New-York tribune., 1909-03-15
MRS. MORSE SELLS
JEWELS FOR HUSBAND
GETS FUNDS TO HELP
FORMER BANKER.
Wife of Prisoner Sacrifices Personal
Property to Satisfy His Credi-
tors and Meet Debts.

Mrs. Charles W Morse wife OF the convicted
banker. has recently sold at great sacrifice all
of her Jewelry. valued at s250.00O as well a
large quantity Of sables. siIverware. gowns.
china, bric-a-brac and other valuable personal
property, to satisfy the claims Of her husbands
lawyers and some OF his more urgent creditors
One Of the fnancier's most intimate friends re-
Gently remarked that Mr.. Morse's fortune had
dwindled from s22.O0O.OOO to less than that OF
the average welI-to-dO citizen
One of@the closest OF Mrs Morses women
friends recently said that the bankers wife had
sacrificed her Jewels. sables. china, silver. paint
ings and some household furniture TO pay the
bills of lawyers. stenOgraphers printers and 9TH
ers IN connection with her husbands trial. as
we'll as creditors Of MT. Morse In one instance
according TO this same friend. she sold pin
that cost $4,000 for $500 to meet the bill Of a
stenographer. amounting 10 more than $4,000.
because she had promised him that part OF it
would be paid on a certain day. It was also said
that Mrs Morse's Fifth avenue home was for SALE
and that Mrs Morse remained IN it only because
she could live more cheaply there than else
where. keeping only one servant IN place OF the
seven who cared for the house up TO one year
ago.
Mrs. Morse's collection Of Jewels was one OF
the finest in the city and included several neck
laces and numberless rings. brooches. pendants
and watches They were sold to friends and
Fifth avenue dealers
A banker who was a frequent visitor at the
Morse house. at No. T2S Fifth avenue, in the
days of Mr.. Morse's afffuence. was greatly sur
prised on entering the house recently to see how
It had been dismantIed. Mrs Morse told me-
said this man. that she selling the furni-
ture. rugs and paintings from the salon and
other rooms as fast as she could find pur-
chaser She is keeping servant and her
chauffeur. Her only reason for keeping the eec-
trio brougham is that she uses it TO carry Mr..
Morse's meals 10 him"
Since Mr.. MOrse's Imprisonment in the TOmbs
Mrs Morse has devoted her entire time at
tending TO his business affairs and has proved
herself able business woman, capable %
coping with men Of long experience. it is said
Mrs Morse leaves her home early every morn
ing and goes direct to the Tombs with her hus-
bands mail She spends half an hour with him
/ and he lays out the days campaign Then she
! leaves him and is busy with mans work for
| the rest Of the morning. Then she returns TO
| the Tombs and reports the result OF her morn
/ ing's work to her husband If she is allowed to
/ see him again She is then driven home Mrs
/ Morse never goes out in the evening. having
/ dropped all social duties but busies herself with
/ her husbands affairs until long after midnight
! Soon after Mr. Morse was sentenced to fifteen
| years al Atlanta for violations Of the national
| banking laws he gave up his Office at No L
| Nassau street. as the rental was more than he
| could afford 70 pay. Since then he has main
| tanned no downtown Office
Mrs Morse has been greatly annoyed since
her husbands conviction BY all sorts Of people
who had suggestions TO make These have in
cIuded lawyers. press agents and all kinds OF
takers