Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-27
In Louisiana under Investigation by the
Potter Committee, is Shown to be as
Base as Mrs. jerks is BraZen
and Shameless,
A Libel upon her Sex, a Liar among
Liars, and the Purchased Perjured
Agent of the Corrupt and Sneak
ing Secretary Of the Treasury.
Haley Swears that the Impudent Hussy
Acknowledged to Having the Sher-
man Letter and Holding it for FR-
ture Use-Campbell's Contra
dictOry TestimOpy-Sale
of the Sherman
Letter.

Letter.
| WASHINGTON June 26-Mrs. jerks was
before the Potter committee again to-day
| and said that she may have letters from Sem
i-etc- Kellogg not yet submitted to the COM
mlttee, but declined to produce them with
] out the consent OF that gentleman. which that
| gentleman gave through Judge Shellabarger,
| the senator adding that he was DESTROYS OF
| of having any and all correspondence be
tween himself and Mrs jerks laid before the
committee. Mrs. jerks then said that the
| letters were In New Orleans, and would pro-
| duce them as soon as possible. The expected
| package of Anderson letters have not yet
been received. In reply to questions witness
| said that she dictated the Sherman letter to
another party, and wished the committee to
| distinctly understand that she herself did not
| write il.
! Ques.-Who was the person to whom you
| dictated the letter? Ans.-Mr. Chairman, l
must decline to tell that; it would not be
| honorable; It was to a person prominent In
| Louisiana local politics; l saw him probably
| SIX months ago; he may be dead now for
what l know; he was kind OF Republican;
| first draft of the letter was too elaborate
| for witness taste, but the second draft suited
| better; witness did not show either draft to
Weber; left him to inter that the letter was
genuine; never mentioned the fact of the
first draft to anyone, until IN this room.
The witness asked Mr.. NJ Mahon, with an
| air of haughtiness, if there were any more
| lame, blind or halt expected as witnesses
in her case? If so, he had better go out on
| the highway and bring them in.
Mr.. M'Mahon-You know, Mrs. jerks,
| that are none so blind as those that will not
see.
Mrs. jerks was informed that two letters
awaited her IN the house postoffice, and she
| was released to read them
A. g. Haley
was recalled, and testified that he had several
conversations In January and February" last
with Mrs. jerks regarding the Sherman let
ter, and 1t came out in the conversations that
she was In Washington III behalf OF Governor
Packard for collector that she had approached
Sherman about the matter; that she knew
the whereabouts OF the Sherman letter and
had been offered two thousand dollars for it.
Witness advised her that the letter was at
least worth two thousand dollars to Sherman,
and he lwltness] proposed that she make him
her agent to place the letter where it would
do the most good; Mrs. jerks gave witness to
understand that she would visit Louisiana
and bring the letter with her on her return;
she had read a letter to witness during their
conversation purporting to be from her hus
band which referred to the Sherman letter;
the letter was very affectionate and contained
much poetry; he seemed fond Of poetry; the
letter was greatly enjoyed by him.
On being cross-examIned by Mr.. Cox, the
witness said that hl acquaintance with Mrs.
jerks amounted to great deal more than
mere clearinghouse acquaintance; as near
as he could recoliect, the quotation referring
to the Sherman letter read from a letter pur
porting to be from her husband was about as
follows: You have committed a blunder In
permitting these documents to leave your
own hand.
Owing to the deafness of the witness, Mr.. |
Cox asked him il he did not experience great |
difficulty in hearing Mrs jerks in conyersa-
ton, and he replied, ''Oh, none in the world; |
she has a very fine voice, and L can always |
understand lady better than gentleman"
Laughter
Q1es-Did Mrs. jerks ever say that she |
had actual possession of the Sherman letter? |
Ans-Yes, sir; she undoubtedly did, that it |
was confined In some safe In New Orleans, |
subject to his command for future production |
After short executive session the commit |
tee took recess. During the cross examina- |
tim of Haley, Mrs. jerks occupied a chair
in a corner of the room IN the rear OF the |
witness, and was seemingly very much |
amused.
When the committee reassembled
Judge Hugh j. Campbell.
at present of Dakota Territory, and formerly
OF New Orleans was called and testified that
the first interview he ever had with Anderson
was in Marshal Pltkin' office. The protest |
of Anderson was referred to him, and he
gave his decision that the statement was not
according to law, and he (CampbelD had
the statement drawn up according to the re-
qulrements of the revised statutes. Did not
remember having administered an oath |
to Anderson.
Ques-ro the best of your knowledge and
belief, did you ever fix your signature to any
affidavit when the party making the same
was not present? Ans. Il can swear posi- |
tIVelV that [ never did so.
1t will be remembered that Anderson testl- |
fed 1t was no uncommon thing for proper |
signatures to be affixed to affidavits without |
persons being present at the time TO take |
oath.
When cross examined by Chairman Potter,
witness testified that there were probably |
certain blanks mentioning occasions for !
their existence) IN the form of atfidavits |
which were drawn up under his supervision, |
but he could not state positively as to that.
Witness continued: The fact of my having |
administered the oath to Anderson will de- |
pend on lay signature being found upon the |
document; IN the preparation OF this affidavit |
for Anderson | acted as a sort of legal ad |
wiser; this protest of Anders9n's was pre- |
pared for him as supervisor of East FeGciana |
parish; he did not have the returns of the !!
parish present at that time; the protest was |
presented and sworn to a distinct paper; |
the information that came to me was that !
the reason the protests of the supervisors |
had not been attached TO the returns sent by |
mail was because 1t WAS not sale to do so, and |
| know it was very clear IN my opinion that |
If such fact occurred 1t would be a sufficient
reason for not complying with the law in that |
respect; did not think In that view, a nom
concurrence with the provisions of the law |
| would make it invalid. Witness saw Secre- |
tary Sherman aud Messrs. Stoughton and |
Garfield IN New Orleans, but his conversation |
with them was unlmpOrtant He (witness) |
believed the reason why Anderson wished to |
| Withdraw his protest was because he had be
came dissatisfied and quarreed with some OF
| the Republican leaders, and was not at all
| satisfied with the assurances that he might |
| have received OF being provided for, or being
| taken care of; bad an lndistlnct impression
| that there were rumors to the effect that An
| derson was in negotiation with, or had been
| tempered with, by parties representing the
| Democratic party; first heard of the Sher
| man letter in the summer of 1877, after my
| return to New Orleans from Washington; at
| that time | heard that when Weber was
| killed there was found upon his body letter
/ said to be important
| Witness continued: | WIS not appointed
/ to my present position because of any cor
/ rupt agreement with President Hayes in re-
| gard to his being counted In. | was ap-
! pointed on the recommendation of Judge
| Hunt, of Louisiana, and others. | think
| Packard was legally elected governor of Lou
/ isiana, and that the same vote that elected
| Packard elected the Presidential electors who
voted for Hayes.
| Ques.-Have you now or have you ever
| had any doubt that if Mr.. Packard had been
recognized by the administration as the le-
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