Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-28
EASTERN DISPATCH Is.
raE hoREY LETTER KENNARD.

Arrest OF the Rascally Forger-rht
Lying "rruth" Under o Cloud
Garneld's Triumphant Vindica'
ti0n.
NEW YonK, October "a. AT thi'
hour-4 A. M.-tho paper which origin
ally published the Garfield forgery II
not yet out. though the hour Is behind
the usual time. Both the counting Office
and the press room. which are in differ
emit streets, are In the custody OF United
States Marshals. and the public are mol
admitted. The Marshals are reticept.
NEW Yoax, October T.-Kennard
Philip. An editorial writer on Truth. wal
arrested today In Brooklyn on . charge
Of forgery In connection with the so
called Garfield. Chinese letter. He will
DO arraigusd in the Supreme Court THU
afternoon. His counsel has already ap'
piled for his discharge on Q writ Of ha'
bsas corpus.
The arrest OF Kennard Philip was made
on . charge Of countsrfsiting Postofacs
dies. upon . warrant granted in the Fed
ersl Court.
Philip was arrested In the lobby Of the
Park Tbestsr, Brooklyn. while In con
vsrsation with ex.Sheriff Dogsstt, q Be-
publican leader in Brooklyn, and Other
gentlemen. The arrest was made upon
. warrant issued by Judge Noah Davis,
presiding Justice OF the Supreme Court.
Il charges Philip with maliciously com
posing and publishing the alleged forged
letter. Philip and an officer. accom-.
panied by William Vseder. . lawyer.
came over to police headquarters In this
city. After q brief detention Philip was
taken to the Supreme Court. Judge Ds'
Wis being temporarily absent, he was de.
tanned In ths District Attorneys office.
He will be arraigued before Judge Davis
later In the day.
New YORK. October 27-2:30 p. MI
IL now stated that Philip was arrested fol
malicious libel. and not for publishing
the alleged forged letter.
A long consultation took place In the
District Attorneys office between Assis.
tant District Attorney Bell. United States
Commissioner John I. Davenport and
George Bliss. who. 1t il thought. will
represent the prosecution, and General
Roger A. Pryor, ex.S urrogate Vesdel
and Howe * Hummel. retained by the
defense. The nature Of the consultation
IL not known. A few minutes before ;
o'clock Philip was taken to the General
Term room Of the Supreme Court. where
the arrival OF Judge Davis is now
awaited. EX.Minister Stoughton. Elihu
Root and Henry E. Knox also appear for
the prosecution. John I. Davenport
was also In court to watch the proceed
ipgs.
Judge Davis opened court at 3 o'clock
and Mr.. Bell stated that he desired to
make q return to the warrant issued for
the arrest OF one Kennard Philip, who
was charged with having published q
criminal libel on James A. Garfield. Mr..
Bell was proceeding to read the sHdavits
on which the warrant was obtained, but
Mr.. Pryor objected. The Judge decided
to allow them to be read. The first was
made by Colonel George Bliss, and Mr..
Bell had hardly commsnced when he was
again interrupted by General Pryor. who
stated that his client waived examination
and desired to have the matter presented
speedily to q Grand Jury. SO that an
early trial could be had. He was ready
to try the case tomorrow, and under
these circumstances II was not proper to
read the afidavits.
The affidavit OF George Bliss sets
forth that o publication had been made
in Q paper called Truth OF IN alleged let
ter OF General Garfield to Morsy; also Of
an editorial headed Lying and Sticking
to It." In which Garfield was repeatedly
called q liar. Bliss swesrs that he Is
acquainted with Garfrld's writing. and
that he believes the Morey letter was
written and forged by Ksnnard Philip.
Bell then said: 81 hold In my hand
the original manuscript Of the editorial
referred to. headed Lying and Sticking
to IT," The affidavit OF Bliss went on
to say that he believed the publisher and
manager OF Truth arranged with the
Democratic National Committee to cir
culats q large number OF copies OF the
forged letters. Mr.. Bell then said he
had copies Of afidsvits Of gentlemen
who we're acknowledged to be experts 10
handwriting. He read the afidavits Of
B. E. Payne and A. F. Southwark, set
ting forth that the Morey letter wal not,
In their belief. written BY Garfield. and
that the letter was written by Philip. who
wrote the editorial article referred 10.
They had also. 10 framing their opinion,
seen his handwriting on bills and other
papers.
The Evening Post ssys: The charge o:
criminal libel, Mr.. Stoughton explained.
was In order to guard against any posi-.
BILE difficulty In sustaining the simple
charge OF forgery. Philip appeared very
nonchalant when arrested. q when q
friend asked him what Was the matter
he replied: ~ believe I am arrested for
forging Beautiful Snow" The evil
dencs against Philip consisted in part Of
expert testimony ~ to the forged letter.
but II 10 understood that papers contain
ing writing OF the same character as that
Of the forged letter have been secured.
A motion was then made TO have the
warrant dismissed on the ground that
the afidavits were not strong enough to
support IL. The motion was denied by
Judge Davis, who held that the publica-
ton Of the article after It's authenticity
was denied, which tended to bring odium
on the supposed author, was q criminal
libel. -.
The examination was adjourned until
II tomorrow morning. Philip furnishing
$4,000 to appear. General Pryor. ooun-
eel for Philip, demanded . speedy trial.
As the crowd was leaving the court
room three cheers for Hancock were
called for and given. The person who
started the cry could not DO caught,
though the Judge ordered bis arrest.
CHICAGO, October ga Tribune Bos-
ton arsc;aI eava. The LYNN ITEM gives