The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-03
Makes Bitter, Dramatic
st a teme mt Before
Starting for Prison.
CALLS SENTENCE
[ MOST BRUTAL ONE
Former Banker and Ice King Toe
Affected for Words, but
Gives Out Prepared Inter
view-Leaves Tombs for
Atlanta Peniten-
tiary.

NEW YORK, January with a
supreme effort to be cheerful but with
emotion occasionally getting the bet
ter OF him, Charles w. Morse left New
York to-day to begin serving q flftcen-
years sentence In the Federal prison
at Atlanta. Ca, 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 thon the news.
paper men. Hc was too affected to say
anything. but he handed out a care
fully prepared statement Of comment
on his case. Morse left Jersey City
on the birmingham Special OF the
Southern Railway at 10:43 A. M. In
custody OF Deputy United States mar
shals. The party occupied state
room.
Morse's statement is bitter and dra-
matte.
II am going to Atlanta to begin
penal servitudc under the most brutal
sentence ever pronounced against a
citizen i'll a civilized country is his
opening sentence.
II have hoped" the statement con-
Itinues. with that hope which comes
from a consciousness OF my innocence
that 1 will not have to close out for
ever etlight and liberty of this world
Under such an inhuman sentence
had felt that the fact that had paid
fine OF s7,ooO,oO0 and served year
In prison would satisfy tho cry for a
victim, and j have steadily hoped that
the courts would be compelled to give
me new trial. When learned that
the private detectives of the prosecu-
.tion were to be the keepers Of the
Jury: jury that drank like men upon
II jaunt or holiday, rather than
citizens engaged in a serious service,
and that as result two of them were
rendered unit, I naturally hoped that
would bs allowed another trial by
another jury free OF these hostile,
influences.
Dangerous Example
EFT seems, however, that the courts
intend to establish the practices which
I,nakes rum drinking part OF jury
service and private detectives as tho
custodians of jury a permanent in-3
stitution. BY this sentence and judg
ment may be brought to ruin: but
the damage done to mo is not half as
important as the Injury to the adlnln-
istration OF justice.
II am now UP in years, and must,
with the passing of time, pass also,
but the record or my conviction and
the way 1t was brought about will re-
main lasting and dangerous example
OL h SOSeIltulS S3Ouo uAcu LII oCdkS SA
of a. victim.
Whether shall serve my full sent.
ence I am not able to say. Much de-.
pends upon how the government at
Washington shall look upon it. Il have
great faith that all right-thinklng
men and women VINO know OF me and
my case, and VIII o realize the inhumnn-
ity Of my sentence, will make known
their feelings to the President. What
ever the future may hold in store
liberty or Imprisonment shall en-
deavor to meet In the same way1 have
struggled against the misfortunes of the
past two years.
isigned) &C. w. MORSE"
Morse braced himself for final pic
ture at the hands OF a crowd OF news
paper photographers. He read a news
paper after he had boarded the car.
.rhe train is due in Atlanta about noon
to-morrow.
Mrs. Morse did not accompany hor
husband to Atlanta To- night she
said:
..I am going to Atlanta Tomorrow.
and shall probably live there until
my husband is released. will devote
all my time getting up petition to
that end
.In the last two weeks I have re-
ceived thousands Of letters, all the
writers expressing sympathy with my
husband and their readiness to sign
q petition in his behalf"