Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-10
MAHroH MARBLES REVELATIONS.
Conclusion of tho Testimony of IN of
h Chief Cipherites.

Conclusion OF the Testimony of One Of
tho Chief Cipherites.
The following is the conclusion of Man
ton Marbles testimony before the Potter
committee on the 9TH inst, taken up where
it ended in our telegraphic report:
Mr.. Hiscock again objected to these fire.
quent explanations. They only wanted
witness recollection of the occurrences.
This dispatch showed q belief that we
should lose both states by fraud. Wooley
delights in a mystery where to others every.
thing is plain. A telegram relating to the
circulation of documents was read in full. 1t
is as follows:
Nov. 81, ls76.-Col. Pelton, is Gramercy
Park: Try to have the documents which
the associated press will receive tonight,
sent over the country by western, New Eng
land and other agents. Pray stop sending
any more people here. They delay bust.
ness and take up more time than l can pos
sibly spare, in utterly needless consultation
and pslaver. Every new one needs an edu-
week in acquiring. The business is all per-
Heartily glad to see Perry Smith and Glib
son, of course, who arrived to-day. Who
is Paris? Judge Robertson returns home
tomorrow. Everything looks we'll.
(Siened) MANroN MARBLE.
The next dispatch read was as follows:
Tallahassee, Nov. 27-Col. Pelton, Is
Gramercy Park: You are impeding the
result here by causing divided counsel and
neglecting to answer kilograms. l advise
that you find one person to trust and then
<.,,,< hsro 60, - 1>oot ono no0onIop Doolr m
possibly two. I will stand in nobody's way,
and do my best to transfer to him the au.
therity. About one hundred majority on
certified copies. The republicans claim
same upon returns. Rome needless now.
Should be recalled. Harris and detectives
always useless. Ditto Wooley here as in
trusted by nobody. l decline to commit
concurs in all aforesaid. Session begun.
MARBLE.
Witness testified that he had no recollec-
ton of this telegram. Did not know who
Rome was. The translation is substantially
Let me state that l have not exam.
ined the cipher key and merely give this as
my opinion.
Witness had no explanation regarding /
toV Ol9potNA w 0AovNA IL OAS6OuS oohiuR
him not to issue an electoral certificate to
the elector. Dispatch No. Al explained
itself. Had no recollection of the Tailahas.
Sc dispatch stating that l had just received
3 proposition to hand over to Tilden the
decision of the board and the governors
certificate for $4,000 Did not think he
cent it. None of these pecuniary PROPOSE
ions were his merely teleEraphed them as
! matter of news. The half q hundred best
United States documents telegram was sub
,tantislly correctly translated. Witness
that the offer of the returning
was . mere desire to get higher bids
from the other side. Witness told them it
was too high. Tilden would moi entertain
Il. G. E. Dyke, editor of the democrat pa
per Of Tallahassee, Florida, made the prop
to him. He represented the can
boards through intermediates, and
old Dyke he could not consent to it, and
certainly Tilden would not make any such
arrangement.
The next telegram was Pelton's accepting
he offer, but advising harmony Of counsel
With Wooley.
Witnsss-did not answer this, nor tell 1t to
anybody.
The next was Marbles telegram: "prop-
failed and tell Tilden to saddle
-
Black stone"
Witness said this was another misrepre-
,entation guess of the Tribune. Had no
reference to any purchasing transaction.
Blackstone vas the name of Tilden's favor
ito horse and I thought to give him q cud
chew on, as his master gallopedlaround
he park. Had no conversation at any time
With Tilden about buying out the electoral
board. So far IS he personally knew, no
ever attempted to buy out any re-
board. Had no such intentions
Know nothing of the PROPOSE.
ions to sell out. Suggested going to Fori-
10 himself. Thought it necessary.
At this point the following letter was
read
No. 10 Gramercy Park, Feb. Z, 1879
Hon. E. P. Hunton, chairman congregational