National Republican., 1880-10-28
THE CHINESE LETTER.
Prompt Arrest Of the Forger OF the D0cu-
ment.
Efforts to Screen Him Till After Election
Irrelevant Afidavits TO Bolster
the Fraud
The rool ol the OonsrIrntors ln Cu.lohy

The Tool Of the Conspirators In Custody.
New YoRK, Oct 27.-Kenward Philip. n jour
nnlist, was arrested In Brooklyn to-day on a charge
of forgery In connection with the Garfield Chinese
letter. lie will be arraigncd In the supreme court
| this afternoon. His counsel has already applied
for his discharge on habeas corpus. Another re-
port states that the arrest was made oil charge Of
counerlcng postoffico dies, upon warrant
granted in federal courts.
PHILIP was arrested in the lobby Of the Park
theatre, Brooklyn while IN conversation with ex.
sheriff Duggett. tho republican leader of Kings
county aud other gentlemen. The arrest was
made by Detective Stewart of New York upon u
warrant issued by Judge Noah Davis, presiding
justice OF the supreme court. which charges the
prisoner with malicious libel. Mr. Philip and the
officer accompanied by william Vceder, came
over to police headquarters In this city. After
brief dcntention here he was taken 10 the supreme
| court, Judge Davis being temporarily absent, he
was detained In the district attorneys oflice He
VIII be orragned before Judge Davis later In the
| day,
HELD TO BAIL FOR FURTHER HEARING.
New YoRK. Oct. 2.-Kenward Philip was ar
raigned at o'clock this evening before Chief Jus
| tcc Noah Davis of the supreme court. His ooun.
sci, General Roger A. Pryor objected to the prose.
| cution reading allidavits on which the order ofar
res. was obtained but the judge ovorrued the OBJ
jcction District Attorney Bell then read an all.
| davit by Colonel George Bliss. who testified thuthe
examined the fac-simile copy fthc letter with
| others III his possession from General Garfield, and
pronounced IL Forgery. That he compared inc
Photographic copy OF tho letter with writings of
the accused, and on information and belief
| Thought no was tho author of 1t. Anidaviis sworn
10 by Joseph Il. Payne and Albert L. Southworth.
experts in handwriting wore read and wcro of
| similar purport. Attached to tho ailiduvits was
the original copy of an article for publication
written by tho accused. A motion was then made
to have the warrant dismissed OH the ground that
the aMdovls were not strong enough to support II.
| Tho motion was denied by Judge Davis, who held
that the publication Of an article after It's anthem
ticity Is denied, which tended to bring od'um OIL
the supposed author, was u criminal libel.
| The examination was adj jlurncd until II o'clock
tomorrow morning, the prisoner furnishing 5000
bail TO appear.
There Is not doubt In the minds Of the ma
tlonal committee that the right man has been ar
| rested. 1t has been known ior several days that
the arrest of to-day would be made. Specimens of
his writing have been obtained and Cnc-sme plates
nre now In the hands of the engravers, and will
show tho similarity of writing so closely that there
Is not possibility of doubt Tho case was
worked up by Thomns e. Lonergan, who was at
one time manager of PinRor,ons, and for long
time in tho employ Of the government Lately he
has had a secret service bureau OF his own, and
was employed by John J. Davenport for this Job on
the recommendation Of ChaunccyI. ]. Fillcy Of st.
committee had been working 10 prove tho fraud,
and had sent detectives to several suspccc points,
but Lonerrgan insisted that the forgery was com
milted in New York, and succeeded In
gaining control Of the case. Pretending to
have some business with tho office OF
Truth, he studied the pcculinritcs and influential
positions Of the various employees md finally de-
cded that Philip was the artist" little figuring
placed him in possession Of some Of Philips
the fac-simile OF the letter published in Ti7h
showed him that he was on tho right track.
Of P0 payompSrt % and ' Arthar TSH W Who W mmodI Si.
Ntey turned 1t over to Amcs, Payne
and other Oxperts. and they immedi-
utoly corroboratcd Lonorgun'sl Theory. Up to the
time the experts reported Philips namo had not
been divulged, but NJ soon as the experts were
seG & &hpesSn od W9S pc s sSpSss an"
his judgment The report of the experts is clear
and convincing, and the fraud Is shown up con-
Clusivcly Philip is known as perfect master
of the pen. His limitations of handwriting
arc marvellous, and less than week ago he
produced from memory n facsimile ofthe signatures
of the signers Of the declaration of Independence
so cevcrly done That they might have been
taken TOR photograph: Ito has mania for imi-
tatmg the manuscript OF others, and so proficient
has he become that any signature Is easy TO hls
mce pen and he can even write page of fools
capin close imitation OF any ,cc5opy shown llm.
ability, and he has gone into this campaign with
the intention Of playing big and prominent
part, Practically, he controls Truth, and IN its
senctum his word Is law, l;oncrgnn, acquainted
himself with Philips peculnrlties, and his perfect
control over the pen, and upon this he went to
work II has been discovered that another forgery
Is contemplated. 1t is pretended that letter
similar To the Moroy letter but to another man.
hot a"d be bSf I'd
Truth this week. The source Of this information
is not made public, but he claims possession Of
claims to have been Informed TO the same effect.
Efforts to Make Morey Last TIL tn @ ELI ection.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27-The democratic national
committee has issued tho following
BosToN, MASS, Oct. 90. 1880
To d. D. Dickinson, 1888 EIfh drenue:
The following original affidavit is in my posses
sion, and VIII come With me-
We, the undersigned, shoe manufacturers of the
city Of Lynn. county OF Essex, comnlonweal Of
Massachusetts, OH oath dopose and say that during
the labor troubles existing in Lynn in the years Of
the purpose of resisting the demands of the "Cris,
pin organization and procuring cheap labor In
our factories. The association had a place for
plans as to what had best be done
were members of said organization and know that
it existed and was In active operation and enl-
braced nearly every other largo manuMctnrer in
Lynn. Among others KOhn Brothers, b. i. Shir-
10y & Co., Jerome Iugalls &c Co., Zeebier Brothers,
Francis ", Breed, joseph Deryis & Co., G; +.
Drake e. Co. and John Shaw (sccond) & Dro
all republicans. John shaw (seoond) was president
thereof and Alfred A, Mower was secretary. Tho
meeting was hold In the First national bank build.
inB at Lynn, corner OF Exchange and Broad
Mower OF Mower Bros Martin V. D. Mower
COMMONWEALTH or MAsSACHUsElTs,)
| Essex s. g.,
LYNN, October 20, 1850
above date, +. d. Mower, James Pbclan Alfred K,
Mower aud Martin V. b. Mower all of said Lynn,
made oath that The above oAidNyii by them sub
scrlbed Is true. JOSEPH h, HANNAH
| Justice Of the Peace
Certificate of court of record under seal at.
tachcd,l
The signers are the weallhiest manufacturers Of
Lynn.
Also the following, sworn to by Mr.. Edgar Il.
Mann of Lawrence, Mass: Meeting gent In Salon,
in March 1878, who approached him on the side.
walk near the courthouse and wanted him to aid
in procuring mechanics In tie shOemak!ng limo
and gave him (Maun) n cUrd bearing the name, as
| follows: III. l.. Morcy, Lynn, Mass" Mann's ad.
dress Is 90S Broadway, LaWrouCc, Mass.
| p. $. Positive proof IN my hands Of II. l., Morey
| having lived here aud III other Massachusetts,
| towns. one nom his mother o. NJ. WILSON.
THE CIIIN ESE LITTER FORGERY.
The District Democracy FAN to Accspt The