Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-04

10 bear Or him and his brOther
get protest that intimidation wa
used. Sherman gave Dan Webbe
assurances that he would be take
care of. Witness saw the letter th
day his brother got it. Mrs. Jenk
had nothing to do with 1t. Th
Sherman letter entailed mortifica
tion OH the family and the wi.nes
destroyed 1t late in the Summer c
1877. Witness personally knew G
an agreement between Sherman
Anderson and Webber.
Emile l.. Wehber testified tina
the conference held in New Orlean
during the count in 1876 was un
derstood to be led by Senator Shei
man. In conversation with Sher
man, witness was assured that
his brother should stand by his pro
test he would be protected. In CON
pliaDce with the request of Sher
man, witness went after his brothe
and Anderson and informed then
that the visiting statesmen wer
desirous of seeing them. Andersen
in reply said, "Tell them to GO t,
hell" His brother. however, wen
to see Shermt N and they had Ion,
conversation regarding the protest
Two or three days after this con
versation occurred, his hrothe
showed him Sherman's letter efas
surance and told him that Sherman
gave it to him, at the conclusion o
the Conference In return to hi
standing by his protest, and re
marked that 1t was the best b,
could do at that time.
Q.-Did your brother agree te
stand by his protest?
Ale hesitated about doing i
but could not we'll avoid 1t, consid
ering the pressure brought to bea
upon him.
Springer-Did you have th,
Sherman letter in your hand?
A.-Yes sir, L did.
Q.-What kind of paper was |
written upon?
At was written on a double
sheet of paper.
WITNESS then showed the size o
the paper, which was about hal
the size of the sheet which Mrs
jerks said the letter was writer
on. She claimed 1t was written OF
a single sheet of commercial lette
paper
Witness said it was arranged be
fore election by Kellogg, Thorn
as G. Anderson and Packard
to secure afiidavits of in
timdation in the Parishes G
East and West Felician
for the purpose of throwing ou
those parishes. He was assure'
10y Kellogg and others that, If b
would use his Influence with hi
brother toward having him max
a protest he, witnes, would be re
turned to the Senate. He was de
feated for the State Senate by abou
1900 votes, and was returned b,
the Returning Board rs elected b.
about six hundred majority.
In reply to Thornton, witnes
stated that some of the visitIn
statesmen had an interview wit
Eliza Pinkston in the custom hous
before she would be brought befor
the Returning Board. He though
one of those who interviewed he
was Senator Sherman. lie was c
opinion that the Eliza Pinksto
outrage was put up job.
Springer.-Did you see the aft
davit of Eliza Pritchard, formerl.
Eliza Plnkston.published in a Ne,
York paper?
A.-Yes sir; and to the best G
my knowledge and belief it is true
Wehber then related the circum
stances as told him by his sister
in-law concerning the visit of Jenk
to Donaldsville and read the follow
ing letter, which was delivered t
Mrs. Dan. Webber by Mrs. jerks:
New ORLEANS, May 20. '7S.
Madame-In the investigate
about to commence in Washington
under the Potter resolution, it !
deemed important to have yo
there as a witness at once. Mr.
jerks will bear this to you.
Very respectfully,
(Signedl l.. A. SHELDON.
To Madame d. A. Webber, Dor
! aldsonyille.
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