The morning news., 1888-05-31
MORSE KEPT IN CANADA.
CONDUCTOR BARBEE's AsSAlLANT
MAKING A HARD FIGHT.

One of Morse's Friends Conc to To-
ronto to Testify in His Behalf-The
Testimony that He Gave Before Jus
tice Molina Likely to Confront Him
in the Canadian Court - Detective
Wetherhorn in New York, But No
Definite Information Received from
Him.
1t is now pretty well established that
Adam Morse is to be tried in Canada and
not in Savannah, for his assault upon
Barbee. The failure Of Detective Wether-
horn to telegraph yesterday is interpreted
to indicate that Morse was not turned over
to him, and that the forecast in yesterdays
| MORNING NEWS was a correct one. Morse's
| testimony not yet having come to hand, his
case was continued, and to corroborate it,
it is only necessary to say that Luke Huger,
negro, left last night for Toronto. He
tried to deceive the friends of Conductor
Barbee By giving it out that he was merely
going over to Charleston on the o'clock
train, but it has been learned that he went
| to Toronto to testify in Morse's behalf
Jessie Williams, the negro who was men
toned yesterday as either having gone, or
had sent on deposition, did neither. He
was approached and an effort was made TO
get him to do one or the other, but he re-
fused to have anything to do with it. An
effort was also made to get James Craw-
ford, another witness of the assault, to go
on to testify in Toronto for Morse, but he
would not comply with the request.
GONE TO HELP MORSE.
AS Luke Huger was one of the witnesses
In the preliminary examination in Justice
Molina's Court, it may not be out of place
to say that the character of his testimony
was very damaging to Morse, and how his
evidence can aid Morse, if it does not vary
from his former evidence, is a conundrum
Ii it is of a different character at Toronto
nc may be called upon in the courts here to
answer a serious charge himself-that of
perjury.
Huger testified that Morse met him and
asked him to go back to Barbee's house with
him; that Morse carried an umbrella and
stick; that when they got to Barbee's house,
Morse got Barbee'S son to call his father
out; that Barbee came out and spoke
friendly to Morse, and seeing that the latter
was excited asked him what was the matter
Morse asked him what he (Barbee,) struck
his (Morse's) son for, and that Barbee told
him he had not done SO, and that the fact
could be proved by Mr.. Rob and others
that Morse called Barbee liar and knocked
four blows about the head with the stick
that Barbee, after the women had inter
fered, and he had got into his own door,
said to Morse "Yuu struck me wrong; /
did not strike your son."
LEFT TORONTO.
The fact that no telegram was received
here yesterday from Detective Wetherhorn
indicates that the Canuczs were too threat
ening in Canada for the officer, and that he
is now in New York awaiting the final
action of the Toronto court. All the testi
mony is in that he can produce, and judg-
ing from his dispatch of Tuesday, which
has since been learned was sent
from New York, he was compelled to
cross the border to be secure from the in
dignant negroes and their allies who have
espoused Morse'S cause, and it is not held to
be an unfounded belief that an assault was
made upon him which fastened his de-
parture from Toronto, for he telegraphed
from New York: II was badly treated at
Toronto and had to get permission from
| court to come to New York, " but to prevent
anxiety on the part of his family, he added:
| Tell my wife am well now"
A MORNING NEWS reporter called at Mr..
| Wetherhorn's house last night to learn if
Mrs Wetherhorn had received any recent
message from her husband. She said that
| the only information she had received about
| him since Saturday was derived from the
MORNING NEWS On Saturday she received
letter from him written at Toronto.
MORSE LIKELY TO STAY NORTH
kilograms were sent from here Tuesday
night to Mr.. Wetherhorn at New York city
to the address he gave in his telegram to w.
| w. Osborne, ESQ, announcing that certain
evidence he desired had been duly forwarded
| to Toronto, and it was thought here that if
| It was considered safe for him to go back to
Canada he would reach there yesterday,
but as no further information was wired
here yesterday or last night, the conclusion
was reached that he remained in New York
1t begins to look very much as if tho Cana
dians will not permit Morse's extradition,
but that he will be virtually tried by the
Canadian court and acquitted.
WITH FANS AND TAMBOURINES.