The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-27

this city last night from
through the persistent efforts
trfct Attorney Jerome. to face d
of perjury in connection "!
divorce tangie. Cha
Dodge, former husband OF the pl
wife Of Charles w. Morse. receive
liberty today upon the recommended
OF the district attorney who personl
appeared before Judge Cowing In
district court Of general sessions, al
asked that Dodge be discharged on n
own reoognizance.
This turn in the case follows an all-'
night conference at police headquarters.
Mr.. Dodge was taken Immediately upon
his arrival here and during which 1t Is
said he made a confession tha.a win lead
10 the making OF serious charges if
connection with the Morse-Dodee caso
against seven men OF prominence In
this city. 1t is said that Dodge will
go before the grand jury, which at Mr..
Jeromes request was continued in ses-
sion through Christmas week and that
ne VIII be the chief witness ar the sfafa
in the prosecution OF the men said q,
be implicated by his confession.
Ex-Assistant District Attorney jaime,
w. Osborne, the nov counsel for Dodge
VINO was present throughout las.
nights conference had previously ad-
vised Dodge to tell all he knows. Mr..
Osborne says he feels that Dode,e viii
never see the inside OF a prison.
men Dodge was taken before Judge
Attorney Jerome. after
relating the Incidents connected with
the PRISONERS arrest and extradit'oa
nom Texas, asked that the transfer OF
the prisoner from Federal to state ia,
be made When this was done. he said:
When, Tor reasons OF public nature,
which cannot now be stated I'm public
because they would be detrimental 10
the cause of justice, the defendant
should be discharged upon his own re-
cogniZance upon the indictment found
on June 18th. 1904. and I ask that nc
be discharged"
Dodge was discharged and went TO
P hotel accompanied by a detective
Of Mr.. Jerome's staff
After these developments Mr.. Os-
borne said:
Mr.. Dodge will remain I'm his hotel
in my care until ne Is wanted as wit
hess Ior the county
The arrival OF Dodge I'm New York
yesterday followed one Of the longest
and most bitterly fought legal battles
on record and was the real beginning
of what, 1t Is believed will develop I'm
one Of the most sensational cases the
Metropolis has seen. When the
steamer arrived several attorneyrs
were on hand TO represent the pris-
oner but he was hurried TO police
headquarters where for many hours
he was subjected to what the police
call the third degree process Repre-
sentatives Of the federal, county and
city police took part IN this long con-
ference, swo attorneys claiming to
represent the prisoner being denied
admission even In the face OF most
urgent protests. II was the attempt
OF lawyers claiming TO represent
Dodge that brought about the most
sensational incident Of the long night.
Barlow Weeks, and A. II. HummeII
two OF New York's most prominent
criminal lawyers, appeared at police
headquarters soon after Dodge ar
rived there in custody Of the officers
and demanded to see the prisoner on
the ground that they had been re-
tanned to defend him.
They met with no success Mr..
Weeks said the proceeding was
worthy Of Russia" The attorneys
declared that they believed counsel
was being withheld from Dodge
against his will In hope that state
ment might be drawn from him be-
fore he was arraigned In court
AT the conclusion of the conference
at police headquarters. District At
torney Jerome said that Mr.. Weeks
and 3fr. Hummel had been~denied
admission because Dodge had retain
ed ex-Assistant District Attorney Jas
s. Osborne as his attorney. He said
that Mr.. Osborne had been at police
headquarters since the arrival OF
Dodge and had everything that had