The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-14
CHARLES w. MORSE
 READY FOR FATE
EE WANTS NEITHER SYMPATHY NOR MERCY, BUT ONLY
 SIMPLE JUSTICE


 NOR MERCY, BUT oNIY
 SIMPLE JUSTICE
 flS MESSAGE TO COURT TODAY Fallen Ice King Declares that if Uni-
 ted States Circuit Court of Appeals
 Believes He Committed Crime He
 VIII Be Prepared to Serve Sentence
 Noted Out to Him.
 Special from United Press.)
 New York. June I-"Charles w. Morse wants neither sympathy nor mercy. I come here direct from him and he sent this message to the court: There has been too much talk of sym pathy and too much made of the fact that my fortune. which I amassed by the hardest of work has been wiped out. If the appellate court believes I committed a crime and that I was properly convicted I am ready to take Eup the punishment imposed on me by hhe court. I do not ask that 1t be lmitigated. I am ready to serve the sentence if this court considers that 1.-the crimes alleged were committed. tCharles w. Morse wants no mercy and the craves no sympathy, he asks at Ithe hands of the judges of the United Estates Circuit Court of Appeals only
 From his cell in the gloomy Tombs prison where he is suffering from the ltorrid wave which is causing incon- lvenience to New Workers generally, lCharles w Morse. fallen ice king, Ninancier. steamboat man and one time miner. sent the above message to the Limited States Circuit Court of Appeals ho-day and it was announced by Attor- t11ey Idttleton
 When asked if he demanded the right to be present in court to listen to the argument for and against his appeal of the 15 year sentence his jaw set and he declared there was no use of 1t. But make it plain to them that l. was unjustly convicted. that was multitude for blood and that demand my rights" And it in this strain that Littleton approached the court to- day He declared that the records in the case speak for themselves, that no real crime was committed. He insisted that the record of the proceedings in the last court was full of errors and he proceeded to point out why Morse ltrial.
 :, 1t was nearing Il o'clock when Judges tLaCombe. Cox and Moves took their seats on the bench. Fully half an hour lbefore that time Mrs. Morse and her son came into the courtroom and. con iversed with Littleton. They had not fSEODDeQ fday-he had sent them word that he idid not wish to see them until the argument was completed-but they wanted to know what chance there ito bail Littleton informed them that he did not know. that he had tried to Influence Special District Attorney Stirnson but the latter had refused any cast down by the statement but bright ened when yLittleton told her he had every hope the court would grant the relief desired. even over the protest of Stimson-
 When court opened Littleton asked that he be permitted to argue the ap- pelIation for bail separately. This brought about a lengthy discussion in which both sides and the court joined ibut the request was finally agreed to. would be limited to three hours each for the argument on the appeal. This brought a protest from both 1ttleton and Stimson but they were sQuelched the habit of granting but an hour and a half to a side and that they were very fortunate.
 In beginning his argument Littleton made characteristically bitter attack on the newspapers of the country who have denounced Morse in their edi- torial and news columns. These news, papers," he said. have characterized him as a most ErotesQue figure. They have accused him of a crime that he would have been incapable of perform ing. They have printed him in the blackest of colors and they hold him up to scorn as the one man responsible for causing great financial loss to the country. While this court. of course, 1 will not take cognizance of this, yet it l must be remembered that in his trial cheating against Morse was shown in l many instances. Again sentiment | seemed to get an idea that the court | had erred. But nothing of this enters | in this case. Charles w. Morse ap- breaches this court as a. citizen who | unless the Judgment of the court be- | low shall be upset, will be deprived of | his liberty for a. long term of years Much has been said of sympathy for | a man cast down from a high place whose millions have crumbled and been swept away by diversity. but Morse | wants nothing of this He demands | and expects justice and if this honor l able court shall say. after examining all of they records and listening to the | argument of counsel. that he has com | mitted a crime. he will serve his term | without a whimper."
 Littleton then entered into a lengthy | legal argument on the points involved. | He described the relations of Morse | and Alfred H. Curtis with the Bank of | North America and he argued that the lower court erred when it permitted | the consolidation of the three indict- ments that were returned against Morse
 Little dwelt particularly on the fact | that the jury acquitted on all of the conspiracy charges which were brought | against Morse. convicting on the al- legations of making false entries. He | declared that the errors raised by the | defense at the trial were all of a rever- sable character and he intimated that | the real reason for the conviction of Morse was on a demand from Wash ington that some one must be held responsible and punished for the finan- cial panic. trouble of the Knickerbock- CT Trust Company and many big bank ing institutions.
 Iittleton's argument consumed all of | the time of the court up till luncheon. Stimson confined himself to the legal | character of the case and insisted that the evidence adduced showed conclu- hof T