The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-26
Senators writing, but certainly wasn't written

SENATOR'S writing, Dut certainly Wasn't written
by him.
Pending the examination o. this witness the
court took q recess.
Upon reassembIng DR.. y. w. Bliss was
called to the stand and testified that he had
called upon Mrs. Oliver on Missouri Avenue
1T tbs request Of Mr.. Riddle and found her In
bed,
state what she said TO you" said Gen.
Butler.
II respectfully decline to state what oc--
Cured between myself and patient. SAID
witness
The court ruled the question was adniss,
ibla and witness continued: II lnterrOgathd
her as TO the character Of her Illness arc she
said she was pregnant and sne mao Deen ny.
tempting abortion. She decIined 70 permit
him To make an examination, but her lace
and form did not giyea evidence OF pTeg-
nancy. nor did gee any other evidence. Sne
expressed great fear that other people 10 the
| house might hear our conversation, hnn her
| manner was rather mysterious. L dfd not
Mr.. Foster, u Harrisburg, Pa. was next
| mt ON the stand and examined as 70 the
handwriting Of Senator Cameron. tie stated
| that he wss intimate with Senator Cameron
and perfectly familiar with his handwriting.
| He said that the treasury letter was undoubt-
| edly In Senator CamerOn's handwriting, and
was very confident that the Harrisburg letter
was not In Senator CanerOD's handwriting.
| He based his opinion on the general appear
anee Oh the letter, and not on the character Of
any particular letter. On REORGANIZATION
Foster said that he came to tho city on this
| occasion with senator Cameron.
| SamI f. Barr, the next witness, testified
! that he had been ex-senator Camsron's pri-
! yste secretary for sixteen years. He corr0b-
GRATED the testimony OF previous witness In
regard to the authenticity Of the letters known
as the Treasury letter and the Harrisburg
letter. Judging from the handwriting.
Gen. Butler then presented magnified pho
tographic copies Of the Treasury letter. which
| Ia admitted to be genuine, and the other two
| put In by plaintiff and containing illusions TO
| marriage which are claimed to be fOrgeTieS
| After some argument the court decided tn
! let them 60 to the Jury as true copies Of the
originals. The copies we're then handed to
each OF the jury for he purpose OF following
| the witness explanation Of the reason why he
did not think the Harrisburg letter was
written by Cameron.
Witness testified that ne never saw or knew
OF plaintiffs being In the room Of the Com
rittee on Foreign Relation.
The lady, Annie Davis, spoken Of 10 Mrs
divers letter to him. was well educated
lady in Pennsylvania, but was not a cousin o
Cameron. She never gave him any medicine
to be given to the plaintiff for the purpose o.
procuring an abortion.
| In the cross-examination witness said tha
the last time he saw Mrs. Oliver was al thu
Capitol. She came to the door OF the com
mttee room and asked to see Senator Came
ron; to say that Mrs. Oliver was very anxious
to gee him, and he said, TELL her 10 go tn ths
devil / can't 20 out" That was while tn
Senate was In session In 1875, as near as b
could recoileCt.
The court then adjourned till tomorrow q
10 q. m.