Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-02

the article was not written until after saw the letter. The information received from the publisher was the foundation for the ar ticle I wrote in Irutfs office. I cannot say from recollection whether I wrote any thing else for the paper. see that have. I wrote under the head, .sWhat Truth Would Like to Know" If Mentor, Ohio, was not the home of natural born liar ?" Various articles were read which witness admitted having written. They referred to Garfield. Continuing, he said I am not pos itive whether first saw the photo graph or the original letter. If did not see the fac-simile before wrote the article wrote on MT. Hart's assertion of it's genuineness. l know James Mcdonald and have known him for years have sometimes been intimate with him and sometimes not, just now not. The article of May 12 expresses my sentiments at that time of him and MT. Maverick. have simulated the signature of Charles Dickens, Andrew Johnson and such men they for my own amusement. I never signed Dag gett's name to an order so he could not tell 1t from his own. signed Tom Nast's name to @ note and sent it to MT. Hudson asking him to come out and take drink He could not have got out otherwise. I have never signed any name with the intention to deceive. It is not habit ,and when done was done in the party's presence and out of good humor. l wrote the papers you show me. They were marked for identification as proof of witness handwriting and he was allowed to retire.
 MT. Brooke stated that as the case could not be finished for many days it would be well to take an adjournment. MT. Bliss stated that he only objected because witness es to deny the Goodell letter published yester- day were also detained. The case was ad- journed until Thursday.
 The Alleged Administrator of Morey's
 Estate-A Denial that Will Bother the
 Democrats.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Nov. 1.-The following will appear in to-morrow's Star:
 Somebody telegraphed to the Boston Herald of Monday that J. W. Goodel of Lynn, who was the alleged administrator of the estate of H. L. Mercy, had explained the existence of the Mercy letter by saying that he had found it among the papers of H. l.. Mercy after his death. Messrs Corbett & Black, publishers of the Egenirag Telegram of this city, tele graphed yesterday to J. w. Gooden asking whether this report was true or not, and in reply received the following affidavit too late for publication in their paper last evening. They courteously allow it to appear in the iStar this morning:
 LYNN, Nov 1st 1880-County of Essex, ss.-l, J.W. Goodel oath depose and say that not the ad- ministrator of the estate of H. L. Mercy, nor have been the administrator of any estate for than fifteen years that am the only person named J. w. Goode in Iynn to the best of my knowledge and no person of that name appears in the Lynn directory for the last five years; that there is no person in name GoodalI appear in the Lynn directory for the last five years. ISignedl J. W. GooDELL.
 LYNN Nov. 1, '8O-Essex ss.-Personal1y appeared the above-named J. W. Gooden and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed true, be- fore me. [Signedl
 THOMAS F. GALLAGHER Justice of the Peace.