The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-07-14
ADAM MORSE GOES FREE.
A JOYOUS Scene IN
COURT.
Judge MaCdOugall Discharges
the Southern Refugee.
How Georgia Would Have
Dropped the Case for $500.

Judge Macdougall's rooms at Church
and Adelaide streets were crowded to
suffocation to day to witness the final
scene in the Morse eXtradition case.
There was the usual large attendance of
the colored friends of the prisoner, of
whom he has scores, and their interest in
his case and their sympathy for him have
never tagged. Besides these, there were
present Senator Macdonald and several
other prominent citizens ready with their
moral, and, if need be, financial help to
see the prisoner through his trolable.
Rev. Messrs. Oliver and johnson were
there, and the little son of the prisoner
and Mrs. Morse. The greeting of the
three when Morse was brought in by the
detective was very affectionate. The
prisoner himself was in hopeful mood,
and there seemed to be an air of happy
anticipation about the party as if the day
of Jubilee had'come at last
Mr. Badgerow is away attending
meeting OF some SOCIAL organization in
the South so Mr.. Carson appeared in his
stead. Messrs Walter Reed and w. G.
Murdoch represented the prisoner, and
members of the bar thronGed the space
about the table.
''ORDER!" CRIED MIR. TTltYLoR.
The constable and his monitor at once
suppressed the buzz and ham of CONVEX
sation while Judge MacdougaI took his
seat Are you ready to so on with the
Morse caseF' he asked.
''eYour Honor, said Mr.. Carson, COW.
ing to the unfortunate illness of Mr.
Weatherhorn, | am forced to ask re
mand for one week have telegram
here from the Solicitor General of Geor-
gia, saying that he thinks the detective
will come to Canada next week. He is
not yet able to start"
Here Mr.. Read said: N our Honor
will recollect that last week you made
the enlargement peremptory. | enter
protest against further enlargement, and
say it is an injustice to my client to keep
him confined any longer. Mr.. Carson is
a private prosecutor and the Crown is
not present There is no affidavit, and
no authority is given for any further re
mand. If all matters are disclosed, your
Honor will see a state of facts that is not
at all creditable to the prosecution. The
attempt to get the prisoner back to
Georgia is an obstinate endeavor Of the
prosecution. We do not ask sympathy,
but justice. The court must
stand by its Judgment when it was stat
ed that the last remand should be per
emptory."
Il certainly did say" responded the
Judge, '.that would require strong evil
dence for further remand. | am sur
prised that there is only a telegram here,
with no affidavit told Mr.. Bridegroom
that | would require an affidavit
Mr.. Carson made the mo st of nothing
and strongly urged Il further remand
using every available argument for that
purpose But it was left for Mr.. Read
to fire the last shot in this legal locker,
and it was hot shot, too, shot that com
pletely routed the prosecution, ana yirtu
ally made morse free man.
GEORGIA WILL PAY 5000.
RI am bound to say now, your Honor,
began Mr.. Read, that the state of Geor.
Ria came to us as counsel for Morse, and
Uttered to drop the prosecution if we
would pay $500. But my client is pow
art5 stricken man and has lost all his
ttNftAl AlC - wv pun ~ pa thiH luOI-
ay and, besides this, we are anxious that
the case shall be tried on its own merits
Without the attachment OF money consid
saLatien. Now lecaus3 we won't pay, the
prosecution wants another remand.
Georgia has acted unrighteously and I'M
fairly, and ! am satisfied that British
court viii not countenance such action.
There is no reasonable excuse for re-
mand
After the judge referred to Weather.
horns bseuce and his neglect to sign his
deposition, and to secure the signatures Of
the otter witnesses for the prosecution,
"a procedure Necessary under the EXtradi-
ton Act, he said II have no evidence
to satisfy me that the mau is i'll. In the
face Of Mr.. Reads statement il is doubt
lul if Mr. Weatherhorn viii turn mp
again. ! announced in distinct terms
that [ would require a strong case, and
nothing of the kind is offered
NJ, Carson-"Mr. BadgeFow never