Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-12

a full brother, but none Of the family were
named Henry l.. Moiey. A lawyer named
Wilson approached her recently and asked
her to make an affidavit concerning the
Morey family, but she refused to make one
or sign it. Witness never knew or heard
Of any member Of the family named Henry
L. Morey she never heard OF s. ). Morey
having an uncle named H. i. Morey. G..
s. Morey, son of the last witness, swore
that he had no uncle named III. l.. Morey,
and never heard Of such a man. j. w.
Morey, of Boston; a policeman for thirty
FIVE years, testified that there was no MEM
Der Of the Morey family named Henry L..
Morey. and he never heard OF such a man
till the Chinese letter was published. Sam.
uel s. Morey never had an uncle named
Henry L., and the witness would be his
father had such a man existed. The next
witness was 4. n. Kent, q chemist and ink
manufacturer, who said that he made an
examination Of the register at the Kirk
land House, at Lynn, and found on the
25th Of February, 1879, that the name OF
Henry L. Morey is written in aniline ink,
while the other names are writted in nut
gall ink. Assistant District Attorney Bell
then rested the case for the prosecution.
Judge Davis said he would give the case
most earnest attention and render a decis-
ion on Saturday forenoon, to which time
he adjourned proceedings. While the
crowd were leaving the courtroom, detect.
ives Field and Crowley arrested Samuel
Solomon Morey and Robert Lindsey, on
. charge of perjury.
Morey said the scheme tor bringing him
to this city to testify to the existence Of ii.
L. Morey originated in the law
office of John Sanborn, in Lawrence,
Massachusetts,, and was the result of
a conspiracy between a. l.. Clark and SAM
born. Clark keeps a pooi.room in Law
renee. Sanborn is a lawyer, and was a can
didate for Presidential Elector on the Dem
ocratic TICKET in Massachusetts,. Morey
was cramrged by a clerk in Sanborn's Office
before coming here. and both Clark and
Sanborn knew that lie was coming to New
York to testify to a lie. Clark volunteered
to come with him, pay his expenses and
take him back out of the money he was to
receive for his testimony. The two came
to this city on the Saturday before the cleo
ton, and Morey was quartered for the first
two nights in the rooms Of the Democratic
National Committee. On the day after
his arrival ne was taken to the Office OF the
paper which published the forgery, where
he was asked ii nc cQpld recognize the
handwriting of Henry L. Morey, his re-
puted uncle. He answered that he could.
He said it was large and bold. He was
shown no hotel register at this time, but the
next day he was taken to the newspaper
office again and shown the name Of Henry
l.. Morey in a Lynn register, and was
asked If he recognized it. He said he did,
and he was taken away again. Every WORD
of his testimony On the stand in the fhilI
case was a lie, and he had been educated to
tell it. When he left New York to return
to Lawrence after giving his testimony
here, he received $3.50 from the National
COMMITTEES, in tho form of a check drawn
to his order on the National Park Rank oil
this city. He drew the money, refunded
to Clark the advance which he had for hi:
expenses, and went home.