The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-28
NEWS OF THE CITY.
What the Democrat Reporters Saw
and Heard Yesterday.
RICH DEVELOPMENTS
Something More About the Testimony
of the Kellogg Legislators.

"
rhoa Murray. ex-sergeant-a at arms OF the
paeEard Legislature. who testified before re
ua,,,fa committee In tho Spof ord- Kellogg case
raturned from Washington few days ago
ranorter of the DEMOCRAT met Murray yes
il .araau and a. ked him If his testimony, a. pup
,tsbad in the DEMOCRAT Of the seventh instant
,raa faithful transcript Of what ne SAID:
s.vss J, IA answered. but didn'ttell the COM
mites all / knew
Renorter-Well. what more Gun you say apou'
the case? ,,,,arr
MurrayLet make , short 20 pr Rael1m Una
statement and then IL, cumH n y Ie1 and Ser
neant nj Arms OF the Packard Legislature Ill ~
is7 waa summoned to Washitn ng,aad as - was
n ts ruiz LII ana promsed tp tell the truth
Rep. But what are tie, the facts you dio mol snow
up before The committee an coming TO them.
AIR wing In this city last week was T., 90 nrse
veil treated 81 the Republicans Ihg Rn L9 1yhen
t ana sttar n BUCK BY George
swaze they began to sapder me; and iot said T.
had perured myself snd .nat nau s. IL the
MT be b tna. e. G That
did say in my testimony was Ila. sne nppuu,
Lean r,ng - man to be elected. but would
rnaE HIM down and bring up man they could
camper with. alluded TO me present Wi'neeees
as ilVl9E ap pfot to The facts. Mr.. Murray, and
umnath over personal explanations.
Murray-All right; my l9r ~ ,rndreI hacanse
81 ~ mn ~ testimony; but truth will sting some;
times Some those very people VINO a M npnpdde
Vile Vii Va. II their true nwasdness were known
Rep.-Can you name an 5sarvo nvae,f for the
Murray could but resslee 1uSen II l comes
s ~ Nav q nrlaans why, here is James Vance
IL. who abused me in an article ID the Louss'
a,stan, ~ MS ln1iG;Ieu ~ ,v AZ emnloyed j.
postnffice. He confessed his guilt any - e
position On that account a. cSnh.ok oand,,entioeI
Re- Rsp w aa r. pinonoa0k : 0'nu -
io MRkn RI Tbs State nominating 9
ofwhieh wac msm narbac psefa or neut
and the members Of the LegisiEhem III y =,
pledged. They all, every nAtelIops rshtans 4 4
bscf ss soaa not aga g e
term, because he refus go transact .
Rec How 90 yo ell fro be HWa egf 20 be
VI y psTty nova g~s ns sHf
ton ton q n men knon In the Custom House
ipg prfh bacsnse g. are all facs which n
wn 1oJstantias1 Orleans. = - - = ''''e D
WI VIE sits irtnesses went with you to Wash q
4gfan2 mere was Jones, Blackstone, do +
:. Murrafa white man named Seygny. a
Laceg5aid you converse with any Of them on Ct
tlAfray-Yea: I spoke with de Lacey on the X
3st t evening before reaching Washington /,
esAld thAt Swazey had Er,ne to WasbingtrSd 70 | =
nike " terms With KELLOGG ,s;5di hfs de 4
4aeeysi testimony, De Lacey told me- to try y
ia same thing, and / answered that 1 had q &
epu5sou e sustain and would not r
bout his affidavit. and he said he would go =
ack i and deny his agnataar a After
luded, said they would stick to the af1dayits. D
ut do Laey's testimony proved that Swazie .
ad succeeded In coming to terms" with Kel-
1gg.
Brown. one Of the Kellogg witnesses. told me q,
3 was willing to swear an affidavit that he did ii
eceiye money to testify for Kill gg. but was N
unwilling to give the name Of the man who ii
all him. r
Rep.-Do you know II the. witnesses called ii
pom any Of the big guns Of the republican 81
Arty at Washington il
Murray Yes; they went with Jim Lewis and
eiloKg TO visit sherman and demanded patron
ge which sherman promised to extend at
Rep.-HOw do you know this?
Murray-Lewis himself said 30.
Here the interview ended by Murray saying
8 had nothing more to say for the present. !.