Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18

tion took place to-day in the case of
Samuel S. Morey and Robert Lindsey,
arrested on the charge of perjury in the
matter of the Morey letter inquiry.
John n. Morey. a police officer of Bos-
ton, testified that Samuel s. Morey never
had an uncle named Fl. L. Morey.
Lindsey said his real name was James
O'Brien. thirty-one years Of age, native
of Washington. and was employed as a
laborer in the gas house at Georgetown.
He took the alias of Morey, and register
ed from Cumberland. Md.
He was asked what he had to say in
relation to the charge of perjury, and he
replied: 4 wish to make an explanation
The Judge thereupon ordered the re-
porters to retire, and O'Brien's state
ment was taken. 1t will be laid before
the Grand Jury. Morey also made a
statement. The prisoners were then sent
to the Tombs.
Henry J. Johnston, Postmaster at
Cumberland, an editor Of the Daily Wit
ness, said that O'Brisn is known to be
member of Cornell's band, and is sup
posed to have been. with Cornell at the
time he shot at Postmaster Faucet, on
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
The Times furnishes the following:
When Morey and Lindsay were arrested
on Tuesday evening. the former, who is
an invalid, was placed in charge Of his
uncle, John W. MOrey, a Boston police
man, who came on to testify at the trial
of Philip. The members of the Morey
family, and especially Mrs. Clara T.
Morey, asked permission to see him, and
one old lady said that she was sure that
she could make Sammy" tell the truth
She visited him at the hotel where his
uncle had him In charge, in company
with other members of the family, and
besought him for all their sakes to make
clean breast of the whole affair. The
young man burst into tears, and Offered
to tell the whole story to Col. Bliss, who
was present, but Mr.. Bliss being the
prosecutor in the perjury case refused to
hear it, and advised him to tell it to the
magistrate when he was brought up for
examination in the morning.
Morey then made his confession to his
uncle, and this morning, when he ap-
peared before Justice Morgan, in the
District Attorneys Office, he was fully
prepared to make the true statement of
the means used to induce him to come
to New York to testify falsely to the ex-
istence of the mystical H. L. Morey. As
soon as he announced this determination
the Justice had the room cleared, and
his confession was taken in secret.
Morey's statement occupied over two
hours in taking. 1t is substantially as
follows: The scheme for bringing him
to this city TO testify as to the existence
of II. l.. Morey originated III the law Of
flee of John Sanborn, in Lawrence, Mass,
and was the result of conspiracy be-
tween SAP Clark and Sanborn. Clark
keeps pool room in Lawrence and San
born is a lawyer, and was candidate
for Presidential Elector on the Demo-
cratic ticket in Massachusetts,. Morey
was "crammed" by Clark in Sanborn's
Office before coming here, and both Clark
and Sanborn knew that he was coming
to New York to certify to lie. Clark
volunteered to come with him. pay his
expenses and take him back, to be re-
paid out of the money he was to receive
for his testimony. The two came to this
city on the Saturday before the election,
and MOrey was quartered for the first
two nights in the rooms of the National
Democratic Committee.
On the day after his arrival, he was
taken to the office Of the paper which
published the forgery, where he was ask
ed if he could recognize the handwriting
of Henry l.. Morey, his reputed uncle.
He answered that he could; said 1t was
large and bold. He was not shown to
the hotel register at this time, but the
next day was taken to the newspaper Of
fee again and shown the name of Hen
ry l.. Morey in Lynn hotel register, and
asked if he recognized it. He said he
did, and was taken away again. Every
word of his testimony on the stand in the
Philip case was lie, and he had been ed
ucated to tell it. When he left New
York to return to Lawrence, after Civ
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