Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-22
Husband OF the Proprietress OF that
sherman Letter, Testifying in the In
terest OF the Secretary of the
Treasury and Manager-in-
Chief of the Louis
lana Frauds.
Committeeman Reed and M'MahOn Take
a Tilt at Each Other Concerning the
Admission Of Certain Testimony
What jerks Knows about
that Letter his
Wife's Got.
Sherman's Tea-Party Brought to Dead
Halt-AndersOn Won't Testify unless
Mathews will Go before the 9th
er Mathews's
Little Speech to the
Committee.

Committee.
WASHINGTON, June 21-The Potter inves-
tigatlng committee met o-day, Mr.. Morrison
presiding 10 the absence of Mr.. Potter.
CAPTAIN THOMAS A. jerks,
of New Orleans, was examined by Represent
alive Reed. He testified that in 1876 his
residence was in East FeIiciana parish; held
the position of United States deputy mar
shall; was appointed by Marshal Pitkin; the
Republicans in the parish had told witness
that they were afraid to register their names
on account of intimidation.
MIR. M'Mahon interrupted the testimony
and asked Mr.. Reed whether this witness had
been called in Secretary Sherman's interest
Mr.. Reed replied in the affirmative.
Mr.. M Mahon objected to any such testi-
mony being given on the part of Sherman
until that gentleman admitted that he had
written letter to Anderson. As he had de-
MED writing that letter, he had no interest
in showing what had been the condition of
affairs In the parish of East FelicIana, at or
Immediately preceding the last election.
Mr.. Reed complained of the course of the
majority of the committee in ruling out testi-
mony offered by the minority, and also as to
the difficulty of getting the scope of the eX-
animation fixed definitely.
Mr.. NJ Mahon challenged him to give a
single instance in which any testimony offer
ed on the part of the minority had been ex-
Guided. The charge had been made publicly,
and he therefore wanted the matter to be
definitely settled.
Mr.. Reed said he repeated the charge.
Mr.. M 'Mahon said that the charge was
false. and again challenged Mr.. Reed to re.
fer to a single instance of the kind
Mr.. Reed referred to the offer of testimony
in Florida, and which offered had been re-
fused.
Mr.. NJ Mahon repeated that the .entiemen
Reed had made charge against the com
ulittee which he must either prove or admit
that the charge was false.
Mr.. Reed said he intended to prove it,
Mr. NJ Mahon repeated his challenge to
Mr.. Reed.
A long discussion here ensued the Repub-
licans taking the ground that they had been
endeavorlng ever since the organization of
the committee to ascertain the proposed scope
of the investigation, during which Mr.. Nor
rison stated that Sherman had requested that
one hundred witnesses be subpensed 10y the
subcommittee who are to visit Louisiana,
the members of which have not yet been
formally announced, to testify with reference
to the intimidation that existed, and that it
was his (Morrison's intention, at the proper
time, to ask the committee to refuse to hear
rest2IeplenIS OF witnesses regarding lnUml-
datlon in that State.
Mr.. M Mahon finally withdrew his otjsc-
ton.
Witness then retold the old story CT intimi-
dalton, when Mr.. NJ Mahon again objected
and another discussion ensued.
At the suggestion of Mr. Cox, witness was
allowed to proceed, with the understanding
that future meeting will decide whether
the testimony relating to intimidation be ac-
cepted or stricken out.
Witness produced letter written by James
E. Anderson, requesting that he forward to
Anderson the original list given by
witness to General Augur of nineteen
murders committed in East Fellciana parish;
Anderson told witness that he was attacked
by the Democrats, and afterward he thought
his clerk, P. G. Butler, had something to do
swearing to by Anderson of the protest which
Anderson said she had not sworn to; An
derson had come up In a carriage to his house
and asked him to accompany him to Marshal
Pitkin's Office where that document was. as
he wanted to consult with him about it; they
went to the marshal's office and read over the
protest, sentence by sentence, and that he
then advised Anderson to sign it, as he saw
nothing in it which he could not sign; they
discussed one OF the points in the protest,
and, finally, Anderson concluded to sign it
before Judge Hugh Campbell, and swore to
it, Anderson requested witness to make aft
davit that he Anderson was intoxi Gated
when he signed that paper, but witness re-
fused, as he was perfectly sober; several
months afterward Anderson came to witness
and wanted him to make a statement that he
Anderson had never signed the protest, and
had document written by himself to that
effect; Anderson told witness that Major
Burke had offered him several thousand dol
lars and a position, if he would 60 back on
his protest.
Witness was asked what he knew about
the so-called Sherman letter, and stated that
the first he knew about the Sherman letter
was on the sixth of January last, when it
was mentioned by Marshal Pitkin in CONVEX
sation; never saw letter written by Sher-
man to anyone about the election of 1876.
ZeWltness was shown several letters, which
witness identified as being in the hand
writing of d. A. Weber, and then he was
shown the signature of Weber to the Ander-
SON Weber contract, and was asked whether
ne believed it to be genuine. He replied
that he did not think it was; that Weber
always signed his name in a back-nand; that
ne had never seen him sign as this paper was
signed; that it might be Weber's signatlr
but it was not his usual signature; he had
never seen that Anderson Weber contract
before. He also testified to Governor Kel-
logg's desire that Anderson should return to
East Feliciana and discharge his duties
as SupeINlSOE, anu GnaC the governor
had advanced him fifty dollars cut
of his own funds to pay his
expenses: he denied Anderson's statement as
to L. B. jerks who was neither cousin nor
relation of witness, being got drunk at
witnesses house, and to the facts of the
conspiracy that there should be no election
IN East Feliciana being drawn out of him;
that part of the statement which mentioned
that his wife went to Colonel Patten, the
chairman of the Democratic State committee,
he said was true, but that her object
was to get a guarantee for Auderson's pro
lection from violence; witness testified as TO
the three hundred and fifty dollars which
Anderson had received at Baton Rouge, and
said it was paid on draft drawn on the
Democratic candidate for district judge by
the chairman of the Democratic State COM
mittee in New Orleans.
Mr.. NJ 'Mahon, however, intimated that
the draft in question was signed by Governor
Kellogg, and Endorsed by State Supervisor
Michael Hahn.
| The cross examination elected that Jenkins
was tax-collector of East Feliciana in 1859
| 20; that it was since claimed that there was
deficit of ten thousand dollars in his ac
| counts, and that an indictment was found
against L. B. jerks, his deputy, who got off
| by pleading the statute of limitation; l.. B.
| jerks was a candidate on the Republican
| ticket in 1875 for parish Judge of West Fe-
| liciana; witness did not know when he left
| New Orleans in whose behalf he was subpe-
naed; Judge Shellabarger had told him on
bis arrival In Washington that IL was on the