New-York tribune., 1878-06-22

Jury to haze sm6c11Sd the go,GR %S91ey was RePuO
Mr. Hiseock objected 10 the question going beyond
the scope Of the investigation.
McsGahon thought 1t was pertinent showing the
kind Of candidates presented by the Republicans in these
disputed parishes.
Mr. Morrison suggested that the question was intended
TO show the untrustworhness Of the witness, 1t being
highly Improbable that the Republican party would
nominate for Judge man who had been indicted for
embezzling the public money. Laughter.
Mr. Hseock said he would admit that as It. the general
son, but this exception. lLaughterl
Q-Didn't Marshal Pitkn speak OF thai sherman let
Not that remember.
Q-Do you say that he did mott A.-NO, sir; don't
say that be did pot ont say don't remember MS men
Q-Between that conversation with Pitsin and the
time when your wife cane to Washington DID she
anywhere elsei A-she went 90 sec Mrs. Webber once
about that matter, and then she wrote 20 her second
time about IL at the solicitation Of James E. Anderson
We have his letters, which we Will produce
By M. Butler-When was that-this year or last 7
o.-When Won spoke to your wife about the shcr-
man letter, what did she say TO whether she had
to me, pro or con- es to whether she had seen
It or heard OF IT, She laughed about the matter !
knew OF such lester, whether she did or not
When she came back from seeing Mira. WeDoer, she
said that Ms Webber denied ever having heard Of such
letter.
did not disclose TO you anything about the sherman
letteri Al have simply 10 repeat that the itst M
timation ever had Of such document was on the 9th
OF January.
Q.-You never suspected from anything that passed
between your wife aud you that she knew 0f spch
Q-what brought your wife TO Washington City after
this conversation between you and Pitkni A-Pr-
Vate business OF our own.
The witness at first declined to state publicly what
this business wa, though he expressed his
Willingness to state it con6dentIaly to MEM
bers OF the committee. Tho room was
accordingly cleared and then the witness stated
what he aferward repeated in his public testimony.
that Mrs Jcnks 10 Washington In response to let
ters nom Kellogg and Packard, nquiring whether she
had any information documents which would be use
full 20 them in the fight for tho New-Orleans Col
Iectorship and the senatorship He did not know
whether his wife had preserved the letters re-
ceiyed from Kellogg and Packard, but thought u
likely that she had and that she would produce them
Anderson had reporting IN Washington that he had
information documents by which he could either de-
feat or seat Kellogg just he chose and the OBJECT OF
the letters was to whether he knew OF the ex
istence OF any such document.
BY Mr. McMahon-What documents did your wife
bring with her when she Washington, or what
documents had she that timei Al don't
think she either took any with her or had
any TO take When she was here she applied 10 our
Representatives 30 place IN the NewOleans
Custom House. but she did not come here Tor that pu
pose she had previously been here several times and
had for some time been empOYe In OF the depart
ments the Treasury Department think, when Geheral
Spinner in office.
Q-Dou't you know that It was after John sherman
became Secretary OF the Treasury A.-NO, sir, DO
not knew II before that. because General spinner
was here, and he was particular uiend OF ours
The original Anderson wcbber agreement shown to
the witness who recognized the body Of the paper and
the signature OF Anderson Anderson's writing, but
failed 10 recOguize either the signatures OF Weber or
either OF the witnesses
without concluding the cross-examination the COM
mittee adjourned until tomorrow morning.