Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-20
THE LOUISIANA FRAUDS
Still Being Investigated by the Sub-COm-
mittee Of the Potter Committee
Five Additional Witnesses Ex-
amined-But Little More
Obtained than
Confirmation of What has Already Been
Given in Evidence-Judge Marks's
EVidence-Mrs. jerks and Mrs.
Weber's statements-The
Washington Trip

NEW ORLEANS, July 18.-The Potter sub
committee was In session to-day.
Il. N. j. Clark, ColOred.
formerly recorder of mortgages in East Fe-
iciana parish, testified Had two or three
interviews with E. L. Weber recently; Web
er wanted me to recant the testimony given
before the house committee; the testimony
then given was true; Weber offered me one
hundred and seventy-fve dollars and posi-
ton at seventy-fve dollars per month if
would testify as he wished; Dula also asked
witness to go with Weber; my impression is
that Dula wanted me to make money, and he
said that barrels oft had been sent here from
New York; Dula said that Weber was to
give him five hundred dollars to testify;
witness had not been in the parish since
1875, and was afraid to return; report had
been circulated that he and other prominent
Republicans had organized negroes for the
purpose of numbering the whites; | am GER
tain that there never was any such organiza-
ton in the parish, and the report was started
by the whites; witness detailed acts of vio
lence by the whites, including the murder of
John Gair said that the colored people never
banded together for unlawful purposes and
never thought of such a thing; has heard
that colored people were recently whipped in
East Feliciana, but refused to give names
George A. Swasey, CoIored
formerly resided in West Feliciana PARISH,
and was now employed In the customhousa;
| had interviews with Weber few days ago
and before he went to Washington; he
wanted me to take back what | had testified
to before the senate committee; | refused to
do it; witness refused to report private con-
versatlons between himself and Weber; his
testimony before the senate committee was
from information received from others; wit
ness was afraid to go back to the parish; the
feeling against him is solely on account of
IL Al
any organization of negroes for violence
against the whites, and said that the whites
had started the report to subserve their own
ends, and to afford themselves Eretext for
committing violence.
Milton Jones, COIored,
the member of the legislature from Point
Coupee, parish lives opposite Bayou Sara; in
the fall of 1876 e. L. Weber, Swasey, Arm
steal and others came to my house one night
and said the bulldozers had been after them;
Weber wanted me to take him to Waterloo,
to take boat for the city, and said they
would not let him go from Bayou Sara;
took Weber to Waterloo that night; An
drew Duncan and others from Feliciana took
refuge in my house.
Il. L. Weber, Recalled.
Produced number OF letters called for by
Governor Cox, but did not produce copies of
his own letters to W. Chandler, as he had
prOmlSeu 10 10, saying Ne nau not Deen aOie
to find them. The letters from Anderson
and Chandler made inquiry of Weber for in
formation concerning the Herman letter.
Chandler, under date of March 18th, says:
MRS. jerks and Anderson called on me re-
Gently and told their stories. Mrs. jerks
said she had the letter about which | wrote
safely deposited New Orleans. She has writ
ten mo letter, but says nothing of the sup
posed letter. You do not inform me why
you think the supposed letter to be genuine,
nor where you think it is. If you get any
light on the subject please inform me-"