Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-21
HUMMEL'S CONVICTION
ANOTHER INDICTMENT HANGING
OVER HIM-oUT UNDER BAIL.

Abraham H. Hunimei, the lawyer. whose
conviction in New York of conspiracy for
cenniving with the aid of the perjured tes-
| tmony of Charles f. Dodge, to break up
the marriage of Charles w Morse to his
second wife, who was Mrs. Dodge, which
was printed briefly in The Star yesterday
was sentenced within few minutes after
| the 1urys verdict had been pronounced, TO
one years Imprisonment and fine of $780,
which is the maximum penalty TO, the
misdemeanor of which he was adiudged
guilty.
OF Judgment for twenty-four hours was
denied and Humn,el was taken to the
Iombs preparatory to going to the peni-
tertiary He remained in the Tomhs
until 10 o'clock last night, when he was
released under $4,000 bail on a writ OF
reasonable doubt secured from Judge
woodward Of the supreme court in
Brooklyn.
Speedy Sentence Requested.
| The rapidity of this entire proceeding
coming as it did against one of the most
| prominent and successful of New York
| lawyers, caused great surprise One of the
unexpected features of the trials ending
was the fact that one of HummePs own
counsel. John b. Stanehfield. made the
| ii[S, proposal for speedy sentence
Depending upon the result of this case
| are actions In other indictments against
prominent persons which have grown out
OF the Dodge-Morse divorce case
A hushed court room waited on the law
yer VINO had worked his way up from the
| position of office boy in the firm of which
| he is now the head Hummrl scanned
| the face of each jurymau as thew tiled
out of the jury room When the foreman
saia Gullty, Hummel flushed slightly,
u. nf ha
| he said: See that no one gets away with
my coat. will your
Hummel Denounced by Jerome.
Mr.. stanchfie,d then proposed that SEN
tence be passed Immediately, and District
Attorney Jerome was hurriedly summoned
to the court room. He consented, saying as
he made the motion that Hummel had
been menace to the community and to
public decency for the last twenty years.
Ire prisoner, when asked if he had any
| thing to say before sentence should be
passed, replied: Nothing at all"
When minute after passing the SEN
tence, Justice Rodgers refused to grant
an arrest of judgment for twenty-four
hours, SO as to permit of an application
FOR writ of reasonable doubt, Hummel
showed no emotion Aside from a little
| nervousness-a twitching OF the mouth
which was apparent, although the jaws
worked on a chunk of chewing elIm-he
had taken the verdict and the quick SEN
tence of the court calmly.
Insists That He Is Innocent.
Hummel said to the reporters:
1T would be shocking bad taste for me
to say anything but 1 can't help but feel
that 1 have been unjustly convicted,
chiefly due to vindictiveness Eotwith-
standing what Mr.. Jerome said about my
being menace to the community for
twenty years, am behind the bars with
a clear conscience, strange as it may
seem to some people. I expect to spend
the night in the Tombs. Proceedings,
however. are under way so that 1 will get
an early hearing tomorrow before some
Judge. whose name l cannot give you for
the present"
While the jury were celebrating on the
case yesterday afternoon they sent for the
letters which Dodge had written to Lawyer
Ruger, requesting him to represent him
in his wifes divorce suit, and also for
Dodge's signature. These were. furnished
them, and this evidence apparently set
tied the case in their minds, for few
minutes afterward a verdict of guilty was
announced.
Other Indictments Pending.
An indictment for subornation of per-
jury is still pending against HummeI IN
connection with which he IS under bond
in the sum of $500.
Just what action will be taken by the
district attorneys Office the second In
dctment will depend largely upon the fir.ai
disposition of the conspiracy case.
BENJAMIN Steinhardt, Hummeis PARTNER,
is charged with conspiracy and suborna-
ton of perjury in connection with Fhe d.
vorce tangle. Ex-Justice Edgar J.. Furs-
man, Dodge and Edward NJ. Bracken are
charged with conspiracy. Brackan is said
to be in France. Dodge will probably be
a subject for clemency.
History Of the Case.
The prosecution accused Hummel of con-
spring to invaAdate the legal divorce of
the present Mrs. Morse, wife OF G.. W.
Morse the banker and former ice magnate,
from Charles F. Dodge, who jumped rapid
w from one part of the country to another,
being employed at various times as brok-
ers' clerk waiter, hotel manager and res
taurant proprietor.
Hummel had the divorce set aside on the
ground that Dodge had not been served in
the divorce suit.
Dodge has since confessed that he was
served and the divorce and Mrs Dodges
marriage to Morse, which had been an
| nulled have been reinstated.
Hummel was employed by Capt. James
| Morse an uncle of c. w. Morse, to break
| the marriage.
The retainer for the lawyer-S15, 000-and
| the fight to keep Dodge from being brought
| back here on indictment for perjury
! cost Capt. Morse more than $4,000
Aside from the spectacular fight in Texas
| to bring Dodge back here, District Attorney
| Jerome caused additional interest in the
| trial by asking that the jury be locked up.