Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-11-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE PHILIP FORGERY CASE.

publishes statement concerning the
confession alleged to have been made
by witness Morey in the Philip for
gerry case yesterday. It says Morey's
confession is substantially as follows:
The scheme for bringing him to this
c;Sy to testify as to the existance of
H. Z. Morey originated in the law
Office of John Sauborn, in Lawrence,
Mass, and was the result of O con-
spiracy between CAT Clark and
Sauborn. Clark keeps a billiard
saloon in Lawrence, and Sauborn is
a lawyer and was candidate for
presidential elector on the democratic
ticket in Massachusetts. Morey was
crammed by Clark in Sauborn's
Office before coming here, and both
Clark and Sauborn knew that he was
coming to New York to testify
to the lie. Clark volunteered to come
with him, pay his expenses and take
him back out of the money which
he was to receive for his testimony.
The two came to this city Saturday
before the election. Morey was
quartered for the first two nights in
the rooms of the national democratic
committee. On the day after his
arrival he went to the Office of the
newspaper which published the
forgery, where he was asked if he
could recognize the handwriting of
H. L. Morey, his reputed uncle. He
answered that he could. He was
then asked what it was like. He
said it was large and bold. He was
shown no hotel register at
this time, but next day
was taken to the newspaper Office
again and shown the name of H. L..
Morey in Lynn hotel register and
asked if he recognized it. He said
that he did and was taken away
again. Every word of his testimony
on the stand, in the Philip case, was
lie, and he had been educated to
tell it. When he left New York, to
return to Lawrence, after giving his
testimony, he received $3.50 from the
national democratic committee in the
form of a check drawn to his own
order on the National Park bank, of
this city. This check was cashed in
Lynn, and Clark took for his share
of it $50, leaving 500 for Morey.
He was to receive 5000 for coming
to New York the second time.
Morey had been out of en-
ployment long time and
had been hanging around Clark S
billiard saloon in Lawrence until he
was considerably in debt to it's pro-
prietor. He was asked by Clark to
come to New York and testify falsely
that he once had an uncle named II.
L. Morey, and refused twice. Finally
Clark told him that he must either
pay the debt at once or come, and as
he could not pay, he consented to
peri ure himself. "Robert Lindsey, u
or Jas. O'Brien, as he confesses his
{ real name to be, is native of Wash
ington, d. O., where he has lived
3 nearly all his life. He has done
4. nothing in particular for a living,
but is one of the rough men about
3 the city and has been in the peniten
. tiary twice for disorderly conduct
e He was sent for to go to Cumber
: land, Md, just before the election
by W. L. Price, candidate for pres
idential elector on the democratic
D ticket, and when he arrived there
9 Price and a police officer named
}. Birmingham instructed him in thu
u role which he was to play 10 this city
regarding the Morey letter. Birm-
ingham taught him the story he wa'
: to tell ard took him to prominen
D mines in the neig borhood and tliet
Q to drill hin into a knowledge O
9 their locality and features, but al
! subsequent events proved that the
time was too short or the man wai
too stupid to gain sufficient knowl
edge of this kind to make success
0 full perjurer. Then when the maj
!. was supposed to be thoroughly in
: formed, Birmingham bought hi
q ticket and sent him to thi,
i city, consigned to the paper whose
purposes he was designed to serve
In the Office of this paper, he wa
i questioned and given ten dollars
a with the promise of 800 more whel
t his work was completed. His testi
b mony, from beginning to end, was
Q fabrication. When he arrived her
e he was registered at French's hote
b as Welsh and in Cumberland he wa
i. registered as Murray, so that he ha
had five names within week
OBrien says Hart gave him ten dol
II lars when he arrived here last Satur
day and promised him 800 when hi
'f work was done and he started fo
home. In his confession b
admits he never saw the aft
y davits signed Robert Lindsay
The lawyers for the defence all an
'e severally profess and wash thei
% hands of any responsibility for tn
lnculpated witnesses-Morey an
= OBrien. Gen. Roger A Pryor, o.
oelng asked what he knew of tn
- matter, said he never saw either o
the men before or had any direct O.
T. indirect communication with then
until they were put on the stand
- He did not even then examine them
4 but left that to the Tombs lawn,