The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-25
MORSE PARDON AGAIN DENIED
PRESIDENT FOR THIRD TIVE
DISiPPOINTS BANKER.
Medical td, iScrS say Prisoner Is Very III,
hut That Ills Condition Is Not Critical
nofii"iai Reports say That Free.
dom only VIII proiong His Life

NAsHINGrON, Dec. "a Charles ",
Morse. the convicted New York banker.
now Il federal prisoner at Atlanta, Ga,
viii not receive Commutation of his
sentence as a Christmas present from
President Taft. ~ he and his friends have
been hoping Mr. Taft decided TODAY
that executive clemency in Morse's case
would not be justified 10y the reports on
Morse condition received from the army
surgeons at the post hospital at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga, who are now treating
him While these reports indicate
that Morse is seriously i'll. his condition
is not critical. MIR. Taft reached this
decision following conference at the
White House with Brig. Gen. George II.
| lorney, Surgeon General of the Army;
Surgeon General Charles f. Stokes Of the
Navy, and Major VI. A. Delaney. Medical
Corps OF tn" Army. who explained to the
! President the report from the surgeons
| at Ntl1nta. Here is a statement made
public at the White House following the
conferences
"lh" President to-day called into cou-
sultation In" Surgeon General of the
Army, the Surgeon General of the NAVY
and Major VI 4. Delaney. Medical Corps.
! L. $. A. on the report of the board of
physicians al Atlanta a. 10 tho physical
condition of Charles W. Morse. After A
fun consideration Of the report as cS-
| planned To- him hv them. the President
was not satisfied that immediate action
WA necessary and directed that he he
kort fully advised and at frequent in
tervai- of any change"
Officials at the White House and Do
partmcnt of Justice declined to make
public the report Of the atlanta physicians
on which Mr.. Taft's action wts based
There has been a noticeable discrepancy
| between the press reports from Atlanta
and the oincial reports concerning Morse's
condition For several weeks dispatches
from Atlanta have indicated that Mors='s
condition was critical and that his death
was imminent. President Taft and A.
torney General Wickersham have not
been swervpi 10y these reports bat have
relied only on the official reports received
through the army surgeons at Fort
MCPHERSON. The army surgeons have
reported that while Morse Is seriously i'll
there is no immediate necessity for execu-
tive clemenCy. The Official reports ind-
cate that Morse has even improved in
some respects since he was removed 10
the post hospital at Fort Mcpherson sev-
eral weeks ago. Mr.. Morse Is suffering
from kidney trouble.
ATLANTA, Dec. "a. Charles ". Morse
was told this afternoon that President
Taft unmoved 10y the report Of phys-
clans that the prisoner patient is slowly
dying and must he removed from the
post hospital at Fort Mcpherson if he
is To have a lighting chance for life had
again refused t. pardon him.
Morse is so i'll that the bad news seemed
to affect him but little. "Oh. well" he
whispered Il suppos" | shall have 10 die
here
The news Of President Taft's refusal
to exercise Clomency was carried to Morse
by his little daughter Anna and his sis
ter. Mrs. Morse being too i'll to go to the
post hospital.
Ii was generally believed here, where
Morse's condition is known, that Mr..
Taft would show clemency after reading
the report of the physicians telegraphed
to him on Saturday, and some harsh crih-
cism of tn" President is being INDUCED.
The physicians say Morse is suffering
from Bright's disease and angina pee
toris. and is partly paraly2ed in the right
side. and that he cannot recover where
he is. The physicians of course refus"
to make a definite statement a. 10 tha
length of time the sufferer may he eX-
peCted 10 live