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Show latest mmm, ; I POTTER 1XVESTIGA1 IO.V. ! Washington, 5. In the Potter committee, today, Reed'a crusa-examination crusa-examination of Anderson continued. Cox produced a copy of the agreement agree-ment between Weber and Anderson, Ahich he had obtained from Matthews, Mat-thews, and Cox Baid tbat Matthews had given him this paper aa being the contract. Witness denied its identity. He and Weber had signed the coutract at the office of a notary public or at the custom house, but hecame confused oq cross examination examina-tion and said he could not affirm positively where the signature was made. He persistently adtiered to ttie denial ot the authenticity of the copy of agreement produced by C x, but thought the signature of the attorney and the seal were genuine. Witness, answering some questions, ?aid there were no postmarks or onnaUnna arrAno VilJ IfltPTH tn show that the Weber or Butler letters were sent. There was no corroboration on I the letters themselves of the witness' I statement. "But." h significantly ' added, "there will be." The witness identified a letter written by bimselt: lo Senator llatthtwj, which was put in evidence. I The Matthews copy of tho Nash; agreement was then handed to wit- j uesa for identification. lie eiid he thought it was the same which be bad given to Matthews, but that since the other had breo altered, he would not like to stale so po-iiivy under oath. The witness was remindid by But ler tbat be had promiatd to produce Iftlrre written to bim by Mrs. Jeneks. He said he bad only been able to find ilie first of them as his wife destroyed til the papers in this chb that she could get her hands on. He produced the letter, which be hadjfound, which hnre a Washington date ol January 117, 1S77, and it was put in evidence. |