Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-23
THE COINCIDENCE MULTI
PLYING,

On the first page e this Issue
will be found an article headed
s. More of D. A. Weber" Since
that was put in tyre, a friend has
handed US a Baltimore Gazette O!
the End inst, from which we ex>
tract the following special di~ratch,
which we give in c,nnection there
with. The mysterious lady seems
TO have created Stir in the
Sherman Matthews camp. Is there
not something in it 2
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.---The
charges made last summer in these
columns and elsewhere to the ef-
feet that. Sherman and Ma: ,hews
had been instrumental in the re
turning board fraud. arc now be-
ing revived in some quarters, on
the basis of r.nlrors that indict-
ments against these gentlemen were
pending before the Louisiana grand
jury. Within the past few days
mysterious woman has appeared
on The scene OF operations here and
ia playing an important part. l,
will be remember ed that last sum
mcr Jas. e Anderson was an APP
plicant for the position of CONSUL
at Funcha', il Canary Hands.
Your cures ,)opdent mace an at
tack on him, taken from the rcc-
ord Of the sena'e investigating
committee to Louisiana. wherein ii
appeared that he had been verv
contradictory in his statements. y
combined attack made on him by
!he then regrnnt ring II Louisiana
defeated hlS appointment, although
I've himself stated that he had d. cI,-
led the place OF account Of the
poor health Of some Of his f.miI
Before going to philadelphia. where
he now IS, he told some interesting
things about Sherman and Mat-
,hcws. anderson WIS sunorvi~or
OF East FeI.ciana aud D. ii. Web
or OF West Fejc,nr.a. They. d elm
cd to make affidavits TO intimda-
lion until Shei man. Matthews and
Stough,on gave them guarantees
that in case Hayes was coEn,cd in
they would be provided for. Ancr,~
son story was that Sherman had
written such guarantees to himself
and Weber after the decd was
done. Anderson felt cer,a,n OF his
reward, and a, tic earne>, soIici:a
ton Of Stanley Matthews he &c
turned the sherman letter 10 him,
aud as Weber was shortly after
ward killed at ST. FrancisviIe
both guarantees were lost. and all!
hat Anderson IS or did have last
summer that could be Construed i,,-
TO guarantee is some corresponds
from Stanley Matthews. This en-
aced four letters, all written
personally to finder son after the
completion of the count. One
written under the date OF April
81, 1877, which your cor: cspoi.d-
ent reed, assures Anderson tina,
,he writer is excee dinghy arXlous
10 see him provided with some &C
cep,ab!e appointment. and asks
him to stare in what war he can
auFuuCC uiS liItcICStSs w me mere
S good circumstancial evidence
that guarantees were given III
writing, the lost letters Of Shcr-
man have always teen the missino
ink. The mysterious woman re-
erled 10 has been here for several
lays and has had interviews xi;h
Sherman, Packard and Matthews
H-r name IS Withheld at present,
uut she is the widow Of an army
officer who died in 1867, and has
tDng been resident Of EeIiciana
where Weber lived. sherman says
she is a bIackmailer, but her pres
,ncc has created confusion ia the
emp. She says she has not the
lost letter written to Weber, and is
cot here for Wcber's wife but is
'Iaying a game Of her own. There
$ somc connection between villa,
she has and the operations in The
TWO Feilciana parishes. Stanley
Matthews has taken the alarm and
has gone in haste 10 PHILADELPHIA,
presumably to confer with An
ucrSon.