The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-07
BANKER MORSE SENT TO
JAIL FOR Fifteen YEARS
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console her. Nor was Mrs. Curtis any
more prepared for the nervous strain
than Mrs. Morse Mrs. Curtis sat
within the rail- gazing intentIy at
Judge Hough as he began to speak.
She had been i'll, and several times
during the trial had been forced to
leave her place in the court room. To-
day her face was drawn and white.
telling of a night of mingled hope and
fear, while her husband remained
away from her behind the bars of a
prison cell.
When the Judgment OF court-the
most favorable for her husband that
could be given-was pronounced, she
tainted and would have fallen had not
kindly hands supported her
Crowds Fill the Room.
More than an hour before the hour
set for the converting of the court
crowds began to throng the corridors
of the federal building and fock to the
court room, hoping TO witness the clos
ing scenes in the sensational case
Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Curtis were
among the early arrivals. Mrs. Morse
first, accompanied by her stepsons. She
greeted her husband affectionately,
and the two boys shook hands with
their father warmly. Next came Mrs.
Curtis. She threw her arms around
her husband, kissed him and then sank
into a seat beside Mrs. Morse and the
boys. From that time the crowd gath
cred quickly until at 1890 o'clock there
was not a vacant seat in the court
room and the corridors outside were
filed.
The lawyers for the defense had
scarcely taken their places within the
railing before court was formally
opened Ex-Judge Olcott, who had
represented Curtis in the trial. made
touching appeal for clemency on behalf
of his client. In this appeal he was
given the active aid of District Attor-
ney Stimson. who informed the court
that he believed justice would be
served by suspending sentence in the
case of Curtis. After justifying the
clemency for Curtis Judge Hough pro-
nounced the sentence upon Morse.
I'm the case of Morse there is not
much to be said" said Judge Hough.
LAS I'm all bank fraud cases, the criTp-
inal legality is only part of a larger
general scheme. In this case this was
to use the bank and the depositors'
for speculative purposes. If
such a scheme We're permitted to be
carried out the public would be at the
mercy of a band of Adventures. 1
therefore sentence you to fifteen years
in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga"
Mrs. Morse Breaks Down.
There had been a murmur of ap-
prevail and a faint attempt at APP
plause when sentence upon Curtis was
by the court. but ii was
suppressed by the attendants. When
the fate of Morse was pronounced the
court room was as still as a church,
and the first sound to break in on the
quietness was the sobs of the prisoners
wife and the hurried shuttle of feet as
she was led away to an ante room.
Morse followed her, in charge of Mar
shall Kenkel, in whose custody he had
been parOled after the court had
granted a stay of ten days in execution
of the sentence. A moment later the
crowd began to move slowly out of the
court room. Few of them left the
building, however. and when Curtis
came out a free man. with his wife
leaning on his arm, he was given
cheer. The approving shouts
followed him all the way down the
long corridor, which was lined on
either side by men and women. After
he had gone the crowd still waited.
hoping to get another look at Morse,
but he remained inside while his attor-
neys began preparations to file writ
of error in an effort to have their client
released on bail this afternoon. Should
they fail to obtain the writ and the
admission of Morse to bail. the prison
er will be taken back to the Tombs