The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-05

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an adjournment wac necessary TO secure it.
Col. A. +. Rockwell, of the United States army
James McDermott, of Brooklyn, journalist ex-
| Sheriff Dagget, of Brooklyn; and Daniel i.
Ames. an expert testified that they believed
| the Morey letter was in the handwriting OF
Philip
G. w. Hayward 4 Co., wholesale
coffee and dried fruit dealers, of Buffalo, have
made an assignment.
The examination of Kenward Philip
Oh charge of concocting tho Morey letter was
resumed in New York on the 29th ult. The
opening feature of the day was the surren-
der Of the envelope by Hart, the publisher
of Truth, to Judge Davis, when tosti-
mony by experts III handwriting was lis
tened TO. Albert southworth and William L
Hagan. experts, testified that the writing of the
! letter was similar 10 the acknowledged writing
of Philip. Mr.. Leet, n newspaper reporter,
also testified that the letter was in Philips hand
writing A number of postoliice employees, in
Guiding Mr.. Pearson, Assistant Postmaster at
New York, testified that the postmarks on the
envelope were not genuine.
On the third day of the trial of Ken
ward Philip, at New York, Postmaster Anger,
of Washington, and one Of his stamping clerks
testified that the poStmark on the Morey letter
did not come into use until Feb 10 of this
year. and therefore that the envelope could not
have been mailed in January. The prosecution
also presented three or four witnesses who
claimed to be familiar with Philips handwriting,
and who swore TO their belief that he wrote the
Morey letter. To offset this testimony the de
Tense introduced ten witnesses, all attaches OF
different newspapers with which Philip had
been connected, and all of them were perfectly
positive that the Morey letter and the address
were not in Philips handwriting. The young
man, James M,Dermott, one of the States
witnesses, was given an exceedingly bad char
acter by eight of these associates of Philip, who
united in saying that they wouldn't believe him
under oath.
In the Philip trial at New York, on the
LIST inst, the prosecution introduced the Post
master of Lynn, Mass, who testified that no
such person as Fl. L. Morey ever lived in Lynn,
and that no such an organization as the EN-
ployers' Union ever existed there. Hon. Abram
8. Hewitt, for the Defense testified that in his
opinion the Morey letter was in Gen. Garfield's
handwriting. Philip then took the stand and
swore that he did not write the letter
s. L. Morey, of Lawrence, Mass, was
introduced as a witness and testified to
the existence Of such man as Ii. l.. Morey,
who he said, was his uncle, and that he had
lived at Lynn and other places in Massachu-
sets. The witness also swore that he had
been offered 800 not to come to New York
and testify in the case. The examination
was then adjourned to Thursday, Nov 4.
A terrible street-car accident is report
ed from New Brighton, near New York city.
car filled with sixty passengers-men, women
and chdren-was hurled down hill almost as
fast as an express train and dashed into a
heavy post. The car was frightfully demol-
ished. Twenty-Five to thirty persons We're more
prove fatal.
West.
"Our COLLINS is musical extrava-
CANA which was first produced in Chicago by
William Gill; the music being composed by a
Chicago composer. The entertainment has
been on its travels since then. and has now re-
turned, and is this week being played at Nc
Vicker's. In the meantime il has improved in
dialogue, in music, and in its cast which en-
braces such people as Anna Teresa Berger, the
cornet player, Miss Blanche Corei. Mr.. Will
lam Gill, formerly of the Colville Folly Troupe,
Miss Emma Carson, Mr.. Francis Wilson, and
Mr. William Forster. Since the opening Of the
current season they have proven themselves
one of the strongest attractions in the country.
Robert F. Johnston, of Detroit, for n
quarter Of a century editor of the Micbiqdn
Farmer, is dead.
De Witt county, ILL.,, has a female
horse-thief, only 16 years of age, who has al
ready acquired reputation in her profession
and suffered several terms of imprisonment.
A horrible tragedy is reported from
Wabashaw county, Mimi. Robert Lowe shot
his wife and infant child, and then went into
the bush about mile from his residence
and killed himself. The ball passed through
Mrs. loves heart, killing her almost instantly
The child, years old, was shot in the head
little above the temple, and survived about an
hour and a half. The murderer shot himself
in the back of the head at the base of the
brain, and no doubt died Immediately. DO.
nestle trouble was the cause of the TRACED
1T will be remembered that few
weeks ago DIR. Talbot, Missouri Greeuback
editor, was assassnated at window of his resi-
dence. Thorough investigation of the crime
has led to the arrest Of hid wife and two sons
as the murderers.
BY the fall of a scaffold at the Cinciu-
natl Public Library two painters were precipi-
tated eighty feet to the ground, killing them
instantly.
-Four railroad employees were killed 10y
collision between two passenger trains on the
Panhandle road at Burgettstown, Ohio.
The Chicago Tribune says careful
recapitulation of the ravagos of the great s'ocm
of Oct. 16 on the lakes shows that upward OF
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