The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-06
FAMOUS FORGERY.
GETTISG AT THE BOTTOM OF .THI
CHINESE LETTER BUSIHESs.
The Guilty Parties Said 10 be Known, and
Some Persons Who Occupy High
Places Named In ConnrctIOn
With the ImpOslIIOn-
Facts OTIhe Case.

NEw YORK, January 5.-Tho real fact
in connection with that daring lorger,
and base imposition, the Morsy Chimes
letter, seem to be bound to come out a
last and the guilty parties II by SOM
technicality they escape the just penalty
of their crime cannot eScape tn,
odium which rightly attaches to the com
mission oil such deed. B. g. Jayne,
detective who has been investigating tht
matter for the Truth, and upon whose in
vestigation 1t declares the horeY letter tC
be q forgery, had q talk with q correspond
snt this evening, He related at length
Truths side Of the story. The letter, he
said, had been conceived by a group ol
newspaper men, who met frequently in
he Aslor Holse, in this city, He lrsl
heard II discussed while sitting in the
smoking room Of the hotel by these per.
sons. He did not know them at the time.
SilsOn HulChins, OF the Washington Post;
HnnlleY, Of the Brooklyn Eagle; "Col'
onel" II, II, Hadley, and Colonel Loner.
gan, Of the Hotel Mail, he charged were
implicated in the conspiracy.
THE ENVELOPE
which Cantalned the letter wss one sent by
General Garfield t0 Colonel Lonergsn, en-.
closing q sample Of seeda which LOnergan
had asked Garfield TO procure for him from
the Department Ol Agriculture. Loner.
gRn'a name and address, No. SO Nassau
street, have been Developed" IRON the
erSsures OIL the envelope, by means OF a
camera, and the word seed, F." together
with GarGeld's frank" have been dis.
covered on the upper lelt.hand corner OF
the envelope by the same means.
Jayne showed your correspondent q
Photographic proof disclosing the outlines
NJ described. He also said that the letter
was offered to the Sun ten days before 1t
was published In the Truth, but that Dana,
after u consultation with his council, 70.
fused to publish 1t, believing 1t to be q
forgery.
Just before II was sent to the Truth
there appeared In the Truth several edtO.
rails on Chinese questions, which wero
Inspired by josh Hart, who, In his capa.
city as q theatrical manager, had visited
California and had seen something OF the
trouble with the race In that State. Jayne
says the "COnspiratOrs" hit upon that time,
nv In their opinion. Apportune to gain q
means Of publication, Hart claims 10
have submitted the letter to
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
and to have bad assurances OF its genuine.
ness from Barnum, smalley, Hewitt,
Scott and Cleveland, and alao from Speak.
er Randall, who happened to be present on
the occasion Of lis exhibition.
Jayne also asserts that Colonel HadleY,
who was much at the Democratic head.
quarters, had convinced majority OF the
gentlemen mentioned before the letter was
seen by them Of lis genuineness.
Jayne also asserted that tho letter was
drafted by sdlson HutChins, and that Bar.
nun, Cleveland and Scott knew from the
lrst it was fraudulent.
A mass Of matter is 10 be published In
the Truth TO chow that Philp had nothing
whatever TO do with the forgery further
than that he was subsequently, made
q sCapeg0st Of by HutChins, I.onergan and
their companions. The means taken TO
bolster up the letter arc to be traced TO
Hutchins and Hadley. The former owned
the Union, paper published In ManChes
tor, Mass, and In II was published a story
tracing the Mercy family and unearthing
II s. Morey, the nephew. 1t was In the
Washington Post, controlled by HutChins,
that q letter pnTpOrling To come from one
Lindsay, but written In reality by Col.
Hadley, from Cumberland, was published.
The tracing OF the forger, Jayne says, Ia
to he eXtensivel y explained. Fac similies
OF the Chinese letter, aB published In
the Truth in October, and Of the Weaver
letter, which WIS published in the Star,
are, he says, to be printed side by side
In the Truth. From these, be claims,
II will appear 10 the least praCticed eye
that
BOTH WE'RE WRITTEN BY ONE AND THE SAME
PERSON.
He claims that the person who sent the
forged lettor to tho Star, has been digCov.
cred, hut ho declined to name him at pres
ent. He said, however, that he is one oi
those alresdy mentioned In connection
with the Morey letter. The Weaver let.
ter VIVA sent 10 the Star az a "misslng link"
at the time that that journal was endeav.
Oring TO show that the GreenbaCk candi.
date had sold out to the Republicans Of
Maine.
Jayne also rays that Colonel Lonergan
Wlll!ully deceived stoughton, Bliss, Dav.
export and Bell, and that he attempted 10
throw them of the scent by Indicating
that Philip was the author OF The letter.
Jayne said that tho above was the gist
Of the facts, which arc to be tho founda.
tiOn Of series Of articles 10 be printed In
the Truth the coming week.