Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-24
THE POTTER INVESTIGITION.
Testimony at Atlantic City Showing
Up AnIerSOn'S Tricks,

THE POTTER INVESTIG4TION.
Testimony at Atlantic City Showing
Up AndersOn's Tricks.
The Potter committee, consisting of Repre-
sentatives Potter, Butler, HiscOck and Sprin-
ger, met yesterday afternoon at O'Clock in
one of the parlOrs of the United States hotel,
at Atlantic City. There were present ex,Sena-
apd key and
Der of the guests of the hotel OF both sexes, and
bnord was the first Wsess eaed at the
instance of Mr.. Hiscock, who conducted the
direct exami' a ion. MIR. Danford certified
member Of the preceding Congress, his res resi- Z
dence being at st. ClairSville, Ohio. He was a
member of the Morrison committee that
Anderson, whom he had first known as a
Washington correspondent of newspaper in
his district. He had full conversation with
voluntary on the part of Anderson, who spoke
generally OF the condition of the parish, and of
its being the worst bulldozed parish of the
point to the parish seat on dark night he was
fired at, his clothes being shot through and that
he escaped by reason of the darkness. After
leaving the parish seat he went to New Or
leans He said that some army officer doubted
the truth of the story about the attack. He
also spoke OF having made protest on which
the vote OF East Feliciana was thrown out He
spoke of having. put in circulation story that
during the period of registration he came to
New Orleans and Informed the republican
committee, including Gov. Kellogg, that his
parish was going democratic, the c0ored vote
being largely on that side. and that he had
been advised by Kellogg and the republican
committee that he should either not return to
the parish at all or come away and make such
protest as would throw the parish out He
said he had put the story in circulation in the
hope that the democratic committee would
| make him an offer of money, and when, by the
offer OF money, he had them good and fast he
would expose the authors and blow them sky
nn yyItyN A
| question the truth of the protest, nor complain
| atthere had been an interpolation.
Chairman Potter asked the witness whether
| he did not wonder how Anderson. whom he
had known as newspaper correspondent in
| Washington, could so soon become supervi-
| SOr OF election in Louisiana, to which the wit
| respondent also of New Orleans paper and
| did not know but he was citizen of louisiana
Witness thought Anderson said the vote of the
parish was thrown out on his protest
MIR. Potter cOntradictS the statement of a
SPECIAL from Washington, published in the
Philadelphia Erening Telegraph. either that
mary report before the fall elections, or that
he has made any statement whatever as to the
case expected etc Il to be proved or the effect of the
gene Hale arrived at Atlanta City last evening
to appear before the committee.
Testimony Before the New Orleans
Subcommittee.
Before the subcommittee in New Orleans
". "
5. j. Powell and Capt w. w. Leake, of West
Fellciana parish, testified regarding their
EFFORTS TO induce c0lOred men to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket at the last election. Each as
sisted in organizing cIOred democratic clubs
and addressing m-~dngs of colOred people.
The most potent argument used was in rela-
| managed by the republicans the funds being
| in many cases misapplied. The last election
was ,peaceable and quiet. D: A. Weber told
| Col. Powell. on November Is he had not filed
any protest, and did not intend to do so. E.
Il. Russ, of New Orleans. drew affidavits in
the custom house in 1876. Witnesses Were
| questioned as to occurrences in the parish,
| and their statements were taken down. AS
| FAR as know no influences were brought to
| pear to induce witnesses to testify. The atti-
| davitS drawn by me contained only the state
| mentS made by the witnesses themselves.
To Mr.. Blackburn.-If a witness had made
statements hurtful to the republicans and 10
| the advantage of the democrats. would
| proDably have concluded not to take his teS'
timony.
To 6 ov. Cox-No such case occurred.
10 ME- BlackOurn.-l saw Sherman and
Otnef visiting statesmen in the custom hOu.e
! when the aflidavits were being prepared but
never saw them in the room where the work
was going on.
John A. Stevenson, agent of the Mississippi
Transportation Company, testified regarding
a raScally transaction by E. X. Russ, when
RuSs was dischargng clerk on the leVee in
James B. McArdle testified that he assisted
in preparing affidavit in the custom house,
ana on being shown number of attidayits
1Euna hnm, one Stsr IN his % own handwrting that of
| circumstances of this particular paper, but de-
talled tae manner Of taking down the testi-
4eny OF witnesses IL He said he put down the
the strongest points for the republicans, as he
was working in their interest. There were
a0op ier in making and
| the copies were for.
Letters were read from Thomas S. Kelly,
keeper of Gov. Kelloggs private office, dated
Lake Providence. La, and addressed to the
! Potter subcommittee, in which he states that
! the names of Jefferson and LeviSee, on the
second set of electoral certificates, were forged
and 0fferlng IL summoned before the COM
mittee, to point out the party who committed
| the forgery.
Capt. James Kelly testified that he left New
| orleans, June Is, for Lake Providence, at the
| instance OF the chairman of the democratic
STATE central n committee, to secure the attend;
committee. Witness found Kelly, who pro-
missed to return with him to New Orleans
,Mhlle waiting for boat to come down three
boats passed up. On one of these boats a col
ored man and woman arrived from New
Orleans. They went with Mr.. Kelly to his
his quarters, and during the night this man
subSeqently learned that the cOlored man
who took Kelly away was named Kennedy
and that he is assistant dOookeeper Of the U. S.
F. o. Minor, aid to the chief of police, testi-
ned regarding the efforts to trace Kennedy
and Kelly. Dispatches and letters sent and
received by Chief of Police Boylan were re-
celVed from detectives in Cincinnati, showing
the arrival there of Kennedy and Kelly.
Gov Cox made statement of his efforts to
secure the attendance as witnesses of Mrs. ID.
A. Weber and j. Gondran (Weber's brother:
tee, was afterwards sent to DonaldsOnYilIe
with su bpanas. Mrs. Weber replied that her
children had scarlet fever and she could not
leave them. GOndran told Dunbar that he
could not leave his business that he had no
one TO leave in charge; furthermore, if he
came he would have to tell the truth, and if he
told all he knew he could not afterwards live
here.
THE HANLAN-ROss MATCH-Both Oarsnlen
!n Ftlle C0Rdition.-A telegram from st.
John, n. B., July I'D, says: The final deposit
OF $500 a side i'm the Hanlan-Ross boat race
was made on Saturday with Mayor Earle, who
was temDnrarY and is now the final Sfaka.