The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-10

jerks AS TEMPER.
The witness said that Mrs jerks came to
his house and stated that she knew OF the
existence of the Sherman letter, and was in
well for it. She stated how
valuable il would be for us il / could get
Mrs. ID. A. Weber to consent to her looking
ove- the papers in her possession. as she was
certain il would be found. The witness
testified according to his best knowledge
and belief that after the election the repub-
licau leaders acknowled they were beaten,
but their hopes were revived and
they were induced to make
BY the visiting statesmen, and the coming
administration would sustain them in what
ever action they might take, and upon that
the returning board went to work and
threw out other parishes, in some cases with
out affidavIts being hled.
MARKS LETTER.
The following is Marks letter:
WAsHINGToN, May q, 1878.
My DEAR SR-YOu will pl ase forward to
me or Mr.. Shellabarger a list Of names of the
as to the outrages committed in East and West
Felciana, as To what each man knows, and
briefly what can be proven by him. Tell
10 attend to feel confident now
that / viii succeed in. She is certain
you. Have you received received your nS appointment9
| II not let me know at once. Write me fully
My matter is all right. Yours in haste,
MAURICE MARKS.
THE REPLY.
The Witness-I replied to that letter from
| Donaldsonville on the day it was received or
the day after, follows:
am in receipt OF your favor of the 9th
inst. In reply thereto i must say
that it will be extremely difficult
TO procure good and reliable witnesses from
/ the Felicianas to testify about the alleged out
RACES committed there. What they have ex-
| perienced for so doing before has been such
sad lesson to them that 1 doubt If very re-
| affidavits of that nature. / will see what is
/ to be done and write you again.
Madam Weber Is not an applicant for Office,
and for me TO accept an appointment now
might subject my future actions TO undue crit
| icism and the charge of being Improperly in
flueuced. Hoping TO hear from you again,
am truly yours,
The witness continued: / applied to Mr.
| John Sherman about two or three months
/ ago for position in the custom house in
New Orleans, and Mr.. Hustled, who has been
an employee in the treasury department. met
me one day here and stated to rue that Sher-
man bad highly recommended my appoint
ment, and that the recommendation had
been sent to General Anderson.
MARKS MISSION.
/ Judge Marks came to Donaldsonville early
/ in 1878 to get statement from Mrs. Weber
/ in writing that she knew nothing about this
Sherman letter and that she knew it had
never been in existence. He wanted to die
tate a statement to her for her to write and
sign. He was then on the way to Washing
ton and he told her on that occasion that he
would probably obtain position OF postmis-
tress for her. She was not an ap-
picant for the position at that time.
Marks had opposed her appointment be-
fore. He spoke OF it as the Sherman letter.
Marks was then an applicant for the posi-
ton he has been appointed to since. He
| wanted her statement to help himself in that
matter.
Q-Have you ever been approached by
any one with view to affecting the char
acter of your testimony before this commit
tee? AFR ]. p. Harris, of New Orleans,
statedGeneral Anderson wanted to see me and
| called on General Anderson, and he said he
wanted Harris ana summoned before The
committee for the purpose of contra6icting
James +. Anderson's statement; told him
had already been use / as at DOL by them
and did not propose to be used again;
told him if L took any part in this matter al
all the only thing could do was to cor
F Ss statements emerson He in re1 %s9y 3.
was astoupded by my remark, and could
not understand it, knowing how my brother
was killed. / told him that had nothing tC
do with the testimony l should give, and
left him. Since | have been here | met Mr..
Hustled. formerly an Office holder IN the par
ISL of East Baton Rouge. did not recog
niZe him a. first but he introduced himsel
to me Captain Tom jerks was present
The next day he called at Iny room, and
was not in In the evening he met me a.
the Riggs house and told me how near ht
was TO Mr.. Sherman, and stated
Mr.. SHERMAN FELT VERY KINDLY
towards me, and would be glad to have
brief interview with me. / considered tha
an improper approach on his part, and
made no reply and walked away. l have not
called on Mr. Sherman.
Q.-Have you ever had any other CONVEX
sation with any body? Al had a CONVEX
sation with Captain Thomas jerks before ht
testified early last week. He spoke to me il
this way: You know. Weber, if yor
testify with in this cas-
we can be provided for down there. We cal
get nice appointment in tine custom house
and everything will be all rigat so far as We
are concerned 1 considered that as an i'm
proper approach, and told him l was no
an applicant for any position, and would no
have one under the circumstances.
ANOTHER ANDERSON LETTER
The witness then produced the following
letter written to Mrs. ID. A. weber by james
! +. Anderson
NORTH AMERICAN OFFICE,
PHILADELPHIA, Penn, -
MY DEAR MADAM-You are probably aware
that the wa-m friendship existing between
your husband ana myself remained unbrokeI
until his untimely death. You are also aware
no doubt, that we act6 d together in all matters
connected with the election in 1876, anC
that letter assuring that we
should be protected and provided fol
was given us by Mr.. sherman. Had the prom
Use made TO us at that time been fulfilled YOU
husband would not have been compelled tC
return home and to certain death. The man
who made those promises occupies to-day one
of the most prominent places in the gift of the
man whose title is stained by your husbands
blood. They not only deny the exi-tenc OF
the document, but that either your hus
band or myself was known u
them, or that they had ever heard
of us. Some days since party arrived in
Washington and claimed that she could pro-
duce the letter In question. is this correct,
III so has she the possession of it? If not eau
you tell me where il can be founr, and on
what conditions IL can be obtained? In JUS
tice to myself and the memory of Mr.
Weber it should be produced, and
there never will be more opportune
time than the present. Let me hear nom you
l..