Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-02
POLITICS.
Continued Proceedings in the
Morey Letter Case.
TESTIMONY OF ABRAM S. HEWITT
Positive Proof Furnished by the Lynn
Postmaster.
PHILIP, THE DEFENDANT. ON THE STAND
adjournment Of the Case U2tn Thurs
day Morning.
JEWELS LETTER TO GEN. GARFIELD.
Estimated Republican MajoIities in the
Western States.
OF ABRAM S. HEWITT
Positive Proof Furnished by the Lynn
Postmaster.
PHILIP, THE DEFENDANT. ON THE STAND
Adjournment Of the Case U2tn Thurs
day Morning
JEWELS LETTER TO GEN. GARFIELD
Estimated Republican MajoIities in the
Western States.

ESPECIAL BY TELEsRAPH TO TEE RECORD uNIos.l
NEW YoRK, November 1st-Ths exami-
nation of Philip was continued this morning,
the defense calling to the stand 81. L. Morey.
| He testified: live in Lawrence. Mass, and
was born In Lowell; am common ]aborer /;
| entered the army in 1861. and remained
| until 1865 know Henry L. Morey he is
my uncle; he lived in New Hampshire in
Baskerville, for some years; he after
wards Travelled for commercial house
in Philadelphia, Pa; I then lost track of
him for three years. as was in South Amer.
lea; on my return | saw him In the fall OF
| 1877 and spring of 1878; went to Lynn TO
see my stepmothsr, and met him l met him
there both times; between February and
| March, 1879, l was in Lynn getting papers
signed for my pension, which lost by not
being present at the biennial examination /
went with him to the City Hall have seen
Henry l.. Moray write, and know his hand.
writing the signature in the register Of the
Kirkland House, of Lynn. Mass, shown me,
is the signature of Henry L. Morey, as late as
| February 80 1879; also find his signature
| here under date of October IL, 1879 it reads
H. L. Morey. Lynn; Main street is the prin-
| cipal street in Lynn; my uncle in Lawrence,
| Mass, showed me a certificate in June, 1879 /;
| I read it and handed it back to him.
| Cross ss-examined-Clar l.. Morey is my
mother, and is living at Lynn; said / met
| Morey on Main street, and now say there is
| such street: / saw IL. l.. Morey last in
| 1879, in my brothers house in Lawrence,
Mass; A. P. Clark came to me and told me
| he wanted me to go to New York; he told
me to go TO the Democratic headquarters,
and did so when l arrived here Saturday
night, at II o'clock; l came back from South
! America in 1879; have worked for Hum
! phrey Bros. in Lawrence, Mass, where
| live; great many have called to see me
about this matter my published statemen,
| was not as stated it. Witness said he had
been offered 500 not to come here.
| Laughter.
| THE LYNN POSTMASTER.
| G. B. Adams, called by the prosecution,
! testified that he was Postmaster at Lynn
letters from Washington do not come in the
| New York pouches had never seen in the
Lynn office any letter postmarked Washing
| ton having on it a New York stamp when
letters arrive 1 have them Immediately as
sorted and delivered by carriers am gen.
orally acquainted with the names of those
who receive letters in Lynn I never heard
of a person there named Henry or H.
l.. Morey since this question arose
1 have made efforts to discover such
person there; I have searched my car.
riers' books and the city directory; l have
looked at the registry of deaths, and have
conversed with many about him, but have
not been able to discover any one who knew
him; | do not know of an Employers
Union-that is, under that name on the
general delivery letters we receive at Linn
we put stamp, and if letter was addressed
to III. i. Morey, Lynn, Mass, such stamp
would have been impressed ON it; genera
delivery letters are marked on lists and hung
up in the office; | have with me list which
covers from the 23d of January, 1880; dc
not find II. l.. Morey's name on it; | have
with me what call my Postoffce directory
which is a record of removals, ETC., but / dc
not find his name there he never had boz
in our office | have never seen letter ad
dressed to Henry L. Morey until within a
week ago; there are thee in the Office now,
waiting to be called for.
Mr. Brooke stated that the defense hadnevel
claimed that MoreY was a resident of Linn,
though he had been there off and on in his
labor movement
Witness continuing: In this directory 1.-THE
Lynn directory do not find Morey's name
there is not in Lynn, to my knowledge, any
street called Main street in this street di.
| rectory which you hand me no such street ap'
pears in the list
Cross-examined-I know a street running
from the City Hall down to the wharves,
across the railroad track; it is Market
street it is popularity known as Main street
| there is also Washington street l do not
know that CO some of the lamp posts is
| marked Washington avenue / never looked,
and would not like to say this list you hand
me is list of general delivery letters; it is
dated on the back January 30th; there is nc
alteration in the date !; the figure is not al.
tered, to nay knowledge; it looks as if it had
been poorly written, or had been written
twice; the 25th of January is missing on the
list no list is put up on Sunday; the 18th
was on Sunday were o letter mailed from
Washington to arrive at our Office on late
hour Saturday or Sunday, it would be deliy-
cred on Sunday without record being kept
on Sundays the Office is open from 10 to IL A.
NJ; occasionally our mails have been delayed
when so delayed, / do not know that in tran
sit they are taken to the New York Office
If there was n broken connection letter
mailed from Washington at o'clock Friday
night might be delivered Sunday morning, on
which day no list is made knew of an asso-
citation of manufacturers in 1878; have not
to my knowledge known of letter being ad.
dressed to tie Employers Union; have
paid my own expenses, and came at Post
master James request.
Mr.. Bell for the prosecution-I am Ga
years old, and have resided at Lynn, with the
exception of two trips to Europe, all my
life am shoe manufacturer, and have been
| in business forty years have never known
any organized association of employers at
| Lynn, and to my knowledge no such associa-
ton has ever existed; during the Crispin
strike, in 1878, L was Mayor of the city of
Lynn; in that year the manufacturers held
building, as the strike was a hard
ore, and anyone could go to the meeting /;
there was no name for the meetings, there
being no organized association, when the
strike ended the meetings ceased; do not
know nor believe that there is such person
as Morey there was no such man at our
meetings.
Cross examined = am not personally
acquainted with Garfield; / will vote for
| him il can get home.
! John NJ. Hurley testified for the prosecu.
ton reside in Washington. d. c., and am
Distributing Clerk in the Postotfice there ;
have held the position since February last,
| and previous to that time was Canceliur
Stamp Clerk; in February, $780, the cancel
| ing stamps were changed. about the 18th, l
think the stamp on the Morey envelope was
not in use in the Office at the time it was
| dated.
Cross-examined-Prior to the 1st of Febru-
ary the stamp used was OF rubber there
4
February; after was transferred to the dis
tributing department change of stamps was
effected; steel stamps were introduced.
HEw1Trs BELIEF.
| Hewitt testified: Have been a member
of Congress, and am acquainted with Gen.
| eral Garfield; am familiar with his hand.
writing these three letters l hand you are
from him (; l have frequently seen his sigma.
ture; the Morey letter which have in my
hand is, in my opinion, in Garfeld's hand
| writing have no doubt Of it, any further
than that clever counterfeiter may forge any
mans signature. In one letter sent witness
the word pedigree is spelled pedidree." !"
On being cross-examined he explained how
| he first saw the Morey letter.
| MIR. Stoughton asked Hewitt to examine
the envelope Of the Morey letter.
Hewitt confessed that he could see erasures
on the envelope; could see rubbing about
the figure in the stamp. the reverse side
of the word New York, and three blurred
letters. Did not believe the envelope was in
Garhelds writing. If I knew stamp not
in use was on the envelope, would certainly
regard it as a suspicious circumstance. and