The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-28
HOW ne WAS CAUGHT.
The Manner In which the Detectives
PInnsd the forgery ON Philp-fhe
Kind OF n Man He II.

PIpnsd the forgery ON PhiIp-The
Kind OF n Man HeiA.
NEW YoRK, October 27.-Nobody In
newspaper circles here is at all astonished
at the developements establishing the fact
that the spurious Chinese letter was man
ufactured in the office Of the Truth, by one
Of It's writing force, Kennsrd Philip. aided
and abetted by the editor, Chas. A. Byrne.
Truth Is a journal that apes the New York
Sun, but succeeds only in reproducing and
exaggerating the Objectionable features Of
that paper, without exhibiting any oil Its
enterprise and energy in collecting and
publishing legitimate news. 1t is run In
stead on the same plan as the DrGmat'c
Ne,rs. No scandal Is too filthy for 1t 70
hesitate at reproducing all the prurlent
details. The publication by 1t lew days
since OF forged letter Of acceptance, pur'
porting to come from Hancock. before his
real letter was sent out, is sufficient evil
dence, even to Democratic minds, oil the
utter unreliability OF any political news
originally published In It's columns.
Philip Is Bohemian OF certain reck-
less, dare. devil type, who would not hest
tate at anything calculated to force him
into notoriety. He has attempted play:
writingin his time, but hiseGorts all proved
abortiye. In order to complete the chain
of evidence aud thoroughly convince the
public that the results OF their investiga
lion are correct, the Republican managers
have secured a number Of specimens OF
Philips manuscript, and caused them to be
Autographed. The plates are now IN the
hands OF the engravers and they establish
beyond the shadow Of doubt that the
same hand wrote both the forgery and the
specimens.
The detective who successfully worked
up the case is Thomas Lonergan, at one
time manager OF Pinkerton's bureau In
Chicago, and since then for long time In
the employ OF the Government. VI late
he has had secret service bureau OF his
own, snd was engaged for this JOB by John
l. Davenport, on recommendation ol
Chauncey l. Filley, Of st, Louis. The Ma.
tional Committee also sent detectives TO
various suspected points, but Lonergan,
insisting that the forgery was COM
mitted in New York City, was finally
allowed full control of the case,
Pretending to have some business
with the office Of the Truth, he studied
the peculiarities and influential positions
OF the various employees, and finally de-
cided that Philip was the "artist." A lit
lie figuring placed him in possession oil
some Of Philips handwriting, and a hur.
rled comparison with the fac simile Of the
letter published in Truth showed him that
he was on the right track. The manu-
script was placed in the hands OF Daven.
port and Arthur, who Immediately turned
it over to Ames, Payne and other experts,
and they Immediately corroborated Loner.
gan's theory. Up to the time the experts
had reported Philips name had not been
divulged. but as soon as the experts were
satisfied Lonergan told whom he suspected,
and dozen other facts established the &C.
curacy OF his judgment.
1t was discovered last night that the
means by which Byrne's sheet intends to
carry out Its promise to prove the authen-
ticity OF the Morey letter is by the publ:
cation OF another forgery. It pretended
that letter similar 10 the Morey letter,
but to another man, has been discovered,
and Lonergan has informed the committee
that 1t will be published IN the Truth this
week. The source OF his Information Is
not made public, but he claims that facts
bear out his statements, and Davenport
claims 10 have been informed to the saIae
effect.