Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-02
THE EVENING STAR.
>, 1850.
The Mercy Letter Trial.

| pbiin 80, ~ ,tpo!t OF tae proceedings In e
TTS.Il.ea as follows: Il have been q member
6 SeIa as ana am acquainted with Gen. q
theIo, and am familiar with his handwrtf !,
snese letters hand y6u are fron him. m !
d ass 'hree OF them, and are signed by him
ie ae Hsqatsht,y seen his Signature the Nor
opinion: IN GEN Garfelds bsndwrftinc, I ba aI
no Goubf OF IT, aDyfurther than fhsf a ca
sSgn,eIIsioer can forge any mans signature: IN
| sIsEstuie or The Mercy letter is In nv onin,1n
IN tbe handwriting OF Gen. GarseId: 1 hag
GoH psIec Ine signature with the Jewell. Ror,-
Heti asd q VEN letters. and am more conflisni
vi .Hr senulness OF the MoFsy letter than / am q
.heO letter; the WORD .'companys. y In III,
more! letter. s incorrect: IN one of the let,er,
Sent me, dated May 10. TIE postscript is II
zen. GaIhelds handwriting; Ia that poStSeP4p,
zen. Garfield spells pedigree '.pedidree.
| ross examined by Mr.. Stoughton-I first
sa% me ORIGINAL Morey letter on oct "a; that
| STa1ninS was 10 deliver an actress at CHECKER.
ny ny hdlI saw the printed letter on that day in
| ~ uS ueiuocrslc national committee ro5nS.
in aegf ~ I'm tne Gay! about O'Clock, saw the orr.
dnai ID the same place: also saw the enyeinoa
| t anu looh a cnfsory View of tt; when was IooI
| lng at the letter MeSSrs Hart, C0,Dpe~ Rare I'm
| ana Rockwell were present F' D''' IN
Examine the envelope ana the- svyaar a. ~,
90 not notice an erasure?" - ''N
!, MI. he"llt-'I aiwaysexamine before swear
MI. Stoughton.-'It might have heen ba,+ar
cut swearing Win
nI MT. HEWITT OBJECT to any such remarks
~ MI stoughton.-''Bold that envelope IN this
e Say 10 TIE light and tell me If you notice any
y Mr.. Hewitt (holdng 1t up in the lfgh. in n
way olrected)-"I can't see. ~ III III
MI Stoughton,-''holdi 1t your osvn way.r
q. NJ NJ heNitt.-'NoW we Will get at IL Iookfnp
az the envelope with the naked eve cannn,
tr,d moIice any erasure. but looking throngh y
:, S,asS ,, tneTe seems TO have been some ru6bin9
r ia IIng near the figure 3; see stamp on fhs
reverse Side, and can see n Yort, Ip,th ~ thS
NAKED eye; with the glass | sac three iettar S
MnIch are TOO blurred to be distincuisheS
aIom my observation OF the enyeone that e
II that envelope was brought to me Withons t th 10
!etIer Ia IL, there is nothing 20 the WRITING ~
Iahe niS conndenI as to who the writer was.
~ nol tniilk lnas The envelope is In Gen Car
nelo'S handwriting; IL knew that stamn ~
IA use was On the envelope would ceTtainiy
i regaLa II as suspicious circumstance, and
WoulC investigate further: III / knew rnrfbar
that the letter came to this city and was srsmnad
here, out OF the usual run, would certaIpIv
consider IL SUSPICIOUS; also If knew that there
was no employ eTS' unicn It would further aGd IN
my doubts and ii knew that no srch nerson &c
ID. L. Morey existed | would have thopGht II
very extraordinary indeed; did not Know IN. q
tntngs al the time made the examination and
let ne add, that DO not know them now. tn,
questions are mere assumptions: the letter I
pIouuced May Il, 1919. is In Gel. Garfiels's hand
49, " NN ie'uei vi May
Question by Mr.. Notwithstanding that the
person CLAIMED TO have written the Morey letter
MAD publicly advocated the Sentiments n con
tains and In Congress had by vote and sneecs
aVoWed and maintained those Sentiments wo,,iS
not your opinion that It was signed nv the
person so claimed he STRONGER ana rnor - euS
tive? N iAoA0 iNof-
Objected to and excluded.
hehWard Philip called by mr. Brooke-nasepd
arI LUX one stand aud was examined by Gen.
IISor. he Iestlaed: am the defendant in This
aetlOn: reside 10 Brooklyn, and am Journalist.
connected with several papers. The Mercy on,
,eiepe ana letter Which hold In my hand were
h0t written by me-not a word col or emma
ilist saw them On the afternoon OF the day On
which lhe Iac -slmile was first published The
SMiasniascript OF the article entitled Lying ard
SiChins 10 III is In my handwrttfng + had
seen the facsimile before wrote The ar.Icie
which believed then, and believe now RI h.
genuine. wrote the article because Thought
tne ietter was Injurious TO the public welfare
ana Should be SO stigmatized. / spelled the
piufai OF company companies The Testimony
o. MI IT, Daggett that denied ever having writ
he would swear falsely, but he Is mistaken.
CroSs-eXaEpineG by Col. Bliss-I am between
81 and s. years old: was born In England. and
; came mere In 1865, and have been engaged In
literary capacity; / have lived In BROOKLYN
nearly all the time since / came here; first
saw the original letter, as stated In nv direct
eeAamlnatlon; was sick at this time with In
hammation Of the eyes; 1 had an Intfmation Of If
on inc previous day my editorial was not pub.
Iished on the same day with the first pubIica.
ton; distinctly swear to that; it could not BE-
as am positive the article was not written I'm,
I'll after saw the letter. The Information re-
ceiVeo from the publisher was the foundation
Iof th' &tie.e under the head OF what Tram
Mentor. Ohio, was not the home OF a natural
born lar" | am not certain If saw the pho
tograph before wrote the article. 1 have writ
zen the names OF Dickens, Thackaray ana
DINERS for amusement -'++o~ n.af
Daggetts name &c 81 SSsati s"4 no,
or iun; he was present at the tta,e haye noe,
algEeu any name with the Intention IA iei
~ Tue case WIS then adjourned unit! Th,r..,s,-
EtCfIlng at II O'Clock 'uas |
NE nL ALLEeED ADMINISTRATORS OF M1gEy,s Esr,rp |
Iish the so1, noih so. ana New York Truth pub
~ o,' T Tue following letter from John w GoofST
OIL lynn, Mass-, which 1t was claimed was san,,
WILD the Morey ietter:-Dear Sir: In admins.
i0und the 1nclosed letter which I send m Voy,
WIN the accompanying card-whick was sant
- Os Ile In hynn by somebody in this city-as an
lever mas been in this country for a bundrad |
ears s9eh a thing as free trade There is not
LANCER" s'eauer
is Go0DALL HYTH2
An aihdaEit has been teiegraphed To Marahau |
eN ell at the headquarters OF the rennhiIaan |
Gnode S9 On from Lynn Mass, from j.
epose ana say that was not admiIiSfrato o oT
NY e ess IGr more than fifteen years; that
,ynn to The best OF my knowledge and no ,,a -
on OF that name appears in the Lynn directory
Q or Inc last i've years. that there is no person
= u W.
he name Coodall appear In the LINN diractorS
or the last five years.
[. S. MARINES ARRESTED IN BRooErx-r pop
LEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL. S. Commissioner |
aiien, In Brooklyn, last night issued warrants
or me aTrest OF 80 L. 5. marines In the barracks
n Flushing avenue for illegal Registration. and ! :
ne men We're taken into custody the men / |,
ao registered Id the third district Of the 20th |
zero, W supposlng they had acquired residence |,
mere ana We're entitled TO vote. AS it was MOI | !
heIF intention TO violate the law, they were
e arrested. "
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