The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-30
LIAR LITIGATION
OVER THE CHINESE LABOR LETTER,
Continuation Of the Trial In New
York, OF PhilIip, OF Truth, For
Libel In Connection with the
Letter Alleged TO Have Been
Written by General Gar.
field to MOrsy.

Judge Davis, in the supreme court this
morning. There was u large crowd of spec.
tstors present The envelope in which the
Morey letter was contained was handed to
Judge Davis, and on motion of counsel MIR.
Hart was declared purged of contempt
Assistant District Attorney Bell called
Albert ). Southworth to the stand. He testi-
fed that he was an expert in hand writing of
fifteen years expert, nee. He had compared
the photographs and photo-lithographic
copy of the Morey letter with the Rockwell
and Jewell letter; did not think
they were in the same handwriting.
He compared the Morey letter with
exhibits marked A, b, 9, d, etc, exhibits
on which the warrant of arrest was obtained,
and found .sufliciency of characteristics to
enable him to form an opinion that they
were in the same handwriting. In reply to
,he question OF Bell, after interrogatores
had been changed to meet objections of de-.
fense, witness said; "My best judgment is
that the handwriting on the Morey letter and
in exhibits m arked A to X is the same"
Cross-examined-W Witness had come from
Boston on telegraphic req TEST of Marshall
Jewell; expected pay for his services; made
affidavit NJ the request of Messrs Slough.
ton, Knox and Davenport gave fore them
synopsis of what he would testify to; never
saw original Morey letter this morning; WAS
examined MS a witness in Whitaker case; have
known Mr.. Ames, the expert eY-
mined yesterday, several years, and
did not receive any communication
from him in regard to this matter; in
the Whitaker case he did not testify OF state
in conversation that it is impossible to give
any judgment in photo representations Of
handwriting; in the Hesdera viii case ne also
testified as an expert; did not know that case
was decided against his testimony; in the
Taylor will case no testified that the sigma
ture to the will was not James b. Taylor's
signature; did not know General Garfield;
did not know for whom he will vote; may
not vote sgaln.
The prosecution next called William 4.
Hogan, of Troy, an expert in handwriting.
Witness mad examined the Morey letter. and
photo copies of same together with exhibt,
A to X, and his opinion was that the
person who wrotc the exhibits wrote the
Morey letter; the Morey letter was evidently
the writing OF the person initiating another's
handwriting, introducing, however, strong
characteristics of his own; in exhibit A, in
The signature Of Kennsrd Phillip, the X is
exactly similar to the X in "kept" in the
Morey letter; witness found other similarities
in the letter; he had examined the photo
lNhogcAphic copies of exhibit numbers and
Z, and the originals of three of the Rockwell
Jewell letters, and he declared they we're
not in the same handwriting,
Crossexamined by Brooks-Receiyed A
telegram from Governor Jewell Yesterday
and came here; expected to be paid; did not
know General Garfield, and was not interested
in him any further than to give him his note.
Witness was then shown, by Mr.. Stoughton
for prosecution, the envelope produced this
morning, and was asked If there had been
any erasure on the stamp, and he answered
In the affirmative.
Continuing, he said "Thereis en- erasure
on the stamp in the date of the month, he
cannot say what the original date WAS; indi-
cations are that the date and month have
been erased by rubbing on the back of the
envelope stamp date; there are indications OF
erasure of the date, and the
month cannot be distinctly spelled; there are
three stamps on the envelope
on which no date can be made out, all dates
seemingly being erased"
SoGthward was then recalled by Mr..
Stoughton. He was handed the Morey en-.
velope and after examining it testified that
the address on the envelope is not in the
handwriting OF the person who wrote the
Rockwell and Jewell letter, but it closely
resembles the writing of tho person who
wrote exhibits marked A to X.
Allen Nj. Lset, newspaper reporter, was
examined by the prosecution, He was fa-
miliar with Phillips handwriting in exhib.
lis A to X; witness was of the opinion that
1t was Phillips handwriting; had seen the
photo photographic letter of Morey and be.
lleved 1t to be in Phillips handwriting;
thought so when he first cav the copv,
Phillip always had habit of spelling such
wor g as companies and similar words with
Us instead of les, and in the Morey letter
this mistake il made.
Al this stage of the case Mr..
Bell said he would like an adjournment:
he had other witnesses TO examine who
were not present; he expected he said, A
witness from Lynn, Massachusetts, who had
not yet arrived, and that Mr.. Paine. his
other expert witness, was lying sick and un-
able TO attend
This was objected TO by Mr.. Brooks and
General Pryor, also for the defense. He
said he thought it WIS due to their side To
allow him to produce proof Of the genuines.
of the letter.
Mr.. Stoughton shook his head and General
Pryor continuing, said: "Oh | we'll knew
my friend would shake his head. II is not
the purpose of the prosecution to allow us
to proceed with our evidence so that it will
let 1t have It's legitimate effect on the coun.
try"
Judge Davis ordered the officers to pu,
out those in the rear part Of the room. This
was speedily done.
Mr.. Stoughton, arising, said that he knew
no reason why the envelope had not been
produced. The stamps on it were
not gone, and witne'se to prove that fact
would be called from Washington and from
Lynn. He denied the imputation of Gen.
eral Pryor, saying that the prosecution was
honestly conducted and would be speedily
Mr.. Brooks replied, maintaining that if he
had proof TO offer to show the genuiness of
the letter no adjournment should be granted,
and he should be allowed to continue the
prosecution. He continued by saying that
they could procure their witnesses by tele-
graphing for them and examining them
when they arrived.
Mr.. Brooks contended that the prosecution
was conducted for public clamor and not