The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-12
MORSE BEHIND sARs
Convicted Ice King May Be Obliged to
Stay There

oNdy mere
New York. Nov. 1l.-Charles w.
Morse will have to spend several
weeks at least In the Tombs before be-
can get out on bali The circuit court
Of appeals denied temporarily yes.er
day the motion for bail made ir
Morses behalf by Mr. McFariane on
Monday.
Judges l.acombe, Ward and Coke
spent nearly three hours in going over
the papers in the case
At present they will not interfere
with the course taken by Judge Hough
but they intimhted that the applica.
ion for bail might be- renewed as soon
as the bill Of exceptions has been iil.
ed The opinion is per curiam and
runs
The trial judge having heard
the application 10 admit 10 bail
and having denied &c. We are not
prepared on the papers now be
fore us 20 make any different dis
position OF the same.
The motion is denied without
prejudice 90 its renewal after The
bin OF exceptions rs filed.
The writ OF error granted 90 Morse
BY Judge lacombe Is returnahle or
December g. Il Is considered doubt
'ul whether the appeal io come up al
the February term of court and %
looks os though Mr.. Morse mus, rc
main in the Tombs
.Ir McFarlane declined yesterday
10 discuss the decision OF the circuit
court OF appeals Nor would De- say
anything as 20 what steps MIGHT b'
taken 10 free Mr. Morse temporarily
IL the court persisted IN denying bail
There Is no regular recourse TO tht
Supreme court in Washington cs tho
Circuit Court OF Appeals was set ul
purposely 10 relieve the WashIng'QI
Justices OF just such cases as This.
mere has been some talk of an arp
plication TO a Supreme Court iustc,
for n writ OF habeas corpus Dc The bal
finally fixed should be- so high as Co b,
I beyond the prisoners means. But d
Is not al all certain that such a wrI
would be granted against q iedef.
court of such high rank
Il was pointed out yesterday thai
! Judge Houghs decision against th'
release OF Mr. Morse on bail base,
on the nou-eXtraditahle nature of DO.
offenscs upon which he has been con
yicted did not take into consideration
the other indictments against him III.
Is indicted In the state courts fo
grand larceny and perjury and 10 wal
| suggested that even II he was willing
to jump his bail aud Zee from thO
jurisdiction OF the United States
courts he could be- brought back q
the country TO face these other char
ges
Mr.. Morse. however asserts that he
has no intention OF trying Co ESCAPE
punishment. except by legal methods
To his counsel he still protests his lu
! nocence OF any intentional or aciua
wrongdoing, and declares that b.
would rather suffer Imprisonment tha
/ be o fugitive from Justice.
The prisoner Is taking his coulu,
ment In the Tombs philosophicalll
he has had nothing TO say to- th
other prisoners IN the same tier m
has not been tainted boy them Mn
Littlcneld enc OF his counsel was Dol
first visitor yesterday morning The
clifford II Walker another of his laW
yers. called for long conference
Mrs. Morse and Harry Morse cam
In later and saw Mr. Morse To- On
| counsel room ON the second fOol
rhey have become used to- the routin
of The prison and did not object yes
terday 10 the iormality OF being scarcI
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