The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-10-29
THE FORGED .cHINEsE LETTER"
The Re action in n yor OF Garfield. Hunting the
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New York, Oct. 6,-The Herald has this:
We are authorized by s.. b. Chiltenden, Of
Brooklyn. 10 offer five thousand dollars for
evidence that will lead 10 The arrest and con-
viction Of the for2er who coucoc.ed the So
called "Chinese" letter and wrote General
Garfield's name to il. Chitlenden's prompt
action fitIy expresses the general estimate of
a monssrous crime in which William I'll. Ear
mum has made himself a shameless partici-
psat. It is believed that clues 10 Che forgery
have been found in this ely, and that The
colpsit may be found in SIGHT of The Ci.y
Hail. HUM The rascal down.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.--Althoush Huntley,
who sent 10 The Tribune The story telegraphed
to-day placing the responsibility Of the for
gerry OF The Garfield sChinese letter. upon
an editor of T. u;h is erratic, and not always
scrupulously careful of correspondents, in
this case his Story is believed, because he has
peculiar facilities 20 get at the truth. The
story he tells is plausible, and is believed by
The Tribune from corroboratiye testimony to-
day. r +A
ROCHESTER,, Oct. PIN his speech here
tonight Abram s. Hewitt said he did not
think the body ofthe alleged Garfield letter
was In Garfcld's writing, but he considered
the signature to be genuine, and said Garfield
did not deny lis genuineness. VI aft8a 81
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.--The thorough ex-
posture of the letter on the Chinese question
attributed to Garfield, and the strenuous eff
forts of Chairman Barnum to give currency
to the forgery are reacting fearfully against
its utterers. Respectable Democratsin great
numbers express their disgust, declaring their
purpose 10 rebuke such methods by voting
for GARFIELD. Hewitt's tardy confession, that
the body OF the letter Is not 8Garfeld's, and
that the signature only is genuine, in contra
diction TO his originally strong assertion that
the whole paper was in Garfeld's chirogra-.
ply, completely squelches the whole Thing
In the minds Of all fair men. The Utica
Observer presented The only authority yet of
ifered disputing the published declaration by
many business men Of Lynn that no H. L.
Mercy was ever known there, that there, was
no record Of his death there as asserted, and
that no such institution as. the Employers
Union has been known there. Now the OBJ
server, on the authority Of William Nash.
publicly declares he did not, say he knew
Morey, but only that there was man en-
ployed BY the manufacturers to hire non.
Crispins duringthe shoemakers' strike whose
name he never knew. While no arrests
have yet been made the deteciives have clues
70 the author Of the forged letter which they
confidently believe win discover their man.
The officers are on the track OF other and
similar forgeries, in contemplation and In
tended TO be sprung too late in the canvass
TO admit Of efficient exposure. Honest men
will lcok ont for these, remembering that no
political manager would reserve until the
last week OF Inc campaign any true story
likely to serve party ends. II = I j