The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-26
Potter Iuvestig alton.

WASHINGTON. June 25.-Upon re-
assembling of the committee the examina-
ton of Boynton was continued.
By Cox Calling your attention to the |
you had pending the time of
the presidential election or thereabouts,
please state to the committee what conver- |
satioD, if any, you recall as having with |
Judge Levissee, one of the electors, 10 re-
aim, and state fully what occurred. |
Answer-About three or four days prior !
to the assemblage of the electoral commit |
tee, Judge Levissee entered my otEce one
morning under considerable excitement
and said he wanted private Interview;
be then said to me that he expected some
oyertures were to be made to bin by
somebody in democratic interests; he said
to me, L am running a great deal OF
hazard; ] am liable to serious misconcep
ton as TO my motives, aud | want some
one in whom | can cou6de aud who will
stanu sponser Tor :a.e in case any mIsrep-
ressutatlon should ensuc:" alter that he
made tuo or three visits, up to the time of
the meeting OF tie electoral college and
mentioned the LANES OF Walter Pugh, Mr..
Asher Il think that was the name) and
bOeSlbls 4hI II tIItbueL3 puI dlU uUt SURF
as to that; he came each time to report
progress; [ tllnk that 1t was at the last
interview on his subject that he told NE
he had had meeting with one OF these
gentlemen, but with which one | don't
recolcct, aud be met with bis companion
third gentlemen, aud that distinct
| proffer had been made. as | now recollect,
OF 100000; this was at the last inter-
| / l. ] J
at such an hour, which had almost ap
preached then, aud be wanted to stay
with me- in the office and secrete himself;
/ went outside and told my usher to allow
no one in the Office aud to report me out;
| the door was locked aud he remained
there till shortly before the Assem- bling of
the electoral college; telegraphed by my
private wire to the state house that Judge
| Leyissee was there and would be there IN
due time; think | sent him down in my
private cab; | am not sure about that;
Furthermore | know nothing.
Q. Do you know of the borrowing Of a
certain $4,000 by people, 10 New Orleans
which finally was paid by note on the
Union National Bank OF Chicago? A. No
sir; all the funds know about were 81,
000 or $4,000 sent down there by Mr.
Zach. Chandler in the latter part of Janu
airy, and the greater part was spent IL
sustaining the Metropolitan party police
force at the State House. Witness stateC
that they had voluminous correspondence
, with Washington parties regarding th'
, election, but he did not remember tele
gram stating that troops and moEeI
would be furnished During a converse
ton with Anderson in July witness wa
shown certain papers which he advised
, Anderson to place in Buffers hands
Witness said be did this because Butle
was and had been for years his politica
adviser. and thought it a matter that th
! General should know about. Witnes
stated that he had an interview wit
, Wells in which the latter stated tina
everything was satisfactory.
Witness was then asked what became 0
the original papers drawn up by Ander
son and sworn to by him. Witness sal
he sent it to Senator Conkling eor th
purpose of convincing the Senator tha
Andersons statement that he was druD
when he signed it was untrue. Mex
morning. alter witness arrived 10 Wash
: Washington, he, in company with Senate
g CopkllDg, went to the commltte
{ room, bat the paper
0 question could not be found: CoDkling di
not remember clearly of receiving tn
It paper, but remembered perfectly we
s that witness had promised to send il
" Conkling promised witness that if ii
n papers were found he would send to hin
Il Albert q. Haley was next called. Il
y stated that during Mrs, jerks visit
d Washington last winter he had coverss
J. ton with her relative to the Sherma
letter. Witness was asked to state VIII
e she Mrs. jerks said about it. The que
,s ton was objected to by Hscock. claimir
that there was DO legal evidence showir
r that Secretory Sherman ever wrote Il
n so-eaIed Sherman letter. and MeMahs
le stating that be believed be did write Il
D, letter from testimony as already given,
q Butler did not think there was Il
slightest inference that could be legally
& logically drawn that Sherman wrote the