The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-09

we'll" SAID the physician, and seems
stronger to-day than yesterday but
these reports about his rapid restoration
10 good health ire untrue. Morse cannot
1--we great while ! would not hazard
a guess as to how long, but the maladies
with which he is afflicted are incura BILE
tie realizes that he is an i'll man, but
do not think he appreciates fully his true
condition Excitement may cause his
death at any time. and his condition is
such that he cannot concentrate his mind
upon any subject for any length of time,
Il attribute the Improvement that has
been noted in his condition to the change
of environment. He has lost about fifty
rounds in weight since his confinement,
but is not emaciated. His complexion
Is sallow, and his disposition cheerful"
DR.. Fowler said that Morse was strong
enough to walk perha ps fifty yards without
assistance, bur such eSertion, he said,
exhausted him
After leaving Baltimore Morse reclined
in the stateroom. while his son sat by his
head and read to him the New York papers
He did not take lunch until after Ba ltimore
'ad been passed ca @ heartily of the
ct prescribed by Or Fowler.
rAfter lunch was served. DIR. Fowler
mont somr time with Morse. "swapping
Ans" as he said
lorse enjoys a good story" said the
'No'I Ician. and likes also TO tell them
'hdreemcd much amused al Il story he
Cumof two boys who Incorporated on a
plonal of five cents The Incorporation
,,,nbroposcd by the boy who had nothing
'"',' ne boy who had nothing, said Morse
'ud II that I - boy with the five cents
Do" al be pre- ~ideut Of the company
m,rdhn was TO I've the treasurer When
=, T., ured the nickel ne immediately
n a cigar, and when the president
"'' Company wanted to know what he
u Ae treasurer tod him that o had the
Hoo. - t.tI
led the ~l3 otr W.
Morse was highly amused. the doctor
aid, dt a story he told of darky who had
consulted a negro physician when he was
Ill, Getting no relief he called in a white
physician. who asked the patient ii the
negro doctor had taken his temperature
No, s!r, boss, the only he thing he took
was my watch, replied the suffering
dark
Mr. Morse wis convicted of a misde-
meanor and did not lose any civil rights
thereby. on January !. 1910. however.
the offence Of misapplying funds of a
nationlEeank was made felony and hao
Morse been convicted after that date he
would have been deprived of his right to
vote as wei a certain other civil rights As
II Is now he suffers no disability whatever
and "a as free to 70 and come and engage
in any form Of business as though he had
received u full PARDON from the President
instead Of Communication merely.
NAsEING TON, Feb s-Oflicers Of the
Medical { orps who several times exam
Mai Charles W Morse while he was a
prisoner IN Atlanta We're not in the least
shaken II their opinion of his case by the
fact -hat the former convict banker today
passed through the city on his way 10
EurCp"
A. the Office Of the Surgeon General il
wa, SAID that the great Improvement in
Morse : condition since the Communication
OF his sentence by President Taft ocCa-
stoned no surprise u the medical men
Their prediction that Morse has but few
months TO live will stand the test of time
they firmly believe Morse is suffering
they say. certain physical conditions
which inevitably Will lead to death
Tho Amy surgeons found Morse
hrol'N -viritcd man. When last exam
med ny the surgeons h" had given up all
rpT ma let go oG himself. iigura;ivoly
v,]Eiu-. and W. ready 70 die II wa-
be addition which i"i ~Urgeon-Gcucral
IN 1ry n say that IN confinement No-S,
arid ""l 1--we = month lc'-"-. he added
v-'"r"r. nat II released he might live siN
Ion'l- or moro.
Tn" -i"y"ons say that apparently IN"
rcStC~atl1n Ot liberty has revived N Nor~"
the d"-'"" 70 live lille lourer and re-
Nsw"l his powers o. resistance The
ado this i wholly natural