Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-03
Banker Leaves New York for
Atlanta to Commence SerV-
ing Fifteen Years Servitude
in Federal Penitentiary,
DECLARES HE'S VICTIM OF
MAD LUST FOR REVENGE
Sentence Most Brutal Ever In
fIicted in Civilized Country,
Opening Sentence of Con-
vict'S Farewell Statement,


lBy Morning journal Special Leased wrel
New York Jan. With q SUI
prome effort to be cheerful but with
emotion occasionally getting the better
Of him, Charles W. Morse left New
York today to begin fifteen year
sentence in the federal prison at At
lanta Ga, for violation Of the Ma
tiona banking laws.
Before leaving the Tombs where he
had been confined for the greater part
OF the last year, Morse received his
wife and two sons and then the news
paper men. He was too affected to say
anything but he handed out a care
fully prepared statement The gener-
al understanding was that his wife
was 10 accomra y linn south. but il
could not be aif rtained whether she
was on the trai with him
Morse left Jersey City on the Birm-
ingham Flyer, OF the southern rail
way. at 1915 a. m. in custody of
Deputy United states marshals
The party occupied state room.
More's statement is bitter and dra-
matte.
a am going 70 Atlanta to begin
penal servitude under the most brutal
sentence ever pronounced against a
=
opening sentence.
FL have hoped, the statement con-
tinues, with that hope which comes
from "a consciousness Of my innocence,
that | viii not have 10 close out for-
eyer the light ANA liberty Of this
world under such an inhuman SEN
tence. / had felt that the fact that
had paid q fine of $1,000. 600 and
served q year in prison would satisfy
the cry for a victim ana | have stead
ily believed that the courts would be
compelled to give me Il new tr1al
When | learned that the private de-
tectives of the prosecution were the
Keepers OF the jury, that the jury
drank like men on a iaunt or holi~
day rather than citizens engaged in
serious service, and that. as a result
two Of them were rendered unfit,
naturally hoped that | would be al
lowed another trial, by another jury.
free OF these hostile influences
1T seems. however, that tire courts
intend 10 establish the practice which
make rum drinking a part of a jury
service and private detectives as the
custodians Of a jury permanent IN
sttution. BY this sentence and judg-
ment | may be brought to ruin; but
the damage done TO me is not half as
important as the injury to the admin
istration OF Justice ! am now well
up in years and must, with the pass
ing of time pass also; but the record
Of my conviction and the way il was
brought about will remain a lasting
and dangerous example of a govern
ment gone mad in search of a victim.
Whether / shall serve my iull
sentence l am not able to say, much
depending upon how important the
government at Washington shall look
upon it. | have great faith that all
right-thinkng men and women who
know Of my case and who realize the
inhumanitv of my sentence will make
known their feelings to the president
Whatever the future holds in store
liberty or imprisonment-I shall en-
dcavor to act in the same way | have
struggled against the misfortuncs of
the past two years.
(Signed) 'C. W. MORSE.
4 few minutes before the train left
Harry and Benjamin Morse. appeared
for another farewell to their father
He gave hem "a fond embrace and
wopt as they left him.
Morse bruced himself for a final
picture by a crowd of newspaper
photographers but he said nothing.
Ne read a newspaper after he had
boarded the car.