Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-10-29
GENERAL NEWS.
s,,,,u. s,ors l.,,, tn. c.,., OF
Great Britain.
Continuation OF the Examination OF
Kellwalsl Philip.
Thus Far II Is Confined Mainly to Expert
Testimony.
PHILIP ON TRIAL.
J. !" -
Examination Of Witnesses

New York, Oct. 29.-The examination
of Kenward Philip began this morning,
with n large crowd present.
Judge Davis said that, owing, to the
national chalacter of this case, he would
sit us examining magistrate thing not
without precedent, although unusual. Ii
this letter was written by Gen. Garfield,
it not only was unworthy of him, but
should condemn him.
The envelope in which the Morey let
ter was contained was handed TO Judge
Davis and, on motion, the counsel was
declared purged of contempt.
Assistant District Attorney Bell called
Albert q. Southwood to the stand. He
testified that he was an expert in hand
writing OF fifteen years experience. He
had compared the Photographic and pho
to-lithographic copy Of the Morey letter
with the Rockwell and Jewell letters
and did not think they were in the same
handwriting. He had also compared the
Morey letter with the exhibits on which
the warrant of arrest was obtained and
found them sufficiently of character to
enable him to form an opinion that they
were i'll the same handwriting.
Cross examined-The witness had
come from Boston at the telegraphic re-
quest of Marshal Jewell and expected
pay for his services. He made affidavit
at the request of Messrs. Slaughter, Knox
and Davenport. He gave before them a
synopsis OF what he would testify to. He
never saw the original Nlorey letter till
this morning. He did not know General
Garfield and did not know for whom he
would vote.
The prosecution next called N. q. Ho.
nj rnv
The witness had examined the Morey
letter and Photographic copy and the
Morey envelope, and after examining tes-
titled that the address on the epyelope
was not in the handwriting of the person
who wrote the Rowell and Jewell letters.
but clearly resembled the writing of the
person who wrote the exhibits marked
"a" to *" on which warrants of ar.
rest were granted.
Allen NJ. Leet, newspaper reporter,
was examined by the prosecution. He
was familiar with Philips handwriting
Exhibits "a" to *" were, he believed.
III Philips handwriting. He had seen
photo-llthographic copy of the Morey
letters and believed it to be in Philips
handwriting. He thought SO when he
first saw them. Philip always had n hab.
it of spelling such words as companies
and similar words with "ys" instead of
"ies." In the Morey letters this mistake
is made
Bell here said he would like an adjourn
ment, as he had other witnesses to exam
inc who were not present. One Lynn, a
witness, had not arrived and another ex-
pert was sick.
Brooks and Ryan objected to any de-
lay and wanted to produce proof Of the
genuiness Of the letter.
Here occurs a break in the telegraph.
ic report which cannot be supplied
EDS.
He answered in the affirmative. Con.
tlnuing, he said, there is an erasure on
the stamp in the date of the month. ]
cannot say or imagine what the date was
The indications are that the date and
month have been erased by rubbing on
the back of the envelope. The stamp
date there bears indications of an erasure
of the date and month and cannot be
deciphered. There are three stamps OF
the envelopes on which no dates can be
made out, all seemingly being erased.
Southworth was then recalled by
Stoughton. He was handed photo litho
graphic copies if it, together with the ex
hibits on which the Warrants were OBJ
tanned and his opinion was thai
the person who wrote the exhib
it's wrote the MSrey letter. IN,
Morry letter was evidently the writing O
the person writing the others. 1t Rat
in theintroductory, lhwever, strong char
acteristics of it's own. In the exhibit tn,
signature OF Kenwah Philips, the "K.
is exactly similar toa "K" in the More,
letter. The witness found other similar
tiles in the letters.