, 1877-01-31

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candidate for nisirfct-Attorney
Ms. Field exhibited tho certificates Of election
Of tle two frle'rls of Wells, Hunter, nnd ketso,
"s ns ~ rtfts eSys to BE- Gsnnc .,
vas accomplished n the way yol mention, what
became Of tile original papers from Vernon
Al was Instructed by Gor. Wells to bring
t!att Il statement. ! gave ttlc.n IN him the day
after tho official PRONUNCIATION. He wn. about
to put them Into hls potkct when asked
an at'n "hcte5 dn I (. was not tn.i.efect e
IN reminding him. Whether he OF destroyed
then, cantlot say, hut saw them burned. As
to the original statement Of tho poll q Vernon
rars! with tho alterations now before him.
GuT. Ncfla told me to destroy or
aAKH war WITH It.
felt hal dune little too much already, and
took The papcr home tor the purpose q destroy
lug T. but did not. / communicated these fa'ts
pap.r to be ,s.d bJ him and other, in whom
confen:c rnuld he placed to be used In behalf
Of the Sfchols Government, which spcarng
supported, AMI Thought that N!chot!s was
elected Governor. l requested Of him slas n'y
name
SHOULD MEYER ne KNOWN
In this transaetion, and that | should not be
tahpGnacA to testify; gave him the PAPER in
WA in the onlcc Of CIV. Palmer at Springfield,
1t having bcrn conveyed ttIthcs hY Spcaring.
From that time 10 thls lie l,aL never seen the
paper tlll It was produced yesterday before the
Committee.
LrTTLgFfELp 1tArrr.
Q.-Uescrtbe III. OCCASION and circumstances
Of t}or. Wells asking you 10 nlscr the returns.
. A.-Dn Sunday, the III Of December. the
Board and three or four Of tho clerk ks took din
From there We went 10 the room. Of the Re-
turning board. After being there fc~ minutes
I saw Gov. Wells looking. over some papers
and figuring. lie was feeling happy. l
to2 Goe" well. a sncaged With me IN II rS:psrs
conversation, and told tnc to alter the yoscs.
IIe askrd INC to hare It done tim. night, hut
diln't do tt that night. Subsequently Gov.
showed how the alterations WEIR tna.lc.
Witness, continuing. said: "Wells asked me
the same night to make n change IN the Elcc-
tosal votes, Wells was examined By the Com
inittec which went to New Orleans. Wells af-
tcswartl told me hc was nsko.l by the Committee
how the returns from Vernon Parish were re-
ceiycd, md, in consequence, lie felt Ecry uneasy:
lie flset said 10 NC, Can't ynn make copy OF
The original, nnd out what vii! make an aegrc-
'Wo will havc atIldaylts prepared mean.
!nE ailidarts showing wllr three polls OF
Vernon Parish were rejected. The altlday!ts
wcrc kworn to before United States Commits
three persons. l rccollcct the names Of three
persons who swore to tfcm,. namely: Jim
brown, Sam Collins, anu Samuel Carter. They
made their narkt. ! do not Know whether
were dated, 1 hclicvc, Nor. ii. 1870. and eame
into The office Of the Board on the 18th Of De-
ccmbcr.
HE wouLn NOT DO IT.
Ftcll-Dd Gov. Wells speak about forging
tho name Of Thomas franklin
Allie aske,1 nc to practice 20 could makc
a signature to tlo returns. but didn't do Il.
Q.-Slncr you came to Washington hare you
hal interviews with any parties with regard to
Al have canrerscd with various parties, in
Guiding Go.. Kellogg md Marshal ptk!p. Gov.
Kellogg dI not question INC particularly, but
sccmed an1ious to do So lit'iln spoke about
wcl, wi s i,e sail hatl been pleasant, and he wanted
mr to cnnsidcr we'll before tcst!fytng. and as to
what course should take. told him did not
intend to testify u could help II. lie a. much
as Inferred thai should remember my friends.
He thought It wise for mo to stlck IN my own
party. This conversation took place cttslcr
Saturday or Sunday night.
t}.-Wa, anything taId about furnishing cotn-
sel,, or about protecting YOU ,x.,,,., o..,.
counsel.
Mr, Lawrence then examined witness, who WAS
reminded TINT he had said whcn liz was exam
ines! yesterday he was not aware Of hts rights
ycrsc,t with Mr.. Murphy. OF Davenport. Iu.
Mr. Murphy did not advise him, but aald that he
could riye Testimony under protest, which would
clear hin from contempt.
; ,a There sayts'oE You kno" no" TINT you
Al nm only, gtylug mr. testimony under
protest. was In contempt when saw Mr.
Murphy.
H.-Nonc wus altered but this one 10 lar rs l
know. ! saw considerable scratching gong on.
In further response to questions w'tnrss saul :
l went TO tic Office Of tho Returning noar'i
after dinner. alrruly alluded to, 70 comnio s'1e
their private oil!ce.. began tn lnake altc7!-
tons in tllc returns from Vernon Parish tlftrcn
minutes after t;oy Wells sucEested II. Judge
Davis, uno of tho clerks, stu,wed me how u
alter figures, and furnished rubber: Woodward
anotllcr clerk, assisted on Monday morning.
Other c]eskB
Musr HAVE BEEN IT DONE.
Gov. Wells came IN repeatedly while the work
WIS progressing. lworkc'l on / ti,at nIrht asl
ward ward u, assIsl. woodward Erased some
Of tho totals. L handed t'c original
returns to tioy. Wells. .Atril catnc III juAt as
they Tcro e:ng bn1ns. Ansl! sa " ~" ;ie,, 1,. te,
Of meeting OF the Boari. tinv. Wrlis told mr.
either TO dcstroy TT make way with thu altered
statement Ut returns frosn Vernon rarisa! INV
III possession ol this Committee Gov. Wells
askc,l tic II hal made way with It,. ! said
"lrs; II IL not III tho ui1!ce." took the paper
to mr. home, .1ld IL went from my 1Mrkrt 10
that Of Mr. spcaring. Gov. Wells not only
nude the request to n!trr the returns ito'il ct'
non rnrisll, hut asked nu to w1itr town what
hc desired. Spraring Is my uncle. lie fre-
qucrtly conscrsel with mt. and asked tho to
sc!l him some thIugs that wouha
HELr THE SIrIOLLs GOVERNMENT.
Ny unclc was mt url. nf politician. Ito vosctl
lur Nichols anl fur Hayes.
The wtnesa testified that hott, hc anil Ills
uuyle wrrc formerly hay inspectors at New Or
leans, but we're removed. .....
s1r. Scrlye saltl to witncss, "Whcn you were
asked yesterday whether tioy. Wells requested
you to make thu alteration did you not aay he
did mtt''
Al cya.lc,l IN answer. am satisfied did
not SAY tiur. Wells lid not MAXI such request
Q.-rhc reporters notes say you thus testified
A.-ihrl iliry nru wrong.
Q.-l)ult seem to yon perfectly right to mako
alteeaiiUusl
AL thought there was nothing WEonE In
obpyllg Instructions.
Q-llid yuu. think Gor+ Wells rascal for
making such pron0slttonf
AL will ray hayo the appearance Of being a
ynscal fur what hay1 done.
Q.-nut you committed fargery1
Al 10 uot know alterations Of figures to bo
fuYpFFr.