Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-08-06

W ASHtAGIONy July IL.
From a great mass of atfidavits taxi
et Tor the Judiciary Committee, and
which have not been used in making
up the case against the President.
the following will throw some light
on various subjects Of interest to the
public. The names have been sur
pressed for obvious reasons:
EXAMINATION OF - -. or THE
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
9. When, If ever, were you upon
the staff of Andrew Johnson, and
Governor Of Tennessee, and in what
capacity
A. As a temporary aid from the
10Th of August, 1864, to the 18th Of
November, 1864.
q. State whether you resided in
his family, and how intimate YOU
We're with him.
A. ! did not reside in his family;
boarded in a hotel at Nashville,
Tennessee. but during the political
campaign of 1864, ! accompanied him
from Nashville on his tour through
Indiana and up to his return to Nash>
vile. We got back November 10th.
During that time | occupied the same
room with Gov. Johnson, and wrote
his priv ate dispatches and letters
Browning, has private Secretary,
was also with him, but the most of
the time was not able to do business
from illness.
Q. While at Nashville did you
know person by the name of Mrs
-?
A. | did, a widow of confederate
officer Her husband was reported
killed in the early part of the REBEL.
ion.
Q. Please describe the woman.
A. She is a little over medium
hight, between 40 and so years Of
age. She has a married daughter; is
of rather light complexion, light
auburn hair, blue eyes, and has fine
ly developed form.
z. What, if any, terms of intima-
cy existed between the women and
Gov. Johnson.
A. | left Nashville on the 10Th
day of December. During the time |
was there this women had the entire
entree Of the White House at all
times. She had obtained permits to
trade in the Army Of the Cumber-
land for her son-in~law | saw lets
ters in the hand writing OF Gov. John
sons aid, signed by him, which size
brought out from his office, recom>
mending her sOn-in-law to President
Lincoln and to Secretary Stanton
ono to each-recommcnding her SON
in-law for a position in Savannah.
| asked her as She came out OF the
Office if she had got the documents
she wanted, and she showed them to
me.
Her intimacy with and calls upon
Gov. Johnson were matters of com
mon notoriety and scandal in Nash
WILL Her son-in-law afterwards
remarked to me, that the old woman
could twist Andy johnson round her
finger just as she pleased.
Q. What was this womah,s repu
tation for chastity in Nashville at the
time?
A. She was known as woman
who retailed her virtue for money.
Q. How we'll known was this rep
utation
A. In July, 1863, when / was on
dntv in Nashville as Lieutenant, Gen.
Rosecrans issued an order that all the
bad women should be sent out of
the city, ant was ordered by Capt.
Ed. NJ Hurlburt, Assistant Provost
Marshall and Chief Military Police,
Of the 18th Michigan Infantry, to as
sist in the execution of this order.
In the performance of this duty, /
first heard OF this woman, and learn.
ed from all the fast people and fast
woman with whom ] was brought in
contact, of Der character, which was
so bad | determined to have her ar
rested at all hazards; but she had
suddenly disappeared. Upon MAX
ing inquiries for her | was informed
by several people, ard especially by
Joe Cheatham, a detective, that
had better let that woman alone, or
should get into trouble, as she was
Andy Johnson's woman, According
~ | ceased the pursuit. Afterwards
| saw the same waman at the Capt.
toll { Tennessee }, as ! before stated.
Q. Were you present in Washing
ton in the winter of 1868, when
Andrew Johnson arrived In Wash
ington
A. Twas, and roomed at 442
Thirteenth street, and boarded at the
Kirk wood House.
@. How soon after President
Johnson arrived in Washington did
you see him ?
A. President johnson arrived in
the evening, and | called on him the
next afternoon ia his room, | think
| No. 1S2, at the Metropolitan Hotel
Q. State, if you know, whether
that woman 9 came with
/ him.
4. She came, as | was informed
by Lieut.. Kennedy Long, then and
now on President Johnson,s staff, on
the same train from Nashville with
! President Johnson.
Z. At what hotel did she put ~,
what room did she occupy, and did
YOU see her there ?
A. She put up at the Metropoli,
tan Hotel, and occupied, | think, the
next room to President Johnson. |
saw her in President Johnson's
room that afternoon when | called.
She came in after | called She
walked in without knocking and
left
Q. Howlong after this occurrence
before you were in President John
sons room At what time Of the day ?
and on what errand !?
A. called the next afternoon. |
cannot state hour precisely, to inform
President Johnson that Mr.. Stanton