Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-18

,ading of Garfield's testimony Gov. Al
said: Il shall have some "
ling to say about her directly the g
Dung woman whose husband hnd u
cen killed during the progress OF the u
ecistry or election. | also remem- II
er Judge Dual, "a parish judge,whom g
examined in the same way as 10 'he
esult of the examination. of course
was entirely unofficial; 1t was coh-
,ersation of nv own with these VIII c
,esses, | drauyhted some interroga-
or,es to draw out more fully from y
one of the witnesses the testimony
" yhich they had given rather i'll frief, J
md some of the interroSatorles
which subsequently were appended
10 the testimony of those witnesses.
Now. notice what he has sworn to:
That he occupied that room, aud that
hen the testimony was all hanheo
to Rim relating to the parish OF west
Fel,ciana he examined it and the
and he made out list OF
one-half or two-thirds of the wit
uesses, and he sent for them one b!
ono. He examined them, and when
their testimony was not as full as ne |
desired. he prepared additional IN
terrSgatorles, which went, III some
cases. at least, before the returning
board. This comes really very Close
around the journal aud GarhciG.
.sThe summary in the testimony III
the case of West Frliciana was pre-
pared BY me-" A little further about
what he did:
Q.-Some of these atfiday!ts lnotlce
| in Ihe West Feliciaua case were made
after YOU arrived III New Orleans. DID
YOU have anything TO do with them
Yourself - in taking them? A.
| Nothing except that in some IN
stances. as | have already reiatea,
l prepared intcrrogatories.
Q.-The next witness was GeorSc
lSwayzee. Do you remember talking
with him? A.-Yes, sir; L do re-
member talking with SwaAze ]
think heterogeneous were prepared
for him after my conversation with
him. don't think L prepared them,
. but there was brief affidavit IN tht
case that l read. talked with him
and then after lhat these lnterroga
tories were filed. In the printing
, thew were printed instead OF th'
3 original talk with Swayzee.
]
f and after my conversation with HIN
interrogatories were propoundcd t.
n him necessarily to bring out his evl
h deuce, IN answering the interroSa
: tories. was the evidence OF SwayZe
d that was printed. The next ma'
9 Napalus, l remember well, Tor he ha
g a yery striking story Of having bee
Z? dragged with rope around his neck
q nf ~ w
e rogatories were propounded aiter III
II filling of the first affidavit.
o Now, gentlemen, he men'lons
:, the most remarkable case in " hich h
II prepared the questions for the WI
is nesses, the case OF Amy Mitchel
le So will read what Garfield swore
l. i'll regard to that case:
l. O.-As regards The case OF An
is Mitchell, which made all lmpresslt
in Oh you, can you tell whether u WI
as before or after you were furnishs
7e with copy of her affidavit that Ao
had this conversation with hei
tn Alt was afterward. 1t was u
ly reading Of the affidavit that lmpres
III ed me, and l asked TO have her Sc
to me.
)? OIL see that the affidavit appea
Us to nave been sworn to the 5oth
November. Al advised them
on take a fuller statement by inierrc
as atories from Amy Mitchell, and
as think propounded portion OF
interrogatorles. The premiums
n statement, the simple afhdavl', "
hit earlier.
tie Now, gentlemen, l will turn o'
nd page and see what the case OF al
Ter Mitchell was turning the leaves o
ic- book.l She first made all affidavit
ed the custom house, where she was
it. amined privately by james A. u
he field. That affidavit was not
by enough. He prepared additional
terrogatorles to he propouhaeo
per her,and she answered those interr
wv. atories, aud i'll her testimony oei
ere the same committee she aiterw a
III ? herself swore that there was no tr
18th in the statement given in response
nto Garlielu's interrogatories. III ans
lni- to a question propounded by "
lich Cox, of Ohio, who is repubiit
ANY Mitchell said-she repeated
EN- direct testimony--that every st
,ars ment contained i'll the afnuavl.
'ue. false; that she did not say anytl
the because she knew it, but sald W
uld they told her to say. Her testlm
APP also showed that she had been ir
ed in the custom house to testify
into fore the committee. l don't Say
,uid Garfield was present when she sV
,rc to the answers to lnterrogatofles
he prepared the interrogatorles
the were answered, and he prepared
interrogatories after he had al
rom terview with that coiored "oi
hut! when there was no person Des
themselves present; and The
Dom weman comes before the comml
veral of congress. not i'll an inner re
esks not when the light of Gods di
shut off, but she comes before
bout committee of democrats ana re
licaus, and in that testimony, g
here under oath and under tie test
A cross-examinatiou by the repuD
members of the committee, she
was there was not word OF Iiuth
him testimony which she gave III an
there to Gartield's questions. Appia
was The next purpose, gentlemen, L
him i'll my mind is to ask why did
field spend eighteen days III the
tting room i'll the custom house! Wh
ishes he have private interviews wit
as as colorcd and white people who's
timony was to be taken 10 Oe
room before the returning board /:
n all why did he prepare interroga
, and for the witnesses? | will ansW
1t TO his own words:
upied Q.-But don't you understand
here, in The cases where you Suggested
}. so interrogatories should be pre-
in the instead Of the evidence, they "
was &c before the returning board
Yes, sir.
took And when his work of TAXI,
with testimony was completed he t
efullv his attention TO the preparatio
thcir brief. A briet, as you all know
nv of lawyers argument i'll writing.
as | show you what he says upon
e, So. subject, OH page 797 sf the repo
ans Q-Was that brief furnish
in the the returning board? An
There That brief was never furnish
room anybody but the president {
. lioht United States. In fact, a consid
If tn. portion of the briet was writ
# and the cars on my way to Washing
Iirnrd Q.-Written after you left
nd cy- Orleans? A considerable
we're , ton of it. l had written sur
wears of the evidence before that,
| frlt considerable portion ut The bri