Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-25

letter, and will not permit you to 30 state II.
Continuing, the witness raid that she FREE
quently visited Gov. Kellogg at his Office;
there. and she had seen Gen. Phil. Sheri
dan, Mr.. Sherman, MI. stoughton, Gen.
Garfield and Others, in the governors Office,
during her visit there. She did not recall
distinctly who else she saw without refresh
ing her memory with her memorandums.
BY Mr.. Springer-Havc you your memo
randums during your stay in Washington?
! Mrs. Jenks-Oh no sir. An ordinary car
could not bring them, they are 30 volu-
M. sprisger-If you had notified us, We
might have arranged for a freight train to
convey them.
Witness, sneeringly, "You are very
kind" Renewing testimony, witness said
that she was on intimate terms with Ander.
son and Weber. Mr.. Springer then desired
to know what her object was in deceiying
her friends, in order to do . favor for Mr.
Sherman, whom she did not know.
She replied that at first she did it to pre-.
serve the honor Of the party, and afterward
that her idea was to prevent two gentlemen
from going over to the democratic party,
desiring them to stand firm by the republic
can party till the returns were in, and that
she was a self appointed agent Of that
party.
MI. Springer again attempted to get the
witness to state in whose hand writing the
Sherman letter was, but she declined most
emphatically to do so.
Gen. Butler inquired of the witness if she
had any more of Anderson's letters. and she
replied II may have some more" adding "by
the way, general, how did you get that
letter from Mrs. Weber, [Laughter.]
Mr.. Butler, leaning carelessly back in his
chair, seemingly enjoying the question as
much as the spectators, gave no reply.
In a dialogue between Mrs. jerks and
Gen. Butler, witness told Mr.. Butler that
he was very Aowery, and offered to tell him
more about the Anderson letters if he
would give her the information she required
regarding the course pursued by him to OBJ
tain Mrs. Weber's letter otherwise she
should be compelled to refuse the same as
lie did.
She remained away from the time she
left Weber to the time she returned with
the Sherman letter, only about "a OF an
hour. Witness refused to answer directly
to the question Of Mr.. Mcmahon. as to
what letter she referred to when addressing
Gov. Kellogg. and declaring that Anderson
S0OuIu uUt Rct tudt lCbtCA VI ody OSASA Po-
pers he valued. She made various inquiries
of Mr.. Mcmahon. She stated, however,
that had ten thousand dollars Teen offered
for the Sherman letter she would not have
accepted it. She had never seen any of Mr..
Sherman's writing.
Mr.. McMahon referred to the letter bear
ing the signature of Thos. jerks, asking
witness if it was the signature of her hus-
band.
The direct question was again evaded.
Witness said that her husband could certify
his " signature, he being present. Her
maiden name wat Murdoch.
Gen. Butler said that he desired to graft
fy her curiosity in regard to obtaining the
letter from Mrs. Weber. He said that Gov.
Kellogg handed him a bundle of papers, and
in it he found the letter addressed to Mrs.
Weber.
Mrs. Jenks-Quickly, "Why did you not
hand it back to him?"
Mr.. Butler-Very slowly, Because I had
use for it."
MI. Springer asked witness regarding GER
tain claims in which her family had been
interested, but the subject proved uninter.
esting.
Mrs. jerks was then excused, until TO.
morrow morning, n the committee took
q recess.
When the committee reassembled, Gen.
II. V. Boynton, special correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Gazette, was called.
By MI. McMahon-Did you call OF the
president of the United States In relation to
the appointment of MI. Anderson. Al
did moi. The appointment had been an
nounced as being that Of an Ohio man.
There had been perhaps the same day q
statement published to the effect that An
derson had been engaged d%isreputablY in
manipulating the vote of one or two par
ishes in Louisiana, and secondly that he
had been appointed by the president on that
account, and in conversation, I asked the
president how it happened that this man
had been appointed, charged as he was with
disreputable manipulation of the vote Of
Louisiana. The president replied that An.
derson had been appointed for efficient SER
vices rendered TO the party, and in reply to
the further inquiry, the president said that
hn d;d mt thipk thot An6oronn won1d 70.