The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-23

Withdraw all my claim to It. ll,aughterl
original letter that he wanted IA guarantee
Al suppose that Is what no wanted
.Q.-And you could have. giycn 1t to him at any
time could you not 2 Al don't know but
what | might II had tried very hard. you
Ole Ind written that II would be fortune
for your husband II you could get it ? A.-Well.
people don't make fortunes In that way. but "a
n mere political matter II was quite justifiablc,
| did not know whnt document he wanted. |
did not know until January that II was the Sher-
man letter that he wanted.
wsbcrT toq at ppbpSG ana Hss ST
documents. | submitted to him Mr.. Anderson's
letter asking me for his documents. wrote
that Mr.. Anderson requested us TO get his docu-
ments from Mr.; Weber, and to please LOOK Tor
his d9rEgments s%ays sg2Ee OF "s" docu
Mr.. Butler read the following letters:
co"'T" brltrct,r as 1sp cos'r,scs ~, q osIsg,zzT'
NV Dan M,pAs I send % %y9a BY u ,l. @ man the aoweTss
would have been nicer but had not quite HAIR enough
some time VIII eet litte hair q each Of your dear 1T
large family branch OF hair WORK Tor your room This
YOU might be IN the city and could yi,e 10 you m,
self bgt presume you have not visited New orleans
In regard TO ,he letter went ug to Dopsld.onyic to
weGers Tspers as he had Nm hi. PoSSet when &c icn
tue city for bayou saw 1.-THE last time a. Mr. Anderson
and Capt jerks went to The boat with him aud they
were speaking Of aud other husncs' new at that time
days. othefwi.e Nr Anderson and cant Jents Would
have kept the letter here ~ belonged to them all II
other papers II was addressed to Anderson aud D A
Alter rcading It you VII soc tsisno Ne Or senea,
look vel ior H. aud should YOU nnd it, viii see that you
rcniuncratcd weior your time and trouble in search
| trust you will not mi.under r.;and me.
ansioas I" hear from % yoT and should ," sat the ciw
the Captain, my mother and gu my amiy will be happy
HES hest blessing believe me sincerely YOUR obedent
Madam D A wrnrr
9.-Is that your letter. Ayes. sir.
| Mr.. Butler-I will also read tho following:
rmLlpKtrHll sent -. 1871
months 1ncrc. going 10 be lnye'tsaton this winter
Snd should n9. ,, ,ntprissd wsTs ~ Se1 % sgnw"nsd e.
|. II Pe.ielwuiei let me hear from you soon Do noi
think that have given ny The nsht wish you could
:Sigsd S E, IN r1S9s 3 Sa sepGs PGSn OF ,a
thousand dollars 1t you do get Il Have yoi made any
EFFORT iacly' Remember kindly TO all home, rit
NH was '''' ''O'' '''' ''''' jan J1Sss Z Asp.Rsos
Endorsement on back Of nboye
ere the vti wa. vr,tcn FRAY do not iail to return
Ms me sincerely trust this matter will y invqla
Q-You heye told us. Of one letter directed
and sent TO Weber aud Anderson. Did you
know Of amy other sent to them A-None but
| what Anderson mentioned.
Q.-You knew that Anderson expected and did
| get letter containing aguaranty ,as he believed;
Offering you thousand dollars icr it. Did you
not understand that was the letter he was writ
ing for? A.-Certainly not. Because there was
| no Importance attached 10 that in my mind. |
never thought about that letter. guarantees
were the order OF the day. or in demand at that
sublime Porte they could have got IT,
Did arnderson nG eyer ,a,ls tak OF any % Other ,hs
one can't keep trace OF him. don't know Of
3 3NYou believe that letter was among weber's
papers, A.-That was what Anderson said.
| Where speak OF II in my letter II ought to be
put in quotation marks. II It is not. 1t should
Odd you understand that the letter he
wanted then was the sherman letter. Abe
| cidedly not II had should not have gone to
the trouble Of going to Donaldsonvills.
Gen. Butler then read the following letter, ad-
dressed to Gov Kellogg;
Nlw oRiE,S., Nov ~ 1877
N0sr FsrFrsEp FRiKNn Your the 10th was re
ccycd Yesterday 1t gives pleasure to hear of your
to s AsSeTo1 , s9w no, snns ss naT, s
Us though they may ammo, rs by their hu1'ns and sing
Yes. icer to The letter YOU wot OF You will perceive
sao S cs Ssy and also nat he IS not In . po.s. e.,
sion Of the docnment and you may be sure he shall
TO himself in the Louisiana case We have The power to
them or even attempt to DO You may be assured
that be has 10 dscnn'eatary prosi to ,ustsin HI,
ndess Others 6y hin, eli and seems to miginS tbs,
Sni .aic lie DON'T know enough q understand wGsh ls
ofers an insult Pardon me uouhns YOU about II AZ all
but SHOWING Aniersons dislike to you feared he NIGH
o4ly wished to let YOU know he tax. loud but wa,
harmle;, for have ,od you owe you a. sRoi
rrquc stcd me To write gu Tor him lie mailed IT, and ii
seems he feared III, much valued application might be
ann9yei y9g 50 much hnowins how much y9a ~ ar, ar,
closed letter Hoping hat yon are Wei and that ali sue
eet, may se ySgI am a'e'er your nsnd v,
The Wtncss-Dont you think TINT Is rather
breach Of confidence in giving those letters ont
Gen. Bntler-I do not care 70 say all ! thinl
politlcs it has been said. tLaqghter;l
Q.-7You did not mean that the Weber Ander
stand2 Al did not think anything about tha
letter; my mind waa engrossed with imnOrtan
documents and not with little. unimportan
documents of that sort
Gen. Butler-l will read this letter:
DoSAtp-oSvmiS. Nov ~. 1877
yo"r Kind IND @ s & S S SSe vsSs a 'g d w%"eS mt
not III ny poss -sion have once more looked over al
PsIs. soosi.s to ny late husband saa 9Gie9s q n,
pcr, would most wnn, give 4 up 70 yon ior it eoa'
Nr Anderson to MIR Weber, found in the papers vii
DEAN SIN Please deliver to the f1S' p,s1s i1S S' toa i7' II Sta
uonery sent me in your care Very re,,pcetfuly.
D w,rrn E.q Superintendent OF Registration &c.
MAN, i'' {on, Or lc beautiful aow'r mias cY, Of thu
last wnt%T qua P to my S"S"Sn c%n Srs p%% sa'
Q~But didyoq not come at the invitation d
r,i rfGt or implied Of Mr. kellogg In other words
been admitted 10 the Senate. | told him wa
coming. You Know almost everybody BRING
documents when they come to Washington
Laughter
! Q-Whose business did you come TO Washing
ton on besides your own Al came here 70
myself and the nation at large. lLaughtcr.l
? am not aware that mentioned Mr.. Sherman
name to any ono here.
Q-But want to trace this letter and find it
| A.-What do you want With II
OF could get hold OF that letter. on tn
face Of it, ii would show whether it was not il
Mr.. Sherman's handwriting. Now. 1t could no
) | have been In Mr.. Shermnn's handwriting from
Y | your testimony, because he was not there. So
want to get hold Of that letter 10 see in who's
, | handwriting Il il. There may be men who vii
I | not bc charitable enough to credit what you sa
about Il. and il you produce the letter that vii
( | be the very best evidence OF the truth Of wha
, you say. and that is the reason should like yo
10 produce it II you can. II YOU have an
? knowledge since i went ont OF you
? hands directly or indirectly about that letter o
| lis whereabouts, ] am very anxious TO got II
DO you know Of your own knowledge, or hay
l | you over known. whore that letter that you CAV
10 Weber is or hGs been since you Ravo il +
y Weherl Add you ever see ~ lluughterJ
Own you answer my questionf A-Wel
II was given TO Mr.. Weber What more do yo
:. | want tO know
4 Q.-l want TO know exactly what ask. A
| do not know ANYTHING about that same docu
- ment. 1t passed away
Q.-Iou meyer wrote any other leiter-pardo
me- have forgotten again; you never ,wrot