Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-03

testified as follows: "I have been a member OF
Congress, and am acquainted with Gen. Gar
field, and am familiar with his Handwriting;
these, letter. hand you are from him: there
are three Of them, and are signed by him;
have frequently seen his signature; the Morey
letter, which l have in my hand, is, in my
opinion. In Gen. Garfield's handwriting; 1 have
10 doubt OF Ii, any further than that a clever
counterfeiter can forge any mans signature; the
signature OF The MOrey letter Is, In my opinion
In the handwriting Of Gen. Garfield: / have
compared the signature with the Jewell, Rock
well and ONeili letters, and am more confident
OF the genuiness OF the Morey letter than am OF
the O'Neill letter. the word companys." In the
Morey letter. is incorrect; In one OF the letters
sent me, dated May ~. the postscript is In
Gen. Garfields handwriting; In that postscript
Gen. Garfield spells pedigree "pedidree.'
Cross examined by Mr.. Stoughton.-I frs,
saw the original Morey letter on Oct. 20; that
evening was to deliver an address at Chicken
Ing hail; saw the printed letter On that day In
the democratic national committee rooms:
later In the day, about O'Clock, i saw the orig
ana took cursory view Of It; when was look
ing at the letter Messrs Hart, Cooper, Barnum
and Rockwell were present.
Examine the envelope and then swear If you
do not notice an erasure?"
MT. HEWITT always examine before swear
ing;p e. stour,.o, .,+ n,,.,. ,,-,
lor you IL you had examined the envelope With
out swearing
Mr.. Hew1tt.-"I object to any such remarks
by COUNSEL
Mr.. stoughton.-'Iold that envelope up this
way In the light. and tell me IL you notice any
eIaSEre.'
Mr.. Hewitt, (holding It Up fn the light In the
way directed III can't see'
AIR. Stoughton.-''Hold 1t your own way"
Mr HeWltt-"Now we will get at 1t. Looking
at the envelope with the naked eye cannot sag
L notice any eIaSure. but looking through a
glass there seems 10 have been some rubbing
In ring near the figure 3; / see a stamp oa the
reverse side, and can see N. York with the
naked eye; with the glass l see three letters
which are too blurred to be distinguished.
From my observation Of the envelope, that is
II lhat envelope was brought to me without the
letler In II. there Is nothing In the writing to
make me confident as u who the writer was:
90 not think that the envelope is In Gen Gar.
Eeld'S handwriting; If / knew that stamp not
IN use was on the envelope would certainly
regard IL as q suspicious circumstance, ana
would investigate further; ii / knew further
thab letter came to this city and was STAN oed
mere, out OF the usual run, would certainly
CONSIDER 1t suspicious; also II knew that there
was no employ erS' union it would further add TO
my doubts, and If ] knew that no such person as
ii. L. Morey existed l would have thought iC
very extraordinary Indeed; did not know these
things at the time made the examination, and
let NE add, that | do lot know them now: the se
questions are mere assumptions; the letter |
produced May Il, 1873, Is In Gen. GarfieldS hand
l2' ~ " '
Question by Mr.. Notwithstanding that the
person GAINED TO have written che Morey letter
had publicly advocated the sentiments il con
taiDs and In Congress had by vote and speech
avowed and maintained those sentiments would
not your opinion that 1t was signed by the
person so claimed be stronger and more posi-.
tive?
Objected to and excluded.
htnWard Philip called by Mr.. Bro1ke.-DafeDd-
ant took the stand and was examined by Cen
Pryor. He testified l am the defendant In this
action: reside in Brooklyn, and am a journalist
connected with several papers: The Morey en-
veiope and letter which hold in my hand were
not written by me-Dot word, dot Or comma
ilist saw them on the afternoon OF the day on
which the fac-simile was first published. The
manuscript OF the article entitled Lying and
Sticking 10 Il' Is in my handwriting. 1 hal
seen the fac-simile before l wrote the article,
Which believed then, and believe nov, to b.
genuine. wrote the article because thought
The letter was Injurious TO the public welfare
and should be so stigmatized. l spelled the
plural OF company companies The testimony
Of Mr.. Daggett that denied ever having writ
ten this article is untrue. do not think thai
he would swear falsely, but lie is mistaken.
C1oSs-examined by Col. Bl1Ss.-I am between
81 anG 50 Years old: was born In England, and
came here III 1865. and have been engaged In a
literary capacity; have lived in Brooklyn
nearly all the time since l came here: first
saw the original letter, as l stated in my direct
examination was sick ar this time With ID
nsmmation OF the eyes; l had an int1mation OF it
on the previous day: my editorial was not pub.
lshed on the same day with the first publicl
ton; distinctly swear 10 that; it could not b.,
as am positive the article was not written un-
til after saw the letter. The information re-
celved from the publisher was the foundation
Would Like to Know 1 wrote the squio. III
Mentor, Ohio, was not the home OF a natural
born liar" l am not certain IL saw the Dhl-
tograph before wrote the article have wr.o-
ten the names OF Dickens, Thackaray ant
others for amusement; have written Sheriff
DaggettS name TO an order for hat merely out
OF 1un; he was present at the time. have never
ceive.
The case was then adjourned until THURSDAY
morning at II O'Clock.
TIE ALLEGED ADMINISTRATORS OF MOREY'S ESTATE
he New York Star and New York Truth pub
llsh the following letter from John w. Goodai,
OF Lynn, Mass, which it was claimed was sent
with the Morey ietter:-''Dear Sir: La admins
teriDg on the effects OF the late Henry L. MOrey
! found the tDciosed letter. which send to you
with the accompanying card-which was sent
to me In Lynn by somebody In this city-as an
answer thereto. / am OF the opinion that there
never has been In this country for hundred
years such thing as free trade There is not
much danger OF 1t now; we have a greater
danger"
Is G0CDALL A MYTH?
An affidavit has been telegraphed to Marshall
Jewell at the headquarters of the republican
national committee from Lynn, Mass, from j.
depose and say that was not administrator OF
any estate for more than fifteen years; that |
am the only person named j. w. Goodell In
Lynn to the best Of my knowledge, and no per-
son of that name appears in the Lynn directory
for the last i've yearS; that there Is no person
In Lynn by the pame Of j. W. Goodall, nor does
the rane GoCdall appear 10 the Lynn directory
for the last five years.
ILIEGAL REGISTRATION S. Commissioner
Allen. In BROOKLYN last night issued warrants