The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-25
MORE OF MRS. AGNES jerks.
,otRs or LAU0HTER GREETING HEN
REpLrEs TO THE COMMITTEE,

n -, Pretty seriou. Fun for John sherman
mr.. Woman Politician Repeating that she
wro,e the Famous Letter-Many Contra
s,.t,Dus that show She Didn't-Hnyes Again
WASHINGTON, June 2l-The cross-cxam-
,rstion Of Mrs. jerks was continued this morn
A., There were no new developments. She
haJ promised on Saturday to produce other
letters Of Anderson which she claimed TO have.
NM, did not do II. She said they had been left
IN New Orleans but expected them this even
,ny having ordered thcm to be sent 10 her. 1t
&c clear that she docs not moan To put in any
more letters. Those she has put In are accus-
Jng Witnesses. proving much Of her testimony
10 be puro fabrication. A curious part Of her
REORGANIZATION by Mr. Springer was In re-
gard to the paper on which the Sherman lcttor
was written, and how many pages 1t occupied.
sho was very reluctant TO 10 into this subject.
and Il was with difficulty that she was got to
Tell the kind Of paper and how 1t was written
upon II she was the author OF IL. II she die
tatcd Il. Of course she would have a clear. dis
tInct recollection Of the sort OF paper it was
written on and whether 1t covered one or more
pages. But about this she hcsitated and equivo-
,ated, wanted to know the object OF the inquiry
and would not answer except in tho most eau
uous and indefinite way. She was worry much
surprised at this course OF the examination.
The Republican members OF the committee were
equally surprised They looked at each other
as much as to say. have they really got the
original or Photographic copy.
Upon another point Mr.. Mcmahon used the
witness up badly. He did II by taking her letter
10 Kellogg in connection with the letter from
Anderson which she sent to Kellogg. The lam
euage Of her letter shows that she had written
20 Kellogg previously. and mentioned vaguely
something about the Sherman letter. She ad-
mitted that she had written to Kellogg about
some document. but denied that 1t was the
Sherman letter. She admitted also that
Kellogg had io,,o reply to her Letter
Then Mcmahon asked her II her expression in
the next letter to Kellogg: have the letter
She answered II did not Then Mcmahon
showed by the context Of her letter. rs well as
ne context q Anderson's letter. that it must
refer to the sherman letter. II could refer to
nothing else. This made u visible impression
upon her; but che persisted In saying that she
9Th Of January. 1878. Her letter to Kellogg was
In November. 1877.
Ter got her letter To Kellogg and the General
after her examination was concluded, said he
would crafty her. He said: Il asked Gov.
matters. and he gave me a large bundle Of let:
hers and papers. and IN that bundle | found
igt with deIiberation. Ii had lis effect Her
face blanched. For the first time she was visi-
bly, nonplussed and frightened. II soon passed
on howev n. and the old brHgcn look appeared.
Alter the REORGANIZATION Of Mrs. jerks
was concluded the committee took q recess. and
Gen II. \. Boynton Of the Cincinnati Gazette
with the Fraudulent President in June. 1877.
bout the appolntment OF James +. Anderson
Consul TO Funchal. He said that he told Mr..
Hayes that il was charged that Anderson was
appointed because Of what he had done to
secure the vote Of the Fclicianas to
be thrown out or manipulated in the
count, and that Hayes did not reply to this. but
or his appointment would not be made-some-
thing of that kind. Gen. Boynton admitted that
the manner Of Hayes. his reluctance TO talk on
made the appointment Of Anderson be-
cause he knew political secrets which
the Administration did not want published.
short time ago. Then lie examined the papers
in Anderson's case. and became satisfied that
he had done Hayes injustice: that at the time
Of his conversation the letter OF May 26 1877:
had been written 10 Mr.. Evarts at tbs request OF
Hayes. asking that the commission OF Ander-
son be withheld i'll certain charges against
Of Gen. Boynton's however. seems rather
voak. II the Fraudulent President had ap-
pointed Anderson for good motives; because he
had rendered proper service TO the party IN
Louisiana. and the vague charges brought
against him by one Straight did not relate 70
his conduct in Louisiana. Hayes would surely
have been anxious to learn all lie could about
his character from Gen. Boynton. He would
not have been reluctant to talk on the subject
but would have been seeking information.
The truth ID Hayes. knew.lust why Anderson
was TO be taken care OF. He ordered his APP
pointment. but before the commission was made
out Anderson had refused TO accept IL, was
II something better was not given him. and
then Hayes. naturally tmid, was afraid to give
him anything big. because he feared something
might cone out about lit. Anderson being &c
very in