The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-09-14
PITT BANKER MORSE IN SOLITARY CFlI

one-dollar bills to one of the hoe
pltal nurses, also a prisoner. with tbo
! boy. NC SVEN the
Inc former banker and ship own
ei ulo not hesitate minute. Ha
tloAeu detection and punishment to
help TINS helpless foreign boy. and
o w!iIlhgly gave a large portion of
Ills little store of wealth tn boIn
some one worse off than himself
Wnen the money was found Morse
was sent for. He received an inf
hlatlon OF what was in store for him
anu before going he gave a fellow
prisoner all but SO of his money to
in all. P7V
Ordered to Report at once.
Morse was ordered to report to
the office of Deputy Warden Harri-
son. He turned over the remaininp
$3 ne had and was then questioned
as TO the balance and where he had
received the money.
Inc deputy warden did not believe
70 was all Morse had, and he did
not believe Morse's story as to where
ne mad received the money. After
oelng closely questioned he was con-
uemned to solitary confinement
IL is interesting to know lust what
IhlS means 1t is bad enough for
any one Of the more than 500 prfs-
oners in the federal prison. Rnt to
a paralyzed man like Morse and q
man IN feeble health it means more.
10 say nothing of what it means to
a man who had formerly had luxu-
ries at his command.
Inc solitary cells are in a buf1d-
ing away by themselves. The very
Soltude is enough to drive a man
frantic. In each cell is a small win
dow high from the floor, which can
not be reached by the inmate On
the outside of this window are heavy
Dars and outside of these are steel
shutters which may be closed to
make the cell dark as midnight. If
these shutters are left open the in
mate may see a small patch of blue
sky between bars.
And Morse had no bed clothing.
II he slept any at all during the
three days he was confined here if
must have been on the concrete
floor.
On the inside of the doorway is
door of heavy bars. On the out
side OF the doorway and beyond the
reach of the inmate is a wooded
door. In this door is a dininutive
glass window, but on the outside of
this is a shutter. Every little while
a guard detailed to the solitary cells
moves the little shutter and peers
In at the unfortunate inmate,
Three times a day a piece of
bread and cup of water are passed
into this cage. There is no commu-
nication with fellow prisoners or
guards. There is silence. There is
nothing but the bare concrete floor.
the bread and water and the little
patch of sky.
Morse was sent in here on a Fri
day afternoon. During the time he
was in there he was interviewed bv
OAAASA~loJ anu CFC1 SuOIJ ulduS TO IDC
out where he got the money. 1t is
declared by prisoners that Warden
Meyer himself went into this cell
and tried to get from Morse his Sc
cret.
From Solitary Cell to Hospital.
On Monday morning DR.. Fowler,
the prison physician, visited Morse.
What passed between them or what
report the doctor made to the Off
Gals of the prison may never be
known. But on Monday afternoon
about 8 o'clock Morse was taken
from his solitude and was assisted
by guard to the clothing room and
made to doff the first-grade uniform
of blue and don the second-grade
suit of stripes.
Then he was taken to the hospital.
Once during these three days of
solitude Morse was taken to the
office of Deputy Warden Harrison and
again questioned. At this same time