Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-11-13
MORSE REMAINS
IN PRISON CELL
Court Of Appeals Refuses to
Admit FinanCier to Bail
ONE LOOPHOLE FOR COUNSEL

AppIicat on May Be Renewed After
Bill of Particular is Filed--Con-
victed Man Greatly disappointed
at Courts Decisions He
Lose Fight For New Trial He Must
Remain In Prison Fifteen Years
New York, Nov. 11.-Bail was denied
Charles W. Morse. the financicr. who
has been sentenced TO fifteen years inn
prisOnment at hard labor and ii now
seems certain that the former multi
millionaire must remain in the Tombs
prison at least until Dee. >. when argu-
ment on the writ of error that has been
granted him may be argued
Judges Iacombc. Ward and Coke OF
the United States circuit court of APP
pealS rendered the decision late yester
day Ivy which bal. was denied him. One
loOphole is left open to Morse'S coun
sci in the decision. and that is that the
judges decided that, while bail was de
MED. it was done so without preju-
dice to a renewal of the application af-
ter Il bill of particulars is filed"
The Judges stated briefly that. as the
trial judge in the proceedings against
Morse had refused to admit him TO bail
the reviewing Judges were not pre-
pared. on the papers submitted to them,
to make Il disposition of the motion.
Morse had been hopeful of gaining
his release from the T0mbs Yesterday
and the denial of bail came aS a hard
blow His wife and son had been with
him in the jail during the afternoon
aud they encouraged him in the belief
that he would be free 10y nightfal if
the Judges could reach a decision by
that time. Mrs Morse and her son
left the prison before the decision had
been rendered ami the news was con
veycd to the prisoner by an assistant
in his counSel'S office.
While Morse tried to hide his disap-
pOintmcnt he felt too cast down to do So
He walked to the rear of his cell and
sat on the edge of his hard, narrow
berth and refused to make any com
ment. \ few minutes later he re-
gained some of his composure and the
expression on his face changed. Later
G. r. Littlefield and Clifford Walker.
his chief advisors. and Morse entered
animatedly into a discussion of further
plans for securing Il favorable decision
on the question of bail. but no an
nouncement was made as to what would
be done
There is one feature of the case that
IS particularly disagreeabe to Morse.
That is that no matter how long he is
compelled to remain prisoner in the
Tombs. the time will not count as n
part of the fifteen years he must serve
in the federal prison at Atlanta in case
he loses his fight for a new trial.
Judge Hough gave as his reason for
refusing to admit Morse to bail the fact
that the case was not an eXtraditable
one and that ii would be easy for
Morse to furnish bail through bond
ing company. as the prisoner was worth
500 600 600. Morse. IN an affidavit pre-
scented to the Judges of the United
States court Of appeals on Monday, de
MED that he was millionaire. saying
that he had not enough money or Sc
curiticS to meet his obligations
These were the principal points con-
sidcrcd by the Judges in arriving ut
their decision To deny bail. 1t is said
that the Morse attorneys will take adj
vantage of the opportunity 10 file bill
of particulars. rs their client Is ex-
cccdingly DESTROYS Of obtaining his re
lease.