The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-07
MORSE KEPT In TORONTO.
DETECTIVE WETHERHON'S CHASE
AFTER THE FUGITIVE.

Certificates of the State and County
Officers All that is Needed to Bring
Him Back to Savannah Detective
Wetherhorn's Story of His Pursuit
of Morse, and the Runaway's Cap
ture.
Detective Wetherhorn reached home yes
terday from Toronto, Canada, where he
went in pursuit of Adam Morse. His trip,
while not as satisfactory as he would have
liked it to be, was far from fruitless Morse
is in the Toronto Jail, and can be extradited
if the proper steps are taken, to which end
the detective was compelled to return to
Savannah without the refugee.
A MoRNIliG News reporter had an inter
view with Mr.. Wetherhorn yesterday after
noon, and a, review of the detectives trip
was brought out. Mr.. Wetherhorn said
that when he reached New York Inspector
Byrnes gaze him a very kind letter of in
troductior to the Rochester authorities,
which he hound to be very valuable to him.
THE BIRD HAD FLOWN.
Detective Wetherhorn reached Rochester
on Thurs day, April "a, TO learn that Morse
had fed the city. On the Sunday previous
Morse's wife reached Rochester from Sa-
vannah and informed her husband that
Detect ve Wetherhorn was getting papers
TO coma on to Rochester for him. This was
enough for Morse to know, and the next day
he wa; in Toronto. Mr. Wetherhorn could not
say who gave Morse's wife the information,
but that some one must have warned
her Is undeniabe. Morse had been EN-
ploy ed as a servant in private family at
Roc hester but at the time of his fight TO
Cal ada he was porter at the Chamber of
Commerce building
When Mr.. Wetherhorn found his bird
had flown he went to the Rochester police
headquarters and found n Supt. Cleary,
Chief Hayden and Detective Kavanagh
effective coadjutors in looking up Morse.
ARRESTED IN CANADA
When it was learned that Toronto was
his hiding place, lengthy dispatch was
sent to the police headquarters there, de-
scribing the fugitive. 1t was read to the
police, and shortly after one of the force
arrested Morse as he was walking along
the street. When Morse saw the police
man cycling him he quickened his pace,
which deepened the suspicion of the officer.
Overtaking and accosting Morse, he asked
him how long he had been in Toronto
''Oh, I've been here long time" said
the negro.
"Ain't you wanted over in Rochester,"
asked the policeman.
''No, sir; amt wanted nowhere" was
Morse's reply.
well, I'll take you along anyhow" said
the officer.
Arriving at the station house the dis
patch was read to the prisoner, and he re-
marked 1--we been expecting that to
which the Canadian policeman gruffly re-
torted: "Why the devil didn't you tell me
so when asked your This is the way the
Canada police rush things through.
On Monday, week ago yesterday, De
tective Wetherhorn, accompanied by De-
IL Of l,aI
Toronto The Rochester authorities had
often materially aided the Toronto officers
in getting hold of fugitives without so
much red tape, and Mr.. Kavanagh had
volunteered to go over to Canada to help
the Savannah detective. They learned,
however, that a lawyer had sued out q writ
of habeas corpus for Morse, alleging that
the prisoner, being arrested on a telegram,
was therefore held illegally.
CANADIAN HUMoR.
The two detectives appeared in the
Police Court. Mr.. Wetherhorn was armed
with his requisition papers, and resisted the
discharge. In reciting the incidents of the
trial he related bon mot of MorSe's law
yer, which shows that Canadian humor is
very effervescent. He said that whenever
an American came to Canada, and there
was a telegram received TO arrest him, the
police fastened to do so. If the prisoner
was found with United States money on his
person they held it to be ample proof that
he was an embezzler and ought to be
shipped back to the United States, and if
he didn't have any money on his person it
was proof that he was a vagrant, and they
punished him in Canada.
AT the suggestion of Hon. G.. w. Bad
gerow, counsel for the crown, who was
very Jealous in aiding the detective, Mr..
Wetherhorn swore out a warrant for
Morse, and when the Police Judge dis
charged the prisoner, he was rearrested and
taken before Judge McDougall who COM
United him to the Toronto Jail pending the
arrival of the necessary papers of extradi-
ton.
IN A TORONTO JAIL.
Judge McDougall said that he would re-
mand Morse from Wednesday to Wednes-
day for three weeks to give the Savannah
authorities ample time to get the papers
ready. Mr.. Badgerow took great pains in
preparing forms TO be used, which Mr..
Wetherhorn brought with him to Savan-
nah for The guidance of the Solicitor Gen
eral
1t will be necessary to get the deposition
of Mr.. Barbee as to the assault made by
Morse, with the certificate of the Solicitor
General and Superior Court Judge of
Chatham county, and that of the Secretary
of State of Georgia, which papers, Endorsed
by the proper authorities at Washington,
VIII Do required 10 EeC MORSE out OF Oanaua
into this country.
MISPLACED SYMPATHY.
When Mr.. Wetherhorn first visited Morse
ut the Toronto station house, the prisoner
affected not to know him; but upon second
visit he admitted that he knew him, and
told pitiful story about the unjust way the
negroes are treated in Savannah. He said
that he ran away to keep from being hanged,
and he owed his life to that fact. He
wanted TO be tried in Canada, where, he
said, he would only be imprisoned
if found guilty, but if found guilty in
Savannah they would hang him. He also
stated that the negroes were not allowed to
ride in the trains or in the street cars where
there are white folks, and the Canadians
were quite surprised TO learn from Dstec-
tive Wetherhorn that large proportion, if
not the greater part, of the street car travel
is by negroes, and that there is no discrimi-
nation.
Morse's excuse for the assault upon Bar
bee was to the effect that his (Morses) son
was passenger on the street car, and that
Conductor Barbee finding q negro in the
car went up to him and pnched
him numerically with his ticket
punch. These plausible stories enlisted
considerable sympathy for Morse, and did
much to comphcate matters for the officers
who went over from this side TO try and
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