The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-13

LEFA VI 7 IN TIE COLD.
l presume We should he, forever runni
any risk for it. can't help Iaushil
L. when think what fools we all were. to
'e sure you, as well as Us. Inyour letter ',
did not mention what document it was y,
wished To get. l. il ass" letters TO Il
and you. If so, why did you not saw :,
.. Almost all our old friends are gone. Sen
- tor JepcSs went ont west; Postlethwaite
IN the United States employ, watchir
Government logs. | am at the st. jaime
| always stay here, and will remain a fe
days and would he glad to hear from Va
~ ~ II YOU can make it convenient to write.
n Hoping You are well, am. "a ever, vol
he friend,
N AGNES D. JEECKS.
u P.S-Excase paper, excuse cherosraph,
l am quite tired out with my long Journey
TIE WITNESS EXPLAINED
!, that the Captain meant Mrs Jeneks' hu!
/, band, and that the capitol .'S" with das
d meant Sherman, and that the whole phras
= meant Sherman's letter to Dan and him.
e Mr.. McMahon asked Mr. Cox whethe
S Senator Matthews had given 10 him all III
4 papers and letters that he had relating t
e the matter.
r Mr.. Cox-No,- sir. / did not so under
+ stand 1t. / only understood him to stat
5 that there were originals OF the
NASH AND WEBER AGREEMENTS.
which l specially inquired for. | onl,
a asked Tor those two papers, the letter ac
E companying the one he thought had bette
i come with 1t as part Of that particula
/ transaction.
e The Chairman, Mr.. Anderson. saws h,
wrote number OF letters TO Senator Mat
; thews.
The Witness-ies; | wrote probably s
: dozen or more.
To Butler-You would like to have al
t OF them?
i Butler-l suppose somebody would likt
TO have them.
The Committee then went into executive
session, and afterwards adjourned till to.
morrow.
And still the Work Goes On.
| WASHINGTON, June 6. - Investigation
into the alleged Louisiana and Florida
frauds was continued to-day. Mr.. Cox, of
the committee, said he had received from
Stanley Matthews, the original of the cor
respondence between him and Anderson.
which the clerk read. The letters appeared
IN Anderson's testimony, with the exception
OF the one dated Philadelphia, April 23d,
wherein Anderson resigned his claims upon
the administration and requesting Mat
thews to secure for friend OF his in the
Office OF the North American" newspaper,
position worth from $1,000 TO 81 400
per annum in the Philadelphia custom
| house.
| MR.. BUTLER
offered the followingreso which was
unanimously adopted:
| Resotred, That Hon. Stanley Matthews
may be invited TO appear uefore this COM
mittee at his convenience and give any ex-
pianation regarding the letters. from An
derson 10 himself just read, as he may de-
sire, and 10 answer such questions as may
be pertinent TO the subject under inyesti-
CATION.
Judge 4. b. louise, Of Louisiana,
practiclng attorney at this city, was sworn,
but before his examination was begun
some OF the committee, wishing to vote on
the tobacco tax, left the room, interrupting
the investigation.
Judge Lovissee testified that he had been
offered by one Asher
ONE RCSDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
to cast his vote as elector for Tilden. Ash
er was the only person who:had spoken to
witness on the subject. Another person,
named johnson, formerly sergeant-at-arms
in the Louisiana House of Representatives,
called on the witness at his lodgings, and,
not finding him in, wrote n note stating
that johnson desired to see the witness at a |
certain hotel at nine o'clock the next morn |
ing, on important business, but, before that |
hour, johnson called at witness lodgings, |
and made an engagement with him 10 meet |
Asher OF one O'Clock.
THE LADIES OF TIE HOUSE
told the witness tina; they were under the I
impression, Judging from the Conversation |
and manner Of johnson, that ne wa desiT- |
ous Of making bargain with the witness |
10 change his vote and stating, their rea- |
son for 50 believing, that remark was |
made by Johnson the effect OF which was |
Il; was in ievisse-'s shoes | would make |
81 ,OgO' out OF il. Johnson, the witness said, |
was intimately acquainted with tie ladies
of the house.
Mr.. McMahon, here
PRODUCED NOTE,
and the witness recognized it "a the one /
wrote by johnson VIII n he first called.
Continuing, Leyisscr said: Asher was
previously cashier OF bank in Shreveport
but at the time IN question, was in New
Orleans transactlng private business.
Mr.. NacMahOn requested the witness to
state, Is near a. he could, the remainder OF
the conversation between himself and Asher
regarding the transaction. In reply, he
stated, that after some preliminary re-
marks, Asher asked him ii he would be
willing To accept 4 good round sum, say
thirty or forty thousand dollars,
and refuse 10 accept his GER
tiiicate of election as elector.
Levisser said he did resign on the advice
Of his friends whom he had consulted, in
John Ray. He resigned because he thought
he was Ineligible, as he, at that time, filled
a federal office he was not advised, nor did |
he understand that he would be, elected to
to fill his own vacancy, but thought it
possible that such would be the case. As 10
the offer of
THIRTY OR FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
It was not often that a man had a chance, |
by a simple vote, to make President OF
The United States, and the service therefor
ought to he worth larger sum and Asher
said it was not enough. The conclusion OF
the conversation was this: ale said to
Asher. Tell your man who has money
that he has not got up to the price yet"
Cevisser intended to convey the impression
that he would stake two hundred thousand
dollars, but, at the same time, INTENDED To
put up the price so high that the sum
could not be paid.
Mr.. McMahon-"You thought that Mar
cy was living around for that payment to
you, and that Won would be all right"
Levisser-"I did MT say that II had init
nation twenty four hours in advance, that
wrong was going on, and this
put me on nv guard. | informed Pitkin.
Df louisiana and did this to guard my
political virtue. II may, gentlemen, seem
strange that such things exist in Louis
lana" Laughter.
LevIsser further said that in hi. cOnver-
;ation with Asher he guessed what was ,
coming before it was mentioned, and there
lore proposed To meet him. lie listened TO
Asher instead Of bluffing him, so calling
police and listened in such a way as to give
IN opportunity to Asher to deyelope his
'cheme He wanted Asher and everybody ,
connected with him to believe the thing ,
would succeed. He merely wanted to draw !
Asher on. He knew that this was the only ,
way to get atthe bottom OF the matter, and
he said to Asher: :" Tell your folks that
Levisser is not unwilling TO consider your
providing you can raise 500 900.
lie mentioned so large sum because he :
,new, or belived it could not be paid. I
THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION
vas had during a walk Of half an hour, and I
Asher appointed second interview at the !,