The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-07-11

the Committee, object to the consider
alton of this letter or its publication af
any part of the record. If it is publish
ed, it will place me in very false posi-
ton with people down there, and ask
the committee to refuse to allow it to be
read for that reason. The statement
have made in there is not in accordance
with the facts. l would like to say O
word or two more about this matter; that
at the time | wrote this letter, what ]
wrote was given to me as facts, but since
then have asCertained that / was mis-,
informed, and therefore misstated the
case at that time"
The chairman and other members Of
the committee, after looking at the let
ter, decided it was proper it should be
read, and Mr.. Cox read it to the commit
tee. 1t is as follows;
State Senate, New Orleans, |
March "a, 1877. !
To ], H. Weber, Esq.:
DEAR CoUsIN-Your favor of the 18th
instant was received only to-day. Inan-
swer thereto, / am sorry to say that
though had heard my brother, D. A.
Weber, casually speak of a cousin living
in st. Louis, he never gave me any def
mite understanding concerning him.
This is the only reason l can give you for
not writing to you sooner, The Times
you refer to has not yet reached me. l
should certainly be pleased to have the
opportunity to reply to any erroneous
statement made concerning the unpro.
voked and dastardly murder of D. A
l have mailed to your address to-day a
copy of the New Orleans Republican, con-
tanning correct and uncontradiCted
statement of the brutal outrage. l also
forward to your address in writing and
in a separate envelope the same state
ment which you can use for publication
in any paper. l Vouch for the correct
ness of the same. intended before this
to have written another statement giving
more particulars concerning the affair,
but have not really had time to do so.--
The assassins of D. A., are as large as yet,
officiating in the capacity of Nichols off.
GERS in the parish. He lived in West Fe-
liCiana, and Republicans, with terror i'm
printed on their faces, whisper to each
other, "Who will be nextW
We desire no new election in Louisi.
ana. We desire and demand the recog'
milton of the legal and lawful Packard
Government from which Mr.. Hayes de.
rived his title to the Office of Chief Mag
istrate of this nation. We demand it not
only as a just right to which we are en-
titled, but we desire it and demand it
that we may have government found
ed upon law and order, wherein all men,
without regard to nationality or color,
may enjoy the same rights of civilization
without fear or favor, under govern
ment at this time in this State admins
tered by Nichols and his bands of assas.
sins, and founded upon blood. There is
not and never will be any security for
life and property. D. A. leaves a wife
and three little babies, the Oldest only
three years of age. This alone would
have been enough to have spared his
life had not the brutes been thirsty for
the blood of the innocent and defence
less Republicans. l had advised him to
stay away from the parish until our diff. |
culties were finally adjusted, but he pre-
ferred to remain home in the bosom of
his family whom he cherished and
adored, His unfortunate fate seems to
have been apprehended, as you will no
tiCe in his letter written to Senator Nc.
MILAN of Minnesota, three days before
he was murdered, and published in the
same New Orleans Republican l send you.
Our situation in the North can not be
or l am sure the people wod
not tolerate the state of affairs which act.
ually exists here. One by one our white
and Colored Republicans are murdered
here by daylight and always by parties
unknown. We have endured more than
our share of wrong outrage, and unless
the general Government come to our re.
3cue, we must either suffer the fate of D.
A., or leave the State. This is a threat
made against US publicly and without
ear. D. AS wife and babies have mov-
I'd from st. FranCisville to Donaldson
yille. l have also been obliged for secu.
'ity's sake to moye to the same place..
We have abandoned all our property and
eft il at the mercy of the brutes. If
Packard is Governor and IhaVe no doubt
If it, he will in due time have the assas-
ins of my brother arrested and punish
ed. If Nichols becomes Governor, and
N attempt on our part to arrest and con-
,ict the murderers is made, we will be.
-ond any doubt, suffer death. 1 have
written this in haste. In my next, l will
i've you more details concerning D. AS
cath. With the best am, yours,
(Signed) E. L. WEBER.
After the reading of the letter Mr.. Cox /
the witness in regard to vari- {
us statements contained therein, and I
fitness replied that all statements were :
ouChed for by him at the time from the
lformation he had received, and he
len believed them to be true, but he T
ad since learnt that he had been mis- 1
He now pronounced the !
,atements contained therein to be false. 4
Le subsequently stated that the state. d
tents were made for political effect; that 4
e supposed the person to whom the let h
II was addressed was going to have it !
and it would create feeling o
/ the North in favor of the Packard n
overnment. 4
The witness was questioned closely In p
,lation to each clause of his letters, and a
ade the same response to all the state Il
ents therein contained, pronouncing Il
lem all false and written for political
feet. b
The witness said he wrote a similar
tier to Coy. Kellogg, and that the Z
riting of such letters was the stock in u
ade Of the Packard people, to get up a L
cling in regard to outrages in the South, u
order to get the Administration against .
e Nichols Government. .
The witness read a statement, giving Il L
,tails of his brothers. death, in which "
} said the murder was not done by po- "
ical enemies, but by personal ones. f.
The witness continues; 1 saw Secre. d
ry Sherman write in the New Orleans q,
lstom House once or twice and have b
en- his autograph in an album. al
SEES SHERMAN WRITE THAT FAMOUS n