New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-04

@. What instructions were given you on
the. subject? s...--......
A. The first instructions received were
to the effect not to allow Auditor Wickliffe
to 20 into the Office, or allow any one else,
unless by the Governors instructions.
@. How long were you in charger
A. About month, believe; it may
have been more.
@. Were you not in charge until Nh.
Wickliffewas acquitted by the First Dis
trict Court?
@. That was in May. Were any func-
tons of the Office Of the Auditor performed
during that time?
A. think so.
@. By whom?
A. By Mr.. Delassize.
@. What did he do?
A. He was there to act as Auditor, and
parties called there, but believe that he
refused to do any business.
Q. Do you know any thing about the Or
der or arrangement in which the books or
papers or archives Of the Office were while
you were in charger
A. Well, Tnever was in his Office to see
bis books or papers until about the time
the trial was progressing in the First Dis
trict Court. l was then in the Office with
the Governor and two or three others,
among whom was Mr.. Graham. Then the
notary had placed the books and the
papers under seal; that was about the
first time noticed them.
@. Were any of the books or papers of
the Office removed or changed?
A. Yes, there were, some of the
books were taken to the court, and
other papers oft he office were
looked over; the Governor was himself
looking over some papers in desk, turn
ing the papers over, and he read some and
l took out some, piled them up and put
them back again in the desk.
@. Whose desk?
A. The Auditors desk. / saw lot of
warrants, some of which were signed and
many Of them not signed.
@. Did this manipulation of the papers
take o ace once or ofener?
A. 1 never saw it but once; and that
was on that day.
@. Did you handle. or did anybody else
handle or examine them?
A. As l said before, the Governor
handled some, and handled some war.
rants.
@. We're there any other papers or books
on this desk of the Auditor?
A. Well, We handled generally, all We
came across in the shape of papers, about
the office, just like we were hunting for
evidence of some kind; that was the gen.
eral understanding.
@. Did you ever find any doors open!
A. did. found one open.
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the building, and if so, whom:
A. None while was there except the
Governor, and l believe Officer Bradley,
Mr.. Graham and Mr.. Delsssize, those
were the only persons saw 60 in. Other
persons that l did not see, told me that
they had been there to see Delassize, and
he refused 10 do any business.
Q. What doors were open?
A. One door: there were three or four
doors and this one vas the first one when
you reached the head of tn, stairs on the
left hand side.
@. We're these persons always together
when you saw them in the Office, or did
they go there alone?
A. Sometimes two or three together,
and sometimes only one. l remember
one Sheriff from country parish who
called, and he told me he had plenty of
money or warrants, but there was nobody
in the Auditors Office to hand them over
to him, and Mr. Delasssize refused to do
any business, and the Sheriff was in o
great deal of distress about it; be had
great deal of warrants or money to hand
over, and he did not know what to do
with them.
Cross-examined by the Managers:
@. Was Delassize in the Office, when
these people went in?
A. Delassize was in the Office; l know
I saw him there one time when several
people were in the Office.
Q. Did this door J on speak of open into
the private Office or the public Office?
A. am unable to tell you; it is some
portion in the Auditors Office; know that
from the fact of my calling the Governors
attention to it.
@. Wha: time were the seals put on?
A. There were no seals on the doors.
@. mean on the interior part of the
office-on the books and papers?
A. They looked to have been put on
with sealing-wax; they we're there duriag
the trial the day that 1 came there; they
were put on l suppose during the trial, or
ment from Office.
@. You were not there at the time of
the election?
A. I was not.
Re-examined by counsel for respon.
dent
O. When did you first go there after the
election?
A. A few days after he had taken charge
of his Office again, under an order from
Justice Sadler's Court
@. And then he was elected again?
A. Yes; l was sent there for that pur-
pose.
Q. To eject him after he had been rein
stated by Justice Sadler?
A. Yes, sir.
TESTIMONY OF MORTIMER CARR.
Mortimer Carr, a witness for the defense,
was called and duly sworn by the Seere-
tary.
Examination in chief by counsel for
respondent:
Question. Mr. Carr, were you present
in December, 1869, at tho time that Mr..
Wickliffe had taken possession of room
up stairs in this building for his office,
books, and papers-were you in that
room?
Answer. l was in the room part OF the
time, but l was not present when ne first
came there.
Q. At what time did you 60 into the
room?
A. Really, do not know; it must have
been after nine o'clock, or thereabouts.
Q. Were you there when Captain Cain
came to expel Mr.. Wickliffe?
A. | was in, the room when Captain