The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-21
WASHINGTON.
Louisiana Investigation.

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lore the House sub Committee. He tea.
nIled TO two conversations with Little.
field about having equal facilities with
the Republican visiting committees, hut
in none OF these conversations did witness
hold out any money Inducements to Lii.
tleiield to do anything. On the lirst visit
OF Spearing to witness, Spearing express
ed strong desire to have the Hayes
electors returned and the NichollsS state
ticket carried. Witness never heard
Spearing or Littlelield speak Of the al
legged frauds or alterations in the returns.
On the 9th. Of December witness got
telegram from Spearing dated Cairo,
asking witness TO meet him there; witness
being unable to go, telegraphed him to
come TO Springfield; on the next day wit
ness went to the depot and met Spcaring,
Littlefeld and Judge Murphy, OF Daven-
port made an appointment to
meet them at witness house after
10 o'clock that night; witness was told
by LittleGeld that he had in his posses.
sion the consolidated returns OF Vernon
parish. The paper was produced and
witness compared it with the electoral
vote. There were differences, and Wit
cess noticed the erasures on the paper.
Witness recollection about the altered
return was substantially the same as had
already been testified to by Liltefeld.
He said the sub.returns had been destroy
cd and that Wells had requested him TO
destroy this return. The interview last
ed over an hour, and he never had any
interview or correspondence with Little
field after that. Spearing told wit
ness he had paid the expenses OF
trip to Springfield and wanted to borrow
money TO take them back. Witness
loaned him his endorsement on note for
500 as he would have loaned anothe
man. The first meeting with Spearing
was when the latter called on witness and
Trumbull with an invitation OF Spearing
to 60 TO Il ball. Spcaring was at the bali
with witness and Frumbull all the time
they were there. Had several other in.
teryiews with Spearing in New Orleans,
and went out driving with him on
two or three occasions. never met
Spearing at Spearing's room. When at
Springfield witness advised LIttleield and
Spearing to return at once to New Or.
leans and place themselves in Communi-
cation with the Morrison Committee.
Witness believed that it is not unlikely
Wells made that alteration with first rate
chances Of detection. When LiltIeGcId
brought the paper 10 Spriniield witness
was reluctant to believe his statement,
after making the confession. After ex.
Rmining the Iaw he could not help the
conviction that the chances OF detection OF |
fraud were almost inevitable. There was
not word said by witness TO them
about paying them money or about their |
going to New York. Witness told Lit
tlelield that If he went on and told what
he proiessed to know, and it should be
confirmed, he would be doing u great SER
vice to the country and would be held in
kind remembrance, but there was moth
ing said about giving him money or about
his going to New York to communicate
with Tilden or Col. Pelton. Not word
was said between witness and Murphy
about u money reward to be given Little
field for exposing what he knew. There
is no doubt in witness mind that Little.
field expected some kind OF reward in
case his exposures resulted in breaking
down the Returning Board and electing
Mr.. Tilden. In thinking over what
might be done for I.ittlefeld, in case his
information should prove valuable, had
an idea that something might be found
away from Louisiana some place, in
case OF Tilden's Inauguration Liuleield
asked witness for no bribe, nor did he OF.
fer bribe to him.
Witness remembers that when Vernon
parish returns were opened by the Board
while in New Orleans, there were no
allidavits with them, or mentioned in
connection with them. There were no
paperscontesting that parish's returns,or
anything to impeach them in any way.
There was no hint that the
return from Vernon parish was disputed
in any respect. In examining the tabu.
lated returns presented by Liltlefield, ut
Springfield, the witness made up his mind
that Wells and the Returning Board had
committed crime, and that an exposure OF
il would impair their credit before the
country; had no idea that the changes in
bhS lShulua ulhuC aHI uiueIcHCE III Tue
general return for the Electors.
At the ball in New Orleans the wit
ness met number oflocal people: Wm.
D. Kelley OF Pennsylvania, Job Stevenson
OF Cincinnati, and Col. Ditty of Balti.
more, as also Judge Trumbuil.
The whole establishment, so far as the
witness could see was neutral in politics.
Mr.. Trumbull went there as an artist To
study peculiar phase OF the southern
society. His gravity all through was
the most amusing thing that the witness
ever saw. He could not have been more
solemn il he had been bishop Of the
diocese. Mr.. Kelley OF Pennsylvania,
was going it lively, cutting the double
shuttle and throwing other visitors in the
shade. Adjourned till tomorrow.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL 1eoLDsBoRouGH.
WASHINGTON, February 90 Rear
Admiral Louis NJ. Goldsborough died
this morning OF typhoid pneumonia bc.