Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-26
but she was quite positive Sherman
was not there at the time.


nan.
Witness refused to state saying only
perhaps it was not delivered to any
enc, and finally she distinctly and
emphatical!y refused to answer or to
say who wrote the reply to the So
called Sherman letter. She said,
however, that she dictated the an
swer and that should satisfy McMa-
hon.
Further pressed she said it was not
dictated to one of the visiting states
men, She considered it rather i'm
posing document. She could not state
who were in tho room at the time she
dictated it. The gentlemen never i'm
pressed her much.
The following is specimen of the
badinage between the inquisitor and
the witness, the subject being the
Sherman letter:
Odd you deliver the letter to the
usher who showed you into the par
lor? A-No sir, did not like to do
that, you know.
Q-What is the reason you did not
like to? A-Well he looked fatigued,
perhaps.
Q--You delivered it to somebody
down stairs? Al do not think 1
delivered it to anybody else down
stairs. They were all so much engag-
ed it would have been impossible for
them to have received the letter just
at this time.
Q-You know the two Felicianas
were important parishes in the cleo
ton? Avery.
Q-And you knew it bore upon the
protest? A-Well it was a public
matter.
Odd you deliver the letter to any
body? Al don't know who ever
received it, or that any one received
it.
Q-Do you mean to cay that any
body ever did receive it out of your
hands? A-They never advised me
Of the fact that they did.
Odd it ever pass ont of your
hands? Alt might have been given
to the four winds.
OFF you remember anything
about it say so, and if you do not say
you do not remember? A-Well if
you want me to say l don't remember,
l will say SO.
Q-But are you willing to swear
that you do not remember? Any
memory serves me ill some times.
Q-Ies, should judge SO. Now
want to know whether that paper
was destroyed by you or handed by
you to anybody else? A-The paper
was never handed by me to anybody.
1t might have gone into the waste
basket.
Odd you lay it down on the ia
BILE where somebody else might have
picked it up. Al don't remember.
| I considered the matter to be tabled
and il was tabled in the waste bas-
ket.
Q-You found that answer on the
table? A-The answer was on the
table.
Odd you see who put it there
Al might have done SO.
Q-But want to know what you
did see. Al will say that | do no,
remember, if that is what you wish
was in haste at the time and il was
a small matter and l did not waste
any time. 1t was nothing to me.
Witness continued: She was never
Indifferent to politics; it was science
she was not aware Of the great inter.
ests which were dependent on tht
meeting of the Returning Board N
4 the time the Sherman letter was writ
ten. When she came to Washington
Sherman would not accord her a pri
vate interview, and she would MOI
make known her business publicly
She saw Matthews several times
She considered Packard political
martyr; was Interested in him for the
collectorship She did not apply fol
the position for her husband. Sh,
had letter from Anderson whict
she wanted to show Sherman. 1t dis
closed that he (Anderson) knew of Q
letter that if it was made public
would dan n Sherman forever. Sher
man having refused to see her regard
ing this letter she had dropped thu
matter. She had seen Mr.. Shella
barger once, but he was testy and
short and she got nothing from him
| Q-Your effort was unsuccessful
You slippedup. A Il did not slip up
Ole rather hluiied you. A
don't understand. You talk like An
derson.
Il Q-That is All English expression
A-No sir, l think il must be demo
cratic expression. AT any rate | pro
test against it.
Witness introduced the following
|, tier from Anderson
TREASURES DEPARTMEa FoURTI
AUDITORS OFFICE, June 10, 1871:
My DEAR SIR: Have returned I,
this city this morning and am in re
ceipt of your letter. have not writ
ten for the simple reason had moth
ing favorable to write. They Offered
mo a Consulship at Funchal, worth
altogether about $1,000. refused it
: | asked what was going to he don,
with you. Their answer l will Civ,
you verb lily when we meet. hav,
given up the fight, but il you have
anything of importance and viii
come and assist me will open ~
again. l have not given it up in IS.
far that | would not attempt Il
strike before the fall elections. o
all the id scoqndrels l ever me
Nash is the d-d-st. I'll be the dealt
of that niger yet. l will give yor
bit of information, never given to
any one before, and you must use il
: carefully. When those Republican
dead beats came to Louisiana las
fall to have fair count, Weber and
: l refused to fall into line until W.
: secured a written guarantee that W.
/. would be provided for. / am con
WINGED it was on Weber's person The
. day he was killed. (He had charg,
fof IT'D Now what has become of tina
paper. If we can get possession of i
we will make the Administration
hump. My own impression is ii war
secured by his murderers and that j,
played an important part in bringing
about the present state of affairs. Ii
you can prosecute any inquiries in re-
gard to it do so, but act carefully
Let me give you one word Of advice
In case yon attempt anything fol
Gods sake do it outside Of Louisiana
| would not give nickle for you il
you do not. Write me Immediately
same address, No. 70 II street, North
west. If you see Griffin, tell him ht
Will uchI lGOIu ubc sOOu. 1AcSdTuS u
family. Yours,
1 JAS. f. ANDERSON.
Witness said size had met VIM. +
Chandler, and he had read her some
thing that sounded like the Sherman
letter, but Chandler discredited it,
authenticity.
| Adjourned till Monday.
THE IMPURTURBABLE MRS. jerks.
As Mrs. jerks finished her shor,
speech generating Sherman and An.
derson, which was delivered with q
melodramatic air. Springer, of the
committee, was 40 carried away
with the effect of it that he burst out
with the exclamation: "Now let the
curtain drop; the act is finished
After the long examination Cox sug.
gested that Mrs. jerks might be ia.
tigued, and the committee had better
adjourn. The lady answered the
committee might be fatigued, but
certainly she was not. She was
ready to set it out all summer.
SUBCOMMITTEE.
A subcommittee of the Potter
| committaa cOnaisfinU f,f SfnnUar