New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-09
THE MIX-UPGR0WS WORSE
SAYS DODGE WAS SERVED.
J,qzcuer Insists Mrs. N0rse's First
Dtvorce WaS al Right.

LttTOTES " Us Il u IltSUt.
pc,5,v declaring that the Dodge divorce pro-
,,,s7,,ee. which have been followed by so much
,oofpsioa in connection with Mrs. Dodge's sub
eaguant marriage TO Charles W. Morse. the
ice King" were regular in every respect, Will
sam A. Swcetser said yesterday aftenoon that
he uersonally had served the summons in the
divorce case on Nr. Dodge. Further. he had
,-oof. he said. OF the existence Of which he had
lust that morning learned, that Dodge had been
,erfectly willing to be served with the summons,
sns that he had even come TO this city from
Atlanta 70 be served.
This whole thing is a strike" cried he, hotly
enerv al declarations that disbarment proceed
,rrs would be brought against him for his part
q what h3s been termed by the courts an in
,.lId divorce, and which others have called
fraudulent.
.It's a strike he continued and you can
ouote ne as saying So 1 court the fullest in
yestigation OF this whole affair, through the
Bar Association or ia any other way FuTther'
"a. can rest assured that III not let this drop
here I got proof to-day that didn't know was
.n existence when this was rehashed peroFe OF!
the application 10 annul the divorce I'm gong
70 stir things Up. Dodge knew all ABOUT this'
' served him with the summons IN the case at
,ba Everett House, in this city He knew we
had the evidence on which the divorce was
Granted; he knew that he couldn't deny IT, anu
he made no defence Now he comes FORWARD
saying, 1hat he knew nothing about H. l Il sho"
sTea.2,i.ae, Dodge and she who was Mrs. Morse
are husband and wife again she caniioL sue
MIN lor 4 divorce, and he, accoIollls 70 i-tS
iaWver Abraham Hummel, has absolutely no
intention Of suing her because she nEed Win L
Charles W. Morse as Mrs. Morse FIp.ia 4.,ai ~
Morse and Mrs. Morse not d "oro WAS 0''"-AN1
yesterday.
A l. II.
# the proceedings which William A Sweetser
GAYS he viii bring prove that Dooge feceiNeu
,cal notice os his pgife's suit against him there
VIII be complications unlimited Inc aniul-
,oeat Of The divorce by Justice Clarke, on the
,o,o,,roerdettcn OF Ernest Hall, would be un-
,ust and The marriage of Mrs. Dodge ana MT
Morse would not be Illegal. What steps "oula
have to be taken 10 bring things 20 thelr s IoIe
peaceful condition, however ol1S an
enccG divorce lawyer could tell. -,
IL The original suit, William a SweetSer ap
reared for Mrs. Dodge, while Mortimer A. hu-
sse- who has since died, appeared ior Douse
Dodge, IL his suiJ for anEulment OF the ~ ~ClEolgc,
through Ate" Hummel declared that he never
hired RugeI and thar he was never served WIN
a summons in the suit brought against MN %
his wife Ex-Judge Ernest Hall, appointed reI-
cree ly Justice Clarke, reported that a summons
had never been served on Dodge, and that !Dodge
had never retained Ruger 70 defend him IN the
suit; that, in fact. he knew nothing about the
suit until il was decilrd against him. -A1teloie
The decree OF divorce was annulled
Mrs. Dodge thereupon began a suit for divorce
from Charles W. Morse, on the ground mat s!I0
had q husi and living when she married MIN
This suit. supported by the annulment OF the
.orlner divorce. was granted by Justice BlschoH-
The papers were not made public however.
A peculiar incident led 10 making the case
r7rbltc The names OF the principals in the
:Lorse case were nisspelled. Justice BischoT
sent the papers 10 the County Clerk. ordering
them kept sealed. His personal clerk was not
there. however, and Justice Gte6erichs clerk,
supposing them 10 be from that justice. took
CharSp Of them. Later when demand was
made to see them. he said the justice he'd or
gerich declared there must be some miS~-ke.
he had never issued such an order, so the Coun-
y Clerk opened them and the DEGREES in the
two cases were put on record.
out Of the declarations that Ruger did not
represent Dodge and that Dodge knew nothing
about the suit came statements yesterday that
disbarmcat proceedings would be instituted
against Mr.. Sweetser. Mr.. Sweetser expressed
his desire TO refute any charges that he had
Ioea concerned in fraudulently procuring Mrs.
D0dgc's divorce
MRS. DODGE AND MR.. MORSE FRIENDLY.
Mrs. Dodge and Mr. Morse, IL IS understood.
ere on the friendliest terms. She applied for the
divorce from him simply because she supposed
that her divorce from Dodge was invalid. AS
10 what her future movements will be- however.
her lawyers, Furs:aan. Little & Schwarzkopf.
Were uncommunicative.
Mrs, Dodge first net Mr. Morse when she came
70 Ills city after separating from her husband
taaJ zap, 10 be Nj Morse's hoUsekeeper. After
l2elr marriage they went TO Europe for q long
ulp, Returning they lived at No. 724 Fifth
ave. until about year ago when Mr.. Morse
sqId that house and they moved TO the Plaza
Nj Morse himself has had 4 remarkable life.
le vas left almost pennilesS when his father
C-td- he lived in Maine. His sole assets
L"o little schOoners. He took 10 sending ice
c'"A Tae coast, bought more vessels and finally
S--oe 10 this city, whore he built up q large ac-
quairtance with TaraI,2ny noliticians r9pidIv
eeofnered facilities FOR shipping and receiving
- ana presto-the Ice Trust burst forth.
-."I van WYck was always his good friend,
e',l 10 giving away Mrs Dodge at the wedding.
2dse Ernest Hall said last night:
ME inFest:gction OF the matter proves con-
k.I.4FclT that the lawyer William 4. Sweetser
taa never served the papers on Mr. Dodge and
- 80, 1-e lawyer Mortimer =. Ruger did not le-
go represent Mr.. Dodge before the referee
80 Aeard the application Of Mrs Dodge for a
1870. 3y connection with the case did not
1,--s me N contact with Mr.. Morse, IT being
,-l 81, sc!ely % an investigation OF the action
v Dodge vs. Dodge