Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-11-19
THE PERJURERs' CONFESSIONS.

The Confessions OF Morey and O'BrIen In
Connection with the Forged Chinese Let
terra Close Come elton Establishcd Be
tween Prominent Democrats and the
"Truth" Gang.
NEW YORK, November II.
The District-Attorney furnishes the
press the confessions of Morey and
O'Brien (alias Lindsay so far as can be
made public without interfering with
the course of justice. The Times last
night furnished the Western press the
substance of the confessions, but details
in some particulars are of great interest,
and are rs follows
MoREY's CONFESSION.
Morey, after stating that Clark and SnnhOrn,
of Lawrence, Mass, induced him to go to New
York aud testify, promising to stand by him
and see him, well paid, said: Being strongly
urged, and in poverty, consented to come.
came here, gave correct testimony, us you
will see, and only in regard to II. J.. Morey was
my testimony false, and also when stated
that had been offered 500 by Republican
not to come on hero and testify; my family
record is true, except I'm relation 10 II. L..
MOrey, whom / don't know, and never have
known, and knew at the time that II was a
false statement. went TO the Truth otice
several times. and had an interview with Josh
Hurt and another man connected with the pa
per whose name do not know. We arrived
CLARK and u Saturday before election. On Sum
day morning we went down to the Democrat
iC headquarters first. and found nobody
there hut some women cleanngup. We went
then and got some breakfast came back, and
they kept us there. met a man by the name
of Moore first and thRn u number of them
headquarters men. HHid not see BQnum. lie
had returned to Connecticut the evening
previous. There was another short man
there. l could tell his name il | heard It,.
Mr.. Moore was Sergeant-at-arms of the Demo-
cratic Committee there, they said. | saw what
j supposed was the SeCretary-the man that
wrote and gave us the check when we returned.
lie gave me check for $l5O-S5l FOR eA penseS
for Clark. and SlOOhe was to give to me when he
got the cheek cashed. The 500 was tor coming
on, suppose. He didn't say what il was for.
/ got the 800. When returned to Lawrence |
got il. That Sunday he got Il carriage and
took us to Central Park. From there we went
down to Staten Island on the ferryboat. We
stopped down there till four o'clock in the
afternoon, and went up to 81 Vincent $
Hotel, / think in the park. We got supper
there and returned to the Democratic head
quarters and stopped there all night They
SAID in the morning that the boys wouldn't
let us out of their sight, being afraid lit lie
Davenport would get hold of us. The next
morning we got breakfast, went to the Il1uh
office and from there to the COurt-Ilousc.
Hart wanted to know about this Morey, and |
told him the same as / have already testified
to; had one interview with Hart at the Demo-
cratic headquarters Sunday in reference To
H. l.. Morey. Clark told me Sanborn asked
him TO get me to go to New York. The first
time I went to the Truth Office Hart showed
me the GoOdell letter, and said it was from
Goodell. He said that Morey had started TO
Florida for his health; that the Morey letter
was genuine and that he would start mmedi-
ately for Florida and have Murey in tinfe. The
| next time | went to the Truth Office was dur
ing the recess of the court Monday, and Hart
said he guessed was cliuCher on hem, The
! next time Iwent to the Office was after cOur, I'm
the afternoon, when il was adjourned until
! Thursday. We had some conversation in re-
| gard to our being wanted again. Hart said he
|. didn ( know he would take our urnamcs-Clark
and mine. If he wanted us again he would
! telegraph, and that was the last time l went
~ hntnrn | rntnrnnn homo
| We went direct from the Truth office to the
| Democratic headquarters. When we got To
tn Democatic headgnartSers S we stopped ,S.l
/ and this man that gave me the check, whose
| name, think, was Smaey and one or two
| other gentlemen that didn't know; and this
| man who gave me the check, Smalley, am
sure sat down and asked Clark what his eX.
| pCnscs had beeu. Clark said: L counted
| my money and put il down on paper before
left home;" and he counted it over to this
! man, and this man said: Never mind tho
cents" Said he; ''Will $50 cover it?" Clark
! said: Yes" Said he: What shall we give
| Morcy?" Clark snid " | don't know" lie
| asked me, and said: "I will leave it all tC
you, SIR He tl'&l drew Il check Tor $50. HC
| gave it to Clark, Stating to Clark that Sj0 was
| for his expenses and 800 was for me- He
wrote receipt out and | signed it, for Si50
/ in my name. When we arrived home Clark
So si5o inc 'n''N ''sh'a AT the OopN anu gave m'
On the next Thursday a man named Warnc
came TO me and told me he wanted me to u
| to New York. told him would not 20. HI
said to my wife: "Is $50 any object for hin
/ to 20 to-night2" My wife said: mo; he Is no
able to GO" On Sunday Clark came 10 see me
accompanied by Warner, and we all starte
! for New York together We stopped in I}os
ton all night under assumed names. At /
| O'Clock the next morning we left Boston 70
| New York. We got in there about $3.50, am
| from the depot we went to the Truth Office
| When we got to the Truth office saw Har
| there, and Hart said: "Hello, you have 90
back" and he said to Warner: Take MIN {
al llgsl. vsalN
| took me TO the Belmont Hotel think reg
| istered my name "a Asa Clement, and he re =
istered his name as Gilman. We had anothc
| man IN the party; warner called him Mach
We went out and got some supper, ana W
stopped Mt the hotel all night aud yestcrdn
morning walked to the TT1tui office. From tn
Truth office we went TO tho courtroom, an
at noon time we went and got lunch, and tina
was the last time was ut tho Truth oilicC
They brought me here last night. On the wa
| from Boston to Now York, Warner said: "W
must keep dark until we get into court.
| warner gave me no money, but handed m
wife $40 when he was in Lawrence. He tol
me would be well paid for coming to Ne'
York. | suppose he was connected with tn
Truth office.
Clark first proposed to me TO say had Al
uncle by the name OF II. L. MOrey, and Han
first showed me the register containing tn
entry "H. L. Morey" in two places. Han
asked me on Sunday what kind of "A handwr
ing H. l.. Morey wrote. said He writes
very course, bold hand" That was prior {
my seeing the register. Then when the
showed me a register the next day | said
should think that that was his handwriting
AS IA matter of fact that was not the haudwrI
ing of ii. l.. Morey, or of anybody else that
ever knew. l am reminded of another rcmar
Clark made. When | met my uncle job
yesterday, he shook hands with me, and Clur
said, when we got out of our seats, Who
that?" | said, "That is my uncle, John" IL
said, He will testify that there is no H. 1
Morcy." ! said, "Ycs, he wiz; they will a
testify that there is no II. l.. Morcy." II
said, "Well, don't care; if you go 10 hell,
will go to HE'LL will go to he'll with you.
SAMUEL :. MOREY.
Taken before me this 10th day of Novembe
B. II. MORGAN, Police Justice.