The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25
CASE LIKEL y YH'T' BE &.
. VERY S SAT'IO|NlA 4 D \ I II
As Result 81 All-Nighyt3 Confer M
ence Jerome AaAp Appeared y int q 4:
Court and Askcd That the 4a
4 Prisoner be Released
I 5si35 OH His Own Re
ognizance. 3!ss8 55a.

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4 city last night from Texas, throu the
persistent forts OF Distric ITO rney g.
5rome, face u q v charge OF II rtnry4iss II
connection with the Il NJ orse- Dod dgc q iYorcc
4 tangie, chaas.tI b. bod g, former husband
! OF tile present wife OF Ctias W i. Morse.
received his liberty to. day upon the recon-
of the district Ut tornry, yYtlo5
i personally appeared before Judge CpYing,
an the court OF general sessions, and asked
q that Dod sc be- dis charged on his own
gnizance, s ;5 II n Il s3s
Implicated Prominent Men. AZ
55s8 5y. This turn in$ the case lows nj, all-
night conference at police headquarters,
Y where Dodge was taken itnmedI ately up.
i! on his arrival 4 here. and during N which,
1t iss$ said, he made a confession that
will q lead to II the jS making OF serpus
charges In connection with the Aiorse-
Il Dodge case Ia gainsts seven men OF prom
Sincnce III y this city. IS stated TINT
4 Dodge will 90 before & tho grand jury
\ which, III Mr. q Jeromc, s request, was con-
&tinued IN session through Christmas week,
and that &lle will be the Sch wilt ness of
the State In the prosecuti Ion Of the men
" Said TO be implica ted by his nfesyion.fs
Ex-ABsIstant District ttorney James
\ Nv. Osborne, the new council for Dodge,
who was present througout las t s$night'E
conference had previously sad Used Dodge
n to tell all hss knew. Mr.. o. born says he
feels that Dodge will never see the In
/ side of a prison. ssil s5ssf
S When Dodge N was ~ ken fore ] udgc
&Cowing, District ttorney Jerome, after.
Il relating tho Incidents connected with the
4 prisoners arrest and cxtradltion from
Texas, q asked ( hn t X the transfer o tlls
prisoner "a from the Fedora to the s tate
Sail be made. w on a ti1is va Il one, he
said 81 ~ va
For reasons of public IN t,irs, ttch
cannot now be stated 4 III public. Il because
& they would be trimental TO the cause
q OF 81 Justice, the defendant should be- d Is
y charged upon his own xrcco gnizancc upon
the Indictment found 4 on " Tune 26t 1901,
and Il ask that he be dlschar ed. s5 :Sl
II Dodge was discharged 81 and went to 81
hotel. accompanied by a detective OF Mr..
SIeromes staff. s ss:t
3.ss After these develo lopments, Mr. osboorli . II
said g8 ssss y 3}g t55
.'Alr. II Dodge will 4 remain at u his { hotel
4 IN my care until he Is wanted as q q Wit
ness for the coun ty.''a' sg 3S2
At tho request OF Mr.. Jerome. Dodge
mud his counsel will appear al the crinli.
nal building on Monday, II is stat care
( fully, to review tho testimony to &be pre-
I sented IL to the grand Jury. Tho 81 grand
Il F1urys8swill meet wednesday,, and DOdgo
will appenrf either on the opening day
or tho day following. 81
Sensational Case.
The arrival 4 OF Dodge In New York
Yesterday followed one OF the long It and
most bitterly fought legal battles on rec
&ord, and was the real ginning Of what,
}itSis believed vi II dcvclo p In one OF the
most sensational cases the metropplis
has seen. When the steamer arrt tycd fseY-
$eral attorneys were on hand to- represent
the prisoner. but he was hurried to POS
lice headquarters, where for many ours
ne was subjected to what the police call
the third degree recess. r Rcprcsen tatiyes
8of tho Federal, B county and o. ltyt police
took part !n.this long conference. two at
torncys claiming to represent the prls-
o1,er& batng denied admission S even IA In
the face Of most urgent pro tests. # f ii5s
i < Il was tho attempt Of lawyers claim
Ing toSreprcsent Dodge that brought tsnbout
the most sensational Incident OF the long
night, Barlow s.. Weeks and a. II. Hum
mel, ,S two OF 8 New York s. most promi-
nent criminal lawyers. n q ppearcd q Pos
lice Ileadquarters soon after Dodge arr
rived there In ustody OF the Officers,
and demanded to see thesprlsoner.s on the
ground that they had been retained to de-
!. fend him. They met with no success. ~ r,
Weeks said the proceeding was "w orthy
i OF Russia. Il Tho attorneys declared that
they believed " ounsel wa 8 pclns 4 With
held from Dodge against his will In hope
4 that a. statement might bc drawn K from
him before lie was ;lrraigpcd lin court,
At tho conclusion Of the conference .,nl
police .headquart tcrsi a Dis trlct-A tto orney Jc-
rome said that Mr.. Weeks md Mr. Hum
mel had been denied admissions, because
Dodge had retained X-Assistant District
Attorney James W. Osborne as his tor.
i ney. He said that Mr., Osborne had been
at police headqu arters sincefthe arrlyal !
of Dodge and Ind heard everything that
had taken place, u, WI III