Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
CrOss.ExaminatfO of Mr., Jenks.

ndu Ilet MIN ABOUT dozen times since MS ar
rival in Washington: Had talked over the
Louisiana matter with him. His wife had
never made any remark to him as to whether
wife visited Mrs Weber. who denied ever haV.
ing heard of the Sherman letter. Witness said
Mis-. jerks came to Washington few months
Packard inquiring whether she had any infor-
nation or documents that would be useful to
them in the fight for the New Orleans collec-
torship and senatorship. He did not know
whether his wife had preserved the letters re
ceiyed from Kellogg and Packard, but thought
it likely that she had, and that she would pro-
Washington that he had information or dOcu.
ments by which he could either defeat or seat
Kellogg lust as he chose, and the object of the
the existence of any such documents. When
she came back from Washington she said
Anderson claimed to have a copy of Sher-
responded with Sherman in regard to it,
Without concluding the cross examination
the committee adjourned.
TO.Day's Proceedings.
The committee met at 1920 o'clock this
morning.
Gen. Butler read Washington telegram to
the n. Y; Times, in which it was stated that
committee were it not that
GEN. BUTLER WOULD INSULT HIM.
Gen. Butler said he cared but little for news
paper articles, but he wanted to say that If
MI. Matthews came in the room now he would
not know him. He had no desire to Insult
him or any other witness. He only wanted the
truth.
MR.. MACMAHON's DISCLAIMER.
Mr.: MacMahOn disclaimed any intention in
his discussion with Mr.. Reed yesterday of i'm
putting to him (Reed) falSehOod. He had no
such intention. The controversy was with
reference to a disputed fact, and not with
reference to any assertion Mr.. Reed had made.
CAPT. JENKS CROSS EXAMINED.
Captain I. 4. jerks was recalled, and his
crOsS-examinaIiOn was continued by MI. Mac
MahOn. Witness said that after the 18th of
March Anderson seemed to be making fight
against the administration. He was in New
Oileans when the Wayne MacVeigh commits
sion was there. Witness said he met all the
members of the Louisiana commission when
in New Orleans, at the governors office. Wit
ness reiterated that he never heard of the
Sherman letter until January 9th, 1878, when
Marshal Pitkin spoke to him about it; don't
know Just why he remembers the date was
January 9th.
Q. Hayn't you and your wife been talking
about this Sherman letter, and agreed to fix
the 9th OF January as the first day you both
A. Oh, we talked together about tho letter,
but did not agree to fix upon any date as to
member that after Pitkin spoke to him of the
Sherman letter that Mrs. jerks visited Mrs.
Weber and Immediately came on to Washing
ton,
LETTER FROM ANDERSON
letter was read, dated in July, 1877, writ
ten from Philadelphia by Anderson to jerks
in New Orleans, asking him to get from Mrs.
Weber a document addressed on the envelope
10 Dan. f. Weber or James E. Anderson.
Witness said the document referred to was
not the Sherman letter, and he never knew
until January, 1873, that the correspondence
had any reference to the Sherman letter. In
the summer of 1877, Mrs. jerks visited Mrs
Weber; The document which Anderson
wanted was always mystery to me-
NEVER ASTONISHED AT ANYTHING IN LOUiSI-
ANA POLITICS.
q. Did it aStOniSh you when Pitkh spoke to
you OF the Sherman letter?
A. Oh, | was not astonished; am never
astonished at anything in connection with
Louisiana politics.
The following letter was read:
ALOCUMENT WORTH FORTUNE.
| PHILADELPHIA, July "a 1877.
My Dear 10m:-l am terribly disappointed
ville. Have you found out if any one searched
| Weber's body after he was shot? If so, who
| did it? Also, find out what day, or about
Nov. i'R II you could only % find ind that that docu. 1cT
ment your fortune could be made. l believe
we can beat them yet. l AIN acting under
Sertain bsm adyice Eat If we 60 together we can
Wv Winess said he did NOT not h Know HS1S Who took
charge OF Weber's effects after he was dead /;
| never spoke to Mrs Weber in his life.
Q. Who paid your wifes expenses to Wash
lngton in January, 1878?
A. l paid them myself She came here in
| connection with letters She received from Mrs.
Kellogg; it was claimed that Mrs; jerks had
| damaging letters; / don't know that my wife
came here to help Gov. Packard to get the
| New O.leans cOllectOrship.
| came here?
A. 1 don't know: it was something in con-
| nection with letters that Anderson had.
GEN. BUTLER QUESTIONS CAPT. JENKS.
Gen. Butler next cross examined the witness.
| He asked when Weber was killed, but the
| witness could not fix the date. Weber left New
| vile, and few days afterwards he was killed {;
| did not 60 any distance with him; saw him the
| day he left; did not go any part of the way
with him, nor did l so state to anybody
| Weber never spoke to me Of a letter or any
documents
q. When did Mr.. Anderson tell you he had
damaging documents?
A. Oh, he not only told me that, but it is a
matter OF notOriety that he pulled out some
documents.
9; When did he tel tell you first that he had
A. Oh, he frequently told me- 1t was after
he signed the protest, about two weeks after
the election. The only document knew that
he had was the Nash agreement.
to you about documents?
A. After the 4th of March, it must have
been. for was in New Orleans at the time
The first letter received from Anderson was
Witn felerenes s to my getting that document
and himself. then wrote him to know what
g. What letter did you search fore How did
you know what that document" meant?
A. You Will have to get that information
from Anderson.
Q. Oh, no, want it from you. 1 want to
know what letter you were to 20 for How
were you to get that" letter when Won saw
you didn't know what that letter was An
derson wrote you to get that" letter which
Weber carried in his left inside pocket, and
whether Mrs. Weber or E. L. Weber took charge
OF his body; also saying ''get that letter and
our fortunes will be NADER"
Witness said he never wrote to Anderson
except to ask what document he wanted.
e. NOW here was document which would
make your fortunes, and you had not curiosity
enough to know what he wanted?
"A. Oh, wrote him, and he then described
what he wanted, and then Mrs jerks visited
Mrs. Weber. showed Mrs. jerks the letters
Anderson wrote
q. Did she with woman's curiosity ask you
What that document was that was to make
your fortunes?
A. oh, she may have done so.
Gen. b. Oh, she may have so, but didn't she.
A. don't remember. Some time after re-
ceiying the letter Mrs. jerks visited Mrs.
Weber.
THE DOCUMENT WORTH THOUSAND
Witness said that James e. Anderson wrote
him that that document was worth sl 900:
that he knew parties who would paw a cool
thousand for it. Witness denied that he ever
authorized his wife to give Mrs. Weber ST. COO
for that letter, and he does not know that She
did pay Mrs. Weber 81 coo for it. So far as he
knew his wife knew nothing of the Sherman
letter, or any other document.
WHAT SURPRISED CAPT. JENKS
q. III your wife said she did YOU would be-