The Washington times., 1905-12-16
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man who had supplied the money was
Capt James T Morse. millionaire ship
owner, Of Boston. uncle of Charles VI.
Morse. It has cost Uncle Jim" as the
captain is known, more than $50 COO to
say nothing of the worry and fear of eX-
posure to which he was constantly sub
jected.
No request for money made to Uncle
JIM by the lawyers in the case was
refused. it is said. as long as he felt that
his name would be kept out Of the case
for Uncle jim" although ne believed
his motives We're of the best, felt that
they might be misunderstood
Smiles at Testimony.
The time came. however when the
millionaire felt that he no longer could
hide in the background, so he told his
nephew all about what he had done. his
reason for wanting 10 separate Morse
from his wife, ard the result was that
Uncle jim appeared in the office OF
the district attorney and told his story.
Yesterday he stepped entirely out of
the seclusion which has been his. and.
taking the center of the stage. appear
ed in the court room where Hummel.
who has been his agent and lawyer,
was on trial. As he arose to be identi-
fed by a witness the spectators saw
a rather short. stockily built man. with
gray hair and mustache. His complex
ion was ruddy and he was attired in
a natty dark gray suit.
Captain Morse listened with interest
to the testimony and TO the opening
speech of Rand He smiled occasionally
as he heard of the large sums he had
given to keep Dodge in Texas. and It
was apparent from his manner that his
stepping forth from behind the scenes
had brought with it great mental relief
In the afternoon the captain looked
squarely at Samuel Cohen, a lawyer In
the employ of Howe & HummeI. as
Cohen declined TO tell OF the sums he
had received from Uncle Jim on the
ground that his answers might tend
TO incriminate and degrade him.
Cohen. although I'm the employ OF Hum
mel. was called by Rand as a witness
against his employer. Rand asked Cohen
about his trips to Texas with Dodge.
about the attempted flights TO Mexico
and about the money that had been
spent TO keep Dodge out of jail
ION February .. 1904. did you meet
Captain Morse in Stamford?'' asked
'T decline TO answer on the ground
that my answer might incriminate or
degrade me- the witness replied.
Ibid Captain Morse give you 81. 600
and did you turn this money over to
the defendant. Hummer
The witness again refused to reply.
Then Rand asked about other sums
which Captain Morse is supposed 10
have given to Cohen. The amounts were
as follows: March, 5000: again IN
March. 8, 500; March g. $3.50: March u
s., 900: about the end of March, s. 500;
June 3, 1880 and August 5. 81, 80 The
money. II was said. was turned over in
cash. but the witness refused 10 saw
whether he received it, on the ground
that his answer might incriminate him
Besides these sums, the prosecutor
said that Uncle jim had paid Hum
mel $1,000 as a retainer and had given
$4,000 as bail for Dodge in Texas Al
together more than $4,000 OF the big
fund put up by Uncle Jim" was ac-
counted for yesterday and il was said
that this represents only part Of the
money which he spent
Other testimony brought out was that
! the firm OF Howe & Hummel had burn
ed certain books which Rand was
1 anxious 10 know about. and also that
several persons who were wanted as
witnesses are strangely missing. Ed
ward VI. Bracken. the detective who
.2und Dodge when he was wanted bv
/ Cncle jim, and who accompanied
! him to Texas, 81 was said. is IN PARIS
az present Bracken is under indict-
nent with Hummel. and Rand several
times asked Cohen whether Mrs Brack-
en was not receiving $500 a month from
\ the hrm OF Howe & Hum1nel