The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-10
His Brother Influenced by the Prom
ises and Assurances of Sherman
to File His Protest.
The Man Who Found the Sherman Letter
and Destroyed 1t.
Seymour Testifes Before the Sub Com
mittee That jerks Did S ng
That Affidavit.
THE INVESTIGATION.
The Potter Committee still Prosecuting
Its Inquiry.

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Its Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, July 2-The Potter commit
tee to-day recalled Thomas G. Anderson,
who testified that he did not see any one
sign the certificates of the electoral votes
while in the governors office in New
Orleans; that Mrs. jerks pleaded the power
ty of her mother and asked him to appoint
her brother, A R. Murdoch, to a place in
the custom house. Witness promised to do
something for him this month, but has not
yet Murdoch has had a letter from Senator
kellogg for some time requesting kellogg to
do something for him.
A long examination of the witness regard
ing the operations of the returning board
elected nothing new. In reply to General
Hunter the witness said the returning board,
as a body, never attempted to fill vacancy
with democrats. He had spoken to a Mr..
Smith, at present reporter on the New Or
leans Democrat, about accepting an appoint.
ment on the board, but he refused Never
knew of the board having asked Smith.
Never heard it stated by any member of the
board that the presence of a democrat was
undesirable. The witness, in reply to Mr.
Cox, said he had heard that Daniel Weber
was killed because he had signed his protest
Never heard he was killed, as Judge Camp
bell had testified, because he was supposed
to have had the Sherman letter on his per-
son.
jerks NO. 2
Thomas H. jerks testified be had never
made an affidavit similar TO the one SUD-
mitted before the Louisiana subcommittee
yesterday and IN the handwriting of James
E. Anderson. Never saw Notary Seymour
in New Orleans, before whom the affidavit
appears TO have been made.
James L. Anderson, asking permission to
explain stated thai on the 18th of Nav he
met jerks on the street, and as he lander
SOM was going TO leave for the north at D.
m, jerks requested him to use his influence
toward securing him position in Washing
ton. and after some conversation, jerks went
with him to his office in the custom house,
and dictated the afiid tvit in question, and
he (Anderson) copied it, and then they
went to Notary Seymours Office, and jerks
swOre to the document The purpose of
making the affidavit was to aid Anderson in
securing jerks a position. Anderson was to
show the affidavit to Matthews aud endeavor
to secure him an appointment on the strength
of il.
wEBER's BROTHER.
Emile L. Weber, brother OF Daniel Weber,
was sworn desiring TO read the statement of
his connection with the republican party.
Mr.. Cox objected to the statements read
being part of the testimony, and Weber re-
tired for the present
H. Conquest Clarke, former private score
tary of Governor kellogg. retOld his recollec-
tons of the signing OF the electoral certif-
,f,.I
all knowledge of who appended the supposed
forged signatures. A secret session followed.
WEBER AGAIN.
When the doors were reopened Emile
Weber was recalled and was given permits
sion to read his statement, provided be
would swear to the facts contained in it.
The statement was read and set forth: he
had TO knowledge that democratic Intimida-
ton existed in the parishes of East and
West Feliclana. His brother, Daniel Weber,
and James E. Anderson had informed him
the two parishes had gone democratic. In
fuence was brought to bear upon his brother
to make him protest and he had been az
preached very frequently to use his influence
with his brother TO effect the signing of the
protest. He saw Anderson sign his protest
and saw the blanks therein. After Ander
son had left Judge Campbell attached the
jurat to the paper. Ii was not sworn TO by
Anderson. 1t a notorious fact
in the custom house that KeL
lOgg, Packard and others we're pres
sing Anderson aud Weber to make
their respective protests. John Sherman
was spokesman for the visiting statesmen
and he (Weber) knew that Sherman haC
given his brother assurances which caused
him to allow bis protest 70 stand after it bad
been made. Weber had in conversation with
Sherman explained to him that his brother
thought his parish had gone democratic, and
he was disposed TO take back bis protest
whereupon Sherman assured him his brother
would be cared for, aud requested he send
his brother TO him
showed him the Sherman letter OF assurance
and SAID he had received IL direct from
Sherman. Weber was familiar with the
handwriting of Sherman and was satisfied
the letter was written by that gentleman in
1877. The Sherman letter was the subjec
of great modification to the Weber family
and his sister-in-law. Mrs. Daniel Weber
had endesyOred to find il among the paper
of her husband. which were packed away In
two trucks and large shoe box. Late il
the summer of 1877 he (the witness) haC
made a search for the letter and had f0unC
10 in a shoe box and destroyed il forthwith
Mrs. Jenk5 had been in no way connecte'
with the authorship OF the Sherman letter
About the 9th of November it was dis
covered that only six of the Hayes elector
could be saved, and kellogg on that day re
marked to me: 1--WE are after all beaten.
In regard to the agreement between Jane
T. Anderson and ID. A. Weber / here stat
that personally know that such an agree
ment was entered into and wa
substantially the same as has beer
dered March Z. In the issue of tn
Ledger, of which he was editor previous t