Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-02
THE POTTER COMNITTEE.
Testimony To-day.

the custom house on the lst of July, but that
he had not yet been appointed. Murdock was
recommended by Senator Kellogg Witness
was questioned at length by Mr.. Morrison
with reference to the testimony given before
his tMorrison,s) committee in 1876, and re-
a1llmed his statements made at that time.
Witness was asked to recite any actual vio-
ience on the day of election. He said he had
or two men shot in his parish: Packard, vii
ness said, had less votes than those cast for
three OF the electors. but more than those
cast for five of the electors.
THE WITNESS THINKS PACKARD WAS ELECTED.
O.. Then II hve OF the electors were elected
Packard must have been? A. Yes, sir; ac
cOrdlng to our returns.
Witness said the reason protests were not
attached to the election returns when they
left the polls, was because many of the super
ylsOrs OF the elections were afraid to attach
them.
General Hunton questioned the witness with
reference to the returning boards failure to
appoint democrat as one of its members. Il
was going over the old story, told oyer and
over again. The board was dissatisfied with
the person whom the democrats selected, and
the board made no effort to get any democrat
to serve; person named Smith was asked if
he would accept place, and he would not.
THE SHERMAN LETTER.
Anderson was then interrogated with refer
ence TO the telegram sent him by Secretary
sherman and other republicans when on trial
recently in New Orleans. He denied that
either himself or his attorneys had asked for
t;and denied that he had threatened to pub
lish the Sherman letter if such telegram as
was sent by Sherman and others was not
forthcoming
THE WEBER ASSASSINATION.
He denied that he had ever heard that
Weber was killed because he had certain
damaging documents in his possession given
hlm by the republicans for his protection no
one was ever prosecuted or convicted for the
Weber murder; he was shot near the court
house.
CAPT. JENKS WAS RECALLED,
and questioned with reference to an affidavit
telegraphed from New Orleans purporting to
have been made by him, and which came out
yesterday before the subcommittee in New
Orleans. Witness denied that he had ever
made such an affidavit, or one similar. He
denied that he had at any time gone before a
notary named seymour, in New Orleans to
make an affidavit on any subject Anderson
came to witness at his house in New Orleans
IN le'I, and wanted him to sign such an atfi-
dasit, when witness said do you take me for
add fOol?' Anderson said he wanted the
affidavit because he was going to open up his
| fight on the administration.
ANDERSON CONTRADICTS THE CAPTAIN
Anderson then stated that he left New Or
leans on the llth of May. He met jerks, and
the the latter lat asked him to use his influence to
| him | had all could do to get place myself.
| He then said, Well, you know your jurat is
i4Tgsd' 1a sad sa you you write an atiidayt to that
Wit and swOre to it before Notary Seymour and
asked @ me to show it to Stanley Matthews to
! help him to a place"
BROTHER OF THE MURDERED WEBER.
| E. l.. Weber, a brother of the Weber who
| was killed, was called and desired to read
| statement Showing his relations with both
| parties IN Louisiana. The committee agreed
| to consider 1t in executive session, and di-
| rected Weber to stand aside.
WHO SIGNED THE RETURNS.
CQnqueSt clark was called with reference
| to the mailing OF the second set of Louisiana
| certificates to Washington. He had no posi-
| tive recollection of any one but Gov. Kellogg
fRlgning the second set; thought however
| the names or the other electors, and did not
know al the time that any of the names were
| forged.
| Al o'clock the committee took recess
| until :l5 o clock.
AFTER RECESS.
| The committee re assembled at 20 O'clock
| and Z. l.. Weber was recalled. He was adyis
| ed that the committee had decided in execu-
| tive session TO accept his written statement
| Weber then read paper stating that his rela
| tions with both parties in louisiana and tn
death OF his brother, made him an unwilling
witness. Next witness read a very lengthy
| paper. 1t recited that the republican state
officers of Louisiana had decided before the
election to threw out the votes of certain par
ishes, and have the returning board return
the votes of the parishes that the cOlored peo-
PIE We're given to understand that GER lain
| payers unions, so as to get better
class of election officers, were really threats
upon their lives. 1t set forth that his brother,
himself, and the formers family, had decided
able election in West Feiiciana would be
wrong; that the jurat to Anderson's protest
son's) absence and without his (Anderson' 81
knowledge; 1t recited that the deceased
Weber had conversation with Secretary
Sherman; that Anderson, when he found out
that his protest had been forged, had, in repIV
to the witness advice to go and see some of
the hnn visiting statesmen, said They can go to
! AS TO THE SHERMAN LETTER.
| witness said that he was satisfied that his
brother had been told by Secretary Sherman
that he s,y would be protected and provided for
| which Sherman had given Weber and Ander-
| son; that witness had seen it several
sheemaas es ana was famiar with Secretary
paper further set forth that many of the the
| attidaVitS prepared BY the republicans for the
people who were dead, and by fictitious
| names; that the visiting statesmen told the
| returning board to stretch the law to the
| fullest limit; that before the visiting states
| men reached Louisiana, it was accepted on
| all sides that the democrats had carried the
| state; that Kellogg had said in New Orleans
before the visiting statesmen got there, 1--WE
are beaten after all.''
THE SHERMAN LETTER DESTROYED.
Witness said that in 1877 he found the letter
| which Sherman had written and destroyed it :;
| that Mrs. jerks subsequently tried to get the
| letter, and wrote repeatedly to Mrs. Weber,
| but the latter refused to tell her anything
ABOUT IL.
The witness was still reading his statement
when our report closed.
The Louisiana Subcommittee.
EX-Marshal Packard continued his testi-
mOny before the Louisiana sub committee in
! New Orleans yesterday. After some details
| in regard to the political siege of 1857 he
| said: Mrs. jerks called at my house one morn
| ing, some time ago, and said she was going to
| Washington. don't recOllect any special con-
| versatiOn with her. When in Washington, in
| February, she made some reference to Sher-
| man. My impression is she talked mySteri-
| OuSly about it. The impression she made on
| my mind was that she knew nothing about the
| letter; she would not say who had it, and this
made me think she knew nothing about it.
| The first ever heard of the letter was from
| letter Mrs. jerks wrote Gov. Kellogg; Mrs.
| jerks intimaled to me that She wanted me
| appointed collector, but especially requested
| her not to speak to any of the officials on the
| subject. / did not wish any lady advocates
| Did not think such influence would do me any
| good. She assumed in her conversation that
I would give her husband place in the Gus
| tom house if l was made collector. Abiding
| to the time when the visiting statesmen were
| here, witness stated he had no conversation
| with Mir. Sherman in reference to Weber and
| Anderson, although he talked good deal
| concerning the intimidation in their par
| ishes; was somewhat uneasy for fear tnat
| Anderson and Weber would not stand I'D
| TO their protests. Ii the returns from East
| and West Feliciana had alone been thrown
| I hay haH