Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
PROMOTER DODGE HELD
SENSATIONAL ALL-NIGHT IN
CURRY IN NEW YORK.

Inere was very unexpected turn to the
case of perjury against Charles F. Dodge,
who was brought back to New York from
Texas yesterday, when he was released on
his own recognizance after arraignment be-
fore Judge Cowing in the court of general
sessions in New York today.
Dodge was accused of committing perjury
in testifying that service was not made upon
him in the suit by which divorce was Sc
cured from him by his former wife, who
subsequently married Charles ". Morse,
the banker and promoter After Dodges
testimony, now alleged to have been per-
jured, his former wife secured a divorce
from Mr.. Morse.
Dodge resisted when an attempt was made
to bring him from Texas, but on his arrival
in New York is said to have made confess
sion in a midnight talk with the police au-
thorities.
Judge Cowing said after releasing Dodge
that he could not make public his reasons
for doing SO at this time. Dodge was re-
leased upon the recommendation of District
Attorney Jerome, who said that for reasons
of a public nature the ends Of justice would
be served by such action.
1t was reported that Dodge has turned
states evidence and that he will be a wit
against others for whom Dodge is supposed
to have acted as agent.
NEW YORK, December 24.-After a SEN
sational all-night session at police head
quarters, at which he is said to have made
a full confession, Charles F. Dodge, the
former husband of the wife of Charles w,
Morse, the banker and principal promoter
of the American Ice Company, today was
prisoner at the Broadway Central Hotel
guarded by both federal and local authori-
ties.
1t was expected that Dodge would be
taken into court at the earliest possible
moment, the proceedings under which he is
held by the federal authorities withdrawn
and the prisoner be formally turned over to
the custody of the New York county courts
While he was arrested by United States
marshal and sent to this city as a federal
prisoner this was done only to place him
in the hands of authorities In this state
Dodge is charged with perjury in declar-
ing that service had not been made on him
in suit by which his wife secured a di-
vorce from him, and which was followed by
the sensational Morse-Dodge divorce case
Bitterly Fought Legal Battle.
The arrival of Dodge in New York yester-
day followed one of the longest and most
bitterly fought legal battles on record, and
was the real beginning Of what, it is be-
lieved, will develop in one of the most SEN
sational cases the metropolis has seen.
That the efforts to protect Dodge are by
no means at an end was evinced by the
manner in which his arrival was received
yesterday. Even before the steamer bear
ing the prisoner had reached her dock a
process server forced his way into the
presence of District Attorney Jerome with
paper demanding the release of the pris-
Oner.
This officer was hustled unceremoniously
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 seizing him by the coat collar.
rushed him out through the door. Before
going away the process server tossed the
paper back through the open door on the
floor of the district attorneys office.
Lawyers Waited for Steamers Arrival.
When the steamer arrived several attor-
neys were on hand to represent the pris-
oner, but he was hurried to police head
quarters, where for many hours he was
subjected to what the police call the third
degree process. Representatives of the fed
eral. county. and city police took part in this
long conference, two attorneys claiming to
represent the prisoner being denied admis-
sion even in the face of most urgent pro-
tests.
1t was the attempt of lawyers claiming
to represent Dodge that brought about the
most sensational incident of the long night
Barlow S. Weeks and A. H. Hummel. two
of New York's most prominent criminal
lawyers, appeared at police headquarters
soon after Dodge arrived there in custody
of the officers, and demanded to see the
prisoner on the ground that they had been
retained to defend him.
Sensational Incident.
They met with little success. being in
formed by stenographer who was sent out
to meet them that it was not known that
Dodge was their client. and that If so he