The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-04
A Cloud of Witnesses Who
Swear that the "Chinese
Letter" is Not in
His Hand.
Postmaster Ainger'S HaSty Statemant
...He Admits He Was
in Error.
Evidence About the Employ
erS' Union at Lynn,

NeW 1OTk, OClODer 81 looU,
When the hour arrived Saturday morning for
the Philip case to go On before Judge Davis, Assist.
ant District Attorney Bell again asked for delay.
witness expected from Washington had, he
said, arrived in the CITY, but had not yet arrived
at the court room. Hr. Howe said that the de.
tense had three witnesses who had Just arrived
from Washington and whom they would like to
examine while the court was waiting, Mr.. Bell
objected and recalled Expert Daniel F. Ames to
occupy the time Mr.. Amess testimony as II had
been given the day before was read over to him
and he testified still further as to the direction on
the envelope Of the Morey letter, which he said
exactly resembled the writing in that letter and
also the exhibits Of Philips alleged writing.
William A. Chauncey, stamp and cancelling
clerk in the Washington PostofAce, described the
stamps used for cancelling and dating, and said
that the one used now is of STEEL and that the
impression is oblong in shape Previously the
stamp was ofrubber. The change to the present
style ofstamp was made about the middle of Feb
ruary, There was difference In the impressions
made by these two stamps that made by the steel
stamp was the sharper. Being shown the envel.
ope of the MoIey letter, the witness said that the
cancellation impression upon 1t could not have
been made by the rubber stamp. The witness
then produced proof impressions of the stamps
used in the Washington PostOfce prior to the t5tL
of February. To Mr. Brooke he said that he had
never heard OF publication by Mr. Anger. the
Washington Postmaster, ON this subject.
Postmaster Anger next testified that he had
come on Of his own motion to see how this case
was going, but had not been subpea@i and had
no communication with Mr.. Jewell until the pre-.
Vious evening. Then the Morey letter might
nave been mentioned incidentally, but his recol.
lection was not clear on this point.
By Mr.. BroOke-Did you publish In the press Of
this country that this change of stamps In the
Washington PostofRce did not take place until
the 18th Of April2 A, did.
By Mr.. Bliss-I want to ask whether that state
ment was correct A. That was an error.
Judge Davis-Al there is OF 1t is that the witness
on some other occasion has stated 1t differently
He has a clear right to explain how and why that
occurred
The witness explained that he had sent one Of
his officers to ascertain when the new stamp was
ueed, The messenger went to the man who made
the stamp and who gave the date as April 13, that
being the date on which he received his pay. The
stamp h Ad been In use some time before.
Mr.. Bliss was now put upon the stand by Mr..
Bell and detailed how the papers in the case came
into his possession and why he made the com.
plant.
To Mr.. Brooke he said thet he was not aware
that the alleged specimens Of Philips han iwritlng
attached to the complaint had been stolen from
the Office Of Truth.
Mr.. Bell here announced that the prosecution
rested, and Mr. Howe opened for the defense,
claiming that he would prove that General Gar.
field wrote the Morey letter, and that it remained
in the possession of Mr. Hart from the time IL was
received at the Office Of Truth and that Philip had
never seen 1t.
Thomas f sweitzer Of this CITY, locomotive
engineer, testified that he was formerly a shoe
maker and lived at Lynn Mass or about nine
miles nom there. In 1878 he lived at East B0s
ton.
Q. Do you know Of the existence of an Emplov
ers' Union at Lynu? A. know OF such an asso.
cistion-an employers association, but don't
know Its name
Al the evening session Jesse B. Wilson a mer.
chant Of Washington testified that he knew John
q, Thompson the Sergeant alarms Of the House
of Representatives. At his office recently he saw
the receipts Of members Of the House for their
salaries He had previously seen the sigma
ture to the MOrey letter and had fac-simile with
HIM,
Q. Did you see there a receipt Of General James
A. Garfield for his salaryi
Mr.. Bliss objected.
Mr. Brooke said he proposed to show that the
signatures there bore q striking resemblance to
the signature Of the Morey letter.
The Court ruled that the papers must be pro.
duced In court
Mr, Brooke-We have sent to the sergeant.at.
Arms OF the House OF Representatives to produce
heee papers, and they will probably be produced
Tn Monday,
W. G. Cotton rubber manufacturer Of Brooklyn
Identified several envelopes as having been ad.
dressed to and received by him.
Mr.. Bliss-I object to these envelopes.
Mr.. Brooke-How many stamps do you see on
the reverse side Of these enVelOpes2
Mr.. Bliss-I object
Judge Davis What Is the object of thisf
Mr.. Brooke-I propose to snow that these en-.
velopes, directed to Brooklyn, which is an inde
pendent place of delivery, have the New York
Stamp "BeC'd," and also the Brooklyn stamp;
that they have the two stamps shown on the re.
verse side, as the Morey letter.
William Street Harvey, another Eagle writer
testified that he had known Philip for fourteen
years: was at one time his associate editor on the
Brooklyn Unton Il am prepared TO say positive
ly" he testified, that the MOrey letter and envel.
ope now submitted TO me were not written by Mr..
Philip"
D. L. SWEET, foreman of the printing Offices
where are printed Chic and the Dramatic NetDs to
which Philip ia contributor, testified that he Is
perfectly familiar with Philips handwriting, and
to that handwriting. / ana Republican and am
going to vote for Mr. Garfield he testified on cross
examination,
Henry Enton testified that he had edited thou
sands OF pages Of Philips manuscript. After ex
animation Of the Morey letter he said: with q