Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-30

The FOrger Identlhcd-He II Eou
be One Of the Editors OF the PM
Which it First Appeared-
N. Y. Herald Says Of the Dl
Of the Democrats.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-A new York
says the identity of the forger q
Garfield Chinese letter has been
upon Kenward Philip. a writer t
New York Truth, the same persOI
wrote the bogus Hancock letter
ceptance, which was published in
in advance of Hanc0ck's issuance
genuine letter. Several specime
Philips manuscript were yesterday
pared by experts with the forged
II was noticed that Philip, in d0ttil
Is, throws the dot backwards, whi
counts for the fact that in the sign
of the forged letter the dot was behil
f, making it appear like Garfieb
several instances where Philip had
ten Garfield the dot was behind :
Letters of Philip were found VIII,
had written the words personal
confidential" and this was com
under a microscope with persons
confidential" at the head Of the !
letter. and they were pronounced
tical, the same conclusions beingre
by two sets of experts at work in
ent places. Philip is well knOwl
practical joker and pen artist.
lights to initiate the signatures of
lnent men, and one of his boasts !
by looking at a man writing his
he can write fac simile of his sign
John V. Davenport claims the di
tiOn and reward for the discOve
Philips as the fOrger.
THE HERALD'S COMMENTS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The Herald
of the Garfield Chinese letter: 'Ti
gerry has been industriOusly used
Democratic managers to arouse pc
antipithy against the Republican!
date, which it was well calculated
Will they now be equally indus
and Jealous in circulating Genera
fields specific and positive denial?
Mr.. Hewitt retract his accusation a,
Garfield as publically as he made ]
not, what opinion does he and Otl
the Democratic managers, who
like to be thought honorable men,
the decent part of the public will
tain about them? We have no dc
what the public at large will sa
will, with the Herald, accept GeI
fields denial, as final and conc
upon the matter; but he will ais
the Democratic managers to then
spOnsibility for what now appears t
a very contemplate forgery. Pu
opinion will hold, and justly hold, [
men like Mr.. Hewitt, Speaker Ran(
and others owed it to their own cha
ters and to the common decencies of
to be somewhat slower in bearing
ness, and a good deal more careful
they have been before allowing tn
selves, for partisan ends, to become ?
ners in gross fraud upon the publ
BIG REWARD FOR THE FORGER.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26,-The Tribune
nishes the following; "COngressl
Chittenden, of Brooklyn, will pay s.
reward for evidence furnished at
time during the month of OctObe
November leading to the arrest
conviction of the man who forged
handwriting and signature of Gen.
Garfield in the sO-called Chinese lptte
THE FORGERY WELL LAID PLOT.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 26.-New
dence of the conspiracy of the De
cratic committee in the ma
of the forged Chinese letter
being discovered daily. The DemOcr
committee here has ready for distr
tiOn to different parts in the cOun
for use on election day, large W
badges upon which the text of the fol
letter is printed. The Democrats
evidently laid this plot for weeks,
have all the machinery ready to spl
it upon the country in the last wee
the campaign, before the forgery G.
be exposed,
THE BRAND OF FORGERY AS DISCLOSED
THE POSTMARK.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 26. =
Evening Star gives the following
planatiOn of additional evidences
forgery which postmaster Anger has
covered in the pOStmark of the fral
lent Chinese letter: To-day Col.
ger, upon a searching examinatio
the fac simile, has discovered even gr
er discrepancies, and of such a natur
to appear conclusively that the lett,
a deliberate forgery. The date stam]
the alleged letter is Jan. %. On the
of January Mr.. Anger took charg'
the Washington pOstOffice as pOstmas
He found that the date-stamp the
use was so nearly worn out that h
once made request upon the POStI
ter General for authority to get a
set of stamps,-this for the reason
the stamps i'm use did not legibly bl
out either the date mark or the Nv
ingtOn, ID. c." The date amp use,
the 18th of January and up to the
of changing the same was stamp
uniform pattern used by all pOstmasi
When the new date stamps weIe Orde
Colonel Anger requested that the J
should appear as well as the date of
month on the stamp. The derartn
allowed this to be done, and the re
was that the stamp had necessaril
be enlarged. So that, in general
pearanee, the date stump used by
city pQstmasters was of the uniform
tern used by all post masters, it wa,
fact larger than any used, because of
year being placed therein, W hich is
the case with any other pOstOffice.
fOrger, therefore. overlooking this, ia
to increase the size of the stamp.
Democratic Disreputable Tactic