New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-03
WHO TRIED TO BUY LOUISIANA.


OFFERS OF 5000 900 BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DOES
NOT PRODUCE THE LETTERs-wEILs's DEFENSE
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TRIBUNE1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The examination of Mad
dox the internal revenue agent who accuses j. Mad
ison Wells of attempting to sell the returns OF Lou
,yana to the Democrats. was continued before Proc
TOR Knott Committee this morning. Maddox failed
% rroduce the letters to winch he referred i'll his
testimony Yesterday. The Republican members OF
the committee are evidently suspicious that Mad
dox desires to withhold the letters and IN the mean
time create an erroneous impression in regard to
their contents and they disposed to insist upon
their production; but the Democrats instructed
Maddox not to answer any questions in regard
to them, and they gave him until tomorrow
morning TO produce them. Maddox said that the
letters are in the hands of prominent Republican,
and that the disclosure of the name of their Gus
todlan.or of the place where they are kept would
;eopardlze their production. At the same time he
was not only willing but anxious to answer the ques-
tons put 10 him by Mr.. Burchard and Mr.. Seelye
in order as he said, to free himself from all RESPONSE
bility in the matter. He expecting the letters
to-day.
Later in the afternoon the committee placed Gen.
Anderson on the stand, and he far from being
awilling witness on most points touched by the ex-
animation He SAID that he possessed no information
whatever in regard TO the returns from vernon
Parish and had not seen the mutiated consolidated
statement which has been the subject OF so mnch
controversy. His testimony in regard to the
methods of procedure adopted by the board and the
grounds upon which it acted in making the final
canvass contained nothing new. He did, however
testify that during the sessions of the board State
Senator Robertson came to his room at about
IL o'clock one night, and having remarked
that an opportunity presented itself for HIM 10
do something for himself suggested that If he would
have the State returned for the Democrats he might
receive $20O,OO0 for ms services. Gen. Anderson
said that he refused to talk with Robertson on the
subject, but subsequently, did say he would go TO
Robertsons room at o'clock the next day and talk
the matter over He says he never did go there and
never intended to do SO, but SIMPLY maze the
promise in order to get rid of Robertson. When he
met Robertson some time after and the subject was
again introduced, Anderson told him that II ne
valued his friendship he must never mention the
matter again.
David Dudley Field resorting to the tactics OF
Tombs SINISTER attempted to involve Anderson in
some damaging admissions by questioning him as to
his personal relations with Robertson. Anderson
had testified that Robertson was his friend, and that
be held him in high regard Mr. Field asked him II
they were friendly now, and Anderson replied that
they were not enemies and that they had not met
since the last meeting he had described Mr. Field,
following up his question, desired to know if Cen
Anderson considered Robertson an honest man.
The witness did not wish to answer this ques-
ton in the negative, nor did he desire to APP
pear to have tolerated RobertsOn's offer, and
he therefore made an evasve reply Finally Mr.
Field got an admission from him that he did not
entertain exactly the same feeling toward Robert
son as before this conversation took place. Where
I,dl hen
swords point with each other" and desired to have
the colloquy end with that. Anderson was con-
siderabv embarrassed and was evidently entitled
10 the protection of the committee from such badg
erlng but he did not demand it, and Mr.. Field
finally turned the witness over to the minority for
dissemination.
II Maddox does not produce the letters of which
he has testified the committee will probably be
forced to require him to tell where they and to
give his reasons for not obtaining the letters.
II is learned that in his defense before the commit
zee ex-GOy. Wells will swear that two prominent and
wealthy Democratic citizens of NewOrleans offered
him heavy bride 10 count in the Tilden electors ;
that he promised them after rejecting their cor
rupt proposition that he would keep the interview
secret y but that since the Democrats In the COM
mtee have endeavored by false testimony to destroy
his personal and official reputation he no longer
feeis bound 10 respect his promise, anu has Ieie
graphed TO the two New-Orleans Democrats to that
effect Ii is understood that his counsel will de-
nand the production of all kilograms that passed
between New-York City and these two individuals
during the sessions of the Returning Board. Repnb-
hcans begin to feel confident that the attempt to
blacken the board will react upon the Democrats
when all the facts come out.
THE testimony OF MADDOX AND ANDERSON YES
TERDAY.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-MaddOx, the revenue
agent who bas days been telling Proctor KNOTS
committee about the alleged offer TO sell out Louisanas
vote for 81 O0O was before the committee again to-
Gay His testimony was as follows:
While IN New-Oreans spoke 20 several Democrats,