New-York tribune., 1878-06-24

crossed with important documents and not with htts
unimpOrtant documents OF that sort.
General Butler-I viii read this letter: ., ,o--
DrAn MADAN: beg 10 be excused TOR not answering
vour kind letter sooner before doing wonled to
assure myself that the document wanted nom me n15
not IN my possession. have once more oohea O'as III vi
papers belonging to my late husband and nothing OF he
kind is TO be seem Believe me, Madah; II @ a 90 W ~
could be OF no use to send y0n the copy OF anote
from Mr.. Anderson TO Mr. Weber Iound III 'ho papers,
tO-wlt: c,,-,ov Mar 4 1919
SIR Please deliver to the box OF stationery
sent me in your care Very respectfully vrs ? ANDERSON
D. A. wEuqER esq Supsrntendent RGistaOH East feI'-
Mony thanks for the beautiful flower made out Of the
hair will take good caro- Of and previously keep H.
1t is greatly admired 10y all VINO see IL MY pIosnt 81
wishes me to ask you make him similar one ana 70
et him know what YOU would charge for H. ana also
could You make hair in the shape Oh wHton d s,d
ol,r 80" Tt,cas -, - Yoirs i. ID. WEBER.
'ofIave You ever seen that letter from the day you
gave il 20 WebbeT anywhere down TO date 40 SIT,
nave mover got sight OF it since and did not know
where il was.
THE WITNESS AGGRESSIVE.
o-Wbat did you come to Washington aboutl A.
To attend TO my own affairs and nobody elses.
Odd YOU come because Mr. kellogg wanted you to
comet A-Governor Kellogg did not express any
special desire that should come.
o.-But did you not come at the invitation direct or
implied OF Mr. Kellogg in other words, did you not
come In regard 10 his case A.-Cerainly not; he had
no ease then he had been admitted TO the Senate /
told him coming you know almost everybody
o.HWGose business did you come to Washington upon
besides your Owul Al came here Tor myseI ana the
Q.~Bat Want to trace this letter and find It. A
OF could get hold that letter. on the face OF IT,
Il would show whether it was or not IA MT SHERMAN
handwriting Now, u could not have been In
Mr. sherman's handwritiug from your testimony
because he was no! there SO wGlt nd-ritIrg 70 gft 81
ho onomg 70 credit What Won say about it, and # you
hc will the best evidence Ot
the truth Ot what you say ana that u the reason
II ynn have any knowledge since 10 went out your
hands directly or Indirectly about that e Ter or It's
Whereabouts, am very anxious to get it. DO you
know OF youT own knowledge or have you ever known
where that letter that you gave TO WeoDef - 0i mas oee
since you gave II to Wcbber Add you ever sec IT,
Q'5Wi you answer my question: A.-wcl It was
given TO Mr Wobber What more do yon want 10 know
O.-I want to know exactly what ask Al do not
know anything about that same document 1t passed
OEDo you know OF any other document which You
had reason to believe had Mr. shermans name signed 10
handed tnat to Mr. Webber pertaining to Anderson and
Webberi A.-Oh no; there Is no other one. -. ,. q,
O-You never wrote any other letter tpardon me-
have forgotten again; you never wrote any let
ter leaving ont the one you handed TO hr. NtPottJ
since that time, OF the same Pnspo." ~ hiS DoII
with shcrmau's name signed 10 ltI A.-HDw should
40 ~ so SOL, dngIt sITse as tis 9sen no
o.%But. have You or mott Al should never have
Thought Of doing sHGh tllns, ' saS' o"Pn"'i0'N''
Dwell 10 has taken long time to get at thati A
That Is because you dOut ask your qucstlOhs Ibh eO
M'MAHoNs CROss-ExAMINATIoN.
After short recess the examinatonl Of the witness
was taken up by Mr.. Mcmahon in behalf Of the Demo
Gratis, us follows:
Mr. NcMabop-o-Who did you deliver that letter to,
that Webber handed 10 yOui Al shall decline to an
'ToLWbSf did the gentleman do with It to whom you
delivered itl Al did not say that delivered 1t U
why then do you decline TO answeri 'A-Becanse
= 10, IN uugstlOu perhaps ~
Did Won deliver It to anybody or did you keep 1t
yoHrselfi Ais It necessary In this case that sou
SUS', Ut nav be- well ask some other question.
Q.-No. would rather ask you that Alt was not
delivered TO anybody IN particular. .,
Q.-Was Il delivered 10 anybody In generalf At
might have been because was public document you
Who wrote the reply to ~ Al emphatically
and distinctly decline 10 tell you II Is sufficient that he
eoIt is sufficient for you 20 exonerate Mr. sherman
bu Won cannot do that n you let know who the
man was who wrote the letter. Allow do you know
II o.was Il yonrselL Al decline distinctly and en-
phaucallY 20 answer.
do not mean anything OF the kind; say that answer
was dictated by me and no Que else
0-Tut to whom did you dictate ~ Alt is OF no
use for you 20 know anything moro than that that
o.-You cannot exoncrate Mr. Sherman n you do not
give the name OF the person who wrote iti Ar
Sherman not there. Hc was upstairs, believe Al
least the usher said So 49,,
Odd uuy body up 10 see MN Anu lNat l
know Of. did not follow HIM up, / inquired II he was
there, aud they said he was upstairs.
ODD you dictate 70 to Mr. Pitkini A.-No, sir.
Odd You dictate It TO one Of the visiting states
meni A.-No, sir. | was not on Intimate terms
enough with them ~ dictate letter 90 them Besides
they he'd enough 10 dictate their own letters.
Q.-Then II was ~ some person who had not sense
enough 20 dictate lctteri A.-Wol, they might have
had enough sense for IT, but not enough to assume the
statesmanike STYLE that was tsga.IeI,; ,,. .-o ,,,
Q-You are rather proud OF that perormahce' are you
o.LYou thought the letter looked rather statesman
ike A.-Well never thought about 10 until saw II In
print aud then did think II looked rather imposing
ODD Won tell Webber that It was not genuine let
ter from sherman, but 70 good enough for Andcr-
som A.-No, sir; did not mention sheiman's name To
Q.~Yoa wanted Mr. Webber to remain under the I'm,
preston that il was from hint A.-Yes, SIT; the end
iusnes the means, especially IN Louisiana politics.
MT timeY A-Ycs. sir there was a cass Of persons
who wanted guarantees then,
Q-Were there any ground out Ayes, sir; by the
o"YSn We're NOT in good standing az the Democratic
headquarers youi Al had versatility IN poll
tics. 1 did not know in the morning what my politics
would be In the evening. lLaughterl
Q-Do you mean to cay mat yoa were present az the
sir but heard OF lots OF them.
Q-Ihis occurred in Paror where the visiting states
men were Ayes, sir. They were preparing 10 go
down to the Returning Board rooms.
Q.-Do you remember any gentlemen who were there
any way and did not look around.
. Q.-Who showed you into the parlori A.-The usher
on my expressing desire to soc Mr. sherman -
Odd yCu deliver the letter to the usher A.-NO,
sir, did not like 90 do that, you know.
Q-What Is the you did not Ike TO do It'll A.
Well, no looked faugucd, perhaps.
Ole was tredt Ayes, sir
Odd you deliver It 20 ans body else TO take upstairs
20 Mr.. Shermani A.-NO, cir.
O.-YOu delivered It TO somebody down stairs A
No, don't think delivered It to anybody else down
stairs; they were all so much engaged that II would
have been impossible for them to nave received letters
lust at this time.
Odd You deliver II TO anybody Al do not know
who ever received II, or that anyone received IL,
Odd IL pass out OF your handst Alt might
have been given o. the four winds.
OF you TembCmber anything about IL say So and II
YOU do not, say do not rememDeri A.-Weli n you
want me TO say do not remember, VIII say so.
Q.-But are you willing 10 swear that you do not re-
mcmber9 Any memory serves me III sometimes
Q-Yes, should judge so; now want TO know
whether that paper destroyed by or handed by
you 10 anybody elsei A.The paper was never handed
by mo 10 anybody else II might have gone In the waste