National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-10-25
THAT FORGED LETTER.
II Proves n Boomerang TO The Democratic
0rlglnat0rs.
An Avalanche of Evidence showing the For
gery-A Modern Postmnrk on
an Old Letter.
A Forged cnncoiilng Stamp.

A Forged Cnncoiiing Stamp.
Postmaster Anger has contributed the following
10 the chain oftestimony convlcting Barnum and
Hewitt of connecting n forgery;
Hon. McrshdH Jelg,u, Nco York cdW
The New York Truth publishes what purpor,s to
be the facsimile of letter alleged TO have been
written by General Garfield TO one II. L. Morey on
the Chinese question, togoihcr with tho envelope
in which II should nave been incloscd That the
whole thing Is a manufactured, bold aud villain
Gus fraud tho following facts will ftirly show: No
such caucolling stamp as Is shown on the envelope
was in use at the Washington postoiico on the 22d
Of January the dGto the letter was claimed to have
been mailed An entire new set of cancelling
stamps was placed In use IN this office on tho 18Th
OF April. The ruth facsimile lc is q very good rep
TesentaliOn OF the now stamp but 1t Is totally
unlike the one In usO In This Citleo on the 23d Of
January, the old stamp being made of rubber and
the now one Of steel, and worry unlike in their ar.
raDgement This shows cOnclusivoly that tho
whole matter Is an unmitigited forgery, for which
The authors should be scilt to tho Pe4ltentiary.
Postmaster, Washington, u. c.
Sticking to the Lie.
The Sunday Herald seems to be guided in its pol
itics by the principle that n lie well stuck to Is
better than the truth" When Postmaster Aingor
punclured the Garfield Chinese letter fraud by
showing that the fOrgers had COuntcrlcited the
wrong cancelling stamp, and one not IN use In the
office at tho date the letter was claimed TO have
been mailed. the Herald actuntcd by the principle
named above, attempts to bolster up the fraud by
saying; -
mailed at the branch Office at the capitol are sent
direct to the postal cars There Is clerk desig-
mated by Postmaster Anger in charge of the branch
Office at tho capitol building who cancels tho
stamp himself. and It is stated ON tho best author.
iy that the stamp the letter to Morey Is exact
fac-simile Of that used at the capitol branch office
Now tho best authority" for this assertion Is
simply no authority at all but is manufactured In
the spirit that Inspired the forgery ofthe bogus
letter The cancClling stamp used by the branch
office at the capitol has In 1t the word congress-
and is no more like the stamp on the bogus en-
yelope than n white horse Is like black one.
Wondcr what dodge they will take next,
An Emphatic Denial from General Garfield.
New YORK. Oct. 23.--Tho national republican
committee issued the following:
We have received aud have In our possession the
following telegram from General Garfield IN refer
ence TO the forged letter recently published by the
Democratic committee on the Chinese labor ques.
ton
MENToR. OHIO, October %, 1880
To Hon NJ JelCep aud Hon. S. w. Dorsey:
will not bcreak tho rule have adopted by max
ing public reply to campaign lies, but author
lie you TO denolnce the sO-caed MOrey letter MS q
bold forgery, both IN its language and its scnt
inent Until It's publication never heard Of the
existonce of the Employers Union Of Lynn, Mass.
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
Hunt the Rascal DOWN.
New YopT Oct. 93.-Tho national republican
COlnnllteO furnish inc following;
HEApQUARTERs NATL REPS Com,
SATURDAY, r. NJ, October %, 1850.
70he PubLe;
The following dispatch has this moment beer
received nom General Garfield:
MENTOR, OHIO. Oct. %, 1880.
TO Hon. Marshall Jewell
Your telegram (5p OF this afternoon is received
Publish ny disps'eih i Of last evening L you think
mo the lihoGrnphc copy of tho forged letter. j
is the work Of some clumsy william who canno
spell or write English, or initiate my handwriting
Every honest and manly democratin America who
is familiar with my handwriting will denounci
the forgery at sight. Put The case In the hands o
the ablost detectives at once and hunt the rasca
down. j. a. GARFIELD.
Further Evidence of tho Forgery.
BosroN, Oct 23-The Boston Herald Tomorrow
viii state in effect that interviews with prominent
Lynn manufacturers of all shades of politics sub
stantlatc the statement that no such organization
as the Employers union ever existed in Lynn, anG
that IL. l.. Morey Is wholly unknown TO them. Qld
employees in the shop with which Morey is alleged
to have been connected deny all knowledge o.
any such person. During tho strikes there was an
oSrganLatlon known - Me manufacturers, bureau
but the manager OF this, who employed men IN
Morey
Further DamnlnG Evidence.
The fact that tho so called "Chlnese letter" was
forged has now been made so clear that any
further testimony wonld be unnecessary II the
national democratic committee, who by circulating
the letter through the country have assumed tho
responsibility Of the crime, did not with brazel
boldness worthy OF the authors of the cipher dis
patches continue persistently to push the letter
before the public through the various organs at
their command. The bungling manner IN
WHICH the forged letter Itself and General
TO establish ata glance the fact of n forgery. Tho
author of tho letter however, IN order to give an
air. Of truth and reality TO it, went so far a.
to forgo the postmark and supcrscription on the
envelope casual examination of the marks on
the envelope would not be sufficient 70 detect the
counterfeit critical examination OF these marks
however. has established hcVDnu "A fnpl
that even the date-mark was q counterfeit.
The following shows the result of an investlga
published Photographic facsimilcs Of the back oil
the envelope corresponds in sizo with genuine
TSeShI hrne pSSsgG .amP iSfE WhS iTGd GG
are reproduced also exactly OF the same size as the
originals Now an Impression rom III! dating
stamp IN use at the Washington postoiico In Janu.
AIRY last, when the letter purports to have been
dated, was l 2-3i inches In dinmeler, while the
mark on the envelope is but l-2l inches In diane
ter. The dating stamp and CanceUr are attached
to the same handle, 50 that tho work Of dating and
CAnCelling is done with one movement 1t would
have been impossible to have nude one mark
without lie other, yet in the fac-simile there 10 nc
trace OF tho cGneelinB mark. Had the cancel mark
been on The letter, according to actual measure
ment It would have extended Rn eighth of an inch
beyond the stamp. Still no trace of II can be
found. Even ii these facts are not nc
eepted as conclusive evidence, another point
forgery beyond question:. Tho dating stnmT
purporls TO be tho one used At the city postoncs
Inc Stamps Nscu NJ tne pOalOlnCCs III inc capitol
arc marked Wash. j. o." at the top, ana 'COn
gress" at tho bottom, while the official stamps are
ofstill another form, having Washington. d. g.,
at tho top SO the fac-simile Itself at once dsca!n'
that the letter was mailed elsewhere than Nt The
city p0stoflce. The forged mark was plainly iu
tended rs an imitation OF tho regular stamp II
constant use at the city pustoiliCe Now the dating
stamp on tho facsimile, though somewhat blurred
Is lelercd as follows:
WASHINGTON,
JAN.
~
9P. M.,
1851
Dc.
The dating stamp used IN the Washington city
pOstQnlce in January last and up 10 the 18th o
April was in tho following form
WASHINGTON,
1880,
FED. Is,
SIP NJ,
D. @.
The difference In the arrangement of tho date
and words Is at once noticeable. A comparison o
an impression OF The stamp In Use In January ant
the forged stamp also furnishes important cvi
dence, The stanpin use then WAS Gu, IN rubber ant
the letters w0ro iuli.hced while IN the iaG.slmil,
the letters are gothic on mere skeleton outlines
These facts show very conclusively both that thl
stamp was forged and also that II Is nota Correc
imitation in any particular of the stamp In use or
the23d o! January.