The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24
Third Edition
THE LATEST
MRS. JENIXS' STORY
AS Told to the Potter Committee
To-day.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National Associated Press to the Star
WASHINGTON, June A.-The Potter Com
mittee met at II o clock this morning. Mr.
Potter, who had returned from New York,
whittier he had gone on visit to his family
prior to leaving for Louisiana
presided. Shortly after Mrs. jerks
walked in with slowly meas
ured step, and bowing in a semi-theatrical
manner to the members of the Committee
took her chair
Mr. Springer was the first who took a
hand iniliciting some information from her
and in reply to his question she stated that
no one else knew anything about the so
called Sherman letter Some one else might
have known about it. She is the only
one now that knows. She dictated
it to some one but refuses to tell who to
The language of the letter is her original
production, and the person who wrote it
acted as her amanuenSS extraordinary. A
good many persons were present in the
room at the time; she refuses to name any
one person. Her memory is defective, and
she did not remember who was there. Did
not hear the name at the time of any one
present in the room; they were all strangers
to her. She has given to oblivion the name
Of the person to whom she dictated the
letter.
Don't you know you wrote the letter
yourself?'
"Why do You want to know"
"Will you say you did not write it?"
81 will not"
Witness said the letter was written on
medium sized letter paper; might have
been written partially Oh two pages of the
rl, nn,,l,, rIn H.
it was written on one page. The envelope
used was plain white envelope, largerthan
usual, letter size. and yet not as large as the
official size, and refuses to tell whose hand
writing it was in it has passed into the
land OF shadows; it is non est not come
atablc does not remember speaking to any
one in the room. The envelope was ad-
dressed to D. A. Weber and Jas. Z. Ander-
son.
Mr.. Springer requested Mrs. jerks to
write upon sheet OF paper copy of the
so-called Sherman letter. She at first de-
clared her willingness to do 50, but subse-
quently declined, saying she could see no
necessity for it. Mrs. jerks stated that
when Weber handed her the letter ad-
dressed to Sherman her first impulse
was to deliver it, but she unconsciously
opened it and read it. She was at the time
absorbed in contemplating mentally the
affairs of the Nation, and unconsciously bit
off the end of the envelop and took out
the letter to see if it was necessary to de-
liver it. When she discovered its contents
her disgust oyercame her and she would
not permit such a letter TO go to Mr. Sher-
man. She did not tell Mr.. Sherman or any
of his friends of it. 1t was philanthropic
act on her part.
She subsequently visited Governor Kel-
logg's Office, and met Mr.. Sherman and
General Sheridan there. All that was
said of any importance on that oc-
casion was concerning the weather.
Has not memoranda with her;
they are too voluninous to bring in one
car. Besides Messrs. Sherman and Sheri-
dan, Mr. Stoughton Gen. Garfield and 9TH
ers were in Gov. Kelloggs office; does not
think anything was said about the count.
Her relations with Anderson and Weber
on November Goth, 1876, were very friendly.
Q.--What interest then could you have
had to deceive two friends of yours to rem
der service to a man who was compara-
tive stranger to you.