The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-11-11
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

ERROR ARE GRANTED
| A. H. Curtis, Former Bank Head, Il
Convicted and Sentence Is sus
pended in His Case-Bail ASKED
for Chief Defendant in Litigation.
New York, Nov. 7.-Charles w
| Morse, the promoter-banker-fi
who rolled up fortune of more
than 100000 in little more thar
ties, Dorchester and Saint Georges, Of
it swallowed up in the panic of last
year, is in cell in the Tombs facing
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. A 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 a 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 a 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
lied 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 unrufled 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
later her husband held her in his arms
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 been
i'll and several times during the trial
had been forced to leave her place
in the courtroom. Friday 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 prison cell. When
the judgment of the 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.
Night in Cell; Then Fate.
Morse and Curtis passed fairly
restful night in the Tombs, where
they occupied cell together, and
early Friday morning after breakfast
of plain prison fare they We're taken
to the federal building by Marshal
Henkel and to the courtroom.
After justfying the clemency for
Curtis Judge Hough pronounced the
sentence upon Morse. ''In the case OF
Morse there is not much to be said,
said Judge Hough. "As in all bank
fraud cases, the criminal legality is
only part of larger general scheme
In this case, this was to use the bank
and the depositor's money for specu
lative purposes If such a scheme were
permitted to be carried out the public
would be at the mercy Of a band OF
adventurers. | therefore sentence
you to Is years in the federal prison
at Atlanta, Ca"
There was murmur of apprOva
and a faint attempt at applause wher
sentence upon Curtis was suspended
Oscar Mohr, Milwaukee, Is Dead.
Milwaukee, Nov. Oscar Mohr, 8
wellknown commission merchant and
fOrnar nrncidant Of the Milwaukae