The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-28

spiracy made against him by the grand
| jury in connection With the Dodge
! Morse divorce tangle. Mr.. Furstman
was paroled in the custody of his coun-
| sci.
The grand jury today handed down
a blanket indictment in connection with
/ the Dodge-Morse case. the indictment
! containing charges against six or eight
nlen, several of them said to be promi-
nent lawyers.
Two For HummeI.
Three of the indictments We're against
| Abraham H. Hummel, of the law firm
| of Howe & Hummel. Two charge him
| with subordination of perjury and one
| Asith conspiracy.
Assistant Attorney Rand asked that
| bail for Mr.. Hummel be fixed at SO, 600,
/ but Judge Mcmahon. before whom he
! was arraigned, paroled Mr. Hummel in
! the custody of his counsel.
| The Dodge-Morse matrimonial tangle
| has been rich in sensational features.
At the time the divorce of Mrs. Glenn
| ence Dodge was first questioned by her
/ iCrmer husband, who alleged that he
lad never been properly served with
Papers in the proceeding. the legality
o: Mrs. Dodge's marriage to Charles
w Morse was placed in question by
the courts and the tangle that re-
out.
New Husband Rich.
Morse is a very wealthy man, the
promoter of a bank consolidation plan
on a large scale iii this city. and for a
long time the controlling stakeholder
III several important banks. His
prominence brought the case unusual
attention.
The great mystery of the affair has
been the fact that Dodge. himself
poor man. was plentifully supplied with
money. while he fought extradaditiOn
from Texas. He spent thousands Of
collars, had the best lawyers and ap-
Parently wanted for nothing money
could procure.
One of the most sensational features
of the district attorneys investigation
o. the case came few weeks ago when
Mr. Jerome made public q letter which
he had sent to Mrs. Gelshenen. the
widow of a prominent business man
who had been associated with Charles
w Morse, requesting her 70 appear be-
fore the grand jury 10 testify in con-
nection with the Dodge Morse case
She sailed for Europe a few days later
On her arrival on the other side, she
expressed herself as willing to return
to New York if necessary, and at the
same time declared that she never had
any intention of marrying Mr.. Morse
as had been publicly reported. She is
still in Europe.
indicted Men Out of Town.
Assistant District Attorney Rand said
that no more arrests would be made
on the grand jury indictments today as
lie understood the other persons named
are out of town.
Mr. Rand at first objected to allowing
counsel for Mr.. Hummel to see the in
dictment and said in explanations that
five or six different persons were
charged with conspiracy in the indict-
ment, and that he did not want it to
be seen until they had been arrested.
Names of Men Indicted.
Indictments in connection with the
Dodge Morse divorce complications
handed down today were against for
mer Justice Of the Supreme Court Ed
gar L. FUrsman, A. T. Hummel and
Benjamin f. Steinhardt of the law firm
of Howe & Hdmmel; Edward J. Brack-
en-, detective, said TO have been en-
ployed by the firm; Charles F Dodge
several other persons whose names
have not yet been made public
The grand jury was excused from
further duty until next Tuesday. when,
il is said, more indictments viii be
found. The indictments against Hum
mel and Steinhardt are two each for
subornatiOn of perjury and one each
for conspiracy. Against Fursman.
Dodge and Bracken are one Indictment
each for conspiracy.
The alleged subornation of perjury
consisted in inducing Dodge to make
an affidavit that he had meyer been
served with papers in the divorce case.
The alleged conspiracy consisted in an
alleged attempt to defeat the ends of
Justice by having marriage declared