Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-23

say who the dead-beats were, but | always
! th0nght in M mind that he meant the
M'Veigh commission; that is what thought
he wanted. Laughter
Qles.-DId you know or believe that there
was such document as the Sherman letter
in existence until last January? Aus
might have known about ii, but | did not
think about 1t; ii had thought about ii,
might have known il; | knew there was such
u DOCUMENT said TO exist at that time.
Ques.-Did you know where it was? AEs.
i did not know the exact place of it.
Qles.-Did you ever see 1t? Ans.-I did
see such a document
Q1es-Where did you see it? Ans-I saw
it at almost any place | looked.
Qles-Why. did you have it? Ans-Not
exactly. No, do not think | ever had 1t
remain permanently in my possession; 1t
might have been IN my possession very few
minutes, -but not for any length OF time.
Ques.-Wbo let you take it? Ans.-I
didn't ask anybody's permission, because |
had Il. 1t might have been handed over to
another party during that two minutes and q
half had it. As a matter of first principle
| vii say it got into my hands.
Ques.-But who gave it to you, handed it
to you, or put you IN possession of 1t in any
way or form? Ars.-No one.
Ques.-Then, how did you get it? Ans
Oh, very readily; just lifted it eff the table,
you know.
Ques.-Who was present in the parlor at
the st. Charles hotel when you picked it up?
Ans-There were several; | believe there
were several OF the visiting statesmen there
discussing the returning-board pro and con-
which was to meet that day.
Q1es.-You do not mean the M'Veigh
con mission now? Ans.-No; that was long
after wards.
Qles.-What did you do with the docu-
ment after you took It? Ans.-l presented
II to the person who requested 1t: gave it to
Daniel Weber, If you want to know; hand
ed it TO him at the ladies' entrance of the St.
Char e5 hot j; | had had a note from him an
he must have expected it; | met Weber at
the corner of st. Charles aud Common streets
and had little conversation with him, and
| then went no stairs in the st Charles no.
to-, and shortly aftvrward went into parlor P.
Qnas.-Did you take up any document
with you which you handed to anybody In
that room? Ans.-I did; little note.
Qdes.-Who did you get that note from?
Aus.-That Is a direct question. | don't
know exactly what RI hit you have to know.
Before answering your question may L say
something?
Mr.. Butler-Certainly.
Witness-Well, l wish to state in the
presence of this august committee and
to the country at large that 1 dis
tinctly and entirely exonerate Mr.. Sec
rotary Sherman from any completely, direct
or indirect, in the so called Anderson
Weber guarantee. If there is crlminaity
In the document or political dishonor at
tached to it | alone know the alpha and
omega of it; no one else knows aught 10 re-
gard to it, and | do not think shall tell you
anything more. 1t IS sufficient that exon
crate Mr. Secretary Sherman, and also Mr..
Anderson; and, although l may deem him
Henderson one Of the most magnificent and
Sublime scoundrels, at least In the matter of
the guarantee ne has been sincere, and laward
him all due merit. He has always deemed il
genuine, and this may be a small ray of
light admitted into the darkness that sur 9
rounds him. No one knows anything about
that document but myself, and do not think
am compelled to tell you, gentlemen, any
more.
Ques.-Did Mr.. Weber give you a note to
take up to Secretary Sherman? Ans.-He
did
Ques.-And you went up and had an in
tervIew with him, and found HIM with the
visiting statesmen? Ans.-No, sir; nothing
of the END. Sherman was up in his room,
so that | did not see him at all; he was not
there.
Qles.-Did Weber tell you what was in
that note? Ans.-No, sir; he merely told
me that Anderson was not satisfied, and that
he wanted a guarantee. He IWeberI him
self did not care about it.
Qdes.-What did he tell you he wanted
you to do, if anything? Ans.-I was on my
way to the St Charles at the time, and Web
er said he was just going to send it up to
Sherman, and | said | would take it up my
self
Ques.-Now 60 on and tell US all about it.
Ans.-We have not begun at the beginning
of this affair at all, but, however, had
conversation before 1 got to the ST. Charles
MOTEL; | have known Mr.. Weber for some
years; long before l met my husband; he
was a good Republican, and ran politics in
that part of the country; felt at liberty to
ask him in regard to the political outlook;
| asked him where Mr.. Anderson was, that
he had not been up to our place Of late, and
be said that Mr.. Anderson was not satisfied
that he would be taken care of. | presume
| said that the party will take care of men
who do their duty by it. He said: Yes, we
have such an assurance, but Mr.. Anderson
thinks that we had better have a written
guarantee" | said: ''Who do you want it
from?" He said: "We have just written
a letter to John Sherman" | said: SIS not
the word of such men sufficient without
written guarantee; don't you think you in
suit them by asking it?" He said that he did
not care so much about it, but Mr.. Anderson
thought that they had better have it. At
that time | did not think of taking In the
note; but he requested me TO. and told him
| would, and that is the end of it.
Ques.-0h, no; now want TO know what
you did with the note. Ans.-I bit an end
off quite uuconsciously, and | did not see
then hoy could present it to the gentleman
to whom it was addressed; and knowing it
was not private business, and feeling little
ashamed and indignant, | determined not to
deliver it. | thought If such men had given
them assurances, their word was sufficient
without written guarantee. | was in the la
dies reception-room at this time; it was there
| destroyed it,
What was the idea that struck
YOU? Ans-I knew Weber was waiting Tor
an answer, and he got it.
Ques.-When you got into parlor P who
did you find thereP Ans.-I found several
persons there. but did not present the doc
ument to them; did not like to do it under
the circumstances.
Ques.--Did you say anything about it to
them? Ans.-No, sir, | did not; Secretary
Sherman was not there, and what was the
use of giving it to anybody else?
Ques.-NoW, then, how did you pick up
the letter you carried back to Weber? Ans.
1t was in an envelope, of course.
Qaes.-Who put 1t into the envelope?
Ans 1t Is sufficient for you to know that it
was put into an envelope and gwen to w eber.
Ques.-And you did not tell HIM that you
had not met Sherman, did you2 Ans.-It
was not necessary to that fact.
QIes But you gave him the letter as
coming from Sherman? Ans.-I never said
So.
.Qnes.-How was it directed? Ans-To
Me-srs. ID. A. Weber and Jas. E. Anders III.
QIes.-Can you give US the contents?
Ans Yes, pretty nearly; never forget any
thing that | have once read.
Witness then repeated Uerbdtim the So
called Sherman letter, declining to refresh
her memory by looking at the printed docu-
ment.
Ques.-How many visiting statesmen were
there in parlor P? Ans.-I did not count
them, there were too many.
Qles.-Dld you write it in parlor PY Aus.
Il did not say | wrote it; it was written IN
parlor Z and in presence of the visiting states
men, but | believe they were too much en-
gagged to pay much attention to what was
going on around them.
Qles.-Therefore, none of them knew of
lt?- Ans.-I do not think they did.
Q1es.-9f coprse they were too gallant to
look over lady's shoulder2 Ans.-Oh, yes;
that would have been breach of etiquette.
Cues you put it In an envelope and
TOOK It lack to Weber? Ans.-I did not say
that; don yoa say | put 1t in IN envelope.
Qles.-What name happened to De at the
bottom of that letter? Ans.-lt was signed
John Sherman.
Ques.-What did you say to Weber when
you handed it TO him? Ans.-I Just gave
him the letter and walked on. | did not
like to stay any longer, as it was not neces-
sary.