, 1880-10-29

Rockwell limited Stnlrs army. Washington.
liz tes,ifirl that hc kncw (;er. t;nttielt twcn.
ty-4ryr,, va,r.. ,.os III. n, ss,notn u,,,i yrnd,
uatt4l with him AT roljrue. In his extensive
certcs.u,,l,,cner win, i;urfIcl1 ,noro than
t,O1O letters Ind passcti iptwcen them. Wit
ness was, therefore. 1crfpct|y familiar wjtI,
t;ns,'cld's ,lanlwrit;nr. 4 l1thogrnp1, was
handed Witness md iItcmtf,cd by lin as n
copy nf Il lc,ser received by hin, In Noyc,n-
bcr frnm Gcn. Garfield,
Assistant Attorney i}c1l asked tI,o counsel
for the defense If tllcy Ind
Tur o,,tn,x., ru,xrsr ,rrrrp
Thp cf,,,,,x.t .tn,,J ,int tta,. It,, ,,,'t r-,.
posf, tn nns,xcr ,hat t,uast;.,' % -; ,rn",,'t
1hc nhn,nv,n,,, ~ t,,o i.,,tnr T., !, t,,,,
frnue wos lni,drtl II, r,v tofa,,so Wr floit
tjec]iur,l In rrc,,yr thts onH o,,o,n caIini fnr
the urtuinuf in ortrr init i. miv,,t "xn,n;,,o
Col. I{uckwr,, n rnya ri T., +,
Counsel for l,ht1n stat,rt lint t,o or,c,,o,
LETTER wus mt IN tho ,,neencei,,, m ti,oIr
client. Int wns hc,d he Ar. ,Inrt tho NIX.
fisher of truth
u,n7
The latter'was In rnurt. AM, ,yas co,,cd IN
Tim wtinn.s.e tn,d I1ur, s,t., in ,,,, w., H.
ur]c,nnl Moray lrttcr ,v1tl, lin. that u ,,oa
IN Inc possessl,u, Of n friend. aud hc ,Ic-
clIncd to rive Ills name 'rhc witncss co,,ld
mt procure tho letter, ns lis friend yas ont
Of town.
Mr.. T,etl ttcmont,n,1 the mann of Tim nortv
To who,n liz, frt,rr ,,,,i h,.u, ,,n,tvcrc,i hnt
Mr. Hart nrnfn ref,,smt IN o,,swor
'rle Cour, nr,inr.,l him ~ oos,vo, h,+ In
again. In n rrs,,ertfn mi t"1c ftccit,,c,
.J,ulnr Davis orfnrni lin c,,r,,,,t,tsd for
crntrn1nt t,f rtu,rt md In ,,os hnr,toi o.nr
to tllo c,Istn1v of Ioiicc c,,tofr Walsl,
Mr. Howe. Of co,,mzct for tho ,l"fcnso
made a motIou tn nureo ri. 1tort frnt,'
contcupt, saving tl,at ri, 11nr. .vas w1Ii.
lny tn t,r,ul,cn tI,c lrttcr hnt that hn ,ntad
n s,,arl,,tcn tllat tho litter sl,unf1 In m,
turned tn him I}n,vo aynf.Erou ,l,nt In ,,f,,
not ,nt.a,, tn snv tl,ut Ihe f,"urt wo,,I,, lean
the letter. int lint II ,nfr1,t mss ,nto sul-
ur,lfnntc hnnds on,1 hc inst t,ontI,m,nr NJ
1iowc said tlat If tl,c letter wns tn remain in
t1,a c,,stut}v nf I,,,,vo D,Y,s
rt,f. Irt,,1, we w,,,,vn r., n,,r,.,,. ~
.In,1ea flov,. r,,,l t,,o lottor ,,o,,ti ro,,.,,,
m n,,,i,,, r., 1t,rt ,,.ou ,,,o,r,a .,,~oo
,ours tr g, ,vI, c,.'',,.,I mi r',,, ."ho t,o
letter.
1Inrt mot1o e,n+omont thot In ,,,e ,,,,l,r,
to produce thu letter. In, Tint hn wn,,t,.d n
Guarantee ttlut 1t Wnttf1 ftn rH3nfnrff him
or else rcnaiu iii the custot!y Of ,tuder Davis.
col,nsc1 then lift In RI, tho lrtt.,r
f,ul. f,nrkwcll wus roco,inl mr., ostod no
tn the identity If thn 1cttrr wrttton H. ,on,as
4. Garfield tu Nur,I,n,l .Icwr1l ,lnnvnr I'm
authcn,iclty of I'm Marcy icttcr II" tcstt.
tie,l tint The (;areld letter to Nr. hawaii was
rrn,,Ine.
Question hv ,fr foil. 1ool ot +ha conv ~
n nrws,,ancr cal!rd Yrui,,. md o,so' rorv
dated tlt .a}t1l: loo'; n, the nhoto.lthorra,iz
tc co,,y of tfc lrttcr rtrnorttnsr Il, In s;vnr,,
hv .iu,nrs a Garfield and stato If IN vour
i,,,trn.pnt. it rs In f;cn. I;nrfIc|d,s hnn,t.
wr1tinp.
Mr. I,rools for the tlcfcnsc. oh,octcd IN
thp ,ur.t,n,, ,,s !, comnorisnn ,vna ,nat1o ,r,t,,
tfe nl,ntnrran,,tc nnl nnt viii, The or,ci,ni
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