Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
USING HER EYES on THE JURY,
A Disagreement in the Case of Mrs.
Morse, the Female Broker

"A DlsaSreehehC IN the case of Mrs
Morse, the Female Broker.
Carry r. Morse, alias Mrs. Warren. alias
Marion E. Dow, alias Marion Mcdowell.
alias Miss Grass, who was formerly known
as the woman stock broker in Union
square, says the New York Times of the
18th inst, was tried yesterday, in the
Court of General Sessions, on a charge of
swindling Helen Wilson, of Newark, and
Catherine Herter, in October, 1882, The
accused, although said to be 40 wears of
age, is of striking appearance and looks
much younger. She is well-built blonde
and has large and expressive blue ewes.
which she apparently used with telling
effect upon some of the more sensitive
jurymen, now gazing at one in mute an
peal and then casting melting glances at
another.
From the testimony of the witnesses it
appeared that Miss Herter answered an
advertisement by the accused for an as
sistant to attend to a stock indicator at
her place of business, at No. Al West
ThIrty-seVenth street. On Miss Herter,s
arriving there Mrs. Morse showed her a
lot of indicator tape, which she brought
from the back parlOr, where, she said. the
Indicator was, and told her that she would
be willing to pay her $15 a week for her
$500 as security. Miss Herter did not
have the money, and called on her friend,
Miss Helen Wilson, of Newark, who prom
ised to give the required security. Several
days later the two friends called on Mrs.
Morse, and Miss Wilson told her she had
come to give security for her friend. Mrs
Morse said she would require 81, 900. but
finally consented to take $500, because, she
said, she liked Miss Herter, who could sneak
MANY lQnUIIlO and UOul1 ho Of
service to the many lady customers. She
then volunteered theinformation that she
was the president of a bureau of thirty
ladies, and that she had Just been re-
elected to third term of office. Her as
sOciation was known as the Ladies' In
yestment Bureau, and had made 5000. 900.
She herself had learned the stOck-broking
business from her husband. Miss Wilson
handed over to Mrs. Morse six one-hun-
dred-dOllar bills. The latter took the
money and gave her written acknow-
ledgment of the security, and promised
to pay her interest on the money at the
rate of six per cent. per annum.. She re-
marked that she was compelled to ask for
security, because former employe of
hers had deiaulted with $1,000
On the day set for Miss Herter to 90 to
work the two friends went to the office.
but found it empty. Even the desk had
ing said that Mrs. Morse had left. Miss
Wilson did not see her again until last
July, when she met her on a ferry boat.
The counsel for the defendant claimed
that the $500 had been given to her as a
loan, and that she could not therefore be
convicted of larceny, for which she had
been indicted. The District ATTORNEY
held that the written acknowledgment
distinctly stated that the money had been
deposited as security. The jury were out
for nearly two hours, and on their return
the foreman said that they had not been
able to agree. Two other iurymen said
that they would not be able to agree if
they were locked up for two months. The
court thereupon discharged the jury, and
remanded the accused in charge of an
officer. Alter the disagreement Mrs.
Morse became cold, and did not even
deign to give one glance at the sensitive
jurymen who had saved her from State
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