National Republican., 1880-11-05

How 1t was Fortified-MHryland Makes 10
Bogus Contribution to the Infamous Az
fair.
Cumberland tMd.) News.l
TIE time has come when VIC can speak of
an uncnviablo part which Cumberland has
been made to play in the Morey Chinese
letter forgery which the democratic leaders
attempted to iaSten on Geueral Garfield. The
story will prove interesting reading.
On Thursday last Mr. Henry Il. West, city
editor of the Washington city Post. q bitter
partisan democratic paper, visited Cumber-
land in search of ono Robert Lindsay, who
had written from here to the Post that he
know IL. l.. Morey, the alleged recipient of
tho Chinese letter, and was with Morey whom
he received the letter The Post had tcle.
graphed to Mr.. Lindsay TO come to Wash
ington, but the telegraph company returned
tho message "not found" Nevertheless, Mr..
West came mp here, aud after most encr.
getic search failed to find any trace of Robert
Lindsay. Ho was not known at the tee-
graph office, ut the postoiliGe, by tho police, or
in any Of the directories. Mr. West stated
his belief that he had been imposed upon,
aud left for home.
Nothing moro was thought OF the matter
until the appearance of tho following adver-
tisement in tho Sunday Civi'idn:
NOTICE.
IF ROBERT LINDSAY WILL CALL ON THE
Il undersigned ut once he will hear Of something
to his benefit. a liberal reward will be given for
any Information Of the whereabouts of Robert
Lindsay. WM NJ. PRICE,
oc3l-lt Cumberland.
This Immediately attracted attention and
stimulated inquiry, and the facts We have
above given were quietly talked around.
1t was believed then as now that
there was u trick working up in
tho Lindsay business, and accordingly,
on Sunday Mr. William f. Griffith, u mem
Der of the republican county executive COM
mittoo, telogiaphcd to Marshall Jewell, New
York, the facts as heretofore given, aud
warned him to be on the lookout aud sec
that they were put before the country stimuli
taneously with any statement from the bogu!
Lindsay.
In the meantime. Mr.. Prices movements
were closely watched, aud It was fully OK
peCted no would spring his game on the country
Monday morning. In this We were disap.
pointed. 1t appears to have been held back
until Tuesday morning, so rs to prevent lis
full correction. The following is Mr.. Prices
method of procedure:
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The following dispatch
was received at the national democratic head.
quarters at l:l0 this morning:
CUMBERLAND, ND, October 81, 1850.
TO Hon ". H. Bdrntmt, Chairman
thentic Robert Lindsay being duly sworn, says
that he resides in Allegheny county Md. that he Is
personally acquainted with Henry l.. Morcy, whom
he first met in 1874, aud since at Lowell and Lynn
In the state Of Massachusetts,, also In Boston aud
Philadelphia; and said Morey had frequently
spoken to deponent upon the subject of cheap
labor ana that in Boston on or about the ith day
of February, 1880 said Moroy showed to depOnent
several letters from prominent individuals relating
ters were from Hon, James A. Garfield aud de-
poncnt further swCnrs that one Of the letters then
aud there shown him by said Henry l.. MOrey was
the identical So-cRlled Chinese letter which IS now
matter Of public controversy; at least the words
the same rs expressed in said letter aud that
he recognizes the engraving and photograph Of the
snid letter rs being the photograph OF the letter
shown him by said Morcy on the said ith day OF
February; that said Murey expressed u dotenuiuu-
ton to 80 from Boston to New orleans, and de.
ponen' says he has not seen hm sincssi p.,..
Chairman Central Committee AlIcghany County.
The dispatch from Mr.. Price was not In yes.
terdays Baltimore papers, singular to say,
but the hour OF its reception in New York
may explain that. We have copied the above
from yesterdays Pttsburg Post, a paper of
the order of its Washington namesako. Per-
haps tho dcleciable document was only given
out 10 the democratic papers,
Wo believe Mr.. Prices man Lindsay is
either myth or disreputable fellow. The
allure OF n keen and active man 10 find him
in Cumberland, whence he Wrote to the Wash.
ngton Post, thoroughly argues his stranger
capacity, After Mr.. West had gono we sup
pose Mr.. Price spent two days in looking for
Lindsay, aud only produces his man, who
seemed TO the Post people desrous to be found
after advertising for him on the third day.
Let us 20 little further. Before whom
was tho Price affidavit made, and by whom
When Mr. Prices publication reached Cum.
bcrland yesterday prominent democrat
stated that he knew ofa man, not Robert Lind.
say, but well known by another name, who
had made on Monday an affidavit bearing
suspicious relation to tho ab0vG. Mr., Price
also stated yesterday that his connection with
this affair was simply in professional capac-
ity. That is not the way he addresses the
national committee, Did Price, the attorney,
fix up these papers and hand them over to
Price, chairman If so, what does Mr.. Price
know about Robert Lindsay, or about the
party who made the affidavit which he tole.
graped to New York; These are important
questions, which will bear pressing home, aud
will have TO bs answered by somebody,