The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-25

Anderson. In fact | was always pretty
] friendly to Anderson. but there was q
/ method 10 our madness, of course.
Y-Whst had been your relations up
/ to that time with Secretary Sherman
Al had merely known him as mem
! Der Of the Senate and heard him
| debate often and admired him. l had
been introduced TO him, but do not known
! if he would have known me ii he had net
Inc casually.
! Q-What reason could you have bad
! on the 10Th of November for deceiying
two OF your intimate friends in the inter-
est of stranger, whom you had never
known2 A-Secretsry Sherman was
merely one of the visiting statesme and
rs such deserved honor at our hands. l
had no desire to serve him particularly,
! l WAS merely maintaining ihe dignity OF
! the party. II the letter had been ad-
dressed to MIR. Stoughton it would have
been all the same; they would have got
ten guarantee. These were men high
IN the councils of the Nation, and do
you suppose that | wished them to know
what contemplate strata we had IN the
psrtyln Louisiana? 1t was for the hon
or Of the party that did not want them
70 know about it,
Q-Why did you give them forged
document it they were your friends?
A Pardon me; l do not admit that.
Q-Why did yoL give them false
guaranty instead of genuine one? A
1t made them feel better, and did not
wish to insult the statesmen.
Odd you know Sherman had given
. verbal guaranty? Al did not know
about that. Weber simply said that
they had been assured that they would be
taken care Of and protected Shermsn's
name was not mentioned in the whole
matter
Q-Then, why did you procure false
guaranteed A-Because it kopt them
quiet. do not know that Weber wished
to 90 back on US, but l knew Anderson
did. Sherman did not know whether
they would stand firm or not, but did.
| knew they would stand firm If they got
guarantee, and if not the Democratic
money would have made them go on the
other side.
Q-So that you thought you would
give them false guarantee to keep them
from accepting u Democratic bribe2 A
Yes, sir, we wanted them, we did not
want any trouble.
Q.-Who do pou mean by "we2" A.
i mean the parsy at laage.
Q-What explanation Of your con-
duct DO you low give for having pro-
duced false guarantee and delivered it
to oour two friends, in order to prevent
au insult being offered to man who wss
sd entire stranger to your Al
thought it would relieve their minds,
and that the visiting statesmen would
leave, and that would be the last heard
of it. | knew they would not sell but
to Democrats, iv that event, and 60 back
on their protests. never thought about
whs. thoy would do with the guarantee
after the 4th of March. II l had, per-
haps this committee would never have
been convened.
Mr. Springer again attempted to get
the witness to state in whose hand
writing the Sherman letter was, but she
declined most emphstically TO do so.
Butler inquired of the witness if she
had any more OF Andorson's letters and
she replied: 81 may have some more"
and adding by the way, General, how
did YOU gel that letter from Mrs. Weber,"
Laughter.
Butler Leaning csreleSsly back in his
chair seemingly enjoyed the question as
much as the spectators, but gave no
reply.
In the dialogue between the Mrs.
jerks and Gen. Butler the witness told
Butler he was very fowery and offered to
tell him more about her Anderson letters
if he would give her the information she
required regarding the course pursued
bv him 10 obtain Mrs. Weber's letter;
otherwise she should be compelled to re-
fuse, the same as ne did.
Mr.. Springer again took the witness,
asking her about how long it was from
the time she left Weber until she return
ed with the document She thought in
the neighborhood of three-qusrters OF an
hour; she renamed in the reception
parlor but about five minutes, duriCg the
time she uRconsciously bit the end from
the note addressed to Sherman and en-
trusted TO her for delivery.
Mr.. McMshon referred TO the CORES
pondence which had existed between the
witness and Governor Kellogg, and par
tiCulsrly desired TO know what letter she
referred to in her letter dated November
II, 1877, in which she said: "1es,
| refer to the letter you wrote Of
You will perceive by one OF Anderson's
letters which | enclosed, that she values
it very highly, and, also that he is not in
possession Of the document, and you may
be sure he shall never get l. or any other
papers he deems OF value.
During the questioning OF Mcmahon
with reference to her having the letter.
Witress said the letter referred to wa;
the Sherman letter.
Witness evaded the questions and
made various inquiries of MIR. McMshon.
She. however, stated that had there been
$4,000 offered for the Sherman letter,
and il was IN her possession she would not
have degraded her honor so much rs to
have accepted the otter.
Mr.. Potter-Did you ever see any Of
Sherman's writing? A-No, sir, l did
not.
McMahon referred to the letter bear
ing the signature of Thomas jerks, and
asked the witness if it was the signature
of her husband?
The direct question was again evaded,
and the witness SAID her husband could
identify his own signature, and he being
present, she referred the gentleman TO
him f., the information desired.
In reply to further interrogstions by
tho Chairman Mr.. Potter the witness
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