The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-01

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no. sSsdos oss vs ss aqRs d W. sg
slenei. That's 81 can recoiIect
heinz shown The envelope. esys signed that
t0o W. San remember wnetner any one eise
~ s W. III represented hs First Congress
o Rss and Efs snoffSa q D sa d
To HE ' Potts Jpn met Oscar Jofrrion and
room, and Den. Sheldon on the stairs. The
nfst time heard. that there were some OF the
figaatures d fCr.sd was about year ago Then
ABOUT the alleged forgeries.
There being no other, Witness the committee
took recess until o'clock.
AFTER THE RECESS.
Duncan Kennedy. eolored. who, being sworn
se E'fn age vas nbgoinssd e p9ss
ana here act flos~ sP' Rs1 knew
Rely wrots me a letter six weeks before went
W Lake Providence. IL was only a friendly let
tgr Re said that he wanted me to come 70
nupsro,s old attaches Of his office with places.
and he aKellyl wanted to get something He
ports himself By piayins ~ On n ths eornst. He
| lives at 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. Immediately
afler hearing reports In circulation aboutspirit-
arms and learned that a subpoena had been is
sued fol. me. Kelly was present during the ses-
si ,s , q w ccmM , 70 Washinfton and
To, Mr. Potter..f.' arrived ia washington
I1on New Orleans on the 18th or 18th Of June.
We we're at least seven days going up the river,
and one 9lght from Cincinnati %. We saved
sns se Ry wss @ E Ss wS
hoat don't know that hs was waiting for me.
vas ers spoke a n scns
POT 10 Washinaton about the thirtleth. frsported
Che reports about spiritfng away witnesses were
published In the Sun and Chicago papers. Kelly |
fid not say that he had made himself known to
dow Kellogg said to me In Washington that
the Potter committees. was about to send sub |
Dnmont the chairman 81 Che Republican s1 party ri
60 yet ne witnesses together. 80 az 70 make ~
eoa b sr WAS psse se fpss
ITO get an appointment for John &. Dula and |
Geg. B. Swasey. ,swasey bad been already APP |
pointed. Duls did not want any place here.
HARRIS O. LLOYD
carpet business at No. 100 Canal street at III |
kin's store. know Mrs. jerks. She came IN |
i;he only came ii and passed around az some ONE
goods but was not out OF my sight all the time. |
Later IN the day gentleman. In replacing |
tor TO Mr.. diamond. who - in our store. and
myself. II was addressed to Agnes D. jerks. |
new orleans. ~ p.vrosp
Bsftember book Keeper Of Elkin 4 o.. / saw
the package Of papers found by Mr.. Ma1oney. |
bsae Wiz dna @aa s
package found In the store. | took It to A. j. |
Lewis: notary public, when the afldayIt was
tagy with his 'parapi' upon each.
The witness here produced large sealed en-
yelope. which was handed by Mr. Potter to Mr..
The witness then proceeded: This Ia the
package found.
dropped b. Mrs. jerks on Canal street. and hsd
always bean returned to her. / heard that they
had been dropped and had been picked up and
10 MI. Cox-I heard this, from Major Burke.
loney found the package, The papers were In
nptil he reached A. no said SEE here Ph have
eops va opsD m e snd o sad no meo
randum Of the contents until the affidavit was
All Of us handled the papers. l was at a sit
ting desk; ! rose from my seat to reove them.
kept them; took them home and read them
the as ns q ne E dinner aSe s da them
key. Neither Of the three gentlemen made q list
Of their contents.
hat It Is copy Of one he had madel
MR.. LLYoD RECALLED.
To Mr.. Cox-I have no personal acquaintance
with Mrs. jerks connected her with the find
other person in the store after she left. After
she left walked right back to the desk.
walked to the. store door with lady and asked
me II was the young man who found those
90 n9 hoy e snsT s
81 entirely u myself toid her that Che sss soang
sn sns or Ger saRDs trend 1 ha
nond. She walked back to see him. She has {
,een in the store some four times. The second
'er s had been T found, Bho was m SPEAKING
Ir. Moloney, The third visit was to see Mr.. !
iuced me- to her. She wanted to know ii she
,ould get those papers. i
She said that II money was necessary Il would ,
oney. when came up; she was saying that she 4
would advise Mr.. RAYMOND TO give up those pa !
az his Legal adYlser she said We we're not
we're not the Kind Of gentlemen when she
rs Mr. mGPe otHterwhen spoke to my father
eagested him to say nothing about he indine /
4 the papers It was ten days after the finding {
4 the pap re- she called again. I'd
MR.. RAYMOND RECALIED. le
!, cautioned them not to say anything !
bout them. The papers were found on the +
nineteenth OF September. and she called \
n the latter part OF October. was called out by
person who was looking for some lost papers. !
went out and saw o lady. who asked me :
whether any papers had been found In the I
tore. told her there had. She asked me to q
eturn them. responded that as the papers t
we're important, could not return them until
Ifter consultation. She said she would give
no few days to consider. She returned a few h
lays before the election. She returned again, !
md IT was then called up. Mr.. Lloyd to hear b
he copversation. She left In passion. saying
had better give the papers up, / 4
- Some days ago she again came into the store 1
With her sister. She asked me whether I had
ome to any rational conclusion about the pa
,,ers. | told her that had. and would return G
aid that she would come down armed with
eceipt IN few days. She asked me whether
we're She spoke OF this only. she said, because
me letter was very important to her.
To Mr.. Cox-I offered the papers to her on
Ter giving receipt, and I had written re-
'eipt ready. but she did not sign It. The photo
sraph of the letter was taken before the aft
layit was made It was taken OF Iilienthafs .
"a lery, on Canal street Mr.. Doherty and :.
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