The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-05
MORSE GOES TO PRISON.
MILLIONAIRE ICE KING RECINs
FIFTEEN YEAR TERM.
Inc scape Goat of High Finance
fanic Complains Bitterly OF His
Punishment-Says Sentence Is Un.
just and His Conviction Was Not
Properly and Legally Secured.

"ho Legally Secured.
New York. Jan. with a. su-
preme effort to be cheerful but with
emotion occasionally getting the bet
ter of him. Charles w. Morse left
New York today to begin serving a
1s-year sentence imposed upon him
for violation Of the national banking
laws.
Before leaving the Tombs, where
he had been confined for the greater
part OF the past year, Morse received
his wife and two sons and then the
newspaper men. He was too affect.
ed to say anything, but he handed
out carefully prepared statement
OF comment on his case. Morse left
Jersey City on the Birmingham flyer
OF the Southern railway at 1o.4s a.
m. In custody Of United States mar
shals.
The party occupied a stateroom
Morse's statement is bitter and
dramatic.
Il am going to Atlanta to begin
penal servitude under the most bru-
tai sentence ever pronounced against
citizen in civilized country" Is
his opening sentence.
Il have hoped" the statement
continues, with that hope which
comes from a Consciousness Of INV
innocence, that I will not have 70
close out forever the light and lib
erty Of this world under such an in
human sentence. had felt that
the fact that had Maid
fine Of 100000 and served
year in prison would satisfy the
cry for victim and I have steadily
hoped that the courts would be
compelled to give me a new trial.
VIXEN 1 learned that the private de-
tectlves Of the prosecution were TO
be the keepers Of the jury, and that
the jury drank like men upon a
1aunt or a holiday rather than citi-
zens engaged in a serious service.
and that as result two of them
were rendered unfit, / naturally
hoped that I would be allowed an
other trial by another jury free Of
these hostile influences.
1T seems, however, that the
courts intend to establish the nrac.
tices which make rum-drinking q
part Of jury service and private de-
tectives as the custodians of a ,urv
permanent institution. By this
sentence and judgment I may be
brought to ruin; but the damage
done to me is not half as important
as the injury to the administration of
Justice. I am now up in years and
must with the passing Of time pass
also; but the record of my convic-
ton and the way it was brought
about will remain lasting and dam
genous example of a government
gone mad in search of a victim.
Whether I shall serve my full
sentence / am not able to say. much
depending upon how the government
at Washington shall look upon IL.
have great faith that all right
thinking men and women who knew
or me and my case, and who realize
the inhumanity of my sentence. will
make known their feelings to the
president. Whatever the future NAV
mold in store-liberty or imprison-
ment--I shall endeavor to meet I'm
the same way I have struggled
against the misfortunes of the past
two years
(Signed) &C. w. Morse"
Morse braced himself for a final
picture at the hands of a crowd of
newspaper photographers. He read
newspaper after he had boarded
the car. The train is due in Allan
Ia about noon tomorrow.