The Portland daily press., 1880-10-22
THE LAST TRICK.
Further Evidence that the Chinese
Letter is a Forgery.
NO SUCH MAN AS MOREY EVER
KNOWN IN LYNN.

Boston, Oct. 21-A Traveller representa-
tive went to Lynn TO hunt up Mr.. III. L. Morey,
the man to whom Gen. Garfield is alleged to
have written the Chinese letter, or some one
who had known him.
The Traveller representative inquired first
at the offices of several prominent Lynn gentle-
men and was directed to Mr.. John L. Robin
son, at l9 Exchange place, as one who, during
the strike at Lynn in 1S7S,wa the agent of the
manufacturers of that city to engage new
hands for their factories. Mr.. Robinson was
shown the alleged letter, and asked if he could
throw any light upon it. He read it and said:
II have been resident of Lynn for fifty years,
and in active business intercourse with the
shoe trade there. In my capacity as agent for
the various factories during the strike of 1875
never heard OF any organization by the name
OF The Employers Union, never met or knew,
or heard OF any man named II. L. Morey.
II may say" continued Mr.. Robinson "that
before you called l Lad already been interest
ed in this letter, with other Lynn citizens, who
read it with me, and, this morning, accompan-
led by two of them-Mr. Henry Breed a well
known wood and coal dealer of Lynn, and
Capt. Geo. T. Newhall, formerly for three
years President of the Lynn Common Coun-
cll-l made thorough search of the Lynn di-
rectory. going through each volume from 1873
to 1880 inclusive, at the Office of Messrs. Samp-
son. Davenport u Co. In the 1878 Directory we
found the name of Benjamin f. Morey, as
living at the foot of Elm street. In 1874 the
name of Morey does not appear. In the Di-
rectores of 1875 and 1876, the name of a lady
named Clarissa Morey is all that appears, and
this lady is described as nurse, resident at
All Boston street. In 1877 the name is alto
eether absent In 1878 lady's name again
appears. that of Clara T. Morey; in 1879 the
name is again not present at all, and in the
volume for 1880 the same name, Clara 7.
Morey, nurse, Marion street, is the only per-
son of that name mentioned between its COW
erS. 1t is not necessary for me to say that if
there had ever been any man named H. l..
Morey, substantial enough man to be men,
Der OF any association of Lynn employers, in
all these years, his name would certainly be in
the Directory somewhere.
This statement of Mr.. Robinson was read by
the Travellers representative to Capt. New
hall and Mr.. Breed, and they endorsed its
statements as to the search of the records,
adding that in the course of their forty years
residence in Lynn, and intimacy with its lead
ing trades people, the name of H. L. Morey
was one they had never heard.
Mr.. William Henry Keene, OF the large firm
of Joseph Davis & Co., of Lynn, was also
called upon and said 1.-THE letter is undoub,-
edly a fabrica ion out of whole 10th. / have
been resident of Lynn thirty years, and my
every day life has been passed in intimate rela-
tions with the boot and shoe trade of the city.
There is now, and has been, no such body as
The Employers Union in Lynn, and no man
known there by the name of H. l.. Morey."
A Traveller representative also called upon
Hon. Edwin Walden, president of the Boston,
leCFOiO OcdCH C Lyu hdllIOdu dU Ills OIuC6,
this morning. Mr. Walden is an ex Mayor of
the city OF Lynn and has occupied other public
positions, which has made him intimately ac-
quainted with the people of Lynn. The fol-
lowing interview proceeded:
Traveller representative-Mr.W Walden, who is
Mr.. H. L. Morey?
Mr.. Walden-Never heard of him. There
is no such man in Lynn, that is, of any
prominence. He certainly is not manufac-
turer, or employer of labor. I am we'll ac-
rno into ~uifh ~
in business in Lynn, and am positive that no
man of the name of H. l.. Morey is, or has
been, among them.
Traveller etive-What about this
reported Employers Union at Lynn?
Mr.. Walden-There is no such orr nization
in Lynn, and to the best of my knowledge,
there never has been. Some three years ago,
when the Crispin strikes became general, the
manufacturers to the numoer of thirty or
more, met together and held a conference as
to the best means of obtaining labor to take
the places of the strikers. These gentlemen
held several conferences within few weeks,
and finally settled their affairs by employing
agents to btain new workmen from other
places. When this was done the meeting of
the employers was done. 1t was a merely
temporary affair.
The Traveller next called at the large shoe
and leather house of Messrs John B. Alley &
Co. Oh High street in this city. \ II the mem
bers of this firm reside in Lynn at present, as
they have for many years in the past.
Upon inquiry after Mr.. Morey, and his
whereabouts, general smile became visible
on the faces of the gentlemen present, and one
of the partners took down book containing
list of all the manufacturers of Lynn, great
and small. Mr.. HI. l.. Morey's name was not
on the list, and no one of the gentlemen pres
ent knew or ever did know of any man of the
name.
Traveller Representative-But was there
not such man employed by the manufactur-
ers or employers union of Lynn in the engage
ment of workmen?
Mr.. Alley-No sir, think not. In the first
place there is no such organization as the EN-
ployers' Union of Lynn, and never has been.
During the general strike of the winter of
1S77-78 among the workmen of Lynn, the
manufacturers of the city held several meet
ings to take action looking towards the pro-
curement of workmen outside the city to take
the place of the strikers. A number of agents
were then employed to obtain workmen in
New Hampshire, Vermont, and elsewhere;
but there was not among these agents any man
of the name of Morey. OF this we are GER
tain.
I. R.-How. then, do you account for the
letter said to have been written to Mr.. H. 1.
Morey of Lynn by Gen. Garfield?
Mr.. Aley-Very easily. We believe Gen
Garfeld's statement, that the letter is for
gerry throughout, to be absolutely true.