New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
DODGE CHEERFUL WITNESS
TESTIFIES TO Perjury.
Hunpel Rece;oed SIS 900 Retaining
Fee-May Be No Defence.

,,srs-acv In the Dodte-Morse disoree r I1oaSe
star wIhesse ss.Hs.,s - Mrs Charles w Morse anu
.-.t T.r,es r Morse Mr.. Morse's uicie an
80 yras not called to testify 1hete @ -. - xvtt
,n+,rnation that the defence wouio ~
- nd the trial mag end to-day -+a-aav
nesses, ana 'ne % -. s fhe first witness yesteroas'
- r,on who has been reported " - -
@o~ several months he bore the Or sdu1itting
>,..,-s. examination remarkably that
.. r--sat readiness and seeming chee -. 1E-
VIII g .s himself repeatedly in helpNie
- break I'D the Morse marfiase. pand
20 questions by Assistant Dlsliio' - +hsn sixty
- go he was born in Vermont h.o- .. ,esrlv
- ~ s.,o3 and had been in the hotel pusNeSs - old
yeas So -,,ce he was twenty-scveh Yes - -
o.. - - oho1t his marriage TO MISS
5,ovvles I'm san Francisco IN 1871 anu 1 h1- 60 tho
.Ao marriage was most unhappy pie -. an-
+iop in this city, in 1855 lie saFe . hir,
sepaIa'o. sep -, = ,,oe Of the divorce papers on MN
- a. E,verett House. this city, IN AafeH -
rv william A Sweetser. his wlfe az. . -; -ife
,1- there had been an arrangement a;,;ta+ad
- ,ne service He related how ne pau A+Ion
Ior the sei 1,i5ence against himself in Allan
ny hare he then lived. and idenoheo lhe ie''
which he had 10 Mortimer Kuser nus sa
~ record in this city telling him 10 iiANe mans - ~
- =. .be divorce suit He first learned from a
1eaiSe i 'He -, ha read In Tampa that the divorce
=. : -, Granted and he later accepted seF'ice "
. csrtiaed copv OF the divorce when ne was a. '
long Beach Hcte. on Long 4sahu- ,a, bs
Sine douyn TO about two years ego Wheh no
OO'.i'-e t 15yvar6 NJ Bracken. detective IN
-, ~ wr HummeI. at Atlanta, Doose saiu
pscEen gave him $500 and a promise OF lio.o1 moi.
set him 70 come the city and see M IJ,,rn
sss testimony tells what happened in Mr- mum
nel's ofice: ,
owhat was said done then? Aeu I3a asked
.sSted With me about my r!ifes divorce he aSAeU
me eG9Gf d mme ny ask you if you had been served
-s}b fbe summons in your wife's divorce Cases
oand what cid you tell him? A.+dnae Ina at the The
been served with the summons IN ma n1arc6 1887 by
EyeIEett Istvf4 ao9Te Me GR smeetser ees aS' 1
oGwhat happened next? "A stenogTPhfs g1 Paf
ssyt, for ms which after luncheon ne asked ING
70 Rama put the affidavit in EVIDENCE after sT
Dodge Identified it This is the hrst T1ne anGa he he
hch D2dgs se6 eTRe 15 divorce
suit. and never had ennpoyea a Ia" Se' ~ ''-
otWhen did you go back TO Atlanta? A--Ihe
neg. end SSS when did you hear from Bracken? A
In He came to me in "a 9eYork? A
YES: Consented to go with him, and on my arrival
here again put up at the 1a4ta a4tsi invent to Mr.
y,SmmeI's i's' offce and he introduced me to MI
Qwhat did seinhardt say ,a 20 YOU Witf me about
wffes divorce case? de sd enee pspers on his
desk He called in stenographer VINO TOOK ifte nTse
out After looking it over 1 signed the anoa'I''
"elch After ss9 You Signed the adavi did see
Afr Humnei? AYes in his Once s Ms s. 66 sGa6hG 6a
there Hpmei then gave se me fo me hotel and
iateTT' returned to Atlanta be
came Atlnta in N9yem6er @ abe -1al ana bere saW
ptImneI. and by his direction went 10 HeIeFee
w S you ss sR sReES f SSa nsa fTs oss
Q.-And what did you say? A--iha' l iao hO'
been seTYe1 eTs Dy Ton also asked If Ruger been
your counsel? Al was and l answered 'la' he
And when your testimony t, t9 that t ef5eit dfS had
C.-After you had testified: what happened9 a. A.
$500 After getting the money, returned to the
H3SlL1 o1vere vou In New-oreans on January d. 1so4T
AYes arrived there 1d6 the t5sTe day before 1 did.
Dodge was not permitted 20 tell about his hlght
ca Texas after his indictment for perjury. Cross
examined by Delaney Nicoi Dodge's admissions
thst he periured himself some time IN this
way:
oToy sore falsely when g ,3o2g g9gg stated ate do g9u were
o1You tod Justice Fursuan at the M TeIersIee err, sI
ssaf ss7! you yGlT TShS ala. nj That at was false
QAnd denied the service dffser9 9I tne hf
II did' 'HT That nttTts was also false
SseT T9ul l5fsrF s8ts 5sti RYes ma haf E was false
Q-And you say HumInel dictated the the nrst aTil T4e
simply asked :or my full full, Rane the date OF my
o.1Who hsd The affidavit when you signed It?
ODD you read tt before signiag It? Al LOCKED
.t over and ewors It before the actary Joe MOSS
@
Q-But yo7 told he 3nry that the go paid 9ii yon
faf- LOGS Of tirce from pOsl-
,erep ven ! ned got the money and thought
was forced 20 swear falsely
wr Nicou wanted Doage's confession TO Mr
rsna nroauced. ana Mr. Rsnd said he would pro-
sroe ;f ~ the defence would put IT in evidence
That was more than Mr.. NlcolI wanted Dodge
ss,d he had no promise OF immunity wnen ne
made the confession
Captain James T. Morse. who IS si1ty-IouT SeAhs
old only fifteen years older than his nephew, Wept
SOFTLY at times when he testifying yesterday
Jse ssid he had been living mostly in Boston for
years and was identified with shipping interests
there He is a bachelor. After telling about COM
sux 70 the city late in the summer OF LS'S ana
hunting I'D Mr. HummeI I'm his office. he said:
r,sae known nv business 10 him, my nephew $
as9e rsee 70 Mrs Ciemence Dodge. told him that
@Fe family was very much dissatisfied "lth her.
:3g M. Morse away from his sister and the boys
then went that wollo IKE tie 60 +be-
divorce from Dodge looked into ana TO See Wnether
vas wss Se' snythng said about retaining fee at
tlat apis J YOU give Humnel your telephone number
"a eoSs ANYTHING said by you that time on the
subject OF the Dodge divorce? - Aaes; osfo5 pO hii
''oU9eu did not ask him 10 lock up or take steps
20 inTalidate c. W. Morses mafriaee' Al oiu
nn-And afterward Hummel telephoned to you in
e toId me that the Dodge divorce irregular:
also said that ne want1G IN 6s aed came s on by
train that night, and gave Hummel the money next
ioMWhat was said when you paid the money?
Ale said that the divorce o. Doage VS. sDooge
was not Legal t and that MIS- morse second mar
o-what did you say? Al then gave We IIld hlIn IN
oSDid you say anything about your name not
- lst re he Known whatever in the matter:
Vopid YOU hear nothing about the matter until
tbere fe2T',srg wss trouble over the matter.
TlOdze a South