The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-05

Z service ON the route from Washington u
1 New York. Letters from Washington t.
B;sSIOn are pun in the mail pouch In
Washington and are sent right through
the pouch is not opened in this city /; IL
case the mail i DELAYED. The pouches
| would be taken TO the New York post
office and the package would be removed
10 other pouches, but letters would NOT
be stamped.
No cross-examinaIion.
/ FOURTH DAY.
/ NEW YORK, Oct 30.-The prosecution
to-day, after introducing considerable adj
ditional testimony, establishing the
| spurious character of the Morey letter,
rested their case, and counsellor Howe
representing the defense, in his opening
| said: This defense will substantial the
letter published, and the commences of
James a Garfield signature. While We
have right 10 ask your honor 10 dis
\ miss this case On the testimony adduced,
we feel We have higher duty than that.
desire to state on behalf of Mr.. Hart
and Mr.. Philip, that your honor's exam
/ ination in this case has been a fair one.
We propose to prove that the letter and
envelope were received by Mr.. Hart, who
will prove how and from where he re
4 CC4NS0 anu uulit
/ ton of the facsimile Mr.. Philip never
saw the letter. We will prove Morey's
existence. We will call his executors,
and we will call experts TO disprove the
official testimony of the prosecution.
! We viii produce persons occupying
| high positions who will testify to the
| genuineness of Garfield's signature. We
shall also show beyond doubt that the
letter is not in the handwriting of Mr..
Philip, bnt is the bonafide signature of
the Republican presidential nominee.
Andrew Mclean, of the Brooklyn
Eagle and two other attaches ofthe same
paper, the proof reader on the Truth, all
of whom professed to be familiar with
Philips handwriting, gave it as their
judgment that the Morey letter is not
| the work of his hand.
Joseph B. BabcOck was called by the
| defence, and testified: am an engineer
and have resided in Lynn, Massachusetts.
for ten years. Knew of an Employers
Union. Do not know who was presi-
dent of the union.
George Timson, Jr., testified: The
original Rockwell and Jewell letters in
my judgment, are in the same handwrit
ing as the Morey letter. In the Truth
office saw three signatures of Gen. Gar
field and pronounced them to be in the
same handwriting as the Morey letter. l
was paid S25 in the Truth tor my servi-
ces, and then went to the Office of Rock
ofeller & Brenerson and said, having
seen the Morey letter was satisfied that
it was written by Gen. Garfield.
MIR. Bliss cross-examined him, but
nothing new was elicted. The case was
then ijourn9d until Mounay morning.
LETTER FROM MARSHALL. JEWELL.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30-A fac simile of
the following, in the handwriting of
Marshall Jewell, was published this
morning:
(CoNFIDENTIAL.)
New YORK, Oct. 26.-My Dear Gen.
Garfield: l think the Truth was de-
ceived about Morey, though they thought
it was genuine. Finding it is not, they
have consulted their lawyer and friend,
and through him offer to come out
plainly, the only consideration for it be-
ing a consideration for Judge Often
hotter. their friend and counsel. By
consideration" / mean that you and
myself should know and recognize it as
Judge DIS act, and the obligation, if
any, should be from you to him for it,
SO far as you could. l have assured
them that you would SO consider it 1t
is their proposition, and have accepted
it. Yours very truly,
(SIgned) MARSHALL JEWELL.
AN EXPLANATION
In explaining how this letter came to
be published in the Truth, Judge Often
hotter said to reporter: Il have been
counsel for the newspaper since its es-
adjustment and am now counsel of rec
ord in the prosecution against II for pub
fishing lottery advertisements. My re-
latiOns have been only professional, ex-
cept that for years, through my connec-
ssI II
counsel, when he was practicing in this
city, warm friendship sprang up be-
tween him and me. Mr.. Post had been
assistant district attorney under Mr..
Bliss. AS soon as l received the Chinese
letter l tried to the best of my ability to
persuade Mr.. Post, managing editor of
the newspaper, that it was forgery
Last Wednesday, about - a. m, was
sent for by Mr.. Hart, the publisher, who
voluntarily said TO me that he was be-
ginning to doubt that the Chinese let
ter was genuine, and requested me to
see GOV. Jewell. / undertook to see the
Governor, which did that night. The
Governor was pleased that the newspaper
was willing to admit its error, and re-
quested me to see the editors again that
night. / returned to the newspaper
Office, and before could scarcely say a
word, Hart said: drop that matter. Da-
Yenport has been here since you left and
tried in an unfair way to recover the let
| ter, and now we don't want to do anything
in the matter" The next morning at II
O'Clock was again sent for. Mr.. Hart
told me he had come to the conclusion it
was for the best interest of the newspaper
| to do what justice required and acknowl
edge he had been imposed on. The
proprIety of this was forced on him. by
the fact that Gen. Garfield's denial was
explicit and clear, and leading Demo-
Gratis who had undertaken TO verify the
letter are beginning to go back on it. He
requested me to see Mr.. Jewell at once and
| inform him of this. I asked what for, and
| he said that it will be more to our credit
| if they are informed beforehand that we
are acting voluntarily. But" said he,
1--WE want it understood that we want no
money or any other consideration, but
want it known that you, as our counsel
and friend, should receive the credit.
| 1t Is great service, and if anybody
gets any benefit from it, it ought to
come to you. ! became more convinced
than ever that they were getting fright
| ened and wanted it understood they
were doing it for me. Hoping thus to
| drop the thing quietly, went up at
once to Gov Jewell and reported sub
stantially what was said; told him they
were doing it without any hope of con-
sideration, but would be pleased if they
knew would receive the credit for hav-
| ing brought about the publication of
reiracIon. The Governor said, "that is
| fair, and will be glad to assure them
was instrumental in having them pub
licly acknowledge they were convinced
| of the falsity of the letter" He then
| wrote the letter which has been pub
| lished, and said, "You may show them
the letter." got down about 2 o'clock.
/ Post was not present, and when asked
for him Hart said he was busy and /
could not see him. Hart said, did you
see Jewell. =" / SAID ''yes," and showed
him the letter. Mr.. Hart, after reading
it SAID, "Are you satisfied ?" I said
Eyes, completely" He said, "But it sig
mites nothing" al wish nothing" said
I, II am completely satisfied" "If you
are satisfied, am" said he. And was
| on the point of leaving when he said,
Cant you leave the letter and let me
show il to Postg" I said, II was only
| instructed TO show and not TO leave it,
He said, Cant you trust US Have we
ever done anything to hurt you," and
What harm can come of it s'' l con-
| scented, and now acknowledge that
this was an error, but / con-
| sidered the warm personal rela
tions between Post and myself, and the
thought did not cross my mind that he
| was capable of acting treacherously.
After having left the letter began TO
feel a little uneasy, without being able
to say why, and was anxious Gov. Jewell
| should hear from Mr.. Hart himself that
be was willing TO make the retFactlon.
l therefore requested Mr. Hart TO meet
the governor at nay Office at O'Clock.
| He came into my Office unaccompanied.
| The governor and hls secretary were
there. The governor asked, Have you
any objections TO my secretary being
here" Mr.. Hart said, No" After l
had introduced them and stated what l
had done. Mr.. Hart said, Yes, that is all
night; but ! am not satisfied with that