Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-07
THICK AND FAST.
Continued from Page One.)

InOuSE inc CunaFu oiiisieAA 49,
quite confident that Morse did not san
on the Canpania his attorney peiie'eo
he did. 1t was pointed out by 1riends
of the banker today that erect upon
his health of seeing his once great
fortune melt away was such as 10
make it probable that he took passage
through others in order to avoid the
Interruptions to his needed rest GER
tain 10 follow should his presence on
shipboard be generally known.
The same intimate social associates
ridculed the idea that the banker $
trip abroad could be reasonably con-
strued as showing an Inclination 10
escape responsibilities at nome. NOM
ing could be more ludicrous. then sald'
than man fleeing to England "hcn
the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain was so broad that
the cXtradition OF any one indlcted
for any offence specified in the federal
statutes In connection with the con-
duct of national banks could be readl-
IT, secured. In fact, they insisted, an
asylum from cxtraditioE could be
found only in one or two of the very
small South American republics or IN
some African state.
That Morse absolutely required the
seculsion and possibilities Tor recupef-
alton physically afforded by an ocean
voyage was generally admitted among
those who have known of the tremend-
Gus undertakings he mas carrlcd
through and the mental stress incident
to his financial losses.
Disclosures of the troubles of Morse
followed each other in rapid success
sion today. One of these was TO the
effect that the creditors on the banks
might unite ir making him an invol-
untary bankrupt, thereby absorbing
the remnants OF his fortune. Deputy
sherifls were kept busy today serving
copies of the attachment IN Inc sun
brought by Charles A. Hanna. receiver
for the National Bank OF North Am
erica i'll New York, against Morse to
recover $243,321. Copies OF the attach
inent have been served on officers or
the IA banks in which Morse was sup
posed to have accounts. A deputy
sheriff. has seized $500 shares of stock
of the Furnace Valley Copper Co,
said to be owned by Morse. Another
levied on stock in the Kingsland Cop
per ca, said to have been owned by
| Morse. A deputy sheriff has also serv-
! ed copy of the attachment on Is. a.
Wilson, In charge OF the Morse resi-
dence in Fifti: avenue.
Me-. York, Feb 6.-Search was con-
tilueG. today for Charles w. Morse,
formerly of Faith, Me, the banker, pro-
moter and organizer of the American
| Ice Co. and the S1s0.00O.0o0 Conso!idat-
ed Steamship Go. MIR. Morse was not
at his handsome home 1T 12S Fifth
avenue, this city. yesterday, and he is
not known. to have been i'll the city
since Monday and may have left town
earlier. With Judgment for S15a.1 81
| against him; suit for So43, 321 brought
| against him by the receiver of the Ma
| tional Bank of North America: his
| home mortGaged and in addition at
| tached to cover the amount sued for;
| his Consolidated Steamship co. in the
| hands CT receivers; his holdings OF
! bank stock greatly deprecated. ano
| two grand .juries Investigating his re-
| Iations with the banks, he faced 4
condition which might have appalled,
| any man.
National Bank Examiner Charles \
Hanna, Hho Is in charge Of the Nation
| al Bank Of North America. and who
| brought suit against Morse for S243,-
| S21. announced that he was Informed
| that MIR. Morse had probably gone tC
Europe, or had departed elsewhere fol-
ali indefinite period. but Mr.. Hanna
| was unable to discover when and BY
what steamer MIR. Morse sailed. Mrs
Morse was at her home in this city
but no information could be obtained
from ner.
Albert B. Boardman, attorney fol
Mr.. Morse, was quoted today as say
ing that Morse sailed for Europe Sat
urday OH the steamer Campania, thai
he will be absent three weeks for q
rest and that he did not anticipate
sucl! a crisis in his affairs as has arts
ell.
Alfred Braun, formerly Mr.. Morsc's
secretary, said that he had not seer
Morse since last week.
So far as could be learned this
morning, Mr.. Morse was not passen-
ger on any of the steamships which
sailed from this port this week. His
name was not on any of the passen-
ger lists and at the various Offices OF
the steamship lines there was nc
knowledge Of his taking passage. II
| would have been possible. however. TO,
! him to have made arrangements
| through friends and to have sailed
| without his name appearing on the
steamship company'i books.
The action brought by Nationa
| Bank Examiner Hanna for soi3.32l
was to recover the amount of loans al
| legged to have been made by the Ma
tional Bank of North America last
fall as security for which Mr.. Morse
gave his notes to the bank. The bank
went into the hands of a receiver sew
| eral weeks ago
! II. a. c. Smith yesterday secured 4
judgment for s15o,153 against Morse tc
cover the value Of 500 shares of bank
stock which Mr.. Morse had sold to Mr.
Smith with the agreement that he
would pay $4,000 for it whenever Mr.
Smith wanted to- return it.
| Since MIR. Morse's elimination from
the New York banking situation, he
has transacted the most of his bust
ness at his Fifth avenue residence
Within the past 10 days he has beer,
| before the county grand Jury several