The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-29
MORSE'S PICTURE FOR TAFT
PRISONER ~ PHOTOGR tPHED
AFTER ENtNINiTIDN.
President Is to Have Not Onl, a Complete
Report OF EN.Iian,cr's Condition hut
Is TO sec How lie Appears to Hts
Friends Threat Of Congress Action.

ATLANTA. Dec. Propped on his
pillows so weak that ne had 90 bc held
in post ion hy long band Of cloth hehint
his shoulders held bv two men. one on eaci
side of the cot Charles " Morse this morn
ing was photographed At the post hospita
AT Fort Mcpherson IN order that President
Taft may see how sick the banker convict
seems TO his friends and doctors.
II was the finale 10 the searChingexamt-
nation of IA" patient made TO- day 10y Col
Henry Birmingham and Majors Faun'el-
roy and Russell. stah officers oi tn" Medi-
cal Corps of the United states Army. Sent
here by order or the President
The cot of the banhrr had been moved
from corner 10 the c"utrc of the room
There watched 10y al least four pairs oi
eyes he spent three hours on "Wednesday
night and several more t.- morning under
observation 1t wa- tlrlng, iatigunI
TO the limit for the sick mau,and II showed
later IN his phvsica condition.
just after the examination "A friend
called upon Morse i never saw Morse
look So bad since "" vas sick" sald he
He looked tu me as though h" was about
To breathe his last was with hun a
little Will" and httl' vas SAID lv eiiher
of us. but he did say to- m" l'd rather die
than 70 through tha' ORDEAL again.
From confidential sources comes the
Information that President TAFT i deter.
mined not To- set Nor, free unless h" ~
dying
The shiphuldor- ur" wurNng hard to
persuade Taft 10 grant a pardon II Is
largely due To- their interest IA tn" matter
IfpglT,.eNt q tTOilblp
To have 80 many examinations mad"
Attorneys for Nj Mur~" to-day de
Cldrcd that II further G"lIla,s were forth
coming from superintendent ut PRISONS
I.adow and Warden Meyer ot stories of
Morse's treatment a. th" tim" NJ Is alleged
70 nave been placed lh solitary CONNIE,
meni ia a dungeon 'h"v would see mat
the facts were mad" public through a
congressional invest JEtiIpu
When Morse. II Is SAID. was sent
10 the dungeon for L,vlng some money
To "a prisoner who had lu-t been freed
he was put on bread aud water. and
did not have the "uuuvoulcuC"s Of all
other prisoners His IL denied 10y
I.adew aud Meyer HIS ncd al that time
was an iron slated affair hung IN the
wall and ha had no h",iClOth"s. sleeping
az best IA" could with ms coat rolled ny
beneath him When u" was finally taken
ont II was on the orders ut the physician
ana n" was removed l' lh' boSIl'dl
passing blood from hi~ kldu"vs III an
attack Of Brlght'S disease.
WASHINGTON Dec - President TAFT
il waiting for IN" report ou the condition
of Charles ". Morse Newspaper d"s
patches have indicated that Mr Morse
Is IN a critical condition. lh" official
report from the surgeons at the post hos
pltal indicated that h- condition was not
critical. although he Is seriously ILL., The
discrepancy, however. between the press
dispatches and official reports has been
30 marked that Mir. TAFT decided To APP
point medical board of three army
officers To visit Morse unannouuC"d and
send him confidential report, but then
visit became known wheE they arrived III
Atlanta. Late tonight no report had
been received from the board The
President will take no action until he re-
ceives the report
Representative Howard of Georgia
who has Interested himself in Mr.. Morse
behalf. called Mt the White House TO-DAY
to see President Taft. Mr.. Taft assureC
Mr. Howard that nothing would he don.
until the report is submitted