The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-30
PROOF POSITIVE THAT THE LETTER
WAS NEVER SENT TO LYNN.
Erasures aud Alterations nlI over tue
Envelope, and the Letter an I'm
doubted Fraud iu Every
Line and I.ettcr-A
Very IhIn Trick.
DESEPERAT AND DESPICABLE DE
SIGN FTHHDEMOCRACY.

Leaving lnem III Bhu Box
y New YoRK, October 29.-rhe examinl
: ton OF Kennard Philip, charged wit
criminal libel upon Gen. Garfield, too
:. place before Judge Davis, in the Suprem
> Court, this morning. There was larg
{ crowd oil spectators present.
: THE ENVELOPE IN WHICH THE MoRRY LETTE
: WAS CONTAINED
!, was handed 10 Judge Davis, and on III
. motion Of counsel Hart was declare
purged Of contempt. Assistant DistriC
Attorney Bell called Albert S. SouthwOrtI
to the stand, who testified that he was al
: expert ia handwriting Of fifteen year,
experience, that he had compares
the Photographic and phnto.lthogrAphi
copy OF the MOrey letter with the Rock
well and Jewell letters, and did not tbinl
they were in the same handwriting. Ill
also compared the MOrey letter with ex
hibits on which the warrant Of ar
rest was obtained aud found suili
cheney OF charaCteristics TO enable him Il
form the opinion that they were in The
same handwriting.
Cross.ex lmined: Witness had come
from Boston on telegraphic request from
Marshall Jewell; expected pay tor his ser
vices; made affidavit ut the request OF
Messrs. Stoughton, kuox and Davenport;
gave before them u
SYNOPSIS OF WHAT lie WOULD TESTIFY TO.
never saw the original Of the Morey
letter until this morning; didn't know
Gen. Gal field; did not know for whom he
will vote.
The prosecution next called William +.
Hagan, OF Troy, All expert in hand lwriting.
Witness had examined the Mofey letter,
aud photo aud photo photographic copies
OF it, together with exhibits On which
warrants were obtained, and his opinion
was that the person who wrote the exhibit
wrote the Morey letter. It wag
EVIDENTLY THE WHITING OF PERSON IMI.
TATlSG ANOTHEH's HAND,
introducing, however, strong characteris-
tics Of h'l own in exhibit A. In the sig.
nature OF Kenward Philip, the "K" is ex-
actly similar 10 the "k" in kept" In
the Morey letter the witness found other
simiarities. In the letters he had exam.
insd photo. lithOgrsphlc copies OF, exhibits
Nos. / and 9, and the originals thereof,
Rockwell's and Jewell's letters, he de.
cIaTed they were not in the same hand
writing.
Cross examined by MIR. BrOoke-Re.
ceived telegram from Governor Jewell
yesterday 10 cOmc here, and expected to
be paid.
DO NOT KNOW GEN. GARFIELD,
and was not interested in him any further
than to give him his vote. The witness
was then shown, by Mr.. Stoughton fox
the prosecution, the envelope produced
this morning, and was asked II there had
been any erasure on the stamp, and he
answered in the affirmative. Continuing
he said there is an erAsure on the stamp
in the date OF the month. l can't say
what the original date was, but the indl.
cations are that the date and month have
been erased by rubbing on the back OF
the envelOp. In the stamp date there
bears indications Of er9sure. Tho date
and month CAN'T be de0iphered. There
are three stamps on the envelope in which
no dates can be made out, all dates seem.
ingly being erased.
Mr.. SOuIhworth was then recalled by
Mr.. Stoughton. He was hauded the MOrey
letter, and, after examing il, testified that
the address on the envelope is
NOT IN TIE HAND WHITING OF THE PER.
son WHO WROTE TUE ROCKWELL ANp
JEWELL LErTgRF,'
but closely resembles the writing oi
the person who wrote the exhibits marked
\ to K, on which a warrant Of arrest was
granted.
Allen NJ. Le6t, newspaper reporter, wa
examined by the prosecution. DE was Ia
miliar with Philips hand writing; exhibits
A to K were, witness was 0i opinion, IN
Philips hand writing; had seen photo
lthograph OF the MOrey letter, and be.
leved It to he Philips hand writing;
thought so when he first saw the copy;
Philip always had the habit Of spelling
such words as companies and similar
words with "y's" instead Of lies; in the
Morey letter this mistake is made. Al this
stage OF the case, Bell said he would
ike an adinGrnReutr as he had
also, who were not present. He expected,
he said, a witness from Lynn, Mats, who
had not arrived, aud that Mr.. Payne, IIis
other expected witness, was styling sick and
unable TO attend. This was objected 20 AY
Mr.. Brooke, and General PTyGt, ais1 ior
the defense, said ha tsuught i WGI due to
his side to allow him 10 produce proof OF
ths gsnulneHess OF the letter.
Alter argument by c)uusel, Judge Davia
said: Owing to tine naliousl .;EniHu4nuS
OF this case : iea,, & NY duty 10 sit a. ex-
aulining magistrate, and although it Ia not
usual Tor a Justice in the Supreme Court
TO DO so, his action was aet Hlthppt
precedent. Ghipf 4pstiCe Manidell. in n
GSse similar to this, 80 sat aud committed
the defendant after the EVIDENCE was sG.
nitted. fthis letter wES IN TACT written
by Garfield, Us an expression oi the Vi9ws
he entertalns on the subject, It was not
only unworthy OF BIN, but should con-
demn him.
THERE Is No POSSIBLE DOUBT,
| think, in the minds OF the thrpkiag
people in this country. that the ideS with
which this letter closes, that treaty with a
great power, 80 far as population is con.
Cerned the greatest on the earth, should
not be abrogated until the manufacturing
and other corporations are conserved Oh
the question q labor, piaply' mesns until
IhSY'ers Rqpplied.to their satisfaction with
the cheap labor ot the Chinese. Such
sentiments uttered by Presidential
candidate would, as matter oi course,
have a most serious effect, but II it Was not
genuine aud forgery every thinking
man not only will admit, but will at once
entertain with pleasure tue thought that
the iorger should be promptly and severe
Ely condemned. Now, under such circum'
stances feel it to be my duty to sit ::
examining magistrate, to i-sga ~ warrant
mot iorthe 2TrRoss Of suhserving the in
,srsstS OF my pariy-no approach TO tns
has ever been msde on that sqhito by any
person connected with any patty, anu /
IL not my intention 30 10 conduct this casl
Is TO lead to.any other than
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