Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-11-19
THAT CHINESE LETTER.
A Charge Of Subornation Of Perjury


A Charge Of subornation Of Perjury.
THE VERMONT MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ACCUSED OF THAT
CRIME-INTERvIEw WITH II. II. sMALLE1.
Two of the witnesses in the famous Chi
nesc forged letter case, :. ). Morey anu
man with many aliases but whose real name
appears to he O'Brien, having been arrested
for perjury at the instance of the prosecuting
officers, have made confession, the gist OF
which is that they were hired to give false
testimony and did SO. In the confession of
perjure occurs this paragraph:
From the Truth office we went ts the
Democratic headquarters. We stopped there
few minutes Mr.. Moore was there, and
this man that gave me the check, whose name
| think was Smalley, and one or two other
gentlemen that didn't know, and this man
who gave me the Smalley, | am sure
sat down and asked Mr.. Clark what his
expens,s had been. Mr.. Clark said: Il
counted my money and put it down on Il
paper before left home" and he counted
it over to the man, and this man said, "Never
mind the cents" Said he, ''Will $50 cover
t." Mr.. Clark said Yes" Said he
What shall we give give Morey?" CLARK
said, Il don't know" He asked me and
said, Il will leave ii all to You, Sir" lie
then drew ont check for $50. He gave ii
to Clark. stating to Mr.. Clark that $50 was
fol- his expenses and the 800 was for me
lie wrote a receipt out and signed it for
$50 in my name.
This, of course, would render our towns
man, B. Il. Smalley, Esq, liable to the
grave charge Of subornaton of perjury, prac
tically. a reporter Of the FIEE Pass in
terviewcl Mr.. Smalley, Saturday, and,
called his attention TO this part OF Morey's
testimony, with this result:
FREE PEEss represeniaiivc-"pidy you, Mr.
Smaliey, ever pay Morey any money or
give him your check as staied?'
Mr.. Smalley-"No, sir, never did either
PRODUCED to him but the only conversation |
hal with him was to lid him good morning,
This WIS the first and only time ever saw
linn orcvrr spoke To him
AS to payment of campaign expenses
who had charge of that?'
"Thc assistant secretary of our committee
who was for all practical purposes the sec
rotary. He was ccustomed, in paying
bills, to draw his own check on his own
private account at the Park Bank
When number of these had
accumulated he punched Them and
1 If the chairman, Hon. W ii. Earnum, was
not present, myself or Mr.. Scott would
countersign them, Il. Il. Smaley or w.
l.. Scott for chairman If this bill for
Morey's expenses was paid at all, it was by
the assistant secretary. | cannot undertake
controversy with the New York Tribune
or the New York Times; but for my
townsmen and others who know Inc this cN-
PLANTATION is due. | am not an idiot
and Morcys confession, if true, would not
only prove that | was, but that was a
criminal as well | had no conversation
with Morey, except the ordinary civility l
have mentioned, never heard of him until
was introduced to him, knew nothing of
what he would testify 10, and never saw
him after he had given his testimony
"Now, Mr.. SmalleY, as 10 the letter il
self"
"Well, at the outset l believed it TO be gen.
uine One day Mr.. Hart sent around word
that he had damning letter written by Gen.
Garfield 1t was, he said, an expression
strongly in favor Of free trade and would
aise the very Tophct with the Republi-
can party. lie probably called it n free trade
letter because he was afraid We would give
it away and some other paper would get
the thing first. Hart declined TO
give or even show me the letter
before it appeared in his paper,
but he assured me that it was
genuine and that he knew who it was writ :
ten 10 and from whence it came. paid little
attention 10 the matter; but at the request
OF Mr. Barnum TO whom Hart had written
about it, went to the office of Truth on
the day of the publication of the letter
and looked at it-IIart declining 10 give it
up. believed it was genuine, though now, of
course, it is proved beyond a doubt to be q
forgery"
but it is charged, Mr. Smalley, that your
committee, or some of its members, were
shown the letter before its publication in
TRUTH"
That is not 50 at ALL Hart declined 10
show it 10 us before its appearance in his
paper and told me when asked him for it
that he would not give it TO any one for ten
thousand dollars. lie publishes Truth for
the sole purpose Of making money and he
thought the publication of this letter would
give it notoricty and help its sale"
You are convinced, then, that the
letter was forged but do you think the
prosecution is on the right track y
that good men who are acquainted with
Philip say that he was not the forger."
Zone thing more, Mr.. Smalley what do
you think about the Democratic talk Of
counting ont the Presidential vote Of New
York :"
"Oh, that's all bosh. | was asked 10 help
the scheme and said that | would, when
was satisfied that the vote Of New York had
not been cast for Garfield. have not been
s. satisfied and don't expect TO be-"
Apologizng 10 Mr.. Smalley for occupying
so much of his time, the reporter then with
drew.
In this the place of his longtime residence.
if not elsewhere, Mr., Smallcy's word will
quickly be taken against that Of Il seli-con-
fessed periurer and We take pleasure in
saying that active and influential campagner
on the wrong side as he is, Mr.. Small,y's
honor and manhood have never yet been
impugned. That he was guilty of suborna-
ton Of perjury in this case not one of his
townsmen. Of whatever political faith. Will
believe.
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