The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-02-14
secretary Sherman's liea Of the Trial
oi Ander>On- of the Returning
BOARD of New Orleans

Of Anderson. of the Return,ng
Hoard of New Orleans.
! WASHINGTON, ID. G.. February u-S.c-
rotary Sherman being asked if Il v,s ,rna
that he, Matthews, Garfield Hall and
White had sent dispatch To Anderson
SAID II was true, and as that the fact had
been made public he would furnish a cnnv
OF the dispatch, and they meant all tbcv
SaIu. MI sherman then stated that he re-
carried the arrest, trial and conviction of
Anderson as great outrage underline color
oi the iorms oil law. Anderson was not in
dlcted: The grand jury had refused to in
diet him. The proceedings against him il
called an information, and is expressly pro-
hIbited IN cases of felony BY the Constitu-
ton OF the United States. and Of most of
the states, but is provided for by the law Of
louisiana. The information was SIGNED
and hled by man who was an officer III
The White League and identified with
all "i"'
THE NUMEROUS CRIMES
OF that organization. The Judge who tried
the case Is public defaulter for over 500
600. When Anderson was arrested he w.,
acting as coll ctor of the port Of New Or
leans. The arrest was made whiI.. h. was
in the discharge of his duty at the custom
house, which stands, a. Mr.. sherman
thinks, on ground under the sole iIIrisdi,
ton OF the United States by c,.s.ion from
Louisiana. He was hurried To prison r.
CURED To give excessive bail. and failip, Il,
dos was kept in custody, denied all post
pOnements,
FORCED To TRIAL.
apI =
without the benefit OF bail. The jury was
picked to convict. The panel had been
carefully selected almost exclusively Of one
Poliiicai party and one race. Their exam
nation, so-calIed, shows the dr,p.st anil
strongest prejudice against the defendant
and IN any tribunal, he sherman k,w
neariy every one would have been rejected
on his oath, and yet, though challenged.
they were sworn in. am prepared To- be-
Iieve the story, telegraphed this morning.
mat the two colored jurors were tricked
INTO agreeing to this verdict by the empty
ievIce Of an appeal to the mercy Of the
curt. The cause of this excitement against
Nndersonand his associate is that in theper-
orn'ance oi public duty in plain pursuance
u The law, ard upon ample testimony. they
from the election returns in
louisiana, the results Of violence and in
lmldatIon. Though this was not ALLEGED
the information, yet everybody knows
hat this was
TIE EXTENT OF THEIR OFFENCE
nd without it no man in this iurv wouIJ
ave convicted Anderson Ii is this that
xelted this populace, heated with passion
The highest stat OF resentment. The pre-
nee set up for prosecution was that An
erson had participated in the forgery or
Iteration OF Vernon Parish returns. but
lere was not one particle OF evidence To
'nnect him with this act. The whole had
zen thoroughly examined by a committee
Congress, and all records and returns had
'en spread before them and even Little
Id, who made the alteration, had excuI-
ted Anderson from all knowledge of il.
ne truth is. the Vernon returns were
ened by
THE RETURNING BOARD
fore hosts OF witnesses on the ninth dav
the examination, were printed precisely
they were in the daily papers and in
tn Houses Of Congress. and the subse-
ent alteration by Lirtlefeld Of one copy
these returns was done either As a put up
by him in the interest Of local capdi-
ties having no effect upon the general
ction and the result, and there does not
pear to be a single scrap of testimony
owing that Anderson participated in il in
, slightest degree. IL Anderson ia i'm
soned under this sentence il will be
NocKERY OF PUBLIC JUSTICE,
I will bring into contempt all efforts at
zee and Cancellation. IL was unlocked for
a terrible commentary upon the efforts
The President TO quiet the turbulence and
lence OF Louisiana politics, and seems to
an act Of folly and madness. The fol-
ing is the dispatch referred to:
THE DISPATCH.
Washington, February 4, Is7S.-To Gen.
's- Z. Anderson, New Orleans The un-
signed feel it due to you, under the
sent circumstance, to assure YOU of
Undertaking belief that in the
ter wherein you stand chahEed.
are altogether guiltless of any offense
inst the law; that you are falsely accus-
md maliciously prosecuted; that the
ceedings against you, though in the form
nw, are without the substance Of Justice.
We hereby tender our earnest sympa-
and express our hope that the senseof
ice and love Of peace of the people Of
isiana VIII protect you and not
MT the best interests of the
lie country to be disturbed by a revival
ectIonal animosities In any event. we
confident that the American people
redress any injustice Of which YOU
be made the victim. Signed
JOHN SHERMAN,
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
j. A. GARFIELD,
EUGENE HALE,
HARVEY WHITE