New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-16
e1eept Thai he would e1amlne twenty other eters

| I'm his possession.
Q-A the end of half an hour he stated the signature
was genuine 2 Ayes aud with the aid of some gen
tlemcn, don't know their names thev compared the
punctuation of the two letters and lie pronounced the
| body and the signature the same.
Q-Mr Hewitt did pronounce the body - d the sigma
tuLe Tho samel A.-Ycs sir
q, And he pronounced the signature General Gar
a. wnat day day was thati A. The day previous to
| the appearance Of the fac smile. -.
q Wac IT not phOt0gIanhcdi a. Yes sir.
4 Winch was frat dOuel a. The photograph.
& Bv whoul A sarony.
q. wuo TOOK t to Mr. saronyi A. went with gen
| tlcinan named SmallcY.
Q-B B. 5 nacyl Al don't know.
After stating that he remained with the letter, and
ina; photographs taken of the letter and envelope
Nj. Hart was asked
QTWh@t next oic[ the sun p4oograCCh my vas 1 taken IKE
i to Nj. Pot 70 y to The place where thy made
these IA, sinllc' IL then stated that the facsimile
was m'Je aHd brought 20 the Office that night After
ter ard envelope. Ee was asked:
Cd iYou state 90 tin Sir Davenport that you had
great lIoulc To &c; NJ hewitt to say that the ieiicr
waS signed by General Carrie d. words TO that effect
Odd you use words {, lllt effect lA.-I stated when
Nc; Diyenport suggested Il Vas a forEcry SAID No.
hcve; hu; after thorough examination he pronounced
II genuine
Q-Tie whole lettcr1 Al don't know whether Tho
whore letter or tine signature lie said The signature
saw him the mex day. ana ne said the same thing.
did DO. want TO publish the letter unitss 1t was geI
Q.-Your impression De shat MI Hewitt faId thst the
WLole lctcr ceunuCi Al am pretty positive tAat
saw im n same cveaiis 6cfore the DuSc ton and
asked him 20 examine 1t carcl'y, ana le sa'd he Aad
Q-Nas hc conversation to relation IT, the letter
tlr Whole or as g. Tie sgnaulti Al thluk as to the
Q-r,at De was perfectly satisfied 1t was Gagacd'si
Al tulut So
Tie witness B, Tins point turned the Court AMI sa.d
ia lower voice which The stsnoSraph. apparently did
not catch:
He sad Ae had examined twenty letters, and there
WIS NOT q doubt about II.
M H,rt testified m substance that they
then went ON aud published the fac-simile of
the letter and envelope 90 TrU4 that tDcy fur
nished great many copies to the National
COMMITTEE that their orders came in fus 10000 ata
tme and tiat az the tmc tAe letter ana envelope were
Pre- 'aced at the comItec lie thought He told the
gcatcmcu then pIcsc1t how hc came i'm. DIS haud, bat
was uot posIt.re that subject. A. lave already
said, ts testimony bad not been written ou,, ami re
lied ufcu ny hret notes of the most important points,
and lcd by tie the great auxc-y
Of MI Hart to be assured that the letter
was genuine, and hs assertion he did not
TO pub-n the letter unless G"uu ne, to over
look the that il had appeared the paper. ana to
direct attca-ion TO hc important publication OF the
lar >iElle.
Now ifit were not fos tie fact that Mr. Hewitt
TO tank tat his character OF fty ycars' standing in
somr way depends upon II. whrt v MD be
The pcsHD'c Importance whether ne j. charG i
WITH TIE printing Of the tcxt of the ioreed
letter the 2O,a of October instrumental In L.
term. ~ tie hesltat a- mind Of MU IA 10 Lave the
fac-simile published and furnished 10 lhc commit er III
Luse numb,rs e ne cent VITA the en-
The cfc SLOPE and every otner portion Of thc coun
iryi what dd jae peouie b1o~ ol care apoui me pup
hc1uou OF me letter U lhe aC sni" chhc Gown upon
the1 ~ an av-.nc G. NesAird wGh jhe indo. scments
ton lhaj diin d ana a. 0nshed tue county "hG u tne
evidence OF NJ Hart docs not su0" ii'at MI iewit,
the cher cause 0f tie forgery taking itt diugrr-
Gus and cfecve shape tHc1 am unable 10 understand
lei .it ID in saying that but for Mr IIewitt's ac.s
the tuin+ would nu; have hcel done. ohc word IRON
Inn would nave seclr.i delay, and LA word repeat
would have TrcNcu cd action, mi lie
e10[g eio% his rcnd Go,er Garfield cIance To know
much less chance 10 cross-cX nine the III tn osc
sui to step s-li- tTon tie ties ,n,ur % inomolt. be-
yond MS strong assurance 20 Nh. II, he went that
favor OF h, 1enuineness OF The letter Deins lie nrs,
DR. mincnt 'uocrit In tue c'u2 ~ WOO dd y; say ls
IS punished n lis speech crcdI.ted bJ the
comu't,ec, Some people MY Inclue to
II an,iI,r WITH CO... jilricid's sie,,u.e Ibsgc
compared VitA nj c. poss >so: ani nave
alter General Gaiirll had indignantly as.er,ed
that he lttcr was t~" and stupid iorSrN ana iHot
hr never cUeri nod s brutal sen IN 'us, MI Hewitt
il he telegraph did him ~ lnlusuce, rerrated that
Tie sgnaiule wss GENUINE ana IN substance ,, H.,
oi he leiIel. AT tac last on tHe very eve
OF tne etcIoh' Ja't nI NianCuS e,dclc h hVi
SHOWN tnc character OF the envelope, TIE ial--
fcajion Of he stamps the and
and, almost ciory sunlight. tnat no such man
as H. /. Morry eVor Glstcd he comes 10 tie stand
and soemny swcors tla he believes tae sisnaiufr o.
the MJrey letter 10 De tne genuine hand
writing OF General Garfield; and drags m
made MISTAKES ID spelling, So tbai the spelling
IN the letter shOnd have no force Apparently
ihat TINS sworn Oplnirn may be ut All over
the country 0y telegraph to vlial,c the forget
citcr aud make j., work sIll more cfccIve
the Cont. before H. lci the stand showed hiu the
enye opc anll,s orIsCres, ANA be Inn. ii real at Tue
O. place name Aad been erased ihr
Esd" tnaI can still be traced, and III n remarked
TO tn5 Court that 1t j. curious fac that the
'esq' can better VITA thc naS"d eye than
wItn the glass" And yet he let the Conrt wtn 10 sug
gestion mat would parry the tth tnust a.
General Garfield mat has sworn opinion might
carry To the country ami the DailOt-DOX. IL ls
great uIsage for Nj wit TO suppose that ms teSti-
m0uy aud ms conduct not legltna e
subjects OF dicN criticism wHca ho ap-
petl4d as witness under such circumstance
and my opinion the casc fOs Whatever Il may De
worth Will siaLd cred TO hItn except ~ the sn
Gle ,arucnlar anoyt suggested. AOAu DAVIS.
Vrr y0rE Nov. Il. 1850