New-York tribune., 1878-06-24

by BT. Sherman, nor Dy any OI INC visiting sV"Vo0
men. but by some one else at her dictation, by
whom she will not say. She said that Ander-
son was deceived by it. The witness refused
einphatically TO answer many of the ques-
tions Of General Butler and Mr.. Mcmahon,
who conducted the examination Several
letters were read in evidence which made use OF
strong expressions Mrs jerks called Anderson
~magniGcent and sublime seoundrel."
LOUISIANA POLITICS EXEMPLIFIED.
Mr.. JENKs's BRIEF ExAMINAuoN-wHAr MRS JENKs
SAYS ABOUT GUARANTEES, wEBBER, ANDERSON,
PACKARD, ErC.
WAsHrNGroN, June 23.-The Potter Invesd
eating Committee met at 10 yesterday, Mr. MoFrl-
eon acting as chairman in Mr.. POtters absence Cen
oral Butler said he dsred to make an explanation in
regard to senator Matthews statement that he had no
obecton 10 going before the Potter Committee but that
the personal hostility Of General Butler was such that
his friends felt justified in advising him not to place him
self in position where General Butler could Insult him
General Butler said he could have personal hostility
20 Senator Matthews and that that gentleman was sim
tlv in his matter the X. an algebrac equation
an unknown quantity to be worked out the solution of
the problem. and nothing more and nothing less.
Mr. jerks was recalled and further examined by Mr..
McMahon The following were the substantial points
OF his testimony;
Board had completed ats labors, and after the protest
fng q fgut on the Administration for position and
wanted fo GET ali the documents he could He wanted
me to sigu affidavit in regard 70 there being peace
able election East Feleiana He presented this paper
e. me and declined to sign IT, ny VIE % 2ny @ Inl9 one
visit 90 Mrs. Weber IN cOnhecUoh win St.iS
documents. 1 received dozen letters at diIereht
tines bat many Of them destroyed Nhen le was
follOWnr SIR Matthews all the country 1e used to
write postal card almost every day I0oked upon P
ton fer Lin to compel tbcm to give him an office, and
lid NE refer to any Sherman letter in his corre
epSndelce with VOul A.-NO, sir. Inevor knew unlH
Januarg s. 1873 that ali bis correspondence referred to
tie sherman letter. 10 always HYsJeTy 10 me
what be vas referring TO- He never stated 10 me what
shernau's name mentioned in that connection .,,,
thenl A..-No, sir. Nothing except the Nash agree
ment. a, - . ,,,,..,d 1ol
IaSs 10 set thai letter A-NO cir. He wrote that
the document worth "a thousand dollars. III was
worth 20 anyone who possessed IL cool thOusand or
he knew parties VINO would give coo, tno1sa0 I lVF & ~
bef an,thng 20 get that letter A-No, sir' never
Ao&H.s yogF vile ever claimed TO have possession Of
any other document or 10 know about any 0tneE docu
nsntg A.-No, sir. saw by the newspapers aiter she
got 10 shingOn that il was claimed she had posses
sion Of he sherman letter. aud was SUI pIlseG ~ Dnd
Ave dd discuss that matter some think. AND
have ~ do G Sot think Tn ever put the question directly
60 whether she had The !cter or not l never en-
tered t mind that she ever bad any such letel W an
Q.-D.d sou ever know that Anderson had sald WORD
e. Srs jerks on that s1'Jec Al hLgS men nE aVG MA
Jenks ihr same as he did vita me. - ,..s
O.-Audefson used 10 DO considerably at your housei
AEJust before ne went up the country the last
time be aud stayed three or four days at my
q-was he gnwe, aEd AID not Mrs Jsnks tax, take
caiSd II S,rai times but don't knOw that you would
cal that uuweli We were down town together during
The day and re would come up IN the evening ana stay
Q.EH,s thero ever been any falling out at any time
am aware OF.
MRS JENKs SWORN.
Mrs Agnes d. jerks was then called and sworn, and
was questioned at great length by General Butler and
other members OF the committee The substantial Por
tions Of her testimony as follows:
o-Have you ever claimed 10 be m possession Of any
document know Of its existence that Mr. Ander-
document that he wished buthe did not state until last
January what il was lie stated III WIRING IRON ria
Glad You then the document he wantedi Al did
not know untl January what document he wished ana
then dd not have 10 ln my possession.
o-WbeIc did you have iti Al did not say had 1t
"oGDll AM vou know where II 1gasI Al did not know
Where 20 was-the document that he stated that ne
Q-Did YOU knowof any document in existence that
BE- desiicdt Al knew oi document lha' h' salu he
o-Thcn did You first know Of that doeumenti A.
o@WGat document was it tnat he wantedi Ale
wanted document that he called tne shefIna5 IesT lem
Q-Did you not know O that OOeHnen Dtio5e ore J4hu anu
Rry ANo sir. because he wrote letters IN ls|I that
his laneuage) Louisiana 20 see fair count,
bad given MIN. lie dd not exactly say who IN me oesd m
meant The MacYeagh commission lhat Is What 'hought
o@bd nei you Know anything about such documents
Al heard about IL last January. never heard 1t
'o@D.a YOU know or believe there was such dOcu-
mCnt IN existence until Last January A. mign nave
known about it, 6nt dd not tninK aeou IT, II & nau
Thought about IL 1 might have known II knew thefe
was a document said TO exist al that time
Q.-Did you know where 1t vast Al did not know
o@Dla yoa ever see iti Al did see a document
Q.-WheTe did you see i'll Al saw 1t at almost any
o'DWhy did you have it, A-Not exactly. No.
Q-wol how near did you come 20 having ~ A.
DO not tnnk ever had y to remain Pefnahcnyy M IN
very few months, but not for any length OF time. ~,
Q.-Ifow long did you nave tt Al might nave had
6.@Whcre we're You at that time AIN Newor-
o.@Tho gave It to youi A.-NobOdy gave it to me-
Q.-NaO showed u to youi A;-N96ody ,, .,-,,oo,,.
permission, because 1 had IT, IL might nave been
handed over 70 another pSf3 uuhs tla WI WI t9
and half As matter Of hfst principle, VIII say thaI
Il got into my bands. ,.
e h. ,ssesss5 of IL IN any way OF formi A@No one
o-Then how did you get lt4 A.-Ohi very readily
Q.-Who was present when you picked it upi A
There were several people ~ the room - ,, 81,
Q-In what house was iti Alt was IN "ParlOr i" OF
o@Dd you expect to fnd it there when you went
therei Al had not thought much about 1t before
Odd You know about its being there before you
picked Il ap of the tablet ANo don't know how IL
C.@IIow many people we're there in the roomi A
There several believe there were some OF the
visiting statesmen there discussing the returning
board, pro ana con, which was 70 meet lhat Gay,
Q.-IOu DO not mean the Macyeagh Commission now
A.-No, that was long aiterward
IHE STORY OF THE SHERMAN LETTER.
o.-You picked up that document and carried 1t away
with you did youi Al believe took it along have
no doubt about It.
oWhst did you do with the document after you took
i Al gTesene6 tS ee sSCn on ThS WSn te21ga & F5a w.
Handed il him Of the ladies' entrance Of the st. Charles
Qwas he waiting for you go and get iti, Al DO
not know that he was waiting specially Ior mat Dnt
suppose he was, as 1 had had note from him ana ne
nIiist have expected u. -.