Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-28
THE RETURNING BOARD EXCITE
MENT.
Threats of Disclosure by the Arrest

NEW YORK, JAM 2s.-A special from New
Orleans says: The excitement in the Return.
ing Board case has somewhat abated. In an
Interview Anderson stated tthat the reason
they hid in the custom house was TO gain time
that on the present jury iIf the superior crimi
nal court there is not single cOlored man
that the jury was drawn to convict them. and
their only object was to gain time. He init
mated pretty bitterly that the effect of their
treatment by the administration might lead to
something unexpected, but refused TO say
what. In conversation with prison officials
however, the trio have expressed themselves
to the effect that if they are deserted by those
they placed in power they
WILL MAKE DISCLOSURES EXCEEDINGLY IN.
PLEASANT.
J. ne TWO col0red men are very down hearted.
They say there is no hope for them with a
packed jury and every one arrayed against
grows fierce and bitter
WHERE Is WELLS?
Search has been made everywhere for Wells,
ed on Saturday for Washington, and that the
custom house resistance was fer the purpose
of giving him time to reach Washington that
when there he will go to the President and
that unless he does something they will be
lost. Ii he refuses, then
DISCLOSURES WILL BE MADE OF THE WHOLE
FRAUD,
on condition the prosecution is stopped. 1t is
said intimations have been had from certain
leading democrats that if the Returning
MOulu SnON 10 nave
been fraud, their prosecution will cease.
Major Burke ON the True Inward.
ness Of the Electoral Count.
Major Burke was interviewed at New Or
leans about the so-called electoral bargain
yesterday. He defended President Hayes and
the southern democratic Congressman from
the charges OF party iniidelity, and said: :" The
people of Louisiana had expressed no favor
for the electoral bill They regarded it as
means of letting Mr.. Tilden down easy. They
had been led to expect that Mr.. Tiluen and
the democratic party north would claim their
rights. and if need be enforce them'
Regarding the counting of the vote he said: A:
The Tilden managers in Washington had
schemes Tor defeating the count in the Senate
and for holding new election under Conk.
ling, but the party had never authorized them.
L know positively that Senator Conkling had
speech all prepared i'm favor of throwing out
the vote OF louisiana. in which event he was
10 nave been elected President OF the Senate,
and would have become President of the
United States pending the new election, which
would have taken place year afterward. Mr..
1llden's friends were satisfied with this ar
ranSemenf, because they thought that with
his wounds fresh bleeding he would have no
trouble in securing the democratic nomi-
naticn, and Senator COnkling doubtless
thought that with control of the patronage he
would easily shelve Mr.. Hayes and become
the republican candidate. The cause which
prevented an attempt at carrying this pro-
gramme out was the distrust felt by Mr..
of the carpet-bag senator's from the Southern
states. They were ALREADY enough to slaugh-
ter Hayes, because they had become alarmed
at some OF his utterances and at Grant decla-
porting Senator Conkling they might vote for
Morton. as they probably would have dene."
Major Burke further said he never had an
agreement signed by Stanley Matthews, Chas
eps. Matthews and Foster were uniustiy as
sailed.