The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-11

Weber was familiar with the handwriting of
and was satisfied that the letter
was written by that gentleman. In 1s77 the
sherman letter was subject of great morti-
fication to the Weber family, and his sister
tp-law, Mrss Daniel Weber. had endeavored-
which were packsd away irssswo OF trunks and
a Large Shoe box. Late in the summer of 1871
he fHifness) made search for the fetters and
had found is in y shoe. box and DESTROYED Il
connected with the authorship Of the sher-.
man letter. Witness further stated that he
was personally cognizant of the Anderson
Weber agreement His brothers murder was
not done by political enemies, but by person
al ones. Referring 20 an affsdavit signed by
witness and embodied in the Sherman report,
making sweeping che-ges of intimidation in
the parish OF West Feiiciana, witness said
that he did not read the paper or he should
not have. signed il he had no defense TO
done Without delfberation. a letter was here
shows Weber. which he identifed as having
been written by himself Ii was addressed to
his cousin J. II. Weber, and gave an account
of tire killing of his brother. ID. A Weber. In
II the writer says: 1.-THE Rssassins of ID. A. are
at large as yet, aud officfatfng in the capacity
of Nichoils's officers in the parish he lived in.
West Feliciana, and Republicans, with ter
ror imprinted on g cir faces, whisper to each
other, Who win be nextT Under Govern
ment at this time IN thisStste, administered
by Nichols and his band of assassins, and
founded upon blood, there is not and
never will be auysecur1ty tor life. and prop
erty ID. A. leaves wife and three little ba-
bies, the Oldest only three years OF age.
This alone would haye been enough to have
spared Ms life had nottbe brutes been thirsty
for the blood of innocent and defenseless Re-
pubhcans..,. Our situation in the North can
not be understood, or 1 am sure the people
would not tolerate the. state of affairs which
actually exists here. One by one our white and
G, lored Republic ans are murdered here by
daylight, and always by, parties unknown.
We have endured more than our share of
81 sfrtd mutt and nnlA9a the General
Government come to our rescue, we must
either suffer the fate OF d.. A or leave the
State This is a threat made against us pub
licly and without tear, u, AS WE ana pa
bies have moved from St F'ville to Donald
senville. have also been obliged for secu-
rity's sake 10 move to the same place. We
have abandoned all our property and left it
at the mercy of the brIftesy If Packard is
Governor, and have no doubt of it, he Will
in due time have the assassins of my brother
arrested and punished. lfNieholls becomes
Governor, and an attempt on our part TO
afrest or convict the murderersis made, we
will, beyond any doubt, suffer DEATH" During
the reading of the letter Mr.. Cox examined
the witness in regard to various statements
contained therein. and the witness replied
that all statements made were vouched for
by him from Information he had received,
and he then believed them to be true; but he
had since learned that he had been misin-
formed. He now pronounced the statements
contained therein to be false. He subSe-
quently stated that the statements were made
son to whom the letter was addressed was go
ing to have it published, and it would create
a feeling in the North in favor of the Pack
ard Government.
Emile Weber further testified On the 3D.:
senator Sherman assured him in conversa-
ton, that if his brother would stand by his
protest he would be protected ,and in comph
ance with the request of Sherman he got his
brother to go and see him. His brother subse.
quently showed him the Sherman letter ano
witness took il in his hand and read it. II
was written on double sheet of commercial
note paper. Mrs. jerks testified il was writ
ten on a single sheet of commercial letter pa
PERI Witness said it was arranged before
the election by Kellogg, Thomas G. Anderson
and Packard, TO throw out the Feliciana par
ishes on intimidation affidavits; he was as
sured by Kellogg and others that if he would
use his influence with his brother to carry
out the scheme, that he (witness) would be
ed by about 1900 vetes, but was de
clared elected by 500 majority by the Re
turning Board. Referring to the case of Eliza
pinkston, witness said that some OF the Wis
iting statesmen had interviews with hel
before she was brought before the Returning
Board; he was of the opinion that the so
called outrage was a put-up job. Witness
told about Mrs. Jenks's visit to Mrs. d. Weber
in search of the Sherman letter. which she al
Ways'spoke of as such, and never intimated
that she had any thing to do with the author
ship oft. She told Mrs. Weber that the letter
was worth thousands of dollars, and that she
would pay her good price for 1t. judge
Marks, now Internal Revenue Collector a
New Orleans, had also visited Mrs. Weber anC
requested her to make statement that she
had never known of the Sherman letter. A
the close of his testimony witness was or
dered to report to the sub committee at New
Orleans on the 10th, where he will be cross
examined by Gen. Cox. The Committee theI
adjourned till july 10.