Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-05
EASTERN DISPATCHES
TRUTH AT LAST.

UlNIAlVQ0N
TRUTH AT LAST.
Tho Ling .Truth" Comes Out With
Confession and Retracti0n OF
the Garfield 0rey Letter For.
gery- Lame Defence OF Its
Rascaliiy.
CHICAGO. January "A Tribune New
York special says: The Gsrhsld-Morey
letter comes to light once more In . plain
confession on the part Of the paper that
published II to the world that Ii IL . for
gerry. The Star contains the following
particulars. which will no doubt b the
means Of settling the vszsd question for
ever: A. Previously publishsd In the
Star. II IL now . clearly established fact
that over jealous friends Of Garfield. In
s~ubjscting Ksnvard Philip to arrest and
indictment on the charge Of maliciously
iibelins General Garfield. only placed
themselves further away from the real
culprit. B. J. jayne. formerly . Special
Treasury Agent. and an expert detective
where prssumsbls forgsriss were In.
yolyed, has devoted much time and
labor towards s~nravslius the Chinese
letter mystery. and be has ascertaiued
| not only that the published letter was .
forgery. but In what particular ONCE 1t
was concocted. BY whom and the names
| Of the men who fostsred and encouraged
It's distribution. 6omo tine ago. whom
| the propristors OF the Truth newspaper
becoming convinced that the letter VA .
forgery, they wrote to Garfield 20 de-
claring, and desiring that the correspon-
dsucs should be suppressed from the
public until all the facts In the ease
could be secured. That mission having
been successfully accomplished, the pro-
pristors Of Truth have written the fol-
lowing:
To James A. Garfield, Prssidsnt.sleot
Sir: After Q searching Investigation.
In which We have spared neither time,
energy or expense. We have traced the
Morey letter to Ito origin and ascertainsd
that It 10 . forgery. This acknowledge
msnt 10 due from the Journal In which
the letter Arst appeared. It 10 made vol.
uutary and % an act Of simple justice.
For awhile Ne believed, . VI did until
. few weeks past. that you were the
author OF the letter. No bride could
tempt nor iutimidate 10 into making Q
contrary statement; but having asoer.
tanned our error nov, IL 10 q qualification
to Ms to give the same prominsnos 10
this Acknowledgement that We gave to
the forged letter. and thereby make oil
amends 10 ~ power for the wrong Of
which Truth Was the unconscious instru-
m.nt. Upon the instant our investiga-
ton convinced rs that the letter was
spurious. We privately informed you Of
the conclusion. At that time We were
advised that the ends OF justice might
possibly b impsded BY such publioa-
tion ~ va now make. but, a. will appear
by the appended letter from B. ].
jayne. Esq, that confederation no longer
exists, and We do today what the observ.
ancs Of the principles upon which Truth
was established. and BY which Il has
been conducted. would have impslled %
to do Immediately upon discovering that
the letter was . forgery. and which
nothing could have prevented but Q dc.
sire to fastsn the guilt where II belongs.
Truth published the letter In good faith.
b,iisving you we're the author OF 1t.
While We so believed, neither tempia-
ton, threats nor force could influence
Ms to r-pudists II. Having now satisfied
ourselves Of it, spurious character, NO
false pride mol selfish motives Of any
kind can restrain rs from announcing
our decision. thereby allayinR the doubt
that now exists respecting Ito suthen-
ITCHY. Respectfully yours. TRUTH.
In addition. Truth has received the
following from B. ]. Jayne:
NEW YoRx, December s.. 880.-Joseph
Hart, ESQ Dear Sir: In answer to
your sots OF yesterday I would say that
I can see no good reason for longer
Withholding the statement that you de-
sire to make in your paper, viz: that
you are now satisfied from evidences In
your possession that the letter published
BY you. purporting to DO written BY Gen.
Garfield to II. L. Morey. Of Lynn, was Q
forgery. Fully understanding the impo-
sition prseticed upon you BY certain
members OF the National Democratic
Committee, on whose as%suranoes yen 70.
lied with regard to the g%enuinsn.ss Of
the letter, and knowing how earnestly
You have worked to ascertain the author.
ship Of the fraud. and BY following every
clue that seemed to lead to Ito solution.
and fully spprecistins your oit.rspeatsd
declarations that your only wish IN the
premises was to ascertain and proclaim
the exact truth, I deem, In justice to all
concerned. that the time has come when
you should say that the letter was q for.
gerry, for with the proofs In your posses.
sion. there can be little doubt a. TO the
real criminal. Very Respectfully,
B. j. JAYNE.
Truth also says. sditorially: When the
Morey letter came to us We believed Il
the genuine letter Of James A. Garfield.
Our belief became absolute conviction
when Speaker Randall. Senator Barnum.
Orestes Cleveland, Abram 8. Hewitt
aud other prominent members Of the
Democratic Committee-all better able
TO Judge than were we-unhesitatipgly
pronounced Il genuine. Upon their a.
suranoe va publishtd II In the form best
calculated to imprrss conviction Of Ito
genuinepess upon the public; bot when
II court the envelope was cut at the
ends, and . single thickness Of paper
held between the eye and light revealed
for the Arst time the isct that the
original address upou the envelope had
been erased and that Of d. L. Mor.y
substituted; when Il appeared that tn.
Lynn hotel register which contained the
s~ippature Of II. L. Morty had NO suoh