The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
DODGE. CASE
TO BE UNRAVELED
Dodge, One Of the Husbands in
the Ice Kings Tangle,
Confesses.


New York, Dec. "a. There was an un-
against Charles w. Dodge, brought here
from Texas yesterday, when he was re-
leased on his own recognizance after ar
raignment before Judge Cowing.
Dodge was accused of perjury in tes
| tifylng that service was not made upon
him in the divorce suit Of his former
wife, who subsequently married Charles
W. Morse, the banker and promoter.
| Dodge resisted an attempt to bring
him from Texas, but on arrival is said
to have made confession to the local
| authorities. -
Dodge was released upon the recon-
| men dation of District Attorney Jerome,
who said the ends Of justice would be
served by such action. 1t was reported
that Dodge had turned state s evidence
| and would be witness in proceedings
against others for whom Dodge is sup
posed to have acted as agent. asz F.
The Divorce Tangle. :
&c Charles ar F. Dodge is charged rg oEitd with
Morse divorce tangle-a tangle in
then became Mrs. Charles W. Morse.
then Mrs. Dodge again, and finally
Mrs. Morse, tho when the court Of ap-
peals had passed on the case it ap-
peared there had been but two mar
riages and one divorce in the, chain of
Mrs. odge-MorseDodgeMorse.
Dodge is accused Of having com,
mitted perjury in swearing that he had
never been served with summons In the
| suit by which his wife, now Mrs.
Morse, obtained a divorce, and he was
decision handed down by. the United
States supreme court, which refused
to sustain his appeal from the decision
Of the Texas courts ordering him to
this city.
Before the first Dodge divorce, Dodge
was a ,dini1ngcar conductor, then an At:
in Texas, whittier he fed after. the
Morse marriage, he was apparently a
man Of wealth, and thereby was mys-
terry injected into the case. It was af-
ter the Morse marriage that Dodge
summons. and it was because Of this
oath, it is said, that he fled. to Texas.
Then the New York gossips asked:
HWho but Charles W.. Morse, the head
Of the. ice trust, is furnishing Dodge
%ie Oeeta th99s3naT o 6s IN order that he elude
Meanwhile Mrs. Dodge Morse g .di-
vorce decree was annulled making her
| Mrs. Dodge again, and the Morses sep
arated. Finally the court Of appeals
reversed the annulment decree, and she
became Mrs. Morse.
Long Legal Battle.
The arrival Of Dodge in New York
followed one Of the longest and most
bitterly fought legal battles on record,
and was the real beginning of what, it
lis believed, will develop into one Of
the most sensational cases the metropo-
lis has seen.
That the efforts to protect Dodge are
are by no means at an end are. evil
rival was received yesterday. Even be-
fore the steamer bearing the prisoner
had reached the dock, a process server
forced his way into the presence Of
District Attorney Jerome with a paper
demanding the release Of the prisoner.
This officer was hustled unceremonious-
, " from the office by Mr.. Jerome, who,
after refusing to accept the paper on
, the ground that Dodge was a federal
prisoner and that he was not at that
time in New York county, thrust the
paper into the officers pocket and
Selling him by the coatcollar rushed
him out thru the door. The process
server tossed the paper back thru the
8 open door.
, The Third Degree.
) When the steamer arrived several at
: torneys were on hand to represent the
8 prisoner, but he was hurried to police
headquarters, where for many hours ht
E was subjected to the "third degree
Two attorneys claiming to represent tht
prisoner were denied admission ever
in the face of the most urgent protests
1t was the attempt Of lawyers claim
+c oh
about the most sensational incident Of
I the night. Barlow 8. Weeks and A. H
, Hummel, two Of New York's mos
prominent criminal lawyers, appeared a
police headquarters soon after Dodg'
~ arrived there and demanded to see th'
5 prisoner on the ground that they hat
been retained to defend him. They
were informed by a stenographer tina
it was not known that Dodge was thei
client and that if so he was at tha
time in custody Of the United State
authorities They declined to accep
2 this answer as final. Mr. Weeks mad
t a formal demand in writing, addresse,
Q to an assistant district attorney know
:. to be in the building demanding tha
t he see his client.
, Compliments of the Season.
s The note was returned with an in
Nto1 ooe'cAASS IAt'p 1iAc sAOSAoCe1A1 u
y trict attorney extended the compli
g ments of the season to Mr.. Weeks.'
r A demand upon police sergeant fo
J. service Of a bench warrant for the al
J. rest Of Dodge was rejected with tn
y excuse that he would ''have to see MI
q McAdoo frst.''
Another appeal to the assistant dis
e trict attorney brought the reply tina
n Dodge had no desire to see the atto1
s. neys, that he had not retained them an
N that he was satisfied to be withou
counsel.
Before giving up the struggle earl
t. this morning, Mr.. Weeks said the pr,
d ceeding was worthy of Russia. The a
d torneys declared that they believe
ir counsel was being withheld from Dode
L. against his will in hope that stat,
Is ment might be drawn from him befol
he was arraigned. ,. t
District Attorney Jerome said M
Weeks and Mr.. Hummel had been d
MED admission because Dodge had r
n tanned former Assistant District Alto
ney James W. Osborne as his attorne
He said Mr.. Osborne had been at polio
~ headquarters since the arrival of Dode
% 70 and had heard everything that had ia,
a. q, en- place.