Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-24
C.SA a,
The Potter Investigation.


GENERAL BUTLER EXAMINES MAJOR BURKE.
| Major Burke continued his testimony before
the Potter investigating committee yesterday.
General Butler asked: Was the abandon
meRt ae9 Of II the e. Packard Packard government ever con
sured positively by Stanley Matthews that
Senator Morton would sustain the Hayes gov
ernment in Withdrawing the troops from
Louisiana, thus virtually recognizing the
Nichols government. Senator Matthews tod
me that Senator Morton would make speech
ON that subject.
Here General Butler read report of a speech
made by Governor Norton when Serenaded,
in which he foreshadowed Hayes action to-
Witness was then asked if his associates.
| Matthews and others, were able to rope in any
| other republican statesmen. He replied that
he understood Mr.. Frye was willing to be roped
Q. Did you understand that Morton or any
other live man outside of Ohio ever said before
the attn od OF March IA that the Packard govern
| that every one of them acquieSced, as it was
well known and published that such would he
Congress or the Senate raised their voices
against it.
@. Where is there word about overthrow
strued it that the withdrawal of the troops
| was the overthrow OF Packard'S government,
and SO did every one else with any sense:
| out of your publications what would befall the
Packard government? A. No. sir; we felt no
pain over 1t.
q. General Butler very excitedly standing
up)-Did you not keep the matter secret as to
| what was to be done to Packard'S govern
ment? A. Qn loud voice)--No, sir; it was
published, and MIR. Levy stated it on the floor
| Here Mr. Hiscock read a dispatch which he
| had just received from Governor Young, of
| Ohio. 1t states: $50 far as am concerned,
| Horne is at liberty to testify all he knows. 1
| have no secrets to conceal as to our cores
pondence or telegraph. Thomas L. Young"
n nf ha Ira,
| cause the withdrawal of the troops? A 1t did
| not result SO. Here witness read a letter of
TO eS se Of tbe R
| MIR. WatterSOn OF the dispatch of witness to
| Gov. Nichols containing the substance of a
conversation between Gen. Grant and witness:
| Mr.. WatterSon made use of the substance of
the dispatch in speech on the louisiana
| question. and witness thought Grant might
have believed its use premature Major
Burke's memoranda of the Wormley confer
| ence (already published) was put in evidence.
The only new facts in connection with it were
that it stated that the question of hayes title
were discussed. Witness admitted that the
question was there discussed, but denied that
Horne ever furnished him with the law on the
question. Here lot of questions were pro-
| pounded by Gen. Butler to witness with view
of finding out why South Carolina was de-
manded as well as Louisiana, and what was
| OverturDing the Chamberlain government.
Witness told Gen. Butler to ask Mr.. Waiter
| son, of Kentucky, who was the representative
of South Carolina at the Wormey conference ;
that he (witness) knew nothing about the
matter beyond what was published in the pa
| pers at the time, but that no sane man ever
| believed that Wade Hampton was not elected.
MIR. Potter then read the following tele
gram: Il never had a conversation with Mr..
Sherman about the settlement Of the Louisi-
ana question or on Louisiana politics. In this
.'RANDoIPH L. GIBSON"
Major Burke explained that on February %
| he received note from General Gibson, stat
ing: LET me see you at once. Sherman and
| Cameron notify nae that they will call to see
me me this nd evening @ Witness said that from this
and discussed the question, but in this he
| might be mistaken.
THE ELoPING COUPLE GONE TO WASHING
ToN-oR EUROPE?-The New York World of
| yesterday says: Mr.. w. III. q. Deveer AMI his
bride formerly Miss Lizzie Ogden, of Key
day, but went to Washington, ID. c., instead
Nothing has been heard by Mr.. Ogden directly
from them. Mr.. Ogden thinks "she might
give and forget. Miss Lizzie's place as assist
ant to her father in the post office was filled
Ogden has twelve children-slx daughters and
six sons; MIR. johnson, of the Mansion house.
said ye sterday that he had been informed Dy a
telegram from Jack Kilburn, Mr.. Deever's
bosom friend, who went to Philadelphia on
Wednesday night to meet the bride and groom
that they would return to Keyport to-day or
| CO-uOTTOW. MT. OceVeT, SuppOSlng tnaC there
would be "a great rumpus," and that he
would be liable to prosecution, at first planned
to sail for Europe yesterday. Kilburn stayed
behind to watch events, and was to have Join
ed them at the pier and gone to Europe, too
But after MIR: Ogden expressed Willingness
to forgive them, their plans of course were
changed. Mr.. johnson says that Deever is
native OF Holland, near Rotterdam. is well
educated, speaking four or five different lan-
| guages, and is the pOssessOr of a large fortune
in securities and real estate which he inherit
|
went to keypOrt in June last, and since then
has received two drafts from Holland for
| $l,OO0 each. Some time ago he showed Mr..
johnson schedule of his personal property,
| consisting of various kinds of bonds that COW
cred two pages of large bill paper. The sched-
Tie was sent in a letter by his brother who is
| preacher of the Reformed church in the Old
| country
The Philadelphia Times of yesterday saws
| the elOping couple sailed from that port for
| Europe on the steamer Ohio on Thursday
morning.
| BISHOP kEANE'S CONsECRATION.-The Rich
| mOnd DISPATCH of YESTERDAY saws Archbishop