The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-06
INVESTIGATING THE FRAUD.
YET ANOTHER FORGERY DOVE IN THE
LOUISIANA RETURNS.
The Supervisor of the Louisiana Ansdavit
Mii Giving the Committee neither square
Acknowledgement nor "a square Denial.


The supervisor OF the Ioutstnnn Amdnvh
RIM Giving the Committee neither % square
Acknowledgment nor n square Denial.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 5.--To-day +. A. WoOlf-
lev clerk of the Circuit Court and IJnited States
Commissioror ,nstinod hotoro ,bo s,,h.,o,,-
OV"'miHolo"oi' Vcsuhcu poiore INC sup-coW-
mlttee. He appeared on the stand with several
bundles of nfndavts and protests. originals
a., oo,io. ., = ,,r,.o ,,n., - ,,,a, Ill q,
anu copies Oh HrEe part Oh tnose alieReu 10
have been used by the Returning Board in 1876.
Tho witness admitted that these papers ought
'o pe' he supposeu' III 'no o'hco OF the oecre'ary
OF State. or In the possession OF the members of
tho Returning Board. He thought he got pos
session soss OF them from the board in January
1871 or possibly later He did not remember
who brought them to him. bv what authority
s,,a, NJ 81 ~, ,.o,,.a, s,,.,,.,ia,,r -,
or when. he had had general supervision oil
making the affidavits md protests. After they
had bcc, pronarsd thcv wore nlcd with tho re-
y, . a. " p n,yu WV" ',o
Some OF the originals had boon borrowed by
Republican counsel and never returned. He
he had takem NO reee INT io i them ana I'M not
kent COMICS of NH Tho c"s"s '"O'' ""N ""- NV
These phper ,l,' hnye enc" never been before any
commlttes hi nov Same dvriicntcs ~ III
documents now prodnc"d John Sherm1n 1ot
and puhlishcd In lila report' The Witness
"n"nad ths hnndIns bv rcnmest and rcnd the
nnres ~ nr"tcstnrs ond ar,sn;s az, nn o,rh doc
umnnt Mt iast coming TO- III" Weber nrotcst
arninst Wcst Fnlicinnn. This was handel To
was not awere Of iii" existen",, Of this do"urnent
until three DAYS ago Numerous intcriinea-
tions were disroyernd in il mud Mr. Blnct burn
b0ndim i, Nv h Syi,na ~. !" osuaj hi, hctb
hn Iid not Know fiat ,hn Observation-Disclosures zero
in nno,ber hnndwriting difynrcntint and made
M INHERENT time and also ,rhnthnr nnrt 81 the
"1dcd ,noi,cr h,d ~, " hocr ,vri,, 10 ,hc
rtin H mi ,r n m nof Oreh Wr' Vy h e
moi. hut nri,hcr n con, nicto Observation-Disclosures
nnr I, s"unra Innil cnuiI ho eliciteI frn,' tha
y,itncss Mr Rood ob,ncied 10 bis o,ceti,n on
various grounds, chirny becanse II conld n Ut
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objection WINS voted down. and IN" Witness re-
ylfed 10 Tho la, mn, a. H. HAL bur,, mae
nleu 10 ,ne st Ra,' 3i mr; blacRnurn dues
Many names Of afianis were sibseaucntly
added 10 ibis nrotest Tho oriyin"i Iodn,n"nit
hn no na,e Inc lHret Is dated Nov 10, dSd5.
panyinr anidovits which were nroduced h,fore
The committees. several of these were dated os
inte n Nov %. otherst1re dated Nov tx. and
ntiinnts reier 10 nm otidavit msde 10 10 " nna
Vrisiniski which ia dnt"d Nov % Vrisiniski
suhsenu@ntiv svors ,ba; ths afiJavit ne Il nm.
neored was ,ntirriy diSrrcnt In snbstan 7 ~ nnd
meaning from the ono he made and denounced
it rs a forgery Another Of these appended
oi"six dnva mar tba originai nrotost n,nnnrs
10 have been sworn
anrins ua rnwcp,harcd th"t Vrisinst1 MA
nublished n statement concernin, lis n 4, bnvit
trisinstf he anil ,yns rrrson, ,yLan H. r,aj
Ne nrI,,,ai !, ,slI,,v,, 20 Vi, w., Vris;nsi ~
nftnr,rnrd deniad ,nd ia,ad ,ba, N inyit
Witness added tint some Of thess aiiiants IN
an nv WIZ an, nm ,n, WV VIZ. ~,
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H. bI,,d =, ,h "n1n " W.T. Aun 80 q
~ % w. n .me Doll, prntiu,sat.u
& 49, ~, on -. ~ ~, IN ~ '.s
rr ,n, ., nr Dr twen,y WHO
WI ~ 49,, ~. ~ ~, w
~ "" u,S "nu nlu VIZ.
Sr VI WI wen" soluieis 'ooA coples ior john
~ ~ uii,,as. ,,o. ,ha, si.,h..., 49,, ,,
~ Was .uvn Ev'i, mn wv
, I ~ ~ ~ H7 . W i1i ~
pun '0v ans mn OIL .is nass 81
arc n,ssine bmt tbose np1mnap1
ihaTod ~ on,rSnrirarv ,aiua ~ ,h, iii Ell
Ia, ~ material ss"is,enca In ob,ainIne' y,as,i
nony ~ '''''''400 III '''"'""s '0S'
H. Syiicv, q, tho ,rnoororco - ,ho io,o ri,,o
p,ntston,s afndayi,' oxrnsin, ,Sa on"s ,irncy
h,nre tbc Re,urnin, Ndr5 TX VIZ b ~ LA
Jobn shermsn Irnre tbn Oh in nctors 1n nr,nIn
Renuhlirnn oficinls ,mneli.d annnro,ntIr hv
an rnnnrshnnsinn that EiiIa viii H. branh,' ~
11r' H. CnrrssionaI Tor,n,,,,a va ~, 49,,
sesk inc "a nhtain rom Ler Observation-Disclosures ~
ber late sworn statamen, I, %os hna,, ~ N IN ~, s
Nv in"dint, pnnnhiicnns hcr tha s' rI1a pi
b1s NAL" cnnnin,e denial ~ bcr iss, IN la
VII THIS sffirmia,inn il hasad mon tho sia,a-
| msnt ~ U"nry p Smith pos,rnss,,r ~ Cant,,
! Mise who In n ipttsr ~ Junc 81 ~ n ht,,L w.
ernl ori.iai her. sn,s III n, he NM ~ ;,';nr,t,
win ina ,yonan thef sha ron,rod Ia ~ %
"nnf In, ',,,,rt :, 4 ~, M r,s - Xii - ,,1
. ma ,,,iisa', y, " M, orInn - ~ NJ, II
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