The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-23

not state un,iI las, January what u was He stated
in writing from Philadelphia what document ~
Q Had you then the document he wantedr A.
did not know until January what document no
wished, and then did not nave IL 10 my possession.
q Where did you haveit A. did not say had
where Il was-the document that he stated that ne
wanted.
@ Did you know OF any document in existence that
he desired? A. | knew OF a document that he SAID
he wanted yes, sir.
@ When did you hrst know OF tha, documsntg A.
In January.
Q. What document was il that he wanteds A. He
wanted document that be called the Sherman letter
WHO THE DEAD BEATS" WE'RE.
Q. Did you not know OF that document before jan
uaryi A. M, SIR; because no wrote letters In 1877
that he wanted The documents thai tho dsad beats"
Il use MS ancuage) VINO camo 10 Louisiana to see
fair count had given HIM; he did not exact ~ say
who The ssdead beats were but always thought IN
my mind tina, 10 meant Inc Mcycagh Conn ssion ;
that is what thought he wanted tLanghtsr)
=. But you never until January haa heard o. such
that he thought anythng OF IT. never heard Of such
document nav.ns any Importance attached 70 I;
in fact never thought much about II until last Jan
uary, WHOM l heard from Anderson Ito was tho n
very ANXIOUS 10 get MS documents
Q. How came lie TO think you knew ANYTHING about
It? A. He didn't think knew an, hing about it,
q. Did you know anything about ~? A. heard
about Il last January never heard u spoken OF be-
O. Did you know or believe there was such a docu-
ment existence until last January? a. might have
known about H. but did not think about IL; If had
thought about II might have known u; knew there
was document said To exist al That time,
z. DID you Know where u was? A. did not
Q. Dla YOU over sec III A did see a document.
q. Where did you see II? A. l u at almost
any place looked
q. Why, did you have IN A. Not exactly, no.
l do think ever had IL to remain permanently n
my possession; might have been my possessio II
How VIC ons a,d you Nave ny Nigh. haye had
IL just about Two minutes aud a halt
@ Where were you Mt that time? A. In New Or
Ia ana mn ha gtraot
q VINO gave il 20 your A. Nobody gave IL to me.
q. VINO showed u 10 your A. Nobody.
q Who let you takei3 \. did not ask any body Is
permission, because had IL; II might have been
handed another party during that minutes
and hall; IS matter Of first principle, viii say
q Ba. who gave II 10 you, handed !. to you, put
you In possession OF u IN any way or form A. No
THE MYSTERY OUT.
Q. rhen how did you get It? A. oh, worry readily /;
/ Just lifted II up oil a taoe, you know.
q. Who WAS present when you picked II up? A.
There were several people IN the room.
q. Ia what house was u? A. II was in "Parlor Pr
OF the ST. Charles Hotel
@ Did you expect TO md II there whom you went
theref A had not thought much about It before
Q. Did you know about It's being there before you
picked = up on tho tablet A. No; don't know how
q How many people were there in the rooms A.
There were several; believe tncrs wero some OF tho
visiting statesmen Iherc discussing the Returning
Board pro and con, which was to meet tina. day.
Q. You do not mean tho Mcveaxh Com mission
Q You pickeI up that document and carried Is
away with you. did you. \. believe took it along;
l have doubt about II.
Q. Whore aid you 90 then? a. lett tho hotel and
went up Common street little way.
WHAT
@. What did you do with the document after you
took ~ A. presented II TO the person who re-
CURED il; gave 10 Mr.. Daniel Weber, " you want
to know handed II 10 him at the ladies' entrance
OF the ST. Charles HOTEL
Q. Was he waiting Tor you TO 20 and get t2 A. l
do not know that he waiting specially TOR that
but suppose ne was, as had naa a note from him
aud he must havc expected II
Q What time was ihis3 A. About eleven twelve
O'Clock in the day met Mr.. Weber At The corner Of
st. Charles and Common streets and had little con-
versation With him. and then went up stars In the
81. Charles Hotel, and shortly aterward went into
Q. Did you take up any document with you which
mas. yYxKs MAKEs A LITTLE spxEcH
Q. Who Did you get that note from? A. Well
now. that Is direct question; don't know cxacty
the right you have to know before answering your
question may say something?
Mr. Butier-Certainy.
wnncss-well, wish 10 state In the presence OF
this august committee and to the country at large
thasI DISTINCTLY and entirely exonsratc Mr. Secretary
The so-oalisd Anderson Weber guaranty; II there is
cr,mlnality in the document or political dshonor A.
tached it alone know the Alpha and Omega Of
else knows auRht IN regard TO II, and do
ssH .s iSs ss.:sy s %..s ana .ss
Anderson, and although may deem him lander
scoundrcis at least In the matter OF tho guaranty,
nc has been sincere, and award him all due merit
He has always deemed II genuine. and thus may DO
surrounds him. No one knows about that docume nt
but myeel, and do not think am compelled 10 tell
you, gentlemen, any more
THx LITTLE NOTE
Q. DID Mr. Weber give you a note to take up to
Secretary Snermauf A. He DID,
q And you won't up and had an interview with him
found HIM with tho visiting statesmen? A. No
sir, nothing OF the kind; Mr. Sherman was up his
room, SO that did not SOC him at all; he not
thore
q. Then you did not him that morningg A.
Q. Do you know what was In that noteg A. / have
some slight idea.
O. Tell me what your Idea is Did Weber tell you
what in the note? A. No sir, he did not; he
merely told me that Anderson was rot satisHei aud
that he wanted guaranty that he, himself did not
care about II, but that Anderson wantci H.
Q What did no toll you that he wanted you to do
II anyihingg a. ! was on my way 10 the ST. Charles
IL up 10 Sherman, and said would take it up my
self.
TELLS ALL AsorT IT.
q Now go on ana tell Us all about II. A. We have
begun ut the beginning OF tins affair all but
however, ! hsd conversation before ! got 70
Tor some years-long before met my husband
had known him; he was always pretty good
publican and politics that part of the country
snd felt At liberty 10 ask him in regard TO the pc
Itca lookout; asked him where Anderson was that
ne had moi been up to our place Of late, and he said
would be .asen care OF, presume
s s ,n w .1s party ~ WI take care. sSro Of
have assurance but ANDERSON thinks We had
better have written guaranty said, "Who do you
want n IRON 20 Hs said, 1--WE have just written a
letter to John sherman !" sad, lis not the word OF
such men sufficient without a written guaranty
Don't you think you Insult them by asking tfn lie
SAID, 'He did not caro- much about IL himself but
that Anderson thought they had better hsvc - at
that time did not tnink Of taxing IN note, but he
requested me TO, and told him would ana tnat Is
tho end oil u.
THE LITTLE NOTE AGAIN
Y. On no; now want 10 know what you did with
that note A. BIZ end OF of quite nsciousiy
In this way tbitlsg OF lhe END Of ietisr) that IS
what did with 10.
q. After you had bitten the end or what did you
thenY A. did not sec then how ! could present ~
10 the gentleman TO whom Il vas addressed.
q But what did you do with III A. Then wanted
10 know whether IL was really necessary That the
gentleman should receive IL or not, and knowing
u was net private business, ana feeling "a little
ashamed and dignant determined not TO deliver II I;
thought II such men had gvcr them assurances
their word sufficient without written guarantee;
was 10 the ladies' reception room at this tme u was
there that the idea struck me.
MRS. jerks HAS Az IDKA
Y The idea stru OK you IN the cccption room A.
Yes, sir, precisely; then went into ''parior r."
q What was the idea snst struck your A. | knew