The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-22
THE INVESTIGATION.
POTTER ANB MATTHEWS CON-
MITTEES.
Anderson Refuses 10 Testify before
the senste Iamn'iitee-CRpIain
JenkS Tells bout Matters
Iu hast ftliciana
ad the Sher-
uan Letter.

WAsaIs droS, June ~ The Potter
Investigation Committee met to-day,
Mr.. Morrison presiding IN the absence ot
Mr.. Potter.
Captain Thomas A jerks, OF New Or
leans, WAS examined by representative
Rad. He tes lItied that 10 1876 hIs resi-
dsnce was il East FoIicisEs parish; held
The position OF United States deputy mar.
sbsl; was appoiuted by Marshal Pitkrn;
Republicans IN that parish had told wit
ness that they were afraid 10 register
their names on account Of intimidation
At this point Nc. McMshon asked if
.Jsnks WAS the witness called Al the In-
stance OF Secretary Sherman. Mr. Reed
replied that be was. wnereupOn Mr. Nc
MahOn SAID be objected to any questions
being put relating to stfairs IN East Fell
cisna, excepting what materially affected
Mr.. sherman, and that the question
whether or not Mr.. Sherman wrote the
so cal ed sherman letter" should be
decided before this witness gave his testi
mouy regarding the intimidation which
wss experienced By K R'pubhcans in East
Felicisns parish.
A lorg g discussion ensued, the Republi.
cans taking the ground that they had
been endesvorIng ever since the organ
lZa.IOn Ct the CON mlttee, TO ascertain the
proposed scope OF invest gStlou, during
which Mr.. NJ prison stated that Mr.. Sher-
man had requested that one hundred
witnesses be summoned by the sub-Com-
miltee who are 10 VISIT Louisiana, the
members Cf which have not yet been
formally announced, TO testify with refer
ence 10 the intimidation that existed and
tbs. It WAS lis Morrison intention, at
the proper time, to ask the committee 10
refuse 10 hesr restatement OF witnesses
regarding intimIdsuon-in that State.
Mr.. McMaaOn formally withdrew his
objection.
Tue witness retold the old story Of In
timldstion. when McMahon sgain OBJ.
i.cted, and another discussion eusued.
At the uggestion of Cox, the witness
Was allowed to proceed, WITH the under
Standing that At a future meeting 1t will
be decided If the testimony relating to
intimidation be stricken out or not. The
witness produced letter written by j.
Z Anderson, requesting tast he forward
Anderson the or glNsl list given by the
witness TO General Augur, of fifteen
murders committed in East Fehcisns
parish.
Anderson told the witness that he was
attacked by the Democrats and after
ward said he thought his clerk, 7. Z.
Butler, had something to do with il. The
witness SAID that the Anderson protes.
10 the Sherman report, which Anderson
heretofore testified was not the document
he had signed and claimed that it had
been altered, WAS the document Ander-
son signed and swore TO before Judge
Campbell, Anderson requested the wit
ness TO make affidavit that be Anderson
was intoxicated when he signed that pa
pyr, but the wItRess refused. he was
perfectly sober. Several moths alter
wards Anderson came to the wit.
ns:s and wanted him 20 make
statement 10 that effect. He (Ander
son bid never signed the protest, and
had the document written by himself to
that effect. Mr.. Anderson told the wit
ness that Mai. Burke had offered him
several thousand dollars and u position il
be would 20 back on his protest
Witness was asked what he knew OF
the sO-caIled Sherman letter, and stated
that the frs. be knew about the Sherman
letter va, on the 9TH of January last, when |
j. was u 9 toned by Marshal Pitkin IN Il
conversation; never saw letter writ.
: o by sherman 10 any one about the
election OF 1876
Wines was shown several letters
which he identified ss being in the hand |
writing Of d. A. Weber, and then he
Was SHOWN the signature OF Weber 10
the AudersOn-W ebrr contract, and was
asked whether be believed II to be genu- |
laa. He replied that he did not think II !
Wa that Weber always signed his name |
Ia q back hand that he had never seen
him sign a. this paper was signed. that
might be Weber's signature, BUTT was
not his usual Signature He had never
seen that Anderson W eber contract be-
.5re. He also testified to kelloggs desire
inst Anderson sLou!d return 10 last
Fs.lcana and discharge his duties "a
supervisor, and that the Governor had
advanced him fifty dollars out OF MS own
.lads 10 pay his expenses. lie denied
AadersOn's statement as TO i. B. jerks
mot cousin or relation OF Vltness)
having got drunk st the witness house
srd as 10 iacls Of the corspirscy,
tLs. there should be no election IN
las. FcHc!ans being drawn out
o: him; that parL of the state
men. which mentioned the fact of his
wife going TO Col. Patton, Chairman
q. .be Democratic State CommiLte, was
tue, but her object wss TO get gusrsn-
.ss Tor Anderson's protection from vlo-
.snce. The witness testified about the
$40 which Anderson had received IN
Baton Rouge, and SAID that 1t was PAID
By draft drawn on the Democratic
Candidate for District Judge by the
Chairman OF the Democratic State Com
mIttee in New Orleans. 1t was lntims-
led, however, by MscMahon that the
lrstt 10 question was signed by Governor
Kellogg and endorsed by the State SUI
PergsOr Mr.. Hahn.
Cross examination elected that jerks
Wss tax collector at East FeMc!sna, In
1863 and 1870, bat 1t was since claimed
'ua. Llere was dehCu OF SlO UOO IN the
accounts, and that indictments were found
against l.. b. jerks, his deputy, who got
on by pleading the statute OF limitation.
L. B. jerks was candidate on the Re
publican ticKet in 1876, tor Parish Jucge
oi West Feiicsna. Witness did not know
When be left New Orleans in whose be-
lalt he was subpensed. Judge Shells-
Dagger told HIM on his arrival in Wash
lgIon that it was on the Republican
hdei have met the Judge several times
and talked over the Louisiana matters
generally. The wife on her arrival first
called on Governor Kellogg, and then
called for the witness at Shellsbargers
once who first told her that she was
sloi9nsed on the other side. The wit
Tess alter this conversation with Marshal
ENkln, informed his wife that the Mar
sasI had asked if he had any knowledge
Ihe Sherman letter, and that he told
A'n that be had not; didn't think she
,ala anything about it. Between that
,,ne and my wiie's coming to Washing