Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-18

| Philips Case-1Iore Witnesses Examined ! A Presidential E1ector Involved-Da- 1 venport Working Up Case Against l Him.
 NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The Grand Jury | went into session at II o'clock this morning
 and immediately summoned before them three of the witnesses who are to offer evil dence as basis on which an indictment l against Kenward Philip will be found if found | at all These witnesses were Colonel Rock l well of Washington, who testified to his inti- | mate relations with General Garfield Daniel T. Ames, an expert in handwriting, and Sam | uel S. Mercy, who made confession in which
 he admitted himself to be 2 perjurer, were also examined. They offered in substance | the same testimony as at the examination But the Grand Jury had either net time or
 patience to go into minute details, as none of the gentlemen were eloseted with them for more than ten minutes. They asked me about the handwriting" said Mir Ames, as he sallied into the corridor after facing the jury; About the same as at the exami-
 nation,' said Rockwell, while Mercy could not be seen, but as he has already so fully ex- plained himself, little additional evidence
 could be obtained from him. It was antici-
 pated that more witnesses would undergo a
 similar ondeal this afternoon and tomorrow.
 among them being George E. Mercy and gen
 tlemen from Lynn, Mass, and Cumberland,
 Md. It was announced positively that no in
 dictments would be found to-day and report
 ed as probable that neither tomorrow nor
 the day following would the jury find a bill
 against any one connected with the case A
 rumor was extensively circulated that cou- pie of lawyers who have been connected with the case were to be indicted for subornation of perjury, but it is likely that there is no
 truth in it. George Bliss, John l. Daven- port and Assistant District Attorney Bell are industriously working up evidence for the trial providing an indictment is found Mr. Bliss is paying special attention to that part of the case referring to expert testimony. Mr. I Davenport is in Cumberland Investigating the Lindsay mystery and it is not known | when he will return to the city. It is said l that movement is on foot to have the case brought before the United States Circuit | Court in New York, which, 1t is understood | can take the matter in hand because, as al legged, the Lindsay affidavit was prepared to l influence the case there on trial Daven- l ports special work will be if possible to | work up a case of subornation of perjury | against William W. Price, chairman of the l Alleghany, Md, County committee, and | presidential elector, who, according to | the belief of the chief supervisor of cleo tions was a central factor in preparing the | Lindsay affidavit having prepared it before | he had a witness to swear to it. Mr. Bliss ! was seen in the postoffice this morning with ! a bundle of documents under his arm, and it ! was at once presumed that he was working ! up further testimony in connection with the | Mercy envelope
 AS to the report that MT. Philip had been | obliged to sever his connection with Iruth, l and that in consequence he had determined f to make revelations of startling nature, it | is generally characterized as absurd.