Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-10-06

not as ,ul as he desired, he prepared
additional interrogatories, which went,
in some cases at least, before the Re-
turning Board. This comes really very
close around the Journal and Garfield
The summary in the testimony in the
case of West Felaciana was p-eral ed by
me.r A little further about what re
did:
O.-Some of these aflidavits 1 notice
in the West Feliciana case were made
az er YOU arrived in New Orleans. Did
YOU have alvihing to do with theni
youl sci. ii taxing them? A.-Nothing'
except that iu some Instances, as have
relaed p. 5pared lnlerfogatoIies.
c. ne neyt witness was Geo:ge
Swayzee. Do you remember talking
with him! Ayes, sir; do remer-
her talking with Swayze. l think inter
rogatoles were prepared for him alter
nv CONVERSATION with him. l don't
think l prepared them, but there was a
/, es afidavit in the case that [ read. ]
,alked with him, and then, after that,
these inte~rogatories were filed. In the
printing they were plinted instead OF the
org,qal. l talked with Swayzee. l
saw bis testimony was not very full,
and ai,e: my conversat on with him ln-
ter-ogaior;e3 we're propounded to him
necessa "ly to bring out his evidence in
full, and hat evidence, in answering
the interrogatories, was the evidence OF
Swayzee that was printed. The next
man, Napalus, l remember well, for he
bad a striking story Of hay'ng been part
| ly hung, ard having been dragged with
4 rome arc. nd his neck. He was one
those 10 whom intcrrogatorles were pro
pounded after the filing OF the first
affidavit.
Nov, gentlemen, be mentions as
the most remarkable case in which he
prepared the questions for the witness
es, the case of Amy Mitchell, so will
read wha. Garfield swOre to IN that
case.
Q.-As regards the case OF Amy Nit
cbell. which made an impression on
YOU. can you tell whether it was before
or after you were furnished with a copy
other affidavit that you had this con-
yersatiou with her? At was the
reading of the affidavit that impressed
me. and asked to have her sent TO me.
Q.-I see that the affidavit appears 10
have been sworn to The Goth ofNovem'
be-? Al advised to take fuller
statement by nterrogotories from Amy
Mitchell, and think l propounded a
portion Of the interrogatories. The
preliminary statement, the simple afli-
davit, was earlier.
THE PERJURY CONFESSED
Now. gentlemen, 1 will turn over a
page aud see what the case OF ANY
Mitchell was. Turning the leaves Of a
book.) She first made an affidavit in
the Custom House where she was ex-
amined privately by James A. Garfield
That affidavit was not full enou9h.He
prepared additional interrogatoT.es to
be propounded 10 Eer; and she answer
ed those interrogatories and in ncr test
timony before the same Committee she
afterwards herselfSrOre that there icas no
tpth m the statement giren in response to
Garfsld's interrogatOries. In answer to
a question propounded by Governor
Cox of Ohio, who is Republican, Amv
Mitchell said she repeated her direct
testimony-that every statement con-
tanned in the affidavit was false that
she did not say anything because she
knew it; but said whct they told lw to
soy. Her testimony also showed that
she bad been trained in the Custom
House to testify before the Commi.te.
I don't say that Garfield was present she
swore TO interrogatories, but he prepar-
ed the interrogatoues that were answer
ed. and he prepared the interogatorles
after he had an interview with that col
ored woman, when there was no per-
son besides themselves present; brt
the same women comes before the Com
mittee Of Congress, not IN an inner
room, not when the light OF Gods
day is shut of, but she comes before
the Committee Of Democrats and Re-
publlcans, and in that testimony, given
under oath and under the test of cross
examinations by the Republican men,
bers Of the Committee, she says there
,cas not rord Of truth in the testimony
rhich she gare in dasrer 10 Garte'd''
questions.
The next purpose, gentlemen, have
in my mind is 10 ask why did General
Garfield spend eighteen days in the in
ner room Of the Custom House? Why
did he have private interviews with the
colored and white people whose testl'
mony was to be taken 10 be used be-
fore the Returning Board and why
did he prepare interrogatories Tor the
witnesses ? will answer IN his own
words:
| Q,-But don't you understand that in
the cases where you suggested that IN
terrogatories should be prepared IN
stead of evidence, they were to so be-
fore the Returning Board? A.-Yes,
sir.
| And when his work Of taking the tes-
timouy was completed he turned his at
ten.ion to The preparation of a brief. A
brief. as YOU all know, is a lawyers