The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-10-28
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
Anderson C0nfesses to His Own
Perjury.
Evidence of Conspiracy Against
Secretary Sherman

New YORK, Oct. 26.-Washington specials
say that Anderson, the Potter committee
witness, has informed the Democrats who had
him in charge that unless the promises made
to him, of $1,000 cash payment, his counsel
fees and that he should she taken care Of"
are fulfilled, he will make another statement
that will shock them. Ii is stated that the
arrangement with Anderson for his testimony
was brought about by newspaper correspon-
dent acting under Tilden's authority. Ander-
son, after warning the Democrats that he was
not being properly treated, commissioned
friend to make proposition to Judge
Shellabarger that he (AndersoD) would make
statement denying his testimony, or else
retract it before the Matthews committee, and
as a condition Anderson was to be given
immunity. This is the statement by Ander-
sons friends, but it is partially denied by the
Democrats, who say that Anderson's trouble is
that he failed to obtain reward for his testi-
mony. They claim that his testimony was
given voluntarily from motives of revenge, and
that all his demands for reward have been
denied. They charge specifically that Ander-
son demanded $2500 as the price of silence,
that amount being necessary to set him up on
a chicken farm in Louisiana, which is his pre-
sent ambition.
Judge Shellabarger said he had received pre-
positions from Anderson, but neither he nor
Sherman care whether Anderson retracts or
not. Shellabarger says that Anderson's
friends asked no reward but simply stated that
Sherman. Shellabarger added that he declined
to have anything to do with Anderson, and
that the latter had also attempted to approach
Sherman.
IL is asserted that Anderson has made an
affidavit before Dr.. Houston of the Pennsyl-
vania Republican State committee, setting
forth that his testimony is false 10 every par
ticular, and especially the assertion relating to
the Sherman letter, and that he was paid for
perjury and the person who induced him to
perjure himself and paid him for it was one
Gibson who has been closely connected with
the Potter committee.
Secretary Sherman claims to have evidence
tending to show that certain Democrats were
engaged in the conspiracy against him. He
proposes to institute proceedings against the
conspirators for perjury, subornation of perjury
and forgery.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Secretary Sherman
today remarked that he has nothing to say coz
corning James e. Anderson's retracton of his
story about the alleged Sherman letter, further
than that he has always been satisfied that the
truth of the history would in the end fully
vindicate him from all the charges and asper.
sons in that connection, and that he would
prefer to assist rather than to delay or obstruct
thorough examination with all the facts
kellogg on Anderson's Last Staten emit
DEsMoINEs, Oct. 26. - Senator kellogg
passed through this city today. coming from
Omaha. A reporter of the State Register in
terviewed him and called his attention to the
interview published in the indianapolis Herald
coming from James E. Anderson. The
Senator said there is no letter, there is nothing
in what he says about it nor anything else in
that dispatch except perhaps what he relates
of Sypher who was his counsel. understand
| they have had a falling out. He NAV be dis
closing some of the things which passed
between him and Sypher.