New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-04
THE PLOT TO OtsT KELLOGG.
THE REMOVAL or SENATOR KELLOGG SETTLED IN
ApyANcE-rHE NEw-oRLEANs EVIDENCE CLOSED.

TINE rrNeNAI or SIN AToR KELLOGG SETTLED IN
ADvANcE-rHE NEw-oRLEANs EVIDENCE CLOSED.
Nrw-ORLEANs, Dec. 3.--The Senate sub
commit tee on the spoGorJkellogg case to-day received
"a telegram from the president oil the western onoh
Tolerant COMPANY saying that Mr. Keoggs mess'gcs
will be held subject 20 tho lawful demands Of the com
mitte the company reservlnE the right 10 Interposo
such legal opposition 20 their production rs existed at
the time the messages caliedtor.
VIM Ward Ccoored) formerly of Grant Parish, tcsti-
fed IA follows:
When the sieuger Committee was here Philips and
myself engaged in collecting evidence, but being
unsuccessful gave IL M; This year we again commenced
our work at interview with jedi. spohprd he snid
kellogg had received his by bribery, and asked n
we could get de- 10 suhSantiatc that; he told us
GOT h. Seat 500 900 Of hack pay dHr him would be d.
trbutcd among the hoys We wrote letter Tor ls pro
,ection when would show that no money was e4
pecied the letter written by Judge Phlhts Win
Judge spofords knowledge mt was Senra 10y 10,
Phillips and myself; got most OF me ami"Vs my et
saw the men tOlG them that there was iuoney IN u
that II bad all heen gotten up TO MAKE "1 me-:
/ told Jones was authorizei 20 say '"eit
was $4,000 to be dlyl ed and that IA
he did not kuow what kind o. an ati,dh niho ~
MAKE; told him he wanted something anonl nrio f
"avit nsed aSsinst him I took him Mr. Cayauac's
Ole. and MI Cavauoc told u the aihtaNit was sinl
fact thai C9.ernS hE * SMS NV ~ seme Dsmprraic
srnlfors: l had NOT much do with the Cay afiida-
vii asked Dolacey make the affidavit told HIM ne
could get 81 900 and the means OF p9ecuon Threh
49, re, m. mar neither Governor Kellogg nor
any OF friends had ever pad "itaer OF them any
NANCY To vote for him | asked Deacey whether he
could make affidavit that Governor Kellogg mao
aia nm Il, sl1 nS W nS ad Nnrrav ,n6 b,m
tnai coull get 5000 aud suhUua To Washington
nrovided me was vi ing 20 20 there He was the
wro had persona "a Thomas. BoSsicr, IN the House
during senatorial election Watson tod me uht ne
lad NOT personated Thomas; heard Nj Gayanac say
that Blackstone had made an affidavit for which ne
Ifrea Tepcaiedlv to get Blackstone to make Aft
dayff he He said he minister or the
Gospel aud could not swear 10 lie. bnt san ne was
wlnus 10 20 tn Washington 10 testify II cOu,d gr
suhpu.n,, ~ be wanted 10 see relative OF hls who
lived there. l had several conversations Win Murray
regarding the ease. lie said that as SeIgeauai- arms
he cd not know that any money had actually been
paid that he had heard so from members lie then
rencatrd their nantes TO ami told me that there Wa@
some money in the case. tod him knew thaiaud was
trying 10 make something out oft myself. Murray
sld there biz money IN and that he was going TO
Wa.hiua ion, where he could MAKE somebody squeal-
either Governor Kellogg orJudce Stafford, he ia no
care which. told ali of ths g. Mr.. Cavanae, al the
TIM. and he replied that he did not want any such
Mr. Ward produced Endorsements OF the chairman of
the Democratic Stale Central COMMITTEE, also paper
signed by prominent Democrats. euipGi1iug nm ioi
v-uaO, services rendered IN eGnNasslhs Tue S@e Ia
Mr. Ward s,il he affiliated with the u Democrat, that
v,ar IA or4er to stop killing of colorcd people.
man named Flower got Tom Murray Ia give testimony
Adopno Lcmee testified the bad character Of W. Is.
Phillips aud W. Ward IN Grant Parish.
j. swayzic WAS recalled. lie denied the statements
Of Weber that he had told HIM twebeD IN Washington,
tha, II Kellogg did provide for him he would 40 be-
fore the committee aud testify for Spohord; witness
sand Weber had offered him $1,000 10 TESTIFY against
Kellogg Weber said he would make $4,000 out of his
testimony wness asked why a. coniu not also hahe
as much; Weber answered: " NOu don't know as much
as TO- and your testimony amt worth as much as
| mine"
General ". L. Mcmillan testified that there was "A
quorum OF the joint Assembly present when Kellogg
was elected knew OF no bribery.
Colonel Jack Wharton testified rs follows Knows
T. L. Weber: ns reputation in The community Is bad
would not believe hun under oath.
o'clock the committee decided 70 receive no more
testimony and adjourned TO meet in Washington 10 pre-
pare tueIr report The committee have examined liz
| witnesses, several OF whom were recalled.