Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
THE PERJURRRS.
The Confessiona Of MOrey and O'Hrien In
Connection with the Forced Chinese Let
terra Close Come elton Estnblished Be
tween Prominent Democrats and the
"Truth" Gang.

terra close Connection EstnbIished Rr-
tween Prominent Democrats and the
"Truth" Gang,
NEW YORK, November II.
The District-Attorney furnishes the
press the confessions of Morey and
O'Brien (alias Lindsay so far as can be
made public without interfering with
the course Of justice. The Times last
night furnished the Western press the
substance of the confessions, but details
in some particulars are of great interest,
and are as follows:
MoREY's CONFESSION.
MOrey, after stating that Clark and Sauborn,
of Lawrence, Mass, induced him to 20 to New
York and testify, promising to stand by him
and sec him well paid, said: Being strongly
urged, ana in poverty, consented to come.
came here, gave correct testimony, as you
will see, and only in regurd to II. l.. Morey was
my testimony false, and also when I stated
not to come on here and testify; my family
record is true, except in relation to II. l..
Morey, whom l don't know, and never have
I known, and knew ~ the time that 1t was a
false statement. / went to the Truth Office
several times, and had an interview with Josh
Hart and another man connected with the pa
per, whose name do not know. We arrived
CLARK and DSaturday before election On Sun
day morning we went down TO the Democrat
| ic headquarters first. and found nobody
there but some women cleaninEup. We went
then and got some breakfast; came back, and
they kept us there. met man by the name
Of Moore first and then a number of them
headquarters men, / did not sec Barnum. He
| had returned to Connecticut the evening
previous. There was another short man
there. l could tell his name If ! heard IT,.
Mr.. Moore was Scrgennt-atarms Of the Demo-
cratic Committee there, they said. l saw what
supposed was the SeCretary-tho man that
wrOte and gave us the check whenw we returned.
He gave me check for Sl5O-S5O for expenses
for Clark, and 500 he was To give to me when he
got the check oashed. The slOO was for coming
l got the 800. When returned to Lawrence
got IL. That Sunday he got a carriage and
took us to Central Park. From there we went
down to Staten Island on the fcrrybuat. We
stopped down there TIL four O'clock In the
afternoon, and went up to st NinCents
Hotel, / think in the park. We got supper
there and returned 10 the Democratic head
quarters and stopped there all night. They
SAID in the morning that the boys wouldn't
let us out of their sight, being afraid little
! Davenport would get hold of us. The next
morning we got breakfast, went to the Truth
Office and from there TO tho Courthouse.
| Hart wanted to know about this MOrey, and |
| told him the same as l have already testified
! to; had one interview with Hart at the Demo
cratic headquarters Sunday i'm reference to
| II. l.. Morey. Clark told me Sanborn asked
him to get me TO go to New York. The first
| time went to the Truth office Hart showed
me the Goodell letter, and said 1t was from
Goodell. He said that Morey had started to
was genuine, and that he would start immedi-
ately for Florida and have MOrey in time. The
] next time went 10 the IfutN once was uuf-
ing the recess Of the court Monday, and Hart
| said he guessed was a olinCher on them. The
next time Invent to the office was after court in
| the afternoon, when IL was adjourned until
! Thursday We had some conversation in re-
| gard TO our being wanted again. Hart said he
! didn't know he would take our namcs-Clark' 8
and mine. If he wanted us again he would
| telegraph, and that was the last timc went
] 20 the Truth OiliCe before j returned homo.
| We went direct from the Truth office to the
Democratic headquarters. When we got to
! the Democratic headquarters we stopped
| there Il few minutes Mr.. Moore was there
and this man that gave me the check, whose
name, think, WIS Smnlley, and one or two
other gentlemen that didn't know; and this
man who gave me the check, Smalley, / am
| sure sut down and asked Clark what his CX-
! penses had been. Clark said: Z" counted
my money and put It down ON paper before |
! left hOmc;" and he counted II over to this
maIi, and this man said: Never mind the
] said: "Yes." Said he; what shall we give
Mnrcy2" Clark said: ~ don't know" He
asked me, and said: 81 will leave 1t all to
| you, sir" He then drew II check for $50. He
| give It TO Clark, stating to Clark that $50 was
for his expenses and 500 was for me. EG
| wrote a receipt out and signed it, for $3.50,
in my name. When we arrived home Clark
500.
On the next Thursday n man namod Warner
| came TO me and told me he wanted me TO go
/ to New York. / told him would not 90. He
/ said to my wife: "Is $40 any object for him
TO go to-nlghtS" My, wife said; mo; he is not
accompanied by Warner, and we all started
| for New York together. We stopped in Dos
ton all night under assumed names. At IL
| o'clock the next morning we left Boston for
| Now York. We got in there about :5j, and
| from the depot we wont to the Ii1dh Office.
| When we got to the. Truth Office, saw Hart
| back" and he said to Warner: Take him to
| a hotel, and have the bills charged to me-" He
| took me to the Belmont Hotel. think reg
istered my name as Asa Clement, and he re e
! istGred his name as Gilman. We had another
| man In the party; Warner called him Mack.
| We went out and got some supper, and we
| stopped mt tho hotel all night, aud yesterday
morning walked to the Truth office. From the
| Truth office we went TO the COURTROOM, and
| mt noon time we went and got lunch, and that
| wos the last time l was ut the Truth office.
| They brought me here lnst night. On the way
! from boston to New York, Warner saidi 1--WE
| must keep dark until we get into court"
| Warner gave mo no money, but handed my
/ wife $40 when he was In Lawrence. lie told
me would be well paid for coming to New
York. suppose he was connected with the
Clark fifst proposed to mo to say 1 had au
! uncle by the name of H. l.. MOrey and Hart
entry III. l.. Morey" In two places. Hart
| asked me on sunday what kind OF u handwTit.
ing II. l.. Morey wrote, said "Ho writes a
my seeing the register. Then when they
] showed me register the neNt day said /
should think that that was his handwriting.
| As a matter of fact that was not tho hnndwrit
! ing of III. l.. Morey, or of anybody else that
| ever knew, nm remindcdo of another remark
Clark made, When | met, my uncle John
| yesterday, he shook hands with me, and Clark
| said, when we got out of our seats, "who Is
| that2" | said, "That is my uncle, John" He
said, !" He VIII tes,lty that there Is no H. Il II
TESTIFY that there is no II. l.. Morey" HC
! said, swell, l don't care; II you 20 10 hell,
win go to HE'LL will go to he'll with you.
Taken before me this 10th day of November
Ii. 4. MoRGAN, Police Justice.