
Committee, While they uee this declaration, as due
10 impartial Justice, will mol withhold the cxnres.
sion o lhar dep lepQenancc nj the co irse of hose
! VINO have fbrrcd around nm (ns if Tor no Other
purpose t3W 10 advance their own selfish ylewa1 to
I'VE h' terlngs and his jud sment false ducc.
| ton.
he Committee are fully satisfied that the design
! md tendency al the publication Of the sad ailiJn-
WITS, was to fix upon tho Hon George poindextcr
The most Infamous Of al crimes that of having
been necessary before the f,ct T. an attempt TO take
tho life OF the Chief Magistrate by the hand If an
os5osstn." After thorough investigation of the
whole case, tire COMMITTEE ind that the charge rests
solely upon The evidence OF Mordeeal foy and Da-
yd Stewart
Roy ~ his aii llvlt states TIM, he has seen Rich
ard Lawrence - INTO Governor Pondexter's dwel-
ling house aud return III da'ren, tunes particular.
! y ON Tuesday previous 10 hls attempt to assassi-
into he President
Stew IT stafce, IN his oli lavt hat about the last
OF December 1891, or the /, OF January. 1888, he
| saw Richard La@rtuc. 20 into the dWel ling house
81 Senntor Pond X'or, on -Four ard Half street
and that Oh iu s1ay, fore the attempt 10 ussassi-
nate the President of tn. United States, he saw the
5ad PoialeX.er and sad Lawrence IA the passage
of baii hos ~ conversation.
Tho Committee arc oropinion tina, tic stnicmenl8
| contained in tho aioreeong nfilnwts nre lhe only
material ones gong, IN any respect, Ia mplleaic
| Gov PoInlrxlcr IN the criminal conduct Of said
Lawrence
tis principle oftw commencing Itself to the
mind Of eve'y our Tat fact from winch an iarcr
enco OF guilt ID 10 be nad9 must first be established
by competent testimony aud tha' the fact, when
thas established, must be lueeoncilable with the in.
/ uoce6cG OF the accused
The committee proceeded to examine said Foy
who tcsti that the dwelling house Of and Pom
! dexter adJolaed tho dwelling house Of Mr.. Frost
! lie far'hefstnled, that he had never seen Nh Pon
! dexter IN company with Lawrence IN his life that
! he had seen Lawrence 20 mo the house Of sand
Frost three or four times that the only ifon he cv.
er saw SAID L1~renee ealer tho house of Governor
! Pom1cXtgr WAS on the Tuesday previous 10 his a.
tempt TO as7assnate the President, between 3 and .
Of the clock A. VI that he did not seq Lawrence
III conversation with any one that he wa not ~
the house at thpt rlma more than Two or three min
nos before he came out tint he did not see Ga.
vernon P0iudcXcr that morning TINT, M the TIM
he gave his affidavit, ta DID mol know IN which
Of the two houses Governor Polndrxtor lived, aud
said 81 at the I,'ice's nor docs he now know that
he had seen Gov. p0lHdexer 90 INTO bots Of said
houses
Il will be seen from the testimony Of Foy (No