The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-21
MORSE FAVORED BY F ATE
ANOTHER DELAY IN GETTING HIM
BACK TO SAVANNAH.


Detective Wetherhorn Blocked at At
lanta by Gov. Gordon's Absence
Secretary Barnett's Signature OBJ
tanned and the officer on His Way
TO Toronto-The Morse Fund Meet
ing as Described by the Toronto
Papers.
1t looks as if tho more vigorous the effort
to bring Adam Morse back the more diff
culties and vexations are encountered As
announced in the MORNING NEWS yesterday,
Detective Wetherhorn left for Toronto Sat
urday night expecting to get the signature
of Gov. Gordon, but when the officer reached
Atlanta he found that the Governor was
out OF town and would not return for O
week.
Mr.. Wetherhorn, upon instructions from
w. w, Osborne, Esq, at once telegraphed
to Secretary Bayard at Washington to
ask the Toronto authorities for two weeks
further detention of Morse, and also wired
Crown Attorney Badgerow to have Morse
held until Secretary Bayard's request was
received at Toronto.
He also telegraphed Mr.. Osborne giving
all the facts. Mr. Osborne wired back to
cially and attach his seal and proceed to
Toronto, leaving such papers behind as
were required to be signed by the Governor
and to be forwarded to Secretary Bayard
upon Gov. Gordon's return to Atlanta
These papers could then be forwarded from
Washington to Toronto.
A MORNING NEWS reporter in an inter
view with MIR. Osborne last night learned
more fully the contents of Crown Attorney
Badgerow's letter. Mr.. Badgerow does not
say that the papers will be sufficient TO
secure Morses extradition. He says that
he is inclined to think that tho facts as
set forth in the dispositions are sufficient to
justify an order for extradition" but he
adds 'the fact that Morse had upon his
person a weapon with which he could have
killed Barbee had it been his intention TO
commit murder, may be urged to show that
murder was not his intent"
Mr.. Badgerow alludes to the fact that
''the colored population are trying to work
up class prejudice" but he adds: II don't
think, however, that the Judge before
whom Morse comes will be affected by any
such sentiment"
The following is the full text of the pub
location in the Toronto paper reporting the
meeting of tie negroes of Toronto IN Morse's
behalf, to which the MORNING NEWS
briefly alluded yesterday. 1t says:
THE CASE OF ADAM MORSE.
Nearly a hundred representative colored resi-
dents of the city met in the coored people g
Baptist Church last evening 70 consider the
case Of the colored man, Adam Morse who is
now In Toronto jail awaiting trial for extradi-
ton 10 Georgia for an alleged attempt to muir
der a Savannah street railway conductor, A. NJ.
Barber Several speeches we're made which
aimed at showing that the charges against
Morse had been greatly exaggerated and that
if he returned to Georgia he would have but
small chance of being fairly dealt with The
Rev. j. o. johnson moved the following resolu-
ton which Yves unanimously carried
That we. in meeting assembled after weigh
ing the matter fully, express our heartfelt
sympathy for Adam Morse and family, believ-
ing him to be highly deserving character, and
will do our best, both with our prayers and
means, to save him from the clutches OF nius-
tice inhumanity and rebellism.
A considerable sum of money was then sub
scribed for the defense Of Morse The case
comes up before Judge McDougall to-day, and
new interest will be impaired into il from the
fact that Morse's son, the boy who was as
saulted by the conductor who brings this charge
against his father, viii appear and give evi-
dence in favor Of his father.