The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-05

Hayes The story goes that he has intorma-
ton that the President was cognizant that
the McVeigh Committee took to New Or
leans last year a letter Of credit from Secre-
tary Sherman to the Sub-Treasury at that
port, that the expenses Of the Commission
and the organization of the Nichols Senate
were paid by drafts on the said letter of
credit, and that the deficiency thus occur
ring in the Sub-Treasury was ultimately
made good by an extraordinary draft on the
secret service OF the State Department.
THE JENKsEs ON ANDERSON.
New ORLEANS, June 5.-Mrs. jerks, the
party who is said to have the letter written
by Secretary Sherman, resides in Ruker-
vile, ten miles above the city. She is q
woman Of about thirty years of age, and is
rather pleasing in appearance. She Is ap-
parently very intelligent, and in an inter
view said:
Secretary Sherman never wrote me any
letter whatever"
She further stated that Anderson was un-
worthy of belief; that he was conspirator
in the Custom-house at the time he was Su-
peryisor, and drawing pay thereat.
SAN Francisco, June 81. B. jerks, who
figures in Anderson's testimony, is at Red
wood City, in this State, and was yesterday
interviewed by a reporter to whom he made
the following statement:
81 never saw Anderson until the time
when he went to New Orleans to tender his
resignation. 1t was said of him that he
n, tn ham attach pI and
shot by the bull-dozers, and exhlb-
tied a coat so full of holes that
had he been inside of it at the time they
were made he would have been fuller of
buckshot than Mark Twain's famous jump
ing frog. Gov. Kellogg requested me TO try
and find Anderson and urge him to go back,
and he wrote an Executive order instructing
him to Immediately return to his parish
and resume his duties. | took the order
and commenced to hunt for the renegade,
and succeeded in finding him. His condi,
ton was what can best be described
as set up l handed him the
Governors order. After reading
which he exclaimed, I'm not going back
| have got a better thing Seeing his con
dition and recognizing the adage, in vino
veritas, l piled him with liquors until he
stated that he had a large sun
of money offered him by certain
prominent Democrats to let the parish &C
| Democratic and vorch for the CORRECTNESS
Of the proceedings, and that he
had concluded to strike a bargain
with them and look out fol
himself, and that after the election Kellogg
Packard and others would let him go tC
Ii, and whistle down the wind. Subse
quently he returned to the parish OF hi
own notion. and assumed his duties"
| BUTLER ASKS FOR LETTERS.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-When the Com
nittee reassembled this afternoon Cen But
Ter presented resolution to the effect tina
the President be requested TO furnish to tn
Committee the letters referred to i'll Andel
sons testimony as having been written from
the President to Matthews and from
Matthews to the President in reference tt
giving Anderson position, if such letter
were written, or certified copies Of the same
The resolution was adopted.
THE WRONG DOCUMENT.
James E. Anderson was then called t
the stand and questioned in regard to tn
agreement drawn up between him an
Weber. He stated in reply to inquire
by Mr.. Reed, that Weber wrote his sigma
ture after he (Anderson) had signed it.
Mr.. Reed then showed the witness
paper purporting to be the agreement be
tween Anderson and Weber, on whic
Weber's signature is above Anderson:
Anderson declared the paper to be cour
terfeit, and never to have seen it before
The Chairman stated that Mr.. Cox ha
obtained this paper from Hon. Stanle
Matthews Anderson reported that thi
was not the paper he mailed to Mr.. Ma
thews
Hon. George c. Gorham, Secretary of tn
Senate, testified that he knew nothing {
any records of the proceedings of tn
Louisiana Returning Board, beyond that h
was informed this morning by the Sergean
alarms that those papers were in his GU
tody and in the same box in which the
had left New Orleans.