Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-02
THE EVENING STAR.
Novemb Der ,, ISSO.
The Mercy Letter Trial.

nc GuSIcy
TESTIMONY OF HON. A. s. HEWITT AND KENwARD
PHILP.
After our report OF the proceedings in the
Philp trial closed yesterday, Apram S. Hewitt
Congress. and am acquainted with Gen. q NJ
nelo, and am familiar with his handwriting;
tnese letters hand you are from him: there
are three OF them. and are signed by hiM:
have frequently seen his signature; the Morey
letter, which have In my hand is in nv
opinion. In Gen. Gartield's handwriting; l have
10 ooubt OF II, any further than that clever
counterfeiter can forge any mans signature: the
signature Of the Morey letter is I'm nv opinion.
in the handwriting OF Gen. Garfield: have
compared the signature with the Jewell, Rock
well and O'Neill letters. and am more confident
OF the genuineSs OF the Morey letter than am of
the OMEN letter; the word ''companys, in the
sent me, dated May IL, the postscript is In
Gen. Garfield's handwriting; in that postscript
Gen. Garfield spells pedigree .'pedldree'
Cross examined by Mr.. stoughton.l first
evening was TO deliver an address at CHECKER
Ing hall; saw the printed letter on that day In
the democratic national committee ro0ms;
later In the day, about O'Clock. saw the orig
maj In the same place; l also saw the envelope
ara took curSory view of It; when was look
ing at the letter Messrs Hart, Cooper, Barnlm
and Rockwell were present.
Examine the envelope and then swear IL you
do not notice an eraSure!"
Mr.. HEWITT Away examine before swear
ing"
Mr. Stoughton.-'It might have been better
ior you II you had examined the envelope With
cut swearing"
Mr.. HEWITT object to any such remarks
by ctunsel.r
Mr.. Stoughton.-"lIold that envelope up this
way ia the light, and tell me II you notice any
efaSure.'
Mr.. Hewitt, tholding IT up in the light 10 tn
way directed ~ cant see"
Mr. Stoughton.-'lioldi 1t your own way
MT HeW1tt-"Now We will get at it. Looking
at the envelope with the naked eye cannot saw
L notice any eraSure, but looking through a
glass there seems to have been some rubbing
In ring near the figure 3; see stamp on the
reverse side, and can see n. York with the
naked eye; with the glass / see three letters
which are too blurred to be distinguished
From my observation OF the envelope, that is
If that envelope was brought to me without the
letter in It, there is nothing In the writing TO
make me confident as to who the writer was; l
DO not think that the envelope is in Gen. Gar
Held'S handwriting; IL knew that stamp not
IN use was On the envelope l would certainly
regard 1t as d suspicious circumstance and
would investigate further; if / knew further
that the letter came to this city and was stamped
here, out OF the usual run, l would certainly
consider it suspicious; also If knew that there
was no employers union it would further add TO
my doubts, and IL l knew that no such person as
IL. L. Morey existed | would have thought it
very extraordinary indeed: did not know these
things at the time made the examination, and
let me add, that do not know them now; these
produced May Il, 1879 is In Gen. GarfteldS hand
o."
question by Mr.. Notwithstanding that the
person claimed TO have written the MOrey letter
had publicly advocated the sentiments ft con-
ta1nS and In Congress had by vote and speech
ayoWed 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.
henward Philip called by Mr.. Brooke.-Defend-
ant took the stand and was examined by GEN
Pryor. he testified: am the defendant in this
or fdn a
connected with several papers The Morey en-,
velope and letter which hold In my hand were
pQt written by me-pot q word, dot or comma
f1rst saw tneIn on the afternoon of the day on
manuscript of the article entitled Lying and
Sticking TO IT. : In my handwriting / had
seen the fac-simile before l wrote the article
which believed then, and believe now to be
genuine. wrote the article because / thought
the letter was Injurious to the public welfare
and should be so stigmatized. l spelled the
OF Mr.. Daggett that denied ever having writ
ten this article is untrue. l do not think that
he would swear falsely, but he Is mistaken.
CrosS,examined by COL Bliss-I am between
came here In 1865, and have been engaged ia a
literary capacity; l have lived in Brooklyn
nearly all the time since came here; first
saw the original letter, as l stated In my direct
examination; was sick at this time with in
hammation OF the eyes; had an intimation OF it
on the previous day; my editorial was not pub.
ton; distinctly swear to that; 1t could not be-,
as am positive the article was not written un-
til AFTER saw the letter. The Information re-
ceived from the publisher was the Foundation
for the article under the head OF what Truth
Would Like to Know" | wrote the S1uIb III
Mentor, Ohio, was not the home OF natural
born liar" / am not certain IL / saw the pho
tograph before wrote tae article. have writ
ten the names Of Dickens, Thackaray and
others for amusement; have written Sheriff
Daggett'S name to an orGer for hat merely out
n i IA NO
SgLe1 any name with the Intention TO de-
Ceiye.
The case was then adjourned until Thursday
morning at IL O'clock.
THR ALLEGED ADMINISTRATORS OF MoREYlS ESTATE
The New York Star and New York Truth pub
lish the following letter from John w. Gooiall,
Of Lynn, Mass, which 1t was claimed was sent
With the MOrey letter:-"Dear Sir: In admtniS-
tering on the effects OF the late Henry L. Morey
i found the Enclosed 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 l 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 greater
danger"
Is G00DALL MYTH?
An affidavit has been telegraphed TO Marshall
Jewell at the headquarters Of the republican
national committee, from Lynn, Mass, from j..
". GOodell, as follows: /, j. w. Goodell, on oath
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 five years; that there is no person
10 Lynn by the name of j. w. Goodall, nor does
tie name GoCdal appear In the Lynn directory
for the last five years.
[. s. MARINES ARRESTED IN BROOKLYN FOR
ILLEGAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL. S. Commissioned
Allen, in Brooklyn, last night issued warrants
on Flushing avenue for Illegal registration, and
the men were taken into custody. The men
had registered in the third district OF the goth
ward, supposing they had acquired residence
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