New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-01-02
MORSE OFF TO-DAY
HOLDS UP TO List.
Former Banker Only One at
FaresceH to Furnish Cheer.

Charles W. Morse ate his dinner-the last.
IN ali probability. that he will partake of
in New York for many "a day-in his cell
in the Tonbs yesterday with his wife and
his two sons. This morning, in the COM
pany of Marshal Henkel, the marshaTs
chief deputy. John Stiebling, and another
deputy. he viii leave the Tombs and go
by way Of the Cortland street ferry 10 the
Pennsylvania Railroad station in Jersey
City. where the party will take the Bir
mingham special, over the Pennsylvania
md Southern railway lines, for Atlanta
Marshal Henkel will probably go far as
Trenton. where he will turn his prisoner
over 70 the custody OF Deputy Stiebling.
Morse declined TO see representatives OF
the newspapers yesterday. but said he
would have statement to make TO the
public before he leaves New York for the
federal penitenfiarv in the Georgia capt.
tai. Il is not unlikely that Mrs. Morse and
the bankers two sons, Benjamin and Harry,
also viii make the Trip with him. They
spent practically all daT with him yester-
day. Another visitor was his counsel. Mar
tin w Littleton. Walter A. Reid, close
friend and presid-nt of the Metropolitan
Steamship Company. OF Boston. which was
one of Morse's cherished enterprises. also
spent several hours during the afternoon
with the former Ice king. Through MI
Reid Mr. Morse sent word that he wouio
have something 10 say before he started TOT
the South.
Although realizing that this was probably
the last New Years ne would spend in
Ven, yorl, for a decade at least, and that
II was being spent in prison at that. Morse
himself did far more than his family or his
counsel toward enlivening the occasion.
Mrs Morse and the yourg men took TO the
prison a hamper well provided with the
markings of q holiday feast, but as they
vent in il was plain that they felt that the
day was far from being a happy one AT
the dinner itself il was Morse who led IN
the effort 70 infuse Z spirit Of cheerfulness
and courage into the farewell feast Even
70 Mr. Littleton. who is known as fighter
himself and who has been keen admirer
Of his clients pluck and tenacity, the
showing Of spirit yesterday on the part OF
Morse came as q surprise. When the law
Yer left the Tombs after his conference OF
about an hour ne remarked: Mr. Morse
Is man Of iron nerve. He feels much more
spirited Tran do
Mr.. Littleton said ne had no plans in
view to interfere with Ghe taking of Morse
n the Atlanta penitentiary to-day. He said
that the appeals for his client had been
YET given I'D the fight When asked what
further steps he might take in Morse's be-
half he said he had not yet clearly out
lined his course
Morse should reach Atlanta before noon
tomorrow It may be that soon after his
incarceration in the federal prison in At
lanta Mr. Littleton viii apply TO the United
states Circuit Court for the Georgia Dis
rrict for z writ OF habeas corpus on the
ground that the sentence imposed upon his
client is excessive ard that it should not
be more than ten years at most. Even II
the writ should be granted there is little
chance that Morse will escape a term In
the Atlanta Jail, as the United States SUI
rrer1e Court has already declined TO recon-
slider The case on the allegation Of the eX-
cessive sentence. The sentence is for
fifteen years. but with communication for
good behavior-and Morse has been model
prisoner in the Totnbs-sonething more
than four years may be knocked off his
term