The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19
THE TELLER COMMITTEE.
TINE LAST DAY-THE WORK TO ne
FINISHED nv UNITED STATES
COMMISSIONER.

After the assembling OF the committee yester-
day morning the following. offered by Senator
Garland, was adopted:
RESOLVED, That United States Commissioners
W. q. Lane shall take the testimony of the
witnesses subpsnaed and not examined by
this COMMITTEES, for Natehltoches Tensas and
Catahoula parishes. and that Morris Marks
may represent the majority Of the committee,
and Mr.. B. +. Jonas the minority. and that the
testimony so taken shall be transmitted TO the
chairman Of the committee and treated In oil
respects as II taken by The committee. and that
Messrs. Breda aud Barrow may be called by
way of rebuttal II necessary
W. g. MERCHANT
was called and sworn-Am a resident OF the
parish Of Iberia: am district attorney: was In
formed that Newman had been attacked In bis
house and that he, was missing. / imme-
diately teIegraphed to Gov Nichols. telling
him OF the affair. and that l was going to In
vestigate It, and asked him TO send somebody to
make the Investigation with me. Went to st.
Mary and found that Newman was safe. and SO
telegraphed to Gov. Nichols. l began nv In
vestigaion.
Witness then described the appearance of
Newman's house
proposed TO some Of the ei.izsns to hold an
inquest on the body of young Wilson, who. had
died before ! got there. was told that there
were serious objections to It, and rs the parish
Judge was absent. In this city. sick. | was com
PEELED to rely upon pf pdrte testimony. AN
satisfied from what | learned that Wilson, who
died, was one .of the attacking pa,ty, and that
his brother. Willie Wilson. WAS also one: the
third man could not be Identified From the
condition OF affairs In the house am satisfied
that Wilson was killed by one OF bis own party.
| am waiting for the March term Of the. court
to lay the whole matter before the grand jury.
| Investigated the robbery Of the clerks ufflee
and the destruction Of the returns. have been
unable to connect any one With 1t. Have an
Idea who did IT, but 1t Is merely a matter Of
TO Mr.. Garand-1 got to Franklin. 81. Mary
parish, two days after the attempt on New.
mans life. / rsmained there three days, /
talked to James q. Parkefson and Willie Will
son about holding an inquest. ana they OBJ
jseted. was elected district attorney In 1876.
J. n. BBoDA
WINS recalled to testify that he owned property
In Natehitoehes. and that his father fell from
horse and disocated an arm.
Breda In not tho only witness who has been
and unnecessary testimony: but the Witnesses
must be provided Tor In some manner while In
the city otherwise they would be compelled to
return to their homes and GO to work and thus
spoil the little fiction hat II would be danger
ons for them again to appear In the parishes
the stand, and two dollars for f1ve minutes talk
Is not bad.
After getting through with Breda the com.
mttee adjourned, and last evening the mem
hers left the city. majority OF them will go to
Washington. The chairman, Mr.. Teller. will.
however. prooeed to Charleston. 3. g. to take
testimony there.
The Natehltoehes Witnesses will be- examined
before United States Commissioner Lane to-
morrow morning.