Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-26
The INVESTIGATION.

TIE uNv60 uuA IUNs
Continuation of Yesterdays report
Of the testimony Of Thos. A. jerks
before the Potter committee.
WASHINGTON, June 2l.-Witness
was shown several letters which he
identified rs being in the hand writ
ing of d. A. Weber, and then he was
shown the signature of Weber, TO the
Anderson-Weber contract, and was
asked whether he believed 1t to be
genuine. He replied he did not think
it was; that Weber always signed his
name in back hand that he had new
err seen him sign as this paper was
signed that it might be Weber's sig
nature, but it was not his usual sigma
ture. lie had never seen that Ander-
SON. Weber contract before. He also
testified to Governor Kellogg's desire
that Anderson should return to East
Feliciana and discharge the duties as
supervisor, and that the Governor had
advanced him $50 out of his own
funds to nay his expenses. He denied
Anderson's statement that l.. B.
jerks got drunk at witness house,
and as to the fact of conspiracy that
there should be no election in East
Feliciana being drawn out of him.
That part of the statement which
made mention of his wite's going to
Colonel Patten, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Convention was true,
but her object was to get q guarantee
for Anderson's protection from vi0-
lence. The $3.50 which Anderson had
received in Baton Rouge was paid in
a draft drawn on the Democratic
candidate for District Judge by the
Chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee in New Orleans.
1t WAS intimated, however by Nc
Mahon, that the draft in question
was signed by Governor Kellogg
and endorsed by State Supervisor
Hahn.
Cross examination elected that
jerks was tax-collector of East Fell
ciana in 1869 and 1870, that there was
a deficit of $4,000 in his accounts and
that an indictment was found against
L. b. jerks. He got of. by pleading
statute Limitation. l.. B. jerks was a
candidate on the Republican ticket in
1876 for Parish Judge of West Felici.
ana. Witness did not know when he
left New Orleans or in whose behalf
he was subpGnaed. Judge ShelIa.
barger told him on his arrival in
Washington it was on the Republi.
can side. Have met the Judge sever.
al times, and talked over Louisians
matters generally. My wife, on ar
rival, first called on Governor Kel
logg, and then called for witness a
Shellabarger's office, who first tolG
her she was subpGnaed on the Other
side. Witness afterw wards had q con
versation with Marshal Patten and in
formed his wife the Marshal had ask
ed il he had any knowledge of thu
Sherman letter, and that he told hin
he had not. Don't think she said any
thing about it Between that tim,
and the time my wife came t. Wash
ington, she went to see Mrs. Webe
about the matter and aftcrward
wrote her, at the solicitation Of JAS
| Il. Anderson. Don't remember o
Pitkin mentioning such thing u
the letter beng in the possession o
Mrs. Weber. My wife laughed abou
it rs joke when l mentioned tn
letter, and when she came back from
seeing Wrs. Meber denied eve
having heard of such a letter. Wit
ness in reply to questions repeate.
the direct evidence that he neve
heard until the sixth of January o
! Sherman being connected with an,
letter or document, aud never suspec
ted from any thing that passed betwee
wife aud self that she knew of such
letter. Wife and self came TO Wash
ington on business in response to lei
ters from Kellogg and Packard, ask
ing whether she had letters whic
could aid them in securing the Col
lectorship at New Orleans, and Sen
atorship. Thought likely his wifi
had these letters of Kellogg an
Packard. The object of them W as I
ascertain the truth or falsity of An
derson's statement that he had docu
ments which could seat or defea
Kellogg. When his wife was her
she asked for a place for him in tn
New Orleans custom house. Witnes
had formerly been employed in th
treasury office here, under Spinne
! who was special friend of his.
He was closely interrogated re
garding his connection with Spinner
!, and also regarding the Sherman lei
: ter. He said his wife never SAID sh
had the Sherman letter, but said An
derson claimed to have copy of il
which was in his lawyers hands.
Witness identified Anderson's sig
!. nature to the original Anderson
Weber agreement, hut failed to ideI
G tify Weber's or that Of the other wit
nesses.
Adjourned.