New-York tribune., 1880-10-30

didae would. matter OF course, have most serious
effect. But II IT be not genuine and forgery, every
with pleasure the thought that the forger should be
promptly and severely condemned NOW, under sO, suGn
magistrates TO my warrant not Tor the purpose
OF sn1serynG the interests oi any parry no @ peyso
connected witn any party and IL IA my lh,ompn @ % o. "
This application for delay would. ordinarily. he
prompy Granted by anv magistrate. II is conformity
with universal practice and beside on the part OF the
prosecution delays have Oeen Otoa,lohed ny inc
non production OF the letter for which the Court was
OBLIGED TO postpone the hearing tire first some
tnng three hours, and then by an appeal To
sructon OF language they rcS0rcd TO withhold the
veope. that the Court was again compelled TO put
the party under he Constitution, whce his councillors
the lmmC dttc eXpcGieuCy of having the envelope
produced rive hours were asked Tor thll SO thdl III
sity the production Of witch apparent TO every
investigation Tor ~ least hat daN oi more now 90
NOT attribute 10 the counsel present the auit N ths
or cOWSo tie letter was not lu ther possession, hu IN
tue effort I" Get NJ TINS a"ced MEL tue lcci pe III
the handwriting Of Mr. Garfield, ne defence should have
promptly and speedily presented 1t, Instead OF staying
the hearing OF this case moro than hal: day.
But feel lorchly the weight Of the remarks mao by
the rrei counsel, MT Pryor, in the suggestion he
made. am not willing 10 De pat IN position lor one
moment OF having Il thought Dj anyone mat tAlS COui
shed rg upon The fuil character of this tr@nsacton
and see, yOu suggested, that delay @. mat
10 lead mem 10 sGppce that the Court has lent Itself TO
an CT the election iayomoy TO particular sne VITA
should not Lcs.tgt, III d,cidn. this question, to hold
that the ueopc should have the amplest opportunities TO
produce tLcr evidence whatever adjournment lu9y be
required before TINS is closed aud That Tue defence
shall also have ihe faieSt opportu1l prVIuce & t'G h
occupied by side the other II Is about The hour
for recess la the meautimc # the people have
witnesses produce from the Post Office OF this
city, them send fer them at tle close OF the recess
ana shall proece 10 hear them II they nave no oticr
evidence to-day, shall allow the defeUce TO take up the
case present such evidence as they may produce
and the arrival Of any witnesses on tie part OF the
defence
iuterFoson Of such evidence as The PEOPLE may pro
duce With that understanding shall take recess
untIl o'clock.
EVIDENCE or ERAsURES on THR ENVELOPE.
Tho Court reas,embled at . O'clock. the counsel
for the prosecution arriving shortly after. The
room was more closely crowded than before, many
of those present having remained during the recess
in order to retain their seats. William f. Hogan
was called by Mr.. Bliss. Mr. Brooke raised an OBJ
lection TO Mr.. Bliss examining the witness. as he
(Slr. Bliss was the complainant in the The
objection was ovcrruled. however, and Mr.. Bliss
proceeded with the examination. The witness had
examined the envelope of the Morey letter under
the microscope during the recess, and was asked 10
state without entering into general details what
was the result of his examination The wit
ness said that the figure 80" in the stamp
at the back OF the envelope was printed by type;
the thin line following 1t was made by pen or pen
c or instrument which was drawn along
over the paper. If this line had been stamped It
would have shown more distinctly where it crossed
the flap because Of the increased thickness. Above
the word More" and little to the right of 1t, on
the front Of the envelope, there was evidence OF an
crasure aud and some marks were left. There was
an " S " with an interval and then O. and while
lie would not say tins was Intended for esq" 1t
looked like il. These was another erasure above
the name and to the left of the "esq," taking up
about One-third OF the length of the envelope.
There was also an erasure in the left hand corner,
under the printed words, " House of Representa-
tIves."
Turning his attention to the stamp on the reverse.
the witness found evidence OF further erIsure.
Within the ring of the stamp there were two
eTaSuTes, on the upper edge and one on the
lower. lie could find no evidence OF what had been
erased. Under the word Morey' Oh the front Of
the envelope there was an erasurc under the y
and part OF the name. Ihe letters " or" too, were
partly written IN tins craSure, and were blOtted by
the spread of the INK az the time, owing TO the
fibre OF the paper having been torn up, and 80 more
readily absorbing the INK. THIS erasnre could not
have been made after the letters or had been |
written. In the words " Lynn and Mass" he |
also found evidence of erasure which had the same
effect on the writing as that previously described |
where the letters crossed The eraSure.
In the cross-examination Of Mr.. Brooke the wit |
ness said that no had examined tbe envelope durng
the recess AT the Post Office. Counsel were present
at the time.
Mr.. Brooke asked in percmptory manner who |
atey replied that he did Mr. Brooke explained !
that he had put the question III his anxiety to |
the sa .ety OF tine document.
Charles Hoffman. who made the photograph of |
the Morey letter ter puollcatlOn was recalled by |
the prosecution, and described how the photograph |
made. He received the letter and also the en-
velope from Mr.. Hart lie did not notice that any
had Dcen made the envelope, aud in fact
made no Investigation Ol It.
john Pmu, of 80 II Dey-st., editor Of Ihe 1meri-
can JOmHGi Of Microscopic was examined by Mr..
Bliss as to tne result OF MICROSCOPIC examination
Of the Mnrcy envelope which be bad made. HIS
much to the effect that
gwen by Mr. Hogan IN regard TO erasures, and the
disturbances OF the fibre OF the paper, lie stated
that the erasures were visible to the naked eye
The microscope showed that the word esq" had
been VIII ten where one eraSure had been made, but
he could not determine what had been where the
other erIsures mad been made. There were several
spots Of ink about these crasures, outside OF the
present writing
he witness produced binocular microscope,
under which the envelope placed for Juugc
DAVIS TO examine 1t.
Fosr OFFICE OFFICIALS on THE STAND.
James Gayler, Superintendent of CITY Delivery in
the NewYork Post Office, after stating his loag ex-
penence i'll postal matters, was examined IN regard
o the stamp on the MOrey envelope denotIng the
late of It's receipt letter coming from Washing
on and addressed TO Massachusetts, he said. would
rot come into the New-York Post Office and would
lot bear the mark "Ncw-York stamped on it. The
tamp upon the Morey envelope bearing this mark
was then shown to him, and he produced other
etters of the city delivery, from various stations
which bore similar stamp.
Henry L. PeTsOn. Assistant Postmaster Of New
York City, stated that he bad full experience Of
I'll the departments of The city Post Office, and tes-
flied that "A letter from Washington would 60
Iirectly, and the pouch containing ii would not be
,pened at New-York. john Richards. another Post
Office officer, described how letter address 10 the
ity wOnld be treated at the Post Oice, especially
n regard 10 the stamping of the date on IT. The
ypes used IT. the stamps for marking the time each
etter was received he said were altered every half
OuI. Before they were used, after having been
roofs were kept. He produced a number of them
,hich handed 10 General Pryor. ard
he examination rested while General Pryor com
Jared them with the stamp on the Morcy envelope. |
hen the envelope was handed 10 the witness, and
Is attention was called to the figure "2" the
tamp on the reverse side of It. He expressed the
tltar Il he HQ Ia |