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Show THE POTTElt COMMITTEE. j Washington, 24. To-day, the ! cross-examination of St. Martin wab proceeded with before the Potter investigating committee. He Btated that he had never heard that bis discharge dis-charge from his position as deputy fierj;eaut-at-arms of his committeo way duo to the action taken by Cox because the affidavits were improperly served. Cox muat have known lhat ihe witnesses were being tampered with, bocAuso they were all kept in one room by Gibson, Weber and 1 Carter and net allowed to leave oxcept to go on the staud to testify. Theso witucsaee hud been promised varioua Bum3 from $200 to $300 for contradicting contra-dicting their evidence given before the returning board. They were paid $50 or $60 before tebtifving. They never got the rct. .Nobody waa paid. When wituesa first informed Weber that ho should expose ihem, Weber replied: "They have not fulfilled their promise In me, and I don't care a damn what you do." Wiineda admitted that ho had been thri"e indicted, once for shooting a a man and twice for cutting, and yet he averred that ho had as clear a record aa ony man in Louisiana. |