The New York herald., 1877-10-12
TILDEN'S FRIENDS.

hErURNINo BOARD WAS oBTAINED-srArx-
MEsTs or BURKE AND sp8ARINo-zEALoTs
REWARDED WITH .'coLD SHOULDER"
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l
new ORLEANS, Oct IL. 1871
The true inwardness Of The Returning Board prose.
cutions has a. last ghL placing that affair
tho work Of the Northern democracy. Major Burke,
who previously d,sciaimed any knowledge has stated
thar The truth of the case Is th.s:-
MAJOR BURKE's STATEMENT.
When went TO Washington heard that Little.
ned refused 70 testify the matter OF the Returning
Board owing 70 the oac faith Of the Tiiden managers
IN washington and New YORK. Lasi winter, when the
whole country knew some fraud had been committed
ey the Returning Board, but did not exactly know
wnat Mr. Pciton, Mr. riden's manager. sent one J.
Q. hurphy OF Iowa or Indiana 10 New Orleans 10
WORK aE tie case He, without consulting any one
and 20. him testify, which ne eid Besides
furnishing tho testimony ash ngton ne also gave
ihe acts OF which the Returning Board was inflicted
Finding subsequently tnat 40 good could come 10 Mr.
TildeE from The conviction VI the Returning Board,
ana having no further use for Lltteneid, they aban-
doned am, and ne now refuses 10 testify the Re-
turning Board case. Mr. Murphy procured the testi-
mony or Mr riiden. No else mere ad anything
10 DO with 1t. everything was done withou vi our
advice and assistance. THIS Abandonment Of Little.
ned and the breakage oil their promises will doubt
less lose the Returning Board for the people
Hence MY charge against them, aud II nothing
be subs tantated consicer It vii! be their fault Little
field beng now IN Boston, Mass, whore no holds
a STATEMENT LirrLEriKLD's UNCLE
The HERALD correspondent procured the stato-
ment OF Mr.W. K Spsarins, Mr. Lttleholds uncle who
was really the one who procured the Original testi-
mony. Mr.. Spearing said:-
sume time IN December last 1 ascrtained from liz.
tefeo that Wells had gwen him tho Vernon PARISH
returns 70 DESTROY, but he had kept Them. These
showed that forgery ana alterations had taken place
ana would have got the Board into trouble l. after
some difficulty IN getting money, gave Llt.eacd $500
Tor these, anu with this money he went TO Boston.
Mr.. Murphy, vino, Knew, was here TOR Mr. Tilden,
ana myself followed anu went with Littlcneld 10
springfield, III, where We mot Ex-Governor Palmer,
who was also representing Mr. Tiiden. He promised
me Litsiencid should not be touched aud we then
went ~ Washington where the great testimony was
gwen. THIS same testimony was aflcrward used 10
indicI the Returning Boaru No New Orleans poll
tcians had hing 10 do with IT, gol tho testimony
ior Governor iden ana his friends and attended TO u
all alone We were never given any money, Tut were
promised anything we wished. | have never as ked
tor anything Tor myself but alter the testimony.
cold shoulder. | say emphaticaly no New
Orleans politicians had anything TO do with the
ng now that the trial oil the Returning Board would
do Sir. Tilden no good, they have dropped IL, aud
there the matter STANDS. There was hope ut
time that the Returning Bonrd convictions night help
Tilden, but this was gwen up before he away.
LLtlcneld is not here do not know where hc mas
his testimony but as have been badly treated see
no reason why should put myself out OF tho way for
any one.
PROBABLE PosrpoSHxENT or THE TRIALS.
This statement, though not made public here, will
the Returning Board doubtless 10 be post
poned. With the Northern democracy, who started
the thing, inactive hardly be pressed. The facts
have been carefully HID however, and the first
ton gwen Of how matters really stand will bo these
statements in lie HERALD.