The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-25
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
80 WITNESS ST. MARTIN STILL ON
TEE srAND-AN honest CON.
FEssION OF PERJURY.
~sw Republican Testimony II Made-NO
Lack Of witnesses Ready to For.
aMear Their FORMER Teatimany.

NIsHrsaToN. Jan. 24-The examination o.
n Martin was resumed ny the Potter Commit.
~ Ills morning. IT. Martin said that when be
sSrfn0ned Witnesses for the sub committee al
~ Orleans the understanding between him
an Weber, Maddox and Carter was that when
y f1und witness g who were willing TO go bach
Sif0f fofmer testimony, after working around
6eml they were the ones to summon. and
EdId &c Instructed. He never found any wit.
fesees who, were unwilling 70 90 back On their
Elimony. 1t was hard to find q witness In Lou.
ijk matters were going on a Louisiana.
SIEness was satisfied that Mr.. Stenger knew
+ ~ everything was not right. Did not remem.
!ssut Ito. Il or not; I re Remembered handing Mr.
Esuger o memorandum from Weber. contain
Er abstracts Of what certain witnesses would
EiifY, but could not remember who these Wit
51sses were: when witness told Weber that he
Landed to expose he whole thing, he said he
3Sf care whether he did or not, az he
MsberI hadn't been treated right: witness ad-
SiAed that he. was under indictment for cutting
Ssyer been tried and did not think be would De.
M Martin. continuing his testimony. said
~ be never did anything In his life that he
u ashamed OF till he entered the service OF
zti:so D. m. recess for half an hour was
hken. The examination was resumed at 2:0S
b n. The witness held 70 the statement that
scp' who were represented TO him as conflden-
al aeei1ts OF Samuel J. Tiden. The two for
mer said they were, but Gibson never said so.
3 never spoke io him till ipst before he !yit.
lnd Carter said that Gibson was an agent. and
bAd all the money. He had no personal know
ledae that Gibson was az agent. except that he
sSked the witness II Dula's statement was
tllled him aside. and wanted him to go on the
itaud and break down Dula's testimony. and
ioM Weber to give witness $3.50 for doing so.
The witness refused at first but did SO finally,
but never took the money. He cou,d no. say
Fhy he went on the stand aud swore to de-
1Iherate lie. II was certainly SO that Weber fur
rhhed Mr.. steneer wi b a st of the questions
% Ask Witnesses. and the answers that were 10
n elected because he took them himself.
There were so many LETS OF that Kind that he
puld not recall any single instance of he kind.
Eeber." He would 70 to Webers room @ 1 and ut ~
ne list and then get one from Maddox, and
hvm their rooms he would go and deliver them
b Mr.. stenger. There was one instance. how
eser. when be told Mr. Stenger that a witness
lamed bwayzle refused to testify unless he got
)l100.. Mr.. HteDger did not answer. and did not
give him any encouragement to proceed with
NE Information about swayzle.
The committee at this point decided that st.
.1rttn's affidavit should be admitted On record.
lter his testimony was concluded Mr.. Potter
liked the witness to whom he. gave the &45O
Bhen he had finished testifying In New Orleans.
ghe witness could not say to whom. but he
hought either to Maddox or Weber. The wit
1ees was cross. examined at length BY Mr.. COX,
NC re1terAteu the statement that Maddox mad
old him he was being paid by A. M. Gibson out
Tildens money. He stuck to the assertion
hat one had advised him to make this afflda.
that he had done to his parish priest some
line after be. left New Orleans. What took
place between himself and the priest be did not
lke 70 say, as II was against the rules OF the
hurch; The witness had no interview with
9Th Gibson or Carter since he came to WASH
ngton. He had. however. called upon Maddox.
Al AIS D. N. the committee adjourned until
D.morrow