The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-10

and various afrldavits. On being opened 1t was
found that those aIdavts were dated Nov. Is.
whcrenpon the members OF the board and the
clerks became greatly confused, and one Of the
latter was directed to change the date Of the
original receipt 50 us 10 mako 1t correspond
with the date ui the aildavits.
Alter Cavnnac's testimony, Mr. c. W. Dittv Of
Baltimore ono Of the Republican visiting COM
mittcc. was c0llcd to the witness chair. and en-
draVorud by his testimony to completely bronx
down the testimony of Maddox. He INSERTED
that the reputation OF Maddox for vcracity
among the business men of Baltimore was vprF
bnd Indeed and that he would not believe
Maddox under oath. He said chat he Ind mot
Maddox In Now Orleans, ana in a conversation
Maddox told him that. although he was there
pstcu.ihiV IA u revenue agent Of the Govern
mcnt he was thrrc rculy as the agent of the
President 10 inv oetigate the condition Of poll
uAal AFFAIR." md make report. and thnt he had
thus far succeeded in obtaining some very
important information, which would he very
desired an introduction to Messrs Sher-
man and Garfield; Ditty testified. that he
afirrwnrd related tho story told 10y Maddox 10
senator sherman, WHO put no c9niidgncc in the
repr,scutniions Of Maddox. and said that they
had better have nothing TO do with, him. Duty
said Tint h. did not Introduce Maddox to those
gcntlumen rs he did not believe hp was II NJ
person TO present to them Ditty, however, sub
sequcntiy said that he was not aware that the
Maddox whom he met in New Orleans was the
same person as the one whom he had Just testi-
fled was SO notorious in Baltmore.
When being rNaminrd, Dirty attempted
the "hulluzug' method OF replying TO the
uuc-iipn- Of Mr.. Field. aud for a timrn sharp
examiner aud the witness. Dittv. in hs man
nor WINS very nervous ana RESTLESS. aud wore a
perpetual smile. which was partly meant to be-
ii lianl ami partly Sarcastic. Although law
yer, he frequently ovcrst'prad the bounds of
legal rules in givingnn taxing testimony. His
attention was frequently called TO his violation
of them. H. was called upon 20 give the names
of persons whom he knew to have doubted the
vrracity of Maddox. and after cauivouiiinp ior
q long time he mentioned the name of john
Henry Keen. hut when asked 10 state what Mr..
Keen had snid. he replied that he would not
il cnme out in tho cross examination that
Dttv YVES worry % tive in th" conspiracy to AS
Sl-..noi" Am4l am lnc2ln On MS way through
Baltimore It thn time of his Hrs inauguration.
and. stubs 'uu ntly. WIS come ted ~ u similar
con-p ra.y io wIyiav and capture Mr.. Lincoln
Will" on his way from the WHIT" House t. his
summer resort Mr. Field said that his purpose
I'm lriu.-iue ont fN'.n Facts WINS % show that he
Dfyl wis very violent party man. which nc
counted Tor his forts to break down the tHsti-
monv ~ Nnddov. Mr. Fold added thnt " il
wore shown that Mr.. Dtty WIS conr"rn"d in the
this rhnrEo. IN established. would materially
lessen the iorre of his testimony. Although
Duty denied tllnt he had any purpose n assail-
INK Mr.. MaddoNs. character for truthiulnrss
tho unimus of his doing 50 was very
nppar M IN his manner. III was shown the
nrti .lr written 10y himself, and published IN the
in- .-ir fiat be- only gave tho facts. aud tna' he
lnI tiD. D'l nue.t in writing, although it,
l1iti- IA and bitter nature was mud" thorough
~ nppar nj To him before Mr. ficld lolt that
branch ni The SUBJECT.
hy -iviu4. "a dctniled account ~ u quadroon ball
which he had NJ hesitation n stating h" at-
tended While in New ca ANS. Mr.. Dluyi IN his
anxiety To- screen tho Republican members of
the visiting committee, declared that neither
Mcguire. sherman. nor Garfield was present at
III" ball. although ~ did not hesitate to bring
tn" name " Lyman Trumbu into such Il dis
reputable connection. Mr.. Sparks remarked
with u good deal Of candor. that although he
would not say that the testimony oi tn" witness
was mere sun - which Mr.. Lawrence had so
earnestly prot si"d eininsi Yet he rr-"rv,d the
right To- u'li'.yc as mu Il of II Us h" plels 3d..
: 'Veril other witnesses. oi whom were sam
url y. Shoemaker aud Enprh Pratt, were placed
in the witness chair hy the Republicans to at
tempt tp impeno Ia the testimony of hr. Maddox.
and although they Hll swurr that his reputation
fprvora ty WIZ nof guoi. yet they were unable
to sal -tsuiiNi' their testimony hv giving the
nam'~ OF many persons with whom they com
v'r-'d on iun -uhi"t and i'm eyory ras wIrrr
tur nance rs 'rs given trey could ifni r''l.ir ulr
tNn.t conversation win h took place. Ths IL
r.-ur N'i i- uNtry iiim~v attempt 10 uNounrtt '
tho kHurnu- g.. rd 81 l.eD-.anl Itom ul'.
thHrsH ~ HIffuIi 90. vul 40 has hHrn borne OUT
ly so uu % rOfr1irriNrt -iIm"ny.