The Washington herald., 1910-01-03
MORSE IN CAPITAL
CLOSELY GUARDED
Continued from Page One.

In which ne CndIdStttlHt0 iliS ScilLNhto DO !
"rhe most brutal ever pronounced against
a citizen in a civilized country"
He spoke bitterly of rum drinking
Jurors who were left in the custody of
the private detectives Of the prosecu- |
ton" He declared that he saw In his
conviction a dangerous example of
government gone mad IN search Of a
victim" These things Morse asserted
over his own signature.
When Morse had handed out states
ment he turned back into the prison cor
ridor TO say good-by TO the guards and
the warden. He took each one by the
hand, smiling pluckily, and wished them
good luck in his characteristic monotone.
Then Marshal Henkel led the way out.
With him were Chief Deputy Marshal
John A. stiebling and Deputy Henry Lin
icus. The four men got into an electric
taxicab and were driven to the Cortlandt
street ferry of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. Mrs. Morse and the two young men
left the To1nbs at about the same time
The taxicab got to the Pennsylvania sta
ton a good hour before the Birming-
ham special was due 10 leave. The auto
mobile was run out upon the wagon floor
| of the station and stayed there while the
| train was made up.
Morse did not get out. Nobody talked
to him but the deputies and Marshal
| Henkel and one or two OF the newspaper
men who had known kim before. He
didn't have anything 10 add to what he
wrote out for publication. lie had the
same genial manner he showed In the
summer when he thought he would not
| have to go TO Atlanta.
| When the time came for Marshal Hem
kel TO lead the way upstairs 10 the walt
/ ing room and the train shed, Morse
walked as 5auntily as though he were
going South on a golfng trip. The limp
which is usually apparent IN his gait
was scarcely discernible.
Sons Were With Him.
Marshal Henkel walked ahead and
| Stiebling and Linicus stayed on either
side of Morse. He was not fastened 10
them. They passed rapidly through the
station and into the train shed. So swift
| ~ did they go scarcely anybody realized
who the trim little man was who was
being escorted 10 his train. Morse's two
sons. one a graduate Of Harvard and the
other a student at Princeton. stood apart
in the waiting room observing the passing
OF the little procession.
| The marshaIs and Morse went out and
got aboard the last car Of the Birmingham
special Morse's sons spent a little while
in the train. The train drew out Of the
station at about 10:45 O'Clock
Gets There Early,
! Marshal Henkel got 10 the Tombs at
about 7:30 o'clock this morning. The
Birmingham special, the train which he
planned TO take. was not due 10 leave
! Cortiandt street until a good three hours
later Henkel said he was not going to
take any chances OF missing the train.
Morse was already waiting TO see hts
family.
Mrs. Morse and her two sons came In
soon after. The warden admitted them
TO the prison, and they spent the time
talking with Mr.. Morse. What they said
was not a final good-by, They said they
/ planned 70 go down 20 Atlanta, probably
/ by a train leaving tomorrow. Previous
reports had il that they were going on
]
but II was thought best that Mrs. Morse
be spared the observation Of curious on
boxers.
About o'clock Mr.. Morse came 10 the
grill on the Centre street side Of the
Tombs to see the reporters He had
suggested that he talk With them inside,
but the doOrkeeper could not see Il that
way.
Gives Ont signed Statement.
Here, boys" said Mr. Morse, speaking
| through the steel lattice. here's what
have got 10 say" and he passed out
some carbon copies Of his statement All
were signed in his own hand. I'm wish
ing you all good luck" said the little man
as he withdrew This is what Morse
wrote:
Il am going to Atlanta 10 begin penal
serv1tude under the most brutal SEN
tence ever pronounced against a citizen
IN a civilized country. I had hoped. with
that hope which comes from q con-
seriousness Of my innocence. that would
not have to close out the light and lib
erty Of this world under such an inhu-
man sentence 1 had felt that the fact
that I paid a fine Of 100000 and served
a year in prison would satisfy the CRY
for a victim. and I had steadily believed
i that the courts would be compelled to
give me new trial.
when I learned that the private de-
tectives Of the prosecution were the
keepers of the jury, and that the jury
drank like men won jaunt or holiday
rather than citize : engaged in a serious
service. and that a. result two OF them
were rendered unfit. l naturally hoped
that I would be allowed another trial by
another jury free Of those hostile in
iUenCes.
Rum and Jurors.
TT seems. however. that the courts IN
tend TO establish the practices which make
rum drinking a part Of jury service, and
private detectives as the custodian of the
jury a permanent institution.
by this sentence and judgment l may
be brought to ruin, but the damage done
to me is not half as important as the
injury TO the administration of Justice.
/ am now up in years and must, with
the passing Of time, pass also; but the
record of my conviction and the way it
was brought about will remain a lasting
and dangerous example of a government
gone mad in search of a victim.
Whether I shall serve my full sentence
1 am not able to say. much depending
upon how the government at Washing
ton shall look upon it. I have great
faith that all right-thinklng men and
women who know of me and my case, and
who realize the humanity of my SEN
tence, VIII make known their feelings to
the President.
Whatever the future may hold in
store-liberty or imprisonment shall
endeavOr to meet in the same way I