The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-03
FAMILY PARTS
AT THE 1OMBS

New York, Jan. with supreme
occasionally, getting the better of him
Charles w, Morse left New York to-
night 10 begin a l5-year sentence In
the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. for
violation Of the national banking
laws.
Before leaving the TombS, where he
has been confined the greater part OF
the last year, Morse received his wife
and two sons and then the newspaper
men. He was too affected to say any
thing. but he handed out u carefully
prepared statement.
The general understanding was that
bis wife was to accompany him south,
but IL could not be ascertained wheth-
er she was on the same train with
him. Morse left Jersey City oh the
Birmingham flyer Of the Southern
railway at 5:45 o'clock In custody OF
Deputy U, S. marshals, The party
occupied stnteroom.
Morse's statement is bitter and dra.
matte.
Il am going TO Atlanta to begin
penal Servitude under the most bru-
tai sentence ever pronounced against
citizen In Il civilized country" Is
his opening sentence.
Protests Innocence.
II have hoped" the statement con.
tinues, with that hope which comes
from a consciousness df my inno-
cence, that ] Will not have to close
out forever the light and liberty OF
this world under such an inbuman
sentence, | had felt that the fact
that / had paid fine Of S7.000.000 and
served q year In prison would satisfy
the cry for victim. and | have stead
fly believed that the courts would be
compelled to give me a new trial.
When I learned that the private de-
tectlyes of the prosecution were the
keepers of the jury, that the jury
drank, and took 4 Jaunt, rather than
citizens engaged In serious service,
and that as result two of them were
rendered unfit. | naturally hoped that
] would be allowed another trial and
another jury free of these hostile In
fluences.
'Tt seems, however, that the courts
intend to establish the practices
which make rum.drinking part OF a
jury service and private detectives as
the custodians of jury a permanent
institution. BY this sentence and
judgment I may be brought to ruin.
hut the damage done to me is not
half as important as the injury to
the administration of justice. l am
now I'm il, and the record of my con
viction and the way 1t was brought
about will remain lasting and dan
gerous example OF government gone
mad In search OF victim.
Weeps Over Children.
Whether / shall serve my full SEN
tence. l am not able to say. much de-
pending upon how much the govern
ment at Washington shall look upon
it. ] have great faith that all right
thinking men and women who know
OF me and my case will agree on the
iahumanity Of sentence. Whatever
the future may hold In store-liberty
or imprisonment-I shall endeavor TO
meet In the same way | have strug-
gled against the misfortunes.
(Slgned) G. w. MORSE"
few minutes before the train lett
Harry and Benjamin Morse appeared
for another farewell TO their father.
He gave them fond embrace and
wept as they left him.
Morse braced himself for a final
picture at the hands OF crowd of
newspaper photographers. but he said
nothing He read a newspaper after
he had boarded the car. The train is
due In Atlanta at noon tomorrow.