Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-10

FURRY About the MOrey Letter For.
gery-Pafties who Fear Arrest-The
Lindsey Affidavit-An Explosion POs-
sible at any Moment.
,e Of THE EVENING STAR.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, May 8, 1882.
The dispatch in the New York Star from Wash
ington in regard to the Morey affair causes some
excitement in this city, where it is feared several
arrests will be made John l. Davenport was here
on Thursday, April 20th, and registered at the
Queen City hotel under the name of j. d. Bene-
dict, Connecticut In short time after his arrival
messenger was dispatched to Pompey Smash Ia
small village II miles from Cumberland) with in
structions to see two residents of that place.
who are said TO De = familiar with
the Lindsey adavt da and ,t letter from
an immediate interview in Frostburg The mes
senger was followed about dark by Mr. Daven-
port and three well-known Cumberland poiiti-
clans in close carriage who arrived late at night
in the latter named place and were there met by
the two Pompey Smash witnesses. A protracted
interview took place, the result OF which has so
far been pretty " ell kept secret, but enough has
leaked out to excite the fears OF two prominent
spent spent all lot Of the Sunday night previous % to the the
presidential election OF 1880 in the telegraph office
In this city, dispatching to democratic headQuar-
and quarters m in the same city. It win be femem.
bered that the Lindsey affidavtt appeared in all
the Leading M papers pa % sne county On the MGnday
from the democratic headquarters as soon as 1t
was received from Cumberland
After being handsomely entertained the POmpey
Smash witnesses natly refused to make any fur
ther statements in the matter without a consider
alton, i1rst @ demanding LENA Ing $500 and finally coming
had received a considerable sum recently from
certain democratic politicians in Cumberland,
whom they named, to keep silent, and that he
Davenport would have to s'see" that amount and
90 something better or they would not talk. Mr..
Davenport informed them that he could very likely
obtain the same evidence he desired OF them In
Cumberland at less cost, and the interview is
supposed to have terminated without any:
thing more definite having been obtained
than what is already In possession OF Mr..
Davenport This, 1t is said, duplicates two promf.
nent democratic politicians OF Cumberland. Mr..
Davenport worked upon the Lindsey business
quietly in Cumberland, and had about completed
all the links In the chain OF evidence necessary to
establish the whole history OF the Lindsey letter
consigned man named James OBren, OF WASH
ington, DC, twho happened to be In Cumberland
on vtsit) to the Albany penitentiary for eight
years. where he still languieheS, when be received
q dispatch from his wife In New York informing
him OF the sudden illness OF a child. He 1mmedf-
ately took the next train for that city, after
pressing his determination to return at the earliest
Henry l. Walton came here on November 4, 1880,
and tried to induce william M. Price, OF this
city, who sent the dispatch to Hon w. II. Bar
mum on October 31st 1850, saying: 1.-THE fol-
lowing af1davit OF Robert Lindsey is authen-
tie" to 60 on to New York with him. On
November 6, 1880, Walton brought OBrien into the
Truth Oflce saying that he had been identified as
Robert Lindsey BY Mr.; Price The statement OF
Hadley, which it Is said Will go far towards un-
rayelling this mystery which has hitherto bafl1ed
the keenest detectives, viii be watched for with
much anxiety here, where the lightning may
strike at any moment without the presence OF Mr..
Davenport At any rate, 1t would appear that we
have not had the last OF Robert Lindsey yet, and
the future is full Of possible sensations WING.