The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-06
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deIphia and so far as could be learned
last night she was lost there by her
tracers.
CeIshenen occupied Mr. Morse's box at
the opera Mr. Morse pays $1,000 Il year
for the box.
1t is said that Mrs. Gelshenen has
been notified that if she would come
forward and explain satisfactorily GER
tain things that the district attorney
wanted to know about, she Wouio pc
saved from any notorlety IN coiiIicctloii
with the case. Mrs Gelshenen, apF3I-
emily not thinking il best TO comply
with the district attorney wishes, MI
Jerome took the course OF SenalnS het
Il letter, with the lntlmatlo!i lhal ne
would make it public if she did not re-
spond.
Morse's Best Friend.
William H. Gelshenen was not only
president of the Garfield National Bank.
but vice president of the Garfield Safe
Deposit Company. and director of the
City Trust Company, and of the Nation
al Bank of North America de was
also vice president and director of the
Consolidated Ice Company at the time
il was merged with the American Ice
Company in which Charles w. Morse
was Interested Morse was perhaps Gel
shenen's closest friend. He succeeded
him as head of the Garfield Bank and
has managed Mrs; Gelshenen,s large es-
tate since her husba4ldS death on March
4. 1902 Mrs. Gelshenen was originally
Catherine Dunno.
From the day the scandal began to
be aired the story has been current that
Charles W. Morse had sought to free
himself from his marriage with Mrs
Dodge because he wished to MARI
again. a divorce would not do, because
the Catholic Church does not recos-
nize divorce, and the marriage in view
was with a. Catholic.
A Church Question.
Annulment of marriage illegally con-
| tracted is, however, quite different L
! he was never legally married to Mrs.
Dodge-if she had a lawful husband
/ living when he went through the cere-
mony with her-the annulment of heI
marriage would be no ban in the eyes
OF the church.
She had obtained divorce in The
| courts here. Dodge was a bankrupt and
| broken man. Six years after the divorce
| was granted, and although, as has since
appeared, he had been duly served anC
! had engaged an attorney TO appear f1l
/ him, he comes North and sues TO have
the divorce set aside, swearing that ht
| had no notice of the suit. The divorce
was set aside. and thereupon Mrs
| Dodge left Mr.. Morse and brought al
aetion-or at least an action was brought
III which she appeared as PLAINTIFF
have her marriage with Morse annuled
Marriage Admitted
The marriage was annuled on the per
jured evidence Dodge had given IN hi:
own suit. That evidence was such tina
the attention of the bar association ant
the appellate division was called to 1t
Naturally. this stirred UP the survivln:
lawyer of those concerned-W. A
Sweetser. who had procured the divorc
for Mrs. Dodge-and in searching abou
for his own defense he1obtained from
the desk of Mortimer A. 5Ruger. deceaS
ed, who was attorney of record 70
Dodge, Z letter acknowledging receipt o
the summons in the case, and askin;
Rugers TO appear for him. but saying
there was no valid defense tc Mrs
Dodges charges.
Then came the efforts TO Obtain
Dodge's arrest for perjury. The bank
rupt found to be a man supple
| with unlimited cash with which TO figh
; or to run. and with lawyers galore, i
) and out OF this jurisdiction. However
he and his hackers were beaten at las
and he is here telling what he knows.
Morse and the Money.
; An unwary partner of Howe & Hum
/ mel, now 20 longer active in the firm
! affairs announced one day that tn
money supplied to Dodge through tina