New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-31
GIVING THE LIE IN COURT.
,ouN n TOWNSEND DENoUNCEs Mr.. HART.
WHAT THE DEFENCE IN THE TOWNSEND LIBEL
CASE PROPOSES TO PROVE.

CASE PROPOSES TO PROVE.
Tn the case of Hart against Townsend before
Justice Van Worst In the Supreme Court yesterday tue
a,rta,s counsel Richard 8. Newconbe, read extracts
I'm Truth intended to Justify Its charges that General
Garfield was brbetaker and perurer Iho jury pau
little attention and some Of them took out newspapers
ra hegan 10 read them. Mr. Newccmos read long At
,ce nom Truth asserting that the Morey et'er hao pe'
tos.ed on Il by the Democratic National Committee
Dd YOU ever ask for or receive any reward ior any
thing published In suppressed by f'7m except ""'o
t,sementsi" asked Mr.. Newcombe oil Mr. Hart
"Never Neither money anything else, either di-
rectly or Indirectly" .o,,,.
Lindsay aaidsviti A.-No sir
On rho reeross examination Mr. Hart testified that he
did not read tho editorials In the paper regularly anu
took little part in the editorial management OF the paper
Mr. Tovnsend-Haven't you skill In the theatrical
business than In politicsi A.-Decidedly.
o-You would know more about a circus ana your
nnion would be OF value on that subject than on
snb,ect of public policyi AIT that time II would.
have improved since then, however
oYou investigated the Morey letter matter, did you
noti Al did
oWhat did Won find out aboutit Al found out
that q emanated from the Democratic National Com
mittee. -, ,
Maid for the information through detective sources
o-who told yOui A-Various parties
O.-Name one AIR. Jayne.
o-Empoyed by youi Ayes, sir.
Ole was subsequently used by you In the . halA'
.rialt Ale was used as witness against shanks'
o-You employed him in the Morey letter casef A
YES Iepdeayored to employ Robert Pnkerton, but he
refused to take the case it was political matter
o-what was the date on which the Morey letter hrs'
appearedl Alt was october 90 1850.
owostt after that that you went to the Democratic
National Committed Alt after the letter was IN
print. 49,,
o-When did YOU first hear Of the Morey letter. A.
The first reference came from II H. Hadley the agent OF
the Democratic National Committee.
o-Do You not know that IIadley was not menoer OF
the Democratic Committeef Al know ne was ~. ,no
representative of the committee for saw him win MI
Barpum and 1 know he afterward WENT TO Lynn Mass'
under an alias, for the committee
o-Is that statement as anything else you nave
said here9 Al say he was the agent OF MI Barnnn'
OWN YOU state positively that Hadley was connected
with the Democratic National Committee Al haV
already answered that question. l say yes. And yol
me Witness finished speaking Mr. Townsend walket
up 10 bar and pointing his finger at him. sau eAci'eu
~: That is a lie and you know i'll!
Mr. NewcOmbe jumped TO his feet ana professor agan
the use such language and Mr. Townsend was caed 10
~ apologize" said Mr. Townsend, 80 far as the Court
and the gentlemen Of the Jury concerned out DO moi
apologize so far as he lthe witnessl Is concerned
o~You stood by when Mr.. Barnum wrote the dispatch
headed, The Morey letter not forgeTy-Joseph Hart
publisher of Truth, discharged by the Republican Ohiei
'Vo'~Hnd You knew that that was false when he
"stop STOP" said the Justice "He explained that yes
terday by saying that he was discharged from cen
That was piece of Barnum's villany." added tho
oAbout what time did you begin to furnish the Dem
ocfatc National Committee with papeTsl A little
while after the publication of the Morey letter. ,or
Q.-About how many were furmsheu tnem
Surrogate Rollins was next called He testified that he
was In May, 1851. He remembered
the indictment against Joseph Hart and Others for 6e
ing James A. Garfield nOle pr0sequi was entered IN
that case because there not evidence enongh 10 cOu
Wet He was convinced that Kenward Phllp dld not
write the letter While II might not nave Deen essenlla
az matter OF law TO connect Philip with the letIer ID
order TO secure conviction it Of the highest I'M
portance as the matter stood o,.,.. -, -. go,
Mr. Hart was recalled and testified that he did not say
Oh Tuesday as reported that he had been paid $500
by Mr. Barnum the publication Of the Lindsay ainda-
amount 10 Price through H. Hadley for furnishing the
Lindsay affidavit. He had receipt for the money
purpOrting TO be signed by Price.
David n Carvaio testified that he had been employed
as an expert in the Morey letter He bad exannsd
as sot Il from ma Assistant Bell
The plaintiff rested his case. aud FRED
erick NJ Eyarts who is associated with JOhn d.
Townsend. opened for the defence When he began to
sneak the Jurors who had been reading put down tner
speadng of the ifcuty which the defence had had in
Bringing the case to NAL Mr. Evarts said that they
the advertisement Of the Manhattan Beach Improvement
Company and that when t refused had stated that
The beach The reply received was the people inter
ested responsible as IrNU and II HART tn0ught
he could make anything Of II he could go ahead Ihey
would prove that Pratt went TO George ID. Roberts,
OF the Postal Telegraph Company for Ira0s ana said
the company He was informed that the company would
rather have Truths enmity than its good will They
Warner q Co, OF Rochester n Y, disreputabe pat
enI medicine house. because Warner Co. refused to adj
The case was adjourned until this morning