The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-06

Mrs. Gelshenen left tho city. Not only have
detectives from the District Attorney q
Office been looking for her. but number OF
Central Office sleuths. She was traced to
Philadelphia, land 40 far as could be learned
last night she was lost there by her traoers.
Two weeks ago last Wednesday Mrs.
Gelshenen occupied Mr.. Morse's box at the
opera. Mr.. Morse pays 81 900 a year for
the box.
II was said last night that Mrs. Gelshenen
Ind been notified that II she would come
forward and explain satisfactorily certain
things that the District Attorney wanted
ID know about. abe would be saved from any
uotorety in connection with the case.
Mrs Gelshenen. apparently not thinking 1t
hest 10 comply with tho District Attorney 3
wishes, Mr.. Jerome took the course OF send
ing her a letter With the animation that
he would make It public II she did not
respond.
A new development IN the case was men
toned yesterday 1t WIS said that Mrs.
Gelshenen might know something or moth
ing about who supplied the $50 900 or more
that was spent on Dodge In Texas.
There were doIngs up to late last night
about the Gelshenen house. One process
was posted in vacant lot on the south
and a third stood guard at the Fifth avenue
entrnnce The house is a large ono and
IL three doors south OF Eighty-second
street. On the corner there was u CLOSE
carriage with lamps lighted and driver
on the box ready TO whip up and give chase
at any moment
The man stationed on Fifth avenue made
. ataA fhaa
bell Each time he was met by the stolid
English butler and the following oonversa-
ton passed:
81 have subpoena for Mrs. William Fl.
Geehencn
Mrs Geshenen is not hero. has not been
here for some time and don't know where
she is
Early IN the evening Roundsman Peter
Beery. attached to the District Attorneys
Office arrived at the house and demanded
admittance. which was refused. He showed
some sort Of document and was finally al
lowed 20 enter He was in the house for
long time and loft it alone.
When n SrN reporter rang the bell a young
man who answered said that Mrs. Gel
shenen was not in the house and had not
been there for several days. On the APP
prbach Of process server this young man
slammed the door shut
William II Geshenen was not only
president Of the Garfield National Bank
bot wee president of the Garfield Safe
Deposit Company and a director OF the City
Trust Company and Of the National Bank Of
North America. He was also vice pTesi-
dent and director Of the Consolidated Ice
Company at the time 1t was merged with
the American Ice Company, In which
Charles W Morse was Interested. Morse
was perhaps Geshenens closest friend.
He succeeded him IA head of the Garfield
Bank and has managed Mrs. Gelshenen's
large estate since her husbands death
on March 81 1902 Ars. Gelshenen was
originally Catherine Dunno.
From the day the scandal began TO be
aired the story has been currentthat Charles
W Morse had sought to free himself from
his marriage with Mrs. Dodge because he
wished to marry again. divorce would
bot do. because the Catholic Church does
not recognize divorce. and the marriage In
Wow was with Catholic.
Annument OF marriage illegally con-
tracted H. however. quite different II
he was never legally married to Mrs. Dodge
If she had lawful husband living when
he went through the ceremony with her
the annulment of his marriage would be
no bar in the eyes OF the Church.
She had obtained divorce In the courts
here Dodge was bankrupt and broken
man six years after the divorce was
granted. and although. as has since ap-
peared be had been duly served and had
engaged an attorney to appear for him, he
nd 20 ha rho Al
set aside. swearing that he had no notice
of the suit The divorce WINS set aside,
and thereupon Mrs. Dodge left Mr.. Morse
and brought an action--or at least an action
was brought in which she appeared "a
plaintin-to have her marriage with Morse
Bnnulled
The marriage was annuled on the per-
jured evi lence Dodge had given In his own
suit, That evidence was such that the
attention Of the Bar Association and the
Appellate Division was called to 1t. Nanr-
ally this stirred up the surviving lawyer
Of those concerned W. A. Sweetser. who
had procured the divorce for Mrs Dodge
and an searching about for his own defence
he obtained from the desk OF Mortimer A
RuEer deceased who WAS att orney Of REQ
ord for Dodge. a letter from Dodge acEnowl
edgingrcc ipt ofthcsummonsin he case and
asking Ruger TO appear for him. but saying
that there was no valid defence TO Mrs
Dodge's charges
Then came the efforts 10 obtain Dodge's
arrest for perjury. The bankrupt was
found to be q man supplied with unlimited
cash with which 10 fight or to nun. and
with lawyers galore in and ont of this
jurisdiction However. he and his hackers
were beaten AZ last and he IS here telling
what he knows An uuwary partner Of Howe
4 Hummel now no longer active in the
firms affairs. announced one day that
the money supplied to Dodge through that
firm came from Morse. and prompt con-
tradction followed. The gossip current
about Mr.. Morse's plans to remarry has
also been retailed and contradicted. Mr.
Jerome, II is understood, docs not know
how much truth there is in it. and seeks 10
know
Meanwhile Mrs Dodges divorce from
Dodge has been reestablished, but she has
not yet sought 10 have her marriage with
Morse reestablished in any more formal
wav. though Justice Fursman. who APP
peared for her on the later proceedings
urged that she do so. and announced that
Mr.. Morse also wished TO have II done
and to be reunited with his wife.
In rho inye,tipafion downtown the min