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day or two. don't recollect the exact spot where

halt or blind Witnesses to be called in this in
yestgati2n IIaughterl, II you are through
business nj the other end Of the line. | wish To
60 10 New Orleans.
BY we Chairman-Y9u don't mean 70 say that
A.-No. sir: he is entirely innocent. He Is dead.
and consider him nm innocent. man.
=, Albert O.. Haley, was. recalled, He testified
that he had met Mrs. jerks in Washington in
January and February, last winter, He added:
The ,N"r lork Times had an article purport-
ing to bc an interview with Secretary Sherman
| In which Mrs. jerks was accused Of having at-
tempted To hlackmail him. As n friend and sim
| core qdnrcr Of hers. called upon her about
| i. and i came out that she came here to get Mr.
! Packard appointed Collector of the Port Ut New
| Orleans. and in comforting with Secretary Sher.
! man on that matter. 1t had been said he had
| been led to think she was attempting to blnck-
! mail him. am giving her conversation. The
general result OF the conversation was that she
! WIS cognizant not only of the existence Of the
| sherman letter. hut OF lis whereabouts. and that
! she had been offered ~ OuO for the letter told
| her II the letter was worth one cent II was worth
/ $1,000 At least. was a Democrat md Louisi.
/ nninn and Therefore Interested i'm the suI1r,t nf
! that letter. While was perfectly satisfied with
! Hayes. and would not disturb him in his scat ut
! 9ll llaughterl was willing To- vindigate history
| have been fraud. and a. the respectable whites
| Of my own state had been accused Of bull.
b be- Produced. M rs. jerks is '"V very
! discreet woman, and therefore | played upon
/ per anger TO cndcayor TO get her 70 produce the
! friend to !. put It where II would DO tho most
! good lLaughtcrl Whether for myself or my
| pary, was port"Hly inmntcrial. | was some
/ what surprised 10 find, however. that in an ar
| ticlc she had published in the Ne'r FORK Times
I she had said she had not in her possession
( any document or letter Whatever duplicating
| Secretary sherman. Her conversation with
! me though led me To- hrli,yc that she had such
' n letter In her construetiv" possession; that is
1 that il was in New Orleans. subject Go her order
4 or personal demand. ] called her attention TO
I is true. have not that letter in my posses
/ sion then said to her that that was probably
had not got It IN her absolute phvsi.
! cal posscsslon and She finally admitted
| trying To- get the letter here; for II the letter
! could bring her money. WAS willing 10 help
her sell the letter would cycn have helped
should have advised her To- have taken photo
graphic copies of II first. My visits 10 her ut
This time were much interrupted hy frequent
calls upon her from eminent statesmen AMI
newspaper men. who crowded her parlors. |
uu irrstood from her that she had written to
New Orleans for this package. which, under
stood. WIS ~ AN iron safe In al thes" convrr-
saiions believe both she ana understood TINT
was IN" And.rsonW oirr letter. learned from
her that she had written 10 New Orleans for II.
In dye course Of time she informed
N"w Orleans. but would return again
soon. asked why she would have To- 20. and
understood from her that She had got u letter
from her husband. stating that she would have
To 80 L. New Orleans for Il. She went away.
that very letter H. understood Il. hut sh. only
cniue back very lately
Ola she have q letter in her hand at tho
TIM she mud" Ibis statement t. you Ayes.
Bv Mr.. CoV-HaNe you lived in Washington
most az tn time -in 80 pi"rcr's Administration :.
Al came here with my friend. Jefferson
DAVIS, whcn ne WHs APPOINTED secretary "i
War | WAS a'terward in the Coniederai" army.
" Mhrr" did y,u make the acquaintance ot
Mrs. I'uk~ Al rented room in a house oi.
/ str. Z. and she took rooms IN the same house /;
and heard that couple Of handsom" and tai
cut"i lud"s from Louisiana had come there,
and rs am very FOND Of talented and beautiful
lniies introduced mysel to them. II WIS all
very natural. you know. llaughtcr.l
OFT was simply u boarding house acquain-
tgn'c. then Alt amounted to more thnn
Vat. nrran-r W had come originally from tho
-anr locality Mrs. jerks has asplrulid voice.
and couiA hear her very wrl can hear any
woman much better than ! can a man; they
has" clearer ton" Of voice; amt She accentu-
b at's her yuwr- So finely and So well.
O.-Now state pre'i-"ly what Mrs jerks told
rend, To- SUPPRESSED. from th" letter sic had IN
hrr hand. o. the following eject " "a have
c"mnti"d the hunder Of l-ny,g3; the DC 'umcut
sIi9r; only 10 your persona demand, and not
- you or your order Thos. AZ, about the
.inui,ral words spoke OF u package Of doe
um.nt~. and always understood that the Pack
ags contained many more documents than the
Sherman lfiicr r.rtalpinE To- ths i,ouisiana
in an iron -nie in New Orleans let with SOM
friend eft hers for sui" ke"ping. was very
ANXIOUS Co., ect hold Of the letter. and spnk" -
her very frequently on the subject. for thusr
Southern statesmen. The so-callcd carpet
ln; gers were iher" To $50 her great deal and
1 H.
th" Democrats could never gei possession OF the
letter.
session of the l''tt'r: A.-She told me she had
B hrrn up to 81 Francisviilr. in tho interior, be-
tween her two visits here, and had seen Mrs
Old she toll you that Mrs weber gave her
ti' letter A.-On that matter hAl t. infer a
great deal from "a very little. aud drew the in
ference that she had the letter. although She
never told me that she had gotten II from Mrs
ODD she ever say in terms that shc had
tuai possession ~ any such lett, AT all; A.
N"s sir. undoubtedly. although she never give
90" the Iauie ot tn" party who had the letter m
custody. j. tore thcs' nti'inrn, whom VIII
call carpet hHggor-. ra'ne around her So thickly
she WAS angry, and II was agreed between u
that she would make II preitS hoi Tor SECRETARY
sherman unless ~ Withdrew that charge Of
buckma ling which he hgd made agains, her
ncv Tor the Territory OF Dakota. testified that
Iull,,. of tho Fourth district Court. III n,,lrd;
Nh" first interview remember having with
And"rs IN WIS IN the office II Marshal pitkin.
| had lrcn requested 10y som" gentlemen ron-
blank form for u" Supervisors 10 MI IN. e.
nase their HiHdnyiiS ~, protests t. He with
An AFFIDAVIT drawn by Anderson. and my opin-
ion WA asked about it,nnd told Ma" gentleman
who asked IN" that II WIS worthless. ana did not
/ comply with the requirements oi th" -tatui" in
lis iYrrmrnt- ] do not remember tho date ut
H. oe.urrence then prepared or h@l copied
hy u clerk u form from the form | had pre-
lnr"d. NV next recollection OF the matter is
hung told by some on" that Anderson WAS
r,.itly tn swear to his protest in the Office OF Mr.
pNkIn. and | was requested 10 20 there and
: administer the oath. rcmcmhnr going there.
md finding Anderson and some other parties
there and remember Anderson WIS engaged
IN quite u lively discussion with several parties
~ 90 what facts he would feel justified n swear
/ INK to- The point wis TINT the iRcts the blank
form seemed To require were not OF his personal
kuDw"dge. aud h" was uuwl Ing io swear toany
hut those of his own personal knowledge. After
Ilri"ning to the discussion. Anderson hddr, ssrd
nir. AMI told him had nothing 10 do with tho
d~'ision II any fact be WIS prepared 10 swear
10. lul that the form had prepared cOniormed
to the requirements OF the statute TINT It WAS u
very serious matter and IL he had any doubt
| about II ] would HuVis" him to consider II. and
when h" WAS ready 10 make his stat 'mont he
could GIL up the blank form. mud would swear
him 10 H. He then left ! do not remember
any other conversation with Anderson in re-
gard to the matter except that.
Do you remember distinctly the Tact OF
administering to him an onthY Al do not.
Q.-DD you reno h"rnillNi NJ your signature
OH ally to any AFFIDAVIT IN which the party dit
not apprnr ana take tho oath before your A.
No. sir; never DID That.
BY Mr. Butlnr--DO you understand TINT tho
pap"r Anderson WAS discussing ms YOU have
stated WIS the one you called To swear nm
upon? A-As understood. Their" were certain
general sweeping statements IN the beginning
81 tho form which he oOlWtd to. Tho lat OF
my administering the oath 10 him will depend
upon my I,nature bcing found on II. do not