The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-07-04

usually characteristic of well trained
Louisiana Republican, and, indeed, a
quick necessity of the trade, jerks is
not a bad looking man. He has a
spreading, bushy, shapeless beard ofno
clear color, a big nose with round turn,
somewhat shiny forehead, and a round
head. He uses his eyebrows in talking,
his eyes less. They are generally fixed
on some other object than the man he is
talking to. He was little nervous to-
day, but not over much, and, on the
whole, made good impression on the
Democratic correspondents, and an exs
tremely doubtful impression on the indie.
pendent correspondents.
Under Mr.. Reeds hands the witness
followed Anderson, after the election,
from East Feliciana to New Orleans,
where, he says, he saw Anderson make
oath to his protest. He related sundry
particulars to show the fear both were
under, but otherwise the matter of the
iurat was his most important contradic>
ton. In regard to the protest, he went
into some particulars which may prove
embarrassing in the future. He remem'
bered it in detail, as printed quite a
feat for man whose memory is not good,
as proved not ten minutes later under
Nc Mahon's hands.
During the examination Chief Reed
called Nc Mahon's attention to law for
the benefit of the press present, and Nc
Mahon neatly demolished his allusion.
Reed wanted to show that it, as jerks
said, Anderson was paid by Democrat,
that was contrary to law. Mcmahon re-
torted that Kellogg signed, and the Re-
publican Treasurer endorsed the war.
rant for Anderson's paymeat. This was
not exactly regular, but it materially in
jured Reeds temper and Jenks's testi-
mony. The cross examination was not
completed to-day. The first fact McMa-
hon drew out bore on the witnesses char.
acter he had been an official defaulter
The next bore on his testimony: Shell
labarger, Sherman's counsel called on
him three hours after he reached Wash
ington, had jerks at his Office that after
noon, saw him the next day, and has
had repeated conversations with him
none Of which jerks could remember
Cross,examined by Mr.. Mcmahon
the witness testified that he had been
tax collector of East Feliciana in 1869
10, and that there had been trouble
about his accounts-a deficit of $I4,oo
He was not indicted, but true bill was
found against his deputy, L. B. jerks,
who pleaded the statute Of limitations
and who was the Republican candidate
for Parish Judge Of West Feliciana in
1876. The witness first learned that he
had been subpenaed on the Republican
side from Mr.. Shellabarger on the after
noon he reached Washington. He sent
word to Shellabarger that he was in
town Shellabarger called him then he
went to Shellabarger's Office and had a
conversation with him for couple OF
hours, His wife was with him there a
part of the time. She went around to
see Gov. Kellogg, and on her return she
called at Shellabarger's Office. He cal
led on Mr.. Shellabarger at his office
three times in all, and met him half a
dozen times talked over Louisiana mat
ters generally, but not particularly
Did not remember how soon after cons
versation with Pitkin about the Sherman
letter, his wife came to Washington.
He told her at once of that conversation.
Didn't think she said anything in regard
to it, one way or the other, Didn't res
member Pitkins saying that the letter
was said to be in the possession of Mrs.
Weber, but would not swear that he did
not say so. Before Mrs jerks went to
Washington, she went to see Mrs. Web
er about that matter, and then she wrote
to her a second time about it, at the
solicitation of Jas. E. Anderson.
Thought this was last year, but could
not be positive. His wife never made
any remark to him, pro or con, as to
whether she had seen the letter or heard
of it. She laughed about the matter he
supposed she thought it was kind of a
Joke. Witness never knew of any such
letter, whether his wife did or not. When
she came back from seeing Mrs. Weber,
she said that Mrs, Weber denied ever
having heard of such letter.
Mr.. Butler-You have been saying all
the time that you never heard of any let
ter of this character. A-Of any SherN
man letter.
Mr.. Butler-And now you say that
Mrs. Weber said she had never heard
of any such letter. Al said that un-
til the 9th of January never heard of
Mr.. Sherman being connected with any
letter or document.
In reply to further questions, the wits
ness said he never suspected, from any
thing that passed between his wife and
himself, that she knew of such letter
His wife came on to Washington, after
the conversation with Pitkin, on private
business of her own. The room being
the witness stated (what he af-
terward repeated in his public testimony
that Mrs. jerks came on to Washington
in response to letters from Kellogg and
Packard inquiring whether she had any
or documents which would
be useful to them in the fight for ihe New
Orleans Collectorship and Governorship.
He did not know whether his wife had
the letters received from Kel>
logg and Packard, but though, it likely