Daily globe., 1879-01-29
POTTER's EPUMP.
POINTS 1xrHE CIPHER 1zvEsr1oAr,os.

POINTS IN THE CIPHER 1zvEsr1aArros.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Before the Potter commit
tee to-day Assistant Postmaster General Brady said
ne suspected the contents of the package given him
for safe keeping, by Mr. Bullock had copies made,
and gave portion OF the originals to Vim. E. Chand-
Ter, and another part anonymously to Whielay Reid:
the balance to Chandler and Hiscock Telepra,ns or
both parties were in the bundle, and both sides of
the question were reviewed by them. The Democratic
teesrams, however, were more interesting to them
chambers was given the Florida dispatches Wit.
ness, Chambers and Col Parker, chief Of the post
once special agents, endeavored to translate Them
and had utterly failed. Witness took from the tee
grams, in the Senate committee room, those which
passed between Tyner and himself. He would pro-
duce all received sent by him if they could be
round There was nothing in them he would fear
the world seeing.
VIM. E. Chandler testified that he left the major
part of the kilograms given him by Gen. Brady in
the private Office of Gen. Butler. Another package
he took to the Washington Office Of the New York
Tribune.
Chandler stated with reference to thu dispatches he
recently sent to the New York Tribune that he took
no copies, and that his impression was that they rs
lated to Oregon, Florida, Louisiana and perhaps
South Carolina elections. hrst furnished them
twelve or fifteen Florida copies, he said which they
returned to ae afterwards forwarded to them al!
the remaining Florida copies subsequently thev
received by way Of Mr.. Hiscock all the Remaining
copies of kilograms.
Butler-Did not you hear from various sources
open declarations that had received these te,e-
grams7
4 W1tASss-4oup yourself. SDOk6 TO me OF the fact
that you had them, talked about getting them dec;-
phered, and said you knew it could be done but it
would cost some money.
McMahon-And yet in all these conversations he
never asked whether it was you who left them on his
desk not?
AnsWer-Not a word. knew that had left them
there and suspected that he suspected that had
Butler-As you said nothing about it I thought 7
had better say nothing about it. for you had wished
me to know you would have told me.
The Witness-We perfectly understood each other
general.
Evans at this point recalled and asked If he had
found the original letter from Bullock, COPY of
which was read before the committee yesterday
who wrote the copy.
The Chairman viii tell you who wrote nv copy
Evans-I don't want to know that. want to Know
who copied my letter.
/, The chairman explained how he came by 1t, Some
weeks ago man called upon him and said he had
seen letter which showed where the missing dis
patches had gone, and that he could procure COPY
OF it. The man left his address and went ayav with
request from Mr.. Potter to secure such COPY. Mr.
Potter lost the address and the man did not come
back, but one day tne former met him the street
and asked him for the letter and he handed it to Linn
Mr. Potter could not tell the mans name.
Chand er-Is th re not the same mystery about
that as about dispatches being placed on Gen. But
ler's table?
Evans-I want to know his name. That letter T
am confident, was copied at my desk. vii, give q
new suit Of clothes to anybody who will give me his
name.
Queshon-Have you any other letters from Bullock.
AnsWer-TheJ are OF q private nature altogether,
The Chairmsn-That is perfectly satisfactory.
1t was decided to call Tyner 10 morrow. Adjourned.