The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-23

Louisiana to 500 fair count had given him.
He did not exactly say who the deai beats woro,
the MacNeagh Commission, That is what
thought be wanted. lLnuehtcrl a.,
Q.-Did you know whore II was2 Al did
Mi know the exHct place Of II.
ODD you ever sceit2 Al did SOC docu-
mcnt. / saw II ut almost any place looked. It
might have been In my pOsscssion "a very few
minutes. but not for any lCngth Of timo.
Q.-HQw long did YOU have it2 Al might
have had II just about two minutes and half.
just lifted II up Off "A table, you know: Several
people were in the room. IT was In " Parlor ?"
OF the st. Charles Hotel. / believe some OF the
visiting staiesmon were there discussing tho
Returning, Board pro and con. which was to
,,Q.-You picked up, that document and carried
It away with you. did you Al believe took
along. have no doubt about Il. left tho
Q.-What did you do with the document after
yGu you took iI2 A. pressptei , it to the WS Eerson
| Il you want to know, handed 1t t. him at the
ladies' entrance Of the st. Charles Hotol met
and Ind lille IL c cony"rsa,ion with HIM nnJ then
went up stairs in the 1t. Charles Hotel and
shortly aiterward went into Paror A."
Q.-Did you take up any document with you
| which you handed to anybody in that room
| Well. now that is n direct question. | don't
| know exactly the right you have to know. Boz
| fore answering your question may say some-
Mr Bgtler-CeGtalply. ..-..,..,
1he Mitness-Nell. lwish 10 state in the pres
ence OF this august committee and to the
aR csondpaS sSG F' Mr. scSry S1S shcrmqa %a SH
! the so-called Anderson Wcber guaranty. If
there r. ,criminality in The, document
| or political dishonor attached TO IT, |
! alone know the Alpha and Omega " II mo one
| else knows aught in regard to II, and do not
think think snail tell you anything more. i Ls sum,
| and also Mr.. Anderson and although | may
deem him lAndcrsonl one Of the most magnin-
| pap nj anll ipan .r..la uf n fhn
matter Of the guaranty he has been sincere. and
| award him all due merit. He has always
of light admitted into tho darknoss that sur
rounds him. No one knows about that docu-
PEELED To- ts,l yQn gentlemen any more; ,..
mDd Mr. WsSSr give yoH nS'e to tako up
Q-And you went up and had an interview
s!oiesmens A.-No sir. nothing Of the Kind.
not soc him at all he was not there.
.Q.~,.Then you did not see him that morning
| A.-No. sir.
Q.-Do YOU know what was in that note ? A
! have some slight idea.
Q.-Tell me what your Idea is. Did Weber
| did not, He merely told mo that Anderson was
not satisfied. and that he wanted guaranty
| that he himself did not care about II. but that
Q.-What lid he tell you that he wanted you
I TO do II anything Al wis on my way to tho
st. Charles at the time. and Weber said he was
Just going TO send itup 70 Sherman. and said
|
Q.-Now go on and te us all about 1t. Ave-
have not begun at the beginning oi this afiair
Sa to & s hS Ho RSa
my my husband / had known him. He was always
that part Of the country and / feit at liberty 70
ask him in regard TO the political lookout
and he said thaii, Anderson a. was not sat sat
sume | 4ail that - the party Will take of
the men who do their duty by II" He said.
Yes. we have such an assurance. but Ander-
sDty." amt tIss ssG Who % do you % want It from lie
said. We. have Just. written letter to. John
men sufficient, without written guaranty !
Don't you think YOU insult them by asking 4 2"
self. but that Anderson, thought they had better
have it, a. that time ala not think q taxing
! would. and that is the end Of it,
22Sh nox YER S to s6S sn9w " yh"t EoS dd
Tnconsciously % lS in This way biting on the end Of
letter.; that is what did with IT,
9ASbr having Gsg 3 ins M" end sd q 3hsT whS, S6 Si
could present it to tho gentleman to whom it
Q.-But what did you do with itf A.-Then |
wanted TO know whether II was really necessary
that the gentleman should receive il or not aud
knowing it was not private business. and feel;
ciyan them assurances. their word was sum.
cient without u written guaranty. ! was in the
ladies reception room at the time. 1t was there
that the idea struck me-
roomi A.-les. sir; precisely Then | went
'Uv'IWhat was the idea that struck youq Al
knew that Weber was waiting for an answer
and h., got II. A.. ...,.
Indeed
Q.-You had bit the note little. 40 that II was
not very presentable: now. wncn you got into
PnrlOr T. who did you find thercP Al found
several persons there. but | did not present IN,
document to them. did not like to do it under
o-Di1 YOU say anything about it to them
A.-No. sir did not. Secretary sherman wa:
not there. and what WAS the use Of giving 1t tC
'Q~Now. then. how did Xop pick up the letter
QIwh9 put it into the sGnyelope3 e. ALIti, 4
% snvelopo and and given to Mr. WSber. "'' ''' - "a
. O-ind you did not tell him that you had no
met Mr.. sherman, did YOU Alt was no
, "Q@Bat You gave him the letter as comm.
, from Mr, sherman Al meyer seid 80, n
| Q.-Sow am little anxious to know yha
WIS inside Of that envelope A,-Wcll. ther'
"Q."Can YOU give us the substance OF is con
E tents A;EYes pretty nearly never forge
Tho witness then repeated verbatim the cele
, brated sherman letter declining 70 refresh he,
|
although It WAS rendered her for that purpos
OIL suppose you have aided your mcmor,
| by reading that since then? Al have seen /
in print once. ] believe.
Q.-How many visiting etatesmen were Their
| then In pnrlor z? Al did not count them
there Wore too many.
, Odd you write it In the pArlor2 Al di,
9 mol say wrote it; | said knew OF 1t from Alph
, Q,-Pardon me. Was it written In parlor p
) O.-And in the presence Of tho Waiting states
3 menf A.-Yes sir; but believed they wer
9 too much engaged in the business Of the Re
. | turning Board to pay much attention to wha
o | was going on around them,
: | O-Therefore none Of them knew what wa
in this note2 A.-No, sir / do not think the
: Q.-And Of course. they were too gallant t
, | look over lady's shoulder? A.-Oh. yes; tina
would have been breach of etiquette
Q.-Thcn you put II in an envelope and too
1 | II back to Mr., Weber, Al did not say thai
/ Don't YOU say put II in IN envelope,
D Q.-Pardon me again keep getting II wron
: all the time. You took it back 10 Mr. Weber
) What name happened to be at the bottom Q
that letter. Alt was signed John sherman.
O.-What did you say to Mr., Wober when yo
a handed it to him Al just gave him the let
. | Ter and walked on. did not like to stay an
I | longer. II WAS not necessary.