The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-06-26
ECHOES FROM THE DOME.
P0TTERs EXPERTS OUTwrrrED by MRS.
JEsKs-BuTLER ACCUSED OF PLAYING
THE PART OF A RowDY.

to-day, Potter presiding.
Mrs. jerks, on entering the room made n
very dignifed bow to the members of the
committee and took seat in the witness
stand. Mr. Springer commenced the cross
examination by referring to the statement
of the witness Saturday that no one except
herself knew aught of the original
document known as the Sherman
letter.
OF no one excepting yourself knew
aught of the original document, you must
have written it. Al did not say so.
Q.-Were you the author of the contents
of that letter. Al dictated the contents
of the letter.
Q-Then the person to whom you die
tated the contents of the letter merely act.
ed as an amanuensisl A.-Yes, sir; aman-
uensis extraordinary.
Q-Who was the person to whom you
dictated the letter! Al refuse tell YOU.
sir
Q-Do you know the names Of any
| OF the persons who were in the parlor at
the time the letter was written9 Al
may know the names of some of them.
Q-What names do you rememberl A.
i will not tell you.
The witness, in reply to interrogations
said the letter was written, as near as she
can recollect upon one page of an ordinary
sheet Of letter paper. She used medium
sized envelope, with no printing on it.
On whose handwriting was the So
called Sherman letter. You asked me that
before and told you | would not answer
the qestion.
OIL ask you again. Is that letter in
your handwritingl A.--And | again re-
fuse to answer whether it was in my hand
writing or not. You must draw your own
differences in that case. The witness then
stated that she alone now knew anything of
the original letter; adding: "Perhaps some
one has died since"
Mr.. Springer. Mr.. Weber has died
since.
The witness-Yes, sir. 1t is great
pity.
Continuing, the witness said the letter
was addressed on its face to Daniel Weber
and James E. Anderson.
Mr. Springer requested the witness, hand
ing his pen and sheet of paper, to write
a copy from her memory, as near as posi-
BILE to the contentsof the original document,
but she declined to write copy, stating
that if they desired to see her handwriting
they had number of letters written by
her, to which they might refer.
Being interrogated regarding the letter
handed her by Weber, and her movements
after entering the hotel, the witness testi-
fed she inquired of the usher if Mr.. Sher-
man was in. The usher said he believed
the gentleman was up stairs, and offered to
present her card, but she did not desire to
do so. So she unconsciously read tie let
ter, and after reading il, considered il an
insult to Sherman and his friends, and upon
these grounds she thought it proper not to
deliver the letter.
Q.-But madame, you thought proper
to open the letter written and addressed
to Shermanl Al did not say opened
the letter, and will not permit you to state
it.
Continuing, the witness said she fire..
qucntly visited Gov Kellogg at his office
during the time the visiting statesmen were
there, and she had seen Gen. Phil. Sheri.
dan, Messrs. Sherman, Stoughton, Garfield
and Others in the governors office during
her visits there. She did not recall dis
tinctly who else she saw, without refreshing
her memory with her memorandum.
z. by Mr.. Springer-Have you your
memoranda during your stay in Washing
toni
Mrs, jerks oh, no sir; an ordinary car
could not bring them, they are so volumin.
GUS
Mr.. Springer--If you had notified us we
might have arranged for a freight train to
carry them.
The witness musingly-You are very
kind.
Reviewing the testimony the witness said
she was on intimate terms with Anderson
and Weber.
Mr.. Springer then desired to know what
her object was in deceiving her friends in
order to do a favor for She man, whom she
did not know.
She replied at first that she did it to pre-.
serve the honor of the party, and afterward
that her idea was to prevent the two gentle.
men from going over to the Democratic
party. desiring them to stand firmly by the
Republican party until the returns were in,
and that she was self-appointcd agent of
that party.
MIR. 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 the Anderson letters and
she replied | may have some more adj.
ding BY the way general, how did you
getthe letters from Mrs. Weber! Laughter.
Mr.. Butler, leaning carelessly back in
is chair, seemingly enjoyed the question as
much as the spectators, but gave no re.
ply.
In the dialogue between Mrs, jerks and
Gen. Butler the witness told Butler he was
very lowery, and offered to tell him more
about her Anderson letters. if he would
give her the information she required re-
gardng the course pursued by him to oh. F.
tain Mrs. Webers letter Otherwise she
should be compelled to refuse the same us
he did
Mr.. Springer again took The witness, ask.
ing her about how long it was from the .
time she left until she returned with the /
document. She thought it was in the neigh |
borhood of thrcc-quarters of an hour. She |