Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-05
NEW YORK.

l The Examination of Philip Resumed. ! NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The adjourned exami- l nation in the case of Kenward Philip, charged I with criminal libel on General Garfield did not attract many spectators this morning as on the days before election. Joseph Hart, 1 publisher of 7'ruth, was called for the de- | fense, and testified
 oc+s The M1rey m letter which you hand me first saw AS had received many letters with political them was about to destroy this one There were two letters the envelope and the card which was nearly the cause of my destroying them all thought the letter was peculiar one. Louis T. Post, MT. Hancock and myself examined it. and the next day we subjected it to microscopical examination but not feeling prepared to publish it without having it clared genuine, notified the National Democratic committee and MT. Randall MT. Barnun and others examined it and we then published facs;miia The letter has never been out of my possession ce1ved it. Mr. Philip never the letter until 1t ap- peared in fac-simile He knew there was letter but he did not know what it
 In his cross examination Hart said Hewitt ted it to Mayor Cooper, Speaker Randall and others. He testified further: q have not sent to Lynn to find Gooda1l nor have I re- ceived any communication from him. Our man in Lynn tried to discover if letters testa- mentary had been granted to Goodall, but he was not there for that purpose particularly The evening before the publication Hewitt assured me that the letter was genuine" The witness was then handed a number of copies of the paper he publishes and was asked who wrote the various editorial articles therein. He said that he did not know, as that was out of his department. Truth is published by a stock corporation authorized by the State of Connecticut. MT. Philip is not stockhold- CT, but Louis F. Post, A. H. Hummel and MT. Byrne are stockholders. The witness controls the majority of the stock
 A recess was then taken until D. m
 After recess Louis F. Park was placed on the stand and testified in corroboration of Mir. Hart's evidence as to the receipt of the letter and subsequent steps taken in relation to it.
 The defence then called David M. Corvalto to the stand. He testified that he is an ex- pert in handwriting and had examined sun photograph of the Mercy letter in connection with the handwriting of General Garfield and photo-lithograph of the Jewell letter He pronounced the Mercy letter to be in the same handwriting as the Jewell letter. admit ted to have been written by General Garfield. Witness went into details of the process by which he had arrived at this result, and said the ink showed 1t to have been written as long ago as last January He also stated that comparison of the writing in the Mercy letter and in Mir Philips manuscript showed that they were not written by the same hand. On the cross-examination by Colonel Bliss Corvalto testified that he had been variously employed as photographer for the last ten years, and that he has ap- peared as a witness in cases before courts where he was called on questions of hand writing.
 Before his cross examination was conclud- ed the examination was adjourned till to- morrow at 10 6. m.
 An application was received by Colonel Bliss for permission to test by chemical anal ysis the ink in the signature of H. l.. Mercy on the hotel register offered in evidence. General Pryor and MT. Brooke replied that they had no objection to such examination on condition that it was made in the presence of counsel on both sides, and that the de- fense should be permitted to have a chem ist present in their interest. This was agreed to, and Judge Davis consented to have chemical examination.