Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-26
THE POTTER TNTESTfG G4TION.
Pitkin's Examination Closed.

fotterS committee closed yesterday, the eX-
animation of ex- Marshal Pitkin was continued,
as follows:
O. Do you know that on the 9TH of Novem-
Der there was some delay IN the count because
it was discovered that only three Hayes elec-
tors had been returned? A. l recollect the
TACT that some OF the electoral tickets were
improper in form. Tickets that were sent up
to the parishes were thrown overheard into
the river, and in Plaquemine the local poll
tlclanS lmproyiSed a ticket of their own on
their local press, and were ignorant of the fact
that the names of all the electors should be
put on, and they only put on three. | don't
reason until they could send out to other par
lshes and get more protests: Gov. Wells had
told him on the street, while the count was
going on. that it was "all right" but he had
had nothing else to say 60 any other member
OF the returning board. He acknOw iedged
that he had prevented certain papers from
House u wv
q. What objection had you to allowing these
papers TO be brought before the House COM
mittee? A. Well, it was rather a partisan
| battle, and preferred to have the papers be-
fore, my political friends: At the time l saw
| The box containing them the lid had not been
taken OF, and the box was then III the commit
| tee room.
BY Mr.. McMahon:-Q. What became of the
| original paper drawn up by Anderson, and
sworn TO by him before MIR. WooIliy? A. Last
| November, When got home, looked through
the large accumulation OF papers had, and
| finally found it, and | sent it by mail enclosed
| in note to Senator COnkling. don't know
| where il is now, further than that. l sent it to
| Senator Cohkllng for the purpose of cOnvnc-
| ing him that AnderSOn'S statement that he
was drunk when ne signed it was not true. |
wanted 20 vndicate the statement made to
! Conkling that il was III his (AndersOnS S) hand
writing.
The witness was here shown several letters
| signed by ID. A. Weber, aud Identified them as
being in his handwrting.I
BY MI Butler:-HaVe You called on Senator
| COnkling for that document siuce You have
| been here this time? A. Yes, sir; the next
morning after got here ] called on him, and
| We Went together to the committee room on
| commerce and a search was made but it could
! not be found he did not remember clearly re-
ceiVlng it, but remembered perfectly well my
promise to send il 10 him ] left him my ad
| dress. and he said ii he found ii he wOuld send
it TO me, but have not yet received it.
BY the Chairman:-Q. Did You take any copy
| OF that paper? A No, sir.
q. Do you recollect it We'll enough to repeat
| what il was A. No, sir; | recOlect it stated
there was intimidation in the parish, but do
| not remember whether it stated il was by
| democrats or republicans.
THE SHERMAN LETTER.
| Albert e. Haley was next called and pro
cteded to stale, in answer to questions by the
chairman, that he resided in Washington and
| lived within few doors OF the house where
| Mrs; jerks stoppedwhi!e she was in Washing
| ton last winter, and had conversation with
| her about the SO-called Sherman letter.
| q. Please state what she said about it?
he question was objected 10 by Mr.. His
| cock, claiming that there was no legal evidence
| showing that Secretary Sherman ever wrote
the so called letter. and Mr.. McMahon stating
that be believed he did write the letter from
. the testimony as already given. Mr.. Butler
| dld not think there was the slightest inference
/ that could be legally OF logically drawn that
| MI. Sherman ever wrote the S0cailed Sherman
letter.
The Chairman said that he differed from the
| republican members of the committee in 50
far as they deemed the important nOint in the
| investigation to be whether Secretary Sherman
! wrote The letter OF not for it was proposed TO
! shown that Secretary sherman had used GER
tain Influences to bring about certain results
and TINS letter is only one Of series of actions
! tending to that end.
After further discussion the witness was ex-
cuSed, and the committee adjourned until this
! morning.
TO-day's Proceedings.
| The Potter committee met today at II. 30
! o'clock.
MRS JENKS WAS RECALLED
| and asked il she had any letters from Gov.
| kellogg which she had not produced before
! the committee: She said she had but would
| sion.
Gov. Cox announced that Senator Kellogg
haa authorized MIR. Shellabdrger to state that
| her authority and desired her to give them to
the committee. She said she had no letters
from Secretary Sherman-that she would give
| up the Kellogg letters if she had them with
her, but that they were in New Orleans, and
| she had not sent them.
Q. When you dictated the letter which you
| say you dictated in parlOr P did you have
dra1t OF any letter before you? A. No. wish
this committee to understa nd distinctly that 1
did not write the so-called Sherman letter.
u WhO did you dictate that letter to? A. l
| Will not tell you: Sufficient to tell you that he
| is a well known Louisiana politician. He NAV
IN Wsshngon He SsT SaG been e sa
officer of the state of Louisiana the office he
held was in New Orleans; but decline to tell
what the office was There two drafts of the
| letter Ihe first did not suit me, and a second
was made.
Q. Was the first letter you wrote longer
than the one You gave Weber? A. 1t was Of
much different t0ne-mOre definite 1t was
too pronounced. 1 thought it better to lave
| SeneralIties. The lrsv draft promised the
deputy New Orleans colectorship; it ema-
mated mated from the brain of the person to
whom subsequently dictated the second let
aaSIt, Ghlch was much better than the first
Inc first draft was carried away 10y me to
eouiiQleSs space. Did not show Weber the
hlSt draft OF the letter because did not think
ne would like 1t as we'll as the one | gave him.
~ Dld you ever tell a Mr.. Butler that you
haG possession of the Sherman letter? 4.
did not.
Mrs. jerks was then told she was excused
for the day. She turned round. and looking
at MI MacMahOn, asked if there We're any
more halt, lame or blind, who wanted to dues
ton her.
MY MacMahon.-There are none SO blind
as those who will not see, Mrs. jerks.
MRS. JENks LAST POSE BEFORE THE CONF
MITTEE.
Inc witness then said that the person to
WHOul tHt oil eIln1n letter was dictated was
not Weber. Assuming a dramatic attitude
she SAID " he is dead and L consider him an
hOI Orable man."
Mr.. HALEi'S INTERVIEW WITH MRS. JENKS.
MI Haley was sworn. He said he saw Mrs.
jerks in this city last winter and had con-
yersatiOn with her. The New York Times had
printed an article purpOrting to give an inter-
view with Mrs. jerks Mrs. jerks said she
mad come here to help to get Packard appoint
ed TO the New Orleans cOllectOrShip; that she
not only knew of the existence of the Sherman
letter. but the whereabouts of it. She said
She had been offered 81, 900 for it, said if it
was worth anything it was worth 5000. 1 al
ways understood from her that though she was
not In actual possession of the letter, she was
cOnStructiyely in possession of it. | under
stood from her she had written to New Orleans
for the letter, which, she said was in little
iron sale in that city; then she told me she had
to go to New Orleans, that she had letter
from her husband; that he had committed
the biunder OF leaving the letter in safe sub
,ect not to her order, but to be only delivered
70 her in person. She then left for New Or
leans.
Mr.. Haley is quite deaf He was asked
during his conversations with Mrs. jerks il
all those in the room would not have heard the
conversation. He replied, ''Oh, no | can hear
Ladies very well. Mrs jerks has a voice can
near more easily than Others
witness was sharply cross examined by Gov
Cox; He reiterated the statement that Mrs.
jerks smoke of the pYjStRnca of IA