The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-05
GARFIELD : M0REY
rhe -rrurhs Publishes the whole
Truth Mt Last.
Full Justice Done President Elect
Jas. A. Garfield

New Ork, Jan. 4.-lne OdIuelu-
Morey letter comes to light once more,
in plain confession on the part of the
paper that published it to the world,
that it is forgery. The Star contains
the following particulars, which will.
no doubt, be the means of settling the
vexed question forever: itil
As previously published in the Star,
it is now a clearly established fact that
the oyer-zealous friends of Garfield, in
subjecting Kenward Philip to arrest and
indictment ON the charge of maliciously
libelling Gen. Garfield, only placed
themselves farther away from the real
culprit. B. ]. Jayne, formerly a spe-
cial treasury agent, and an expert de-
tectiye where presumable forgeries
were involved, has devoted much time
and labor towards unrayeling the Chi
nese letter mystery, and he has ascer-
tanned not only that the published letter
was forgery, but in what particular
Office it was concocted, by whom, and
the names of the men who fostered and
encouraged its distribution A.
Some time ago. when the proprietors
of the Truth newspaper were becoming
convinced that the letter was forgery,
they wrote to Garfield 80, declar-
ing and desiring that the CORE
spondence should be suppressed, from
the public until all the facts in the case
could be secured. That mission having
been successfully accomplished, the
proprietors Of the Truth have written the
following:
To Jas. A. Garfield, president-elect,
Sir:-After q searching investigation,
in which we have spared neither time,
energy nor expense, we haye traced the
Morey letter to its origin, and ascer-
tained that it is a forgery. This ac-
acknowledgement is due from the journal
in which the letter first appeared. 1t
is made voluntarily, and as an act of
simple justice, for while we believed, as
we did until few weeks past, that you
were the author of the letter, no bribe
could tempt nor no threat could intimi-
date us into making q, contrary state
ment; but having ascertained our er-
ror now, it is qualification to us to
give the same prominence to this ac-
acknowledgement that we gaye to the
forged letter itself, and thereby make
all the amends in our power for the
wrong Of which the Truth was the un-
conscious instrument.
Upon the instant that our investiga-
tions convinced us that the letter was
spurious, we privately informed you of
our conclusion. At that time we were
advised that the ends of justice might
be impeded by public avowal, such as
we now make. But, as will appear by
the appended letter from B. e. Jayne,
esq.,, that consideration no longer ex-
lists, and We do to-day what the obsery-
ance of the principle upon which the
Truth was established and by which it
has been conducted, would have i'm
PEELED us to do Immediately upon dis
covering that the letter was a forgery,
and which nothing could have prevent
ed but the desire to fasten the guilt
where it properly belongs We pub
lished the letter in good faith, believing
that you were the author Of it. While
we so believed, neither threats, tempta-
tions nor force could influence us to
repudiate it; likewise, having now sat
isfied ourselves of its spurious charac-
ter, no false pride nor selfish motive of
any kind restrain us from announcing
our conclusion, thereby allaying the
doubt that now exists respecting its
authenticity. Respectfully yours,
TRUTH.
In addition, the Truth received the
following from B. G. Jayne, dated New
York, Dec. 81, 1880:
Jos. Hart, esq.,, Dear Sir:-ln answer
to your note of yesterday, would say
that 1 can see no good reason for long
er withholding the statement you desire
to make in your paper, viz--that you
are now satisfied from the evidence in
your possession, that the letter pub
lished by you, purporting to have been
written by Gen. Garfield to II. L. Mo-
rey, of Lynn, Mass, was a forgery.
Fully understanding the imposition
practiced upon you by certain members
of the democratic national committee,
on whoee assurance you relied with re.
gard to the genuineness of the letter,
and knowing how earnestly you have
worked to ascertain the authorship Of
the fraud, 1 deem that in justice to al
concerned the time has come when yor
should say the letter was a forgery, fol
with the proofs in your possession
there can be little doubt as to the rea
criminal. Very respectfully,
4 " a b. G. JAYNE. !.
EADs' SHIP HALLWAY.