The Portland daily press., 1878-07-03
THE INVESTIGATION.
Weber's Brother Before the Com
mittee.
His Position The Same as Andev-
sons.
His Testimony FIatIy COntradIctei by
His Letters.

His Testimony FIatIy ContradIctei by
His Letters.
WAsHINGJoN,J July c.-The Potter co rmittee
met at 1880.
Thomas G. Anderson repeated his previous
testimony that he had seen no one sign certifi-
Gates while in the Governors office in New
Orleans. o. r. Murdoch is not in his employ,
although Mrs. jerks begged for his appoint
ment on account of the poverty of his mother.
Mr.. Morrison questioned the witness with
reference to the action of the Returning Board
and the intimidation, but nothing new was
elected.
In reply to Mr. Hunton the witness said that
the Returning Board never made an attempt
to fill the vacancy with Democrat, but had
counted the returns without Democratic
representative. He had spoken co Mr.. Smith,
at present reporter on the New Orleans
Democrat, about acceating an appointment on
the board, but he refused. He never knew of
the board asking Smith. Never heard it stated
by any members CT the board that the presence
of Democrat was undesirable
The witness in reply to Mr.. Cox said that he
heard that Weber was killed because he signed
the protest. He never heard that he was
killed as Judge Campbell testified, because he
was supposed to have the letter on his pc rson
Thomas HI. jerks Recalled.
Thomas q. jerks was recalled and testified
that he never made an affidavit similar to the
one submitted before the Louisiana sub-com-
tee yesterday. He never had seen the notary,
Seymour, before whom the affidavit appears to
nave peen maze.
AT the conclusion OF jerks denial, James
e. Anderson requested an opportunity to ex-
plain how he came in possession of the affida-
Wit in question. He stated that on the 10th of
May ne met Jenks IN the street. AS be Can
derson) was going TO leave Tor the North that
afternoon, Je9ks requested hlm 20 use his in
nuence towards gettlng MIN position. jerks
went with the witness to nls ofhce in the cas-
tom mouse, dlstated the afhcaVlt, and he (An-
derson) copied IL ana then they went to notary
oeymonr,s ONCE ana JenKs sWore TO the doca-
ment. The purpose OF the document was to
aid Anderson 10 securing jerks position BY
showing the a1hdaVlt to Matthews and endesv-
orlDg 10 secure an appOlntment on the strength
OF IL.
Aesimohy OF "eoepe nrotheg.
Emile L., Weber, brother of Daniel Weber,
was swern and desired to read a statement
setting forth ms concessions with the Repab-
llcan party, bat Mr.. Cox objected to witnesses
reading statements as a part OF their testi-
mony, ana Mr. weber was requested to leave
tne cnalr until the question was decided in
secret session.
HI. Conquest Clarke Recalled.
q, Conquest Clarke, previously nrivats
secretary of Gov. Kellogg. was recalled and
questioned by Mr.. Potter relativa to the testi-
moay Of Ger in re.ara to su ,bs se dsr
on which the corrected certificates wera FOR.
warded to WASHINGTON nv tha messenao-
Charles Hill, the substitute for Thomas q
Anderson, His impression was that Mr. Kali
logg signed the certificates first and that M
Brewster signed them early on The last dav tho
certificates were 10 New Orleans He saw
KELLOGG sion. and felt onite snre that Prswsaar
signed. he could not swear that the others
signed. but it was his Immersion that snch We
the case. ""'
Mr.. Potter oues,ioned the w;tness vorr
closely with the view of Accomplishing Who 81
pended the supnosed forced signatnre bnt tbo
witness unhesitatinoly and verv emnb ,ticaIIg
denied all knowledg e thereof.
The committee at LOS went into secres Goa.
session. N0''os '''
weher.s Es.e.lsS.ss ssssry.----~------
The doors were raonened at I 81 and websr
was recalled and informed that it was aareed
to permit him to read statement if he was
willing to swear to the facts therein Witness
proceeded and the statement read was verv
lengthy. Among other things set forth were
that he had no personal knowIedpe of Dame,
cratic Intimidation in East and West Feliciana.
His brother. Daniel Weber. and las n An.
derson had informed him that thev had gona
fairly Democratic. Great Influence. waS
BROUGHT to bear upon his brother tn mako his
protest and he had been annroached verv fro.
quently to use his influence with his brother
1tt5Gt a ho
saw Anderson SIGN his protest and saw HAMS
therein, After Anderson left ,Jndse Camnhell
attached the iurat to the naper. IL was not
sworn to by Anderson. It was notorions foot
10 the custom house that KELLOGG. Packard
and others were messing Anderson and XWshsr
to make their resnective nrotests .Jobn Shar.
man, he said, was Spokesman for the VISITING
statesmen and he (Weber) knew Sherman had
given his brother assurances which caused
him to allow the protest to stand. Weber had
=
him that his brother tboneht his narisn had
gone Democratic and he was disnosed 70 taEa
hack the nrotast wbersnnon Sbarn,on s,snnS
him his brother wnnld hs cared for anS ral
ouested that he send his hrothsr to him su;s
brother on the dav he received Il sbovad Wohor
tha Sherman latter of aSSnrenoa aun "a ~.
had recaived II Iirect from Sharrea sal .t 10
handwritino of Sherman and ha nos " sa.sS ;nS
the letter was written by that eentIsma" 'n Tn
1877 the Sherman Letter was tba snhiect 81
great mortifcat;on IN the Weher fsmiiu .nd
Mrs. Daniel Waber had endeavored to Z; nd II
among The naners of her hnshand pac,ed IN IN
two trunks and a large shoe box Late in the
summer of 1873 he (witness) had made search
for the letter and found il in the shoe box and
DESTROYED it forthwith. 'N
+ have not nor has any member of INV family
sought to use thus letter az the means of nb.
tanning Office. 1 saw the members of the Mo.
Veagh commission in New Orleans and was in.
formed that money had been used to securs the
abandonment of the Pscka,d leoislatnrs nv
certain members thereof T conIS tell som w
thing of the amounts Maid in certain c cssas
Init eonid not saw who dishnrsed tha ,,,n 0ases,
who SUPPLIED it. had two conversa.ious Ss;t y,
Gov. Hawley relative to the rscoon;tion Of ,ha
Packard government hv the Observation-Disclosures y, iuo
and he said the President conld not and 1v"mId
NOT recouniza if He conveved the ;n,uroSs;n
to INV mind distinctlv that the reco1nit;on -
Nichols and the ahandonment of PacIar VI
was foreoona conclusion anJ that The nnos1
ton had been determined hv the adroinI;Str
ton before the commissnn left Wssh;naton
On cross examination by Mr. COZ q letter
written by witness to a cousn T n Waher
Of St. Louis, was produced and ;den Msedi
though witness objected to its admission on tn,
ground that at the time It was written what he
wrote was given MIN as facts. but since then he
had ascertained that he was misinformed' and
therefore misstated the case at the time. The
letter, dated March a. 1877. was Rad and
speaks of the unproyoked and dastardly mnr-
der of his brother, and saws the assassins of go
A." are at large as vet and are oficiatine in
the capacity Of Nichols officers in the nsrish
he lived in West Felicana), and the Repnh;-
cans, with terror imprinted on their faces wbs-
ner to each othar s'VVho will no newt W.