Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-03

posed to De embraced in it; have Deve
heard it intimated, until she gave her test
mony, that Mrs. jerks was in any way con
nected with the authorship of the letter;
have not, nor has any member of my family
sought to use this letter as a mean
of obtaining Office; l saw members O
the M'Veigh commission In New Or
leans, and was informed that money hat
been used to secure the abandonment OF tn
Packard legislature by certain member
thereof; could tell something OF the amount
paid In certain cases, hut could not say VIII
disbursed the money, or who supplied it;
had two conversations with General Hawle.
relative to the recognition of the Packard
government by the administration, and h
said that the President could not and woult
not recognize IT; he conveyed the impression
to my mind distinctly that the recognition o
Nichols and the abandonment of Packard
was a foregone conclusion, and that thu
question had been determined by the admin
istration before the commission left Wash
ington.
A letter was here shown to Weber, which
he identified as having been written by him
self. He then said:
Gentlemen of the committee, l object tc
the consideration of this letter, or its publ
cation as any part of the record. If it is pub
lished it will place me in a very false position
with the people down there, and | ask the
committee [notl to allow 1t to be read for that
reason. The statement have made In there
is not in accordance with the facts. / would
like to say a word or two more about this
| matter, that at the time l wrote this letter
| what wrote was given to me as facts, but
| since then l have ascertained that | was mis-
| informed, and therefore misstated the case al
| that time.
The chairman and other members of the
| committee, after looking at the letter, de-
cided that it was proper it should be read
IN fba IN 10
as follows:
STATE SENATE, NEW ORLEANS, March "a, 1877.
]. h Weber, ESQ.,:
DEAR COUsIN-YOur favor of the seventeenth was
| received only today In answer thereto am sorry
Weber, casually speak OF cousin living in st.
Louis he never gave me a definite understanding
concerning him. This is the only reason can give
you tor not writing sooner The Times you refer
TO has not yet reached me- | should certainly be
neous statement made concerning the unprovoked
and dastardly murder of D. A. have mailed to your
containing correct and uncontradicted state
ment Of the brutal outrage. 1 also forward
H ea9eSSe In the w same and IN
which you can use for publication In any paper 1
before this to have written another statement giving
more particulars concerning the affair." but have not
are at large as yet and ofcatng in the capacity Of
Nicholls's officers In the parish. He lived In West
We desire no new election In Louisiana We desire
ard government, from which MI. Hayes derived his
title TO the Office of chief magistrate of this nation We
demand It not only as a just right to which we are
entitled, but we desire 1t and demand 1t that we
may have government founded upon law and Or
der wherein all men without regard to nationality
or color may enjoy the same rights OF civilization
without fear or favor. Under government at this
time In this State, administered by. Nichols and
his band OF assassins, and founded upon blood,
there is not and never will be any security for lite
and property. D. A. leaves wife and three little
n Loot pFllp fhroa SaNfa Tltfa
alone would have been enough to have spared his
life had not the brutes been thirsty for the blood of
Innocent and defenseleSS Republicans 1 had ad-
vised him to stay away from the parish until our
difficulties were finally adjusted, but he preferred
whom he cherished and adored. His unfortunate
fate seems to have been apprehe3ded az you will
notice In bis letter written to Senator MMian, of
Minnesota, three days before he was murdered, and
published In the same New Orleans Republican that
understood, or am sure the people would not tolo
crate the state of affairs which actually exists here
murdered here by daylight and always BY parties
known know We have have encu5ed more than our
Unless the 0 eomss to oaa
rescue, we must either suffer the fate Of D. A. OF
publicly and without fear. D. AS wife and babies
have moved from ST Faville to Donaldsonviiie. 1
to the same place. We have abandoned ali our
property and left 1t at the merry of the brutes If
arrested and punished If Nichols becomes COVER
Wet the murders is made, WILL beyond any doubt.
suffer death. l have written this In haste. In my
death With best wishes am yo Ts'0''ls T. A.
L. WEBER.
During the reading of the letter Mr. Cox examined
tained therein and witness said that all the state
ments made were vouched for by him at that time,
beiyed to be true but had since learned that he had
been misinformed. He now pronounced the state
quently stated that the statements were made for
pot1cal erect that ne supposed the person to whom
feeling to It R
favor of the Packard government.
witness was xam1ned closely In relation to each
clause of his letter and made the same response
to all the statements therein contained pronOunc-
Witness said he wrote similar letter to Governor
Kellogg and that the writing of such letters was the
feeling in regard to the outrages Ii the south in " Or
der to get the administration to sustain them as
against the Nichols government.
Mr.. Cox ssid to the committee that the letter In
question, written by the witness, had been handed
him by Nathan Cole, member of congress from st.
Witness read a statement giving details of his
brothers death, In which he said murder was not
Witness continued, II saw Secretary Sherman write
In the New Orleans stomhOuse once or twice, and
have seen his autograph In an album"
MI Weber here desired to read written statement
on this point which he said he had prepared four
inquired into by the committee. He was not allowed
to read It. however. and went on to say:
toulouse either the fifteenth sixteenth of No
vember. Garfield, Hale, Stoughton, Sherman and
others sitting In different groups tables I'm
the collectors rooms in the customhouse. 1 was
right In with them. l was going In and out all the
time. went In and talked with Secretary Sherman,
and saw thu writing he was making. All Republic
can witnesses were taken in there to them. and it
was in there they had their conferences and talked
together; while was there 1 saw Sherman write
very distinctly; looked at him minute ~ two on
that occasion; he told me to and get my brother,
ID. A. Weber and James E. Anderson; the statement
contained IN my written answer that | have seen
Is based on these occurrences that have related
Without concluding the examination of the wit
ness, the committee went into executive session. and
after adjourned until Wednesday.
The witness Weber will be further examined to-
morrow by the Potter committee on some of the
main points of his testimony, and the committee
will adjourn until the eleventh instant As 1t Is not
desirable to keep Weber waiting in this city In the
meanwhile, 1t was the understanding to-day that his
examination should be completed In New Orleans
It Is reported to night that after short session next
week the committee will probably adjourn to Sep