Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-11-10
F|NANC|ER MORSE
GIVEN Is Years
FEDERAL PRISON TO BE ICE
MAGNATE's HOME FOR
A LONG TERM.
STAY AND WRIT OF
ERROR ARE GRANTED
A. II. Curtis. Former Bank Head, Is
Convicted and Sentence Is Sus.
pended in His case-Rail Asked
for Chief Defendant in Litigation.


pended in His case-Rail Asked
for Chief Defendant in Litigation.
New York, Nov. 7.--Charles W. |
Morse, the Observation-Disclosures
who rolled up a fortune of more
than 22,O0O,000 in little more than
ties, Dorchester and Saint Georges, of
1t swallowed up in the panic of last
year, is in cell in the Tombs facing
a term of is years in prison.
Alfred H. Curtis, former president of
the National Bank of North America,
who was jointly indicted and jointly
convicted with Morse, is a free man.
His sentence was suspended upon
recommendation of the jury and
United States District Attorney Slim
son. stay of ten days in execution
of sentence was granted Morse.
A writ of error in the case of
Charles w. Morse was obtained from
Judge Lacombe late Friday afternoon.
Application for bail was then made.
Morse was taken to the Tombs
prison Friday afternoon. No applica
ton for his release ON bail was made
Friday
The application was denied. Coun-
sci for Morse then obtained from
Judge Lacombe an order to show
cause why Morse should not be admit
ted to BAIL The order must be an
swered next Monday.
The scene in the courtroom when
sentence was pronounced by Judge
Hough was most dramatic one. The
wives of the two prisoners, who had
been constant attendants at court dur
ing the entire trial, were present
early Friday as If anxious to cheer
their husbands by their presence in
the trying ordeal which confronted
them
Husbands Are Comforters.
When the real test came, however.
it was the husbands and not the wives
who proved the comforters. Morse
sat like stole when he heard the
words which condemned him to prison.
There was scarcely the tremor OF an
eyelid, and to those who watched
there was no longer even the shadow
of doubt that the little man" was
indeed man of iron nerve. Curtis.
too. accepted the news which came to
him-good news in his case-with the
same lack of emotion that character
ICED his former chief But the strain
had been too great for the women. AS
the truth of what Judge Hough's
words meant flashed through their
mind Mrs. Morse, who through all
the trying day of the trial had pre-.
served an unruffled demeanor, col
lapsed in her seat, buried her face in
her hands and began to sob convul
sively. Still weeping she was led
away to an anteroom, where moment
and sought to console her.
Wives Feel Strain.
Nor was Mrs Curtis any more pre-
pared for the nervous strain than Mrs
Morse. Mrs. Curtis sat within the
rail gazing intently at Judge Hough
as he began to speak. She had beeI
Ill and several times during the tria
had been forced to leave her place
In the courtroom. Friday her face
was drawn and white, telling of {
night of mingled hope and fear while
AOI AuSUdLu lcllldluCu away lIOlu ucl
behind the bars of a prison cell. WheI
the judgment Of the court-the mos
favorable for her husband that coulC
be given-Was pronounced she faintee
and would have fallen had not kindly
hands supported her.
Night in Cell; Then Fate.
Morse and Curtis passed a fairl.
restfu night in the Tombs, wher'
they occupied a cell together, ant
early Friday morning after breakfas
OF plain prison fare they were take
to the federal building by Marsha
Henkel and to the courtroom.
After justfying the clemency 70
Curtis Judge Hough pronounced tn
sentence upon Morse. I'm the case O
Morse there is not much to be said,
said Judge Hough. AS in all banl
fraud cases, the criminal legality i
only part of larger general scheme
In this case, this was to use the banl
and the depositor's money for specu
lative purposes If such scheme wer
permitted to be carried out the publ
would be at the mercy of band g
adventures. | therefore sentenc
you to Is years in the federal priso
at Atlanta, Ga"
There was a murmur of approvs
and faint attempt at applause whe
sentence upon Curtis was suspended
Oscar Mohr, Milwaukee, Is Dead.
Milwaukee, Nov. Oscar Mohr,
well.known commission merchant an
former president Of the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce. died Thursda
afternoon after lingering illness. M
Mohr suffered from kidney trouble. H
was about 60 years old
Varsity Football Player Dead.
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