New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14

TO procure for him the date. and the latter by
stamp wis presented and paid for the tine al VINE rs
use commenced; and that subsequent personal exam
nation showed that the correct date OF us use Was III
j, bruaFy. ,..o
/, her contairrd us have been mai ca after 15th
OF February 1880, and the ODD, or on any oner
day January. Ii aids US Ia see why ~ lu"t t"pip
ne II onth was wholly ana the day partially erased For
mantfestiv II womb not have been safe To nave pre-
scented he letter dat Washington. JauuafN - iSoV,
In a, enyelone ms led n month So la,tr. wan the
fct estabniDed that the steel stamn could not have
beep Iupres set TIL after the l5th OF tebu We now
tnru TO Inc stamps ON back Of the letter II Is prove
hl me superntrndcut Of The Rece wing Depaim OF
thc New York Post ONCE nat he eMN elole as the
RECEIVING stamp Of that department. Tbdt thu, samp
never puf upon letters passing through tie NeW-lurk
Pos, Ofce Tor Lynn, Mass or any other place IN the
Eastern states; that belongs {" letters received or
delivery In the Guy II NewYOtk: that II indicates that
ths envelope received for delyery ~ the Ciy OF
n some month wGch day the hgure ~ was the
second figure OF compound date. He proved also that
in the stamp the words New-IorA x ca we're
permanent that the aObrevlatlo OF the month was III
serted monthly the date OF the day dM'y, aud OF th@
hour, every half hour throughout the business hours o
the once tuat all letters eceived for delivery in streets
places above Csnalst were sent to stations n whcn
the DumDer Of place oil doiVH was stu@.ru tH. Vn
the station each letter received stamp Tx III
stamp contained within the circle capita rtter inu.
dating the station and, below the letter, figures lnd'
eating month and daY OF the month and tune OF receipt
the Station ana that the letters were then given 10
carriers for delivery at their address
The points of the station stamp were shown
also 10 be wnere he eter and figures should appear IL
was proved tnat the types pu' INTO the receiving
that in that stamp where two numbers were Necessary
10 give the y they re both on single piece p1
figure - IN the stamp was, from Us position,
OF necessity tie scoHd figure OF compound date ana
this appears to any one obsrrvdtCD.
railroad cars thai letters aied IN Washing on al $3.50
IA m are brought NewNork on his postal car mat
on tine all letters tor Lynn and other places III the
Eastern states separated put upin separate packages
NeeYofk Post Office but are sent directly to the posia
service cars al ,he Forly-second Street d pot ex-
md NJ
are taken to tAe Ncw-York Post OHie. In
tue exceptional case Is s9@ 0oi a, H,r I've
Il The afternoon eastward mail tram, ana are never
opened, scut rward as they arr rrceved ana
thai when connections OF The mail trans are missed,
te 49, al ts .c,,r1,e ,,acl, les of crs wnlrn
they contain scnt forward 10y tie next mail tIan
without being lrOken OF disturbed az t"e Of
fce In addition to these iacs, II is shown ~ IN f"si
master Of Lynn That letters coming mo ms once a
ar sse" to @ ~ pnc are re- p,f on tae carriers
list re ut immediately upon general lSt, alphaDei
cly arranged and k"pt, ana posted In tde uuieF once
oces,tIe IA All prr-os for examination He produced
MS cave lope II sent from Washington 10 LINN wound
Layr reached taat place. name II. l.. Morry"
letters received "a stamp ob0ng shape IN red iuk nOu
was not be found thsreoi lie also lesuued nat uch
ng the party tnat 0y leaving MS address, his letters
would be delivered 10 hun vi hout cAar-e. A copy OF
tAat stamp produced by hIln No such stamp l. on
TIA ope auo he eslhei mat no person naintd H.
l. Money had ,X the uilice or WAS ever known 10
Mm TO Oe "A resdent az Ly H.
CONCLUSIONS WHICH NECESSARILY FOLLOW.
al
part contradicted or impugned we brought 10 Is
c.rn with aImos. highest degree OF certainty that
evidence can ataIn that the envelope In wHlcD The
Moray letter Is SAID TO have been received was never
M lied stamped, .cut and received through tho post
olce but once; that 10 mailed that once al Washing
TOD on day later IN the 10 OF February 1851
ana when the steel stamp IN use that u was re-
ceived IN NewYork a.d stamped IN the receiving de-
par,meut on the 70 or 22i dly OF some month a,
those are dates ol which thr figure - can be
tn togmua nuubcri That Is IS sent 10 stttOn ana
delivered 70 the person 10 WON J.. MAS "uiI "Do,e
name. beyond ali doubt was NOT H. l. Mort5' iot I'D
tlab no 'tafuc would Gave Decn necessary mar
York been taken ami Used b come person bent on cfn-
tu purpOsc Vho erased iAeIclfom he n"no o. ihe per
son 10 WI ." II was "IlkihhI y "u.i'S' @u
ana every date O month ana d. thdt would clearly
Sow WHOM ~ idct mailed ana received, Tor ihe
purpose ofputilng INTO H. cl an ga 'o " Gay
pflur The nomination OF General Carried, ana "u
winch be wa known 20 have been IN 81 ugtonj ana
the address. II. L. MJr'J, Lynn, Mass Tor ia
WI ~ II might De delivered INTO lhe D'"ei iAI' We
letter 1t should nc.use WAS genuine !elt'E " j. A.
Garfield. Douou, So n was NOT supposed lut. i-e gu.
vcope wOuia Ne -otDrc. oI I"u'u sc!"Is. ,, a.
itself the great subloci u his tAnu-ItN' thu nc
envelope he probably Presumed, having rVed Us puf
pose would fai uh'eeded LILO u puD"hHo4 VASE
Iti- luconceivahle suppose lhat General Garfield
should have obtained ms ohce-us'" ehveiopr, e,,l
tie former address an buiici ui scraiAd tnr I'es
itttcr.iO wbo % hc ever nNed, was SO utterly IL
significant that uituer tie vigilance o. Justice nor TAO
PUNISHMENT has ben able 10 d..cpyer lis pres
rut existence or thc Woof az repuie OF Ms
deatl; ana that having obtained IL H. should
d.. We prepared auted ted letter. marked !,
Pcrs mai ANA c nhlental," as one writes 10 ms
closest friend and Gc"seI ltlu sue an cyeopc ana adj
dressed II Tie eras1es ana deVeTcd or caused IL 10
be aonve red Without USING TIE man, Tor me sec ana
private Information OF one 50 soon 10 become uhdsco'-
Yei 10 such a oeisf the mind Of every person must
come who accepts true thai TINS envelope ever bore
70 any II. /. Morey" the letter IL contained WIN
ha dec TO Mr. Hart
FACTS WHICH REMOVE ALL DOUBT.
Al The facts above enumerated. which disclose so
clearly the character Of this envelope bear with Nc less
force upon The question: Is tue letter forgeryl II
next Impossible they b. true and the letter
be genuine; bnt they reinforced by other flcts.
which remove rom my mind The last shadow OF doubt:
First-It shown 10 my satisfaction that shere never
was any organization at ~ m as The Employers
Union" Citizens u Intelligence, and apparent nteg
uty whose pubic and private positions as manufac-
urers Mayor OF the city, Postmaster and snperin-
t-ndenJ o. WOrkmen gave che best opportunities 10
know testify tuat ~ sueh organization existed They
describe the meetings Of m nu turrrs tdt were ncld
dur ~ 1T Of The strike known as the Cr5pn
strike, ana their objects and purposes. and her cssa-
thar tends 20 con rIdict idle hearssy, In
sense 81 ilc ent 10 Justify the finding Of a TACT
,,i4o me III rey letter to Mr. Hart purpOrfs 10 have
been written Ths prove strongly as DegaiiOn
tuat kind may be- for the only person in that Guy
VINO bears SINH itlde 20 that nime, nathan W.
Go0de l. respectable pnysc'an OF many years stand
ing appears and teSthcs that Ia heard OF
any nher person bearing the name Of j. W. GJodal"
and that he dd write the letter and other tnessrs
oOrrODorale his testimony. No one l. produced to show
inc existence OF sncn person as GOoda or TO stand
godfather his pretended letter. Nor Is 1t shown mat
nn5nted odministrstor of any Herr L. Morey Tine lei
signed " John ". GOOdal. OF Lynn" Il clearly
fabrication, Of which the writer Is 80 fr an unknown
COnSElrdtOr
Thfrd-Itis proved most clearly that no such person
H. L. MOEey. beng the person TO whom the leter
purpOrts TIE addressed ever XiSted IL that person
existed of the fami OF NOrey many Of whom
were produced lu art Ii stated 10 ne an uncle
Samuel :. M0rry, prOducad as witness Oy the de-
fence, who his existence and 10 having seen
hlIn al IL nu IN March and October 1879. HIS test
mOny given hId all the semOlance Of truth; but
il appear when the woman, whom he acknOwl-
edges as his fathers WIDOW, and who know her nus
bands family thoroughly Tor thrty-hve years and tire
witness who Is the OF Smus father and knew his
relatives by personal int recourse by Tradition;
and the other witness, John W. MOrey
would be The brother ~ Henry l..
Morey If such a member Of the family had lived