Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-06

eo-Was sny'hing said by him as
to having an interview with Gov.
Nichols.
A-Yes.
Q--Did you say in the course Of
your conversation with. BaIret that
you had determined to make state
ment 10 Gov. Nichols.
Alt is q most Infamous lie.
Q-Do you mean to say the qucs.
ton is an infamous lie.
Al say the substance of the
question is a lie.
eff you would answer my qurs-
ticn in the way witness should ans
wer it, it would be better
Al viii not ask your advice as TO
how ] shall answer > question.
Chairman You must answer in
response to questions. This is not
the place for personal explanations.
Al can defend myself elsewhere.
Odd you state you had deter.
mined to make sta,emen, to Gov.
Nichols?
A-No, sir.
Q-19id you say anything about
the vention Of J. P. Kennedy?
Al didn't, sir. Mr. Barrett had
asked whether I would have an inter
view with Gov. Nichols. replied
would, as Gov. Nichols was a gentle
mau. Barrett made An explanation
in the Legislature, refuting the false
charges against me. The witness in
further response to questions, said he
had conversation with j. P. Ken
nedy, who asked him whether he had
any objections to an interview with
Gov. Nichols, and he replied in Ian
guage similar to that In his convcrsa-
tion with Barrett. Kennedy suggest
ed an interview with Nichols about
state hf4tters Both Barrett and Ken.
nedY were his political friends.
Q-Did you not state that you
would make clean breast OF ii 7
Alt is q most infamous lie.
Q-Do you mean to say that you
never said to anybody you conyersed
with, that you intended to make a
clean breast of it?
A-Nothing Of The kind.
Field read letter, dated New Or
leans, Jan. "a, 1876, and signed by
Coy. Wells, as follows: 81 am quite
unwell; to much so to fill our engage
mept to-day. VIII inform you to-
morrow relative to its fulfillment.
Witness said he wrote that note
and Kennedy was to have been pres
ent at the proposed interview with
Nichols.
The witness was asked whether
he did not, an hour after he wrote
the above note send another marked
confidential, as follows:
DEAR SIR E:-After our friend Bar.
rett had left our room there was
Piaoud m my fIauds matters requiring
nay absence from New Orleans.
Witness said he: expected to be
back in few days, and then related
that he had been summoned to Wash
ington. Field asked an explanation
of the manner Of proceeding to can
yass the vote in Louissna and wit
ness said on saturday he had sent
a NOTE to the committee asking to be
heard only with reference to Mad
dox and the Vernon parish and he
did not intend to throw away his
rights as an American citizen and be
-
he forced to answer questions on
other subjects. He desired to ans
wer no other questions what ever
until the house should relieve him
from the charge Of contempt OF its
authority. Were he thus relieved he
would feel free to answer.
Chairman reminded the witness,
II he thus persisted, he would agair
be in contempt, and such would be
the opinion Of the committee and 0
the public.
I Field followed this reminder b,
asking number of questions regard
ling the Irregularities Of forged afi4a
wits, adding votes to Hayes an,
taking votes from Tilden, but tn
witness was obdurate, only answering