New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-25
THE STORY OF ST. MARTIN.
Continued from First Page.

O~Did YOU hold on ? A-Well, did not hold on any
was in no big hurry knew the committee would meet
lyon made ny YOUR mind after your examination
Won would expose them Ayes, sir. 80
Q-why did not YOU speak OF 1t thcni Al did not
think Of it right OF; did before got oil the stand
o@Then why did not you speak Of it next day. Al
IN, Nv should have done II, but just kept putting 1t
Sf that is all. could give you no other reason Why
ST. MARTIN A FIGHTING CHARACTER.
o-were Won ever indictedl Ayes sir. am under
indictment this minute.
o-what forl A-Oh cutting with knife.
O-What! Killing A-NO. sir did not kil hlm'
but tried to. II you ask my reasons viii tell yo"
haee been under indictment suce the latter part OF
July August . - -. ~, rho
Q-Ihat was a6ont thS cme So' sir Probably
sfter the committee left. think it after the cpl
o'|You have not been tried yeti A.-No, sir, and
don't think ever will be. ,r..
Q.-Have YOU ever been indicted DeIOIet "l'hess
tloug htfullyl-Ncs. sir think was: =,
Q-What the last offence for which y9n were IN
licted A--Prctty much the same thing; nave Decu
indicted times can tell You because there rs no
wrong about 1t nave always uone 1 ~ honid Ike to
len You how happened that It may show for lisel
wat was that forl A.-That time l gave myself mp;
The first time was indicted negro drew hIIc on u
cub on me ana shit him then fellow came aionS
my place and broke lamp ana because oiT M i ~
about il he jumped ana then cut hlln Ihal Is
all about IT, Under the same circumstances Wouq uo
iagRin There nothing dishonest anou, tu's, 49,"
not afraid Of anything rave done except thls commit
tee business. -, ,,i..,
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these three times A.-Tbat Is al ! t9ihR Wei u
may have been indicted for hghtme. No. Gon dh h
couit OF justice, as my offences were perfectly
justfaoie. ,,-.,.. .,,,a. ,,,, ,o,, ,o,.o hcon in
dicied then A.-Wcll, think thai is pretty wen.
apythins but this business that am ashamed o.
MORE FACTS ABOUT THE BRIBERY.
o-When these men told you to and search for wit
nesses prompt them with this $500, none OF them
knew YOU except Mtbrer A.-Eo, SIT; dld not know
any Of them. ! was introduced to them by NeODer'
Tey relied upon Wchbers selection m the work They
never came aud asked me night TO do it, OF course
We talked the matter some time do not remem-
her the exact words. The substance was that they
wanted me to work in the interest Of the Democratic
partv Thcy knew / a Democrat At that time /
hardly thought there was anything in the job.
Q.-Who tod todthe Witnesses what tosayl A.-Some-
them $50 and sometimes $50 when they went on the
stand and promised them the balance when they had
o-Was the money given by cheek? A.-No. sir; it
was in grccnacks They p9d inc n%heyovep nS s1 ~
20 back on their old testimony.
O-Thcn did Wcbber tell them what questions would
he PIT 20 them A-1tS; ne colu nul yen ineiii tA-
acly what questions would he pat, but he tod them
in crosse examination had ~ OF me mOLUAa pau
but have lost it, kept II until made my alldayt;
kept IL for the purpose OF making the allddNit., .
Q-Can you remember tho sums paiu any 9d inc M
Se ~ sir D%Pen ~ tse n nIbars go or or $50
The committee here took recess of an hour.
FURTHER CROSS EXAMINATION.
On reassembling the crOsS-eXaminatiOn was con-
tiuued.
The witness, in reply to q question, stated that
he had as clean a record as any man IN
Orleans, and that there was nothing
known against him that would prevent
him from holding any Government position.
When he first went to New-Orleans ne
became convinced that they wanted him Tor some
special service because they often interviewed him
t.rDf
taken to Carriers room and questioned lie could not
remember now what said. They commenced
hy representing a lot of things to him about Mr..
ridden and Mr.. HAYES, and also Mr.. sherman.
The Charman-Did thcy ask if YOU cOud swear
falscyl A.-No, sir: and should not have mai to 90
Odd they ask you whether you could " fox tit
nesses"l Al don't remember that they ana. ihey
told me that " met with witness that wOnld nov tes
tfy the way We wanted need not sn6lcena nm; ono
Ie %t eli or mat should have to swear lies
O.-Tcfore yOu appointed deputy serSeant-at
light Al do think they aid .r,,..
Q-You say that you were inteLy I by MI IIdeh
Mt CoxgMr whoi
The CharrnaI--Ihe agents of Mr.. Tilden, mean.
fbry were dong things that not right but before
to New orleans M night and received appointment
The next day. That same evening went 10 MaddONs
ODMT. Maddox finally Ievcalcd to You the service
That You were eXpec,ed to perform You s1 roc &
that they wanted to make case against Mr SHERMAN;
or something Of that Kind. ana that II thought cou
get these To recaDt by making them certain
promises was to do 50. .,.
'O-Was there anything in the memoranda that you
,hSwed Mr. Stenger which would show that these wit
uesses had been 6Xed"f A.-NO, sir. do not mink
,hirT fhaI tbe WITNESSES were not telling the truth
Q-And Nj. stenger did not know That YOU were not
telling the truth when you We're on the STAND A.
think spoke 10 him about the witness slave; am
sure did Slayse WseI SiSoo oi hIs tGe h,t h
remember spoke 10 MI SttnEei apou tu', uu. ~
never took any notice of it, Weber hat alresdy too
hQ-Did Nh stengcr say he would give he $1,000
A-NO sir He did not say ANYTHING and ala not give
Inc any encouragement TO speak aoont t.
Mr. Reed asked that the affidavit of the witness
which had been the subject of the crOSs-examna-
ton should now be made part of the record.
The Chalrman-Ibeieve the affidavit is now entitled to
MT, Snringer-i object to lis being placed upon the
record unless is corrected according to the Witness
Mir Rerd-whv. it has been corrected thoroughly. 1t
t. not going 10 be published 10y itself.
Mr.. COx-In all similar cases that arose at New
Orleans Duncan, Armstead aud others, Their fcIEr
aGdavits before The Returning Board were published IN
Mr.. sprineer-I do not see why We should cucumber
the record with a mass OF iasehood
No further objection was made, and the affidavit
was placed on record.
MIR. cox ASKS FEW QUESTIONS
Mr. Cox then took mp the crosscxaminatiOn, frs:
asking the witness to state how he came to so TO
New-Orleans at the time the subcommittee was
sitting there.
The Wuess-Wel, the first l ever heard OF the com
,nittee was one evening when went To Mr.. WebheI's
house AT Domaldsonyilc lie had received letter from
Mrs jerks and after reading it handed it 10 nc. /
read IT, and then Weber said that woman was q d
1901.
GLOW did yOu come 10 60 10 New-OrleaDs? Al
was taken by Mr. Webber. lie asked to go with him
10 see members Of the committee and some outside
agents doing business for Mr.. THdcn.
O-Yuu remember what day 1t was you wcntI A
No. sir, do not remember the day left home. re-
flo fAN "a 81 D1
there. Wien arrived was taken TO Mr. Carriers
,oon and uftcrward to MI Maddox room.
IN -Ynn sny IL was Mehbcr. maddox and Carter that