The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-19
EX-HUSBAND ADMITS RECEIVING MONEY
  Charles F. Dodge Changed His Testimony Famous Case
ADMITS FALSE SWEARING
He Had Received Money and Thought That He Had to Swear Falsely. Captain Morse
 Testifies.

New York, DecemDer lo'--1hdiles I. Dodge, the former husband of Mrs. Charles ". Morse, was the witness today in the prosecution of Abraham A. Hummell, the lawyer, who is charged with conspiring to annul Mrs Morse's marriage to MT Morse. After Dodge had declared that his divorce from his former wife was il- legal and the courts had set 1t aside 1t was charged he was kept in Texas by almost princey entertainments by per sons interested in having his divorce de- clared void.
 Dodge told of receiving $500 in a period of three months from Hummell and men whom Hummell sent to him and of chang ing his testimony, after receiving this money about the facts in his orlglnai divorce case from Mrs. Morse. He testi- fled that in New York city in 1898 he was served with a summons by lawyer named Sweetzer in Mrs Morse's original divorce suit. He testified also that ne retained Mortimer Ruger as his counsel in this case. Later when the validity or this divorce was questioned, EdWard Bracken met him in Georgia telling Dodge that Hummell had sent him to say that he wanted Dodge in New York
 "Bracken handed me $500 said Dodge, T then consented to go to New York. v
  Hummell asked him whether he was served with the summons by Sweetzer Dodge said he answered yes. Later he said. MT. Hummell dictated an affidavit which the witness signed He then went to Atlanta, Ga. in the following month he said he again returned to New York, where he talked with Hummell about the divorce Dodge testified that he signed another affidavit then Hummell then gave l~fI adA in the next month, Dodge says he was asked to come from Atlanta to New York and at this time at the office of the referee in the proceedings concerning hlS divorce from Mrs. Morse that he swore he had not been served with the summons by Sweetzer and that Ruger was not his counsel.
 Received More Money.
 And after you had testified what hap pened?' Dodge was asked
 q went back to Hummelrs office and was there given $500 After getting the money I returned to the south"
 In addition to the s500 Dodge said he was getting $50 a day expenses. Later Dodge testified that the first affidavit made be- fore Hummell and signed by him was to the effect that he had never retained Ruger nor been served with the sum- mons
 You swore to other things that were false at the referee proceedings?" he was asked by Delaney Nieol, MT. Hummelrs 8 attorney.
 'I did"
 Dodge testified that after signing the second affidavit he made the following remark: Before leaving Atlanta l told Braeken I wanted s50OO as compensa- tion. l thought there was something do- ing so I might as well be In it.
 Asked whether the money was given as expense or to Influence him To swear falsely, Dodge replied:
 Well, l had got the money and I thought l was forced to swear falsely
 Dodge was then excused and Captain James Morse, the New England ship own CT, took the witness stand. He IS an uncle of Charles w. Morse. the husband of Mrs Clemence Dodge Morse Captain Morse said that in 1903 he came to New York to see Hummell.
 "I made known my business to him, , said Morse My nephew was married to Clemenoe Dodge l told him that the family was very much dissatisfied with him and that I would like the matter of her divorce from Dodge looked into and to see if 1t was quite orderly.
 Afterward he said Hummell telephoned to him in Boston that the marriage was | irregular and that he wanted slo,W0 re taining fee Mr Morse said he himself 1 delivered the fees in bills the next day. Captain Morse said that Hummell told him Mrs. Morse's second marriage could | be upset and added;
 "Break Up Marriage" 'T then gave him instructions 10 break | LID that marriage If he could. l requested | him not to let me know whatever he 1 did in the matter
 l In the winter of 1904, itness said Hum mell told him that Dodge had been ar | rested In the south for perjury, and that | Captain Morse ought to do something 1 about it.
 "Did he ask you to put up s1oUo bail l for Dodge?'
 'Yes, and I came on next day with the l Sl0OO0, and gave it to Hummei l never | got it hack Later on in response to an- other message from Hummell, l went to l Stamford, Conn, and gave 5000 to Ma l thaniel Cohen"
 The witness said that In addition to | this payment he afterward gave success sively the following sums to Cohen: sl5oo, s55O0 5000. SsO00, $500 and s2500. making | a total of s29 500 exclusive of the bail or 1 the original $15,000 fee,
 Did you ever get any Of thc money l back?" Morse was asked. l 'No, sir"
 1 Captain Morse testified that he took 1t | on himself to break up the marriage re- gardless of the cost in the interest of his nephew. Captain Morse said that Hummell 1 had never informed him that Dodge would l come to New York unless he received 1 s,nO He did not know that any money