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Show THE TOTTEIt COMMITTEE Washington, 7. Before tho Potter committee, today, A. M. Gibson, cor-rr-efoodent of lue New York Sun, teHtitit-d that he never offend Weber money for testifying, as St. Martin charged; never talked with St. Martin Mar-tin outside the committee room. He made a ceneral denial of all St. Martin's cnarges. Tho witness said: I furnished no money for the payment pay-ment of witueeses-aud, as far aa my knowledge goes, no rnoue? wr.s paid for that purpo-t. Had no information informa-tion aa iotie$t50 in -it it his been alleged was 'o be paid lo Du a. Gibson Gib-son said be had one other htile matter mat-ter to dmw to the committee's attention. atten-tion. He under tood the committee waa no -- iu funds, and ho begged to hand to the chairman an account lor $171, which he advanced to the committee com-mittee on July 26 th, to pay witnesses who ca.na to New Orleans after the Biibcnnimittee had loft. Po'.ter accepted the document docu-ment with a smile and promised to attend to it, romarkiug that it had been previumly presented when the committee waa short of money. At the conclusion of Gibson's teati-mony teati-mony the committee held a seciet session, at which it was agreed that St. Martin should he discharged and several applications to appear before the cnmmitteo were discussed. -Adjourned. |