National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-25
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.



becoming so sensitive about encumberng the
record with falsehood, Isuppose it Is because
we have so much Of Il.
Mr.. Springcr-Thc witnesses you have called,
IL IL does.
Tho Chairman remarked that, after the
lengthy cross examination upon the affidavit,
he thought the latter should be put in, and
that the record would not BIZ complete with.
out IL.
No further objection was made.
Mr.. Cox took up the cross.cxamiuaton first
asking the witness to state how he came TO 90 TO
New Orleans at tho time the subcommittee
were sitting there
The witness replied Well, the first ever
heard of the committee was one evening when
! went to Mr.. Weber's house, Mt Donaldsonville.
lie received letter from Mrs. jerks and,
after reading it TO me, read 1t, and then
Weber said that woman was a damn fool.
q. How did you come TO 20 TO New Orleans
"A. | was taken by Mr.. Weber. He asked
me to 90 with him to see some members Of the
committee and some outside agents doing bust
ness for Mr.. Tilden.
@. Do.you remember what day It was you
went PA. No, sir; do not remember the
day that | left home. ] received subp9uas to
serve the next day after arrived there. When
first arrived l was taken to Mr.. Carter's
room, aud afterward to Maddox's room.
Q. Did they tell you what they had to do
me no was doing the outside work of the COM
mittcc-gctting witnesses and Carter told me
he was employed also TO do outside work and
hunt up Witnesses. Maddox told me that
Carter was receiving $40 Ia day. He said Mr..
a. NJ. Gibson was paying him, and that 1t was
Mr. Tilden's money.
q. The witnesses were kept all together P
n. Yes, sir; number of them slept in the
same room with u.s. At first the landlord OBJ
iccted but Weber promised that lie should be
well paid if he allowed It.
Q. What reason did Weber give for keeping
his witnesses IN the same room PA. The rea-
son was that he feared somebody would speak
with Them and that they would be made
ashamed to go back on their former testimony,
or that they might meet with Republicans
there from their own districts, who would in
duce them TO testify differently,
q. Did you see money given to Dula "A. /
saw money given to all of them l cannot say
| exactly tho amount, but they were in all eases
| promised great deal more than they got.
O. You had conversation with Gibson.
| Please state ito. Well sir, he asked me TO
go on the stand and contradict what Dula was
saying, and told me that nobody would know
anything about it, and If they did the Demo-
| Gratis would protect me. | told him l was
| afraid of tho Cross.oXamination and refused.
At q second interview he gave me some good
| talk told NC IL was in the interest Of the
| Maddox aud Weber came in aud then some
money was given TO me, and few days after
| ] was called 10 the stand.
| q, Nou referred to the incident where /
sent p"gc TO request you to move from your
| scat TIA. Yes. | was sitting on your right
| hand and Weber on your left. We sat there
on purpose. 10 stare the Witnesses in the face
| g, Who was appointed TO your position as
| deputy sergeant-at arms "A. Duncan, one Of
the witnesses we had liked up, lie was very
| thick with Weber Mt that time.
! q. Can you say il Mr.. Acklen was aware Of
! the fact that these dispatches signed by you
| were about Weber's business PA. OF course,
| because Weber told him everything about It..
| Weber thought that by getting AcIlen, who Is
a Congressman, to telegraph would have more
effect.
| O. There is q dispatch which Mr.. Acklen
sent, is there "a. Yes it is about Weber's
schcol-board business
O. What interviews, orattempcd interviews,
| have you had with Mr.. Maddox since you have
| been in Washington
Tho witness proceeded TO recite his inter
views in Washington substantially as hereto.
! fore detailed in The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
| after which the further cross examination of
st, Martin was postponed to ten o'clock to-day,
to which time the committee adjourned.