Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-19
RELEASE Of THE
ICE KING CONVICT
Liberated Man May Never be Able
to Leave rgia.--May Live
aYear
DEATH is SAID TO BE IMMINENT
Morse. However. Thinks He Will Re
r0ver-His Wife Speeding I" His Side.
Hopes :" Visit German Baths.

now. through freSlnenl ldIL cieih-
ency. commured prisoner, mag never
be able 10 leave Georgia. and Gun
MOI but lie away from the Maine
home To which he Ionged TO return.
according to the opinion of phrSI-
clans here who examined the forl"er
financier.
This was reflected here todar in
the issuance of orders from tn" War
Depart ment at Washington. per-
mil,ing Morse 10 remain al Fort Nc
Pherson hospital. Atlanta. until his
condition makes it safe 10 remove
him TO Il prirare Sanirarium.
Though his pulse was today far be-
low normal and his physical condi-
tion so weak that physicians refused
10 set a date for his leaving FOrI
. Mcpherson. Morse was so cheered to-
dav by The knowledge he was free
again that he insisted tu friends al
his bedside that he would recover.
For fear that he might not stand
,lhe shock. The news thar President
Taft had commuted his sentence was
broken TO the sick man very gently
hy his sister. Miss Jennie Morse.
AT the hospital today Miss Morse
said that as soon aS her brother could
be moved he wonld be taken to the
home of +. l.. Sneley an Atlanta
newspaper editor. who has been his
closest friend and. next 10 Mrs. Morse.
the most earnest worker for presiden-
tial cIrmency for the former banker.
II MorSe'S condition permits. he Will
sail for Bad \anheim. Germany. /"
take the baths. in The belief thai they
may restore normal heart action.
He scnr word out Of his sick room
today that he wanted 10 avoid see
ing any one hu' his intimate friends.
and that he hoped 10 be able 10 leave
his statcroom on the train. at Jersey
CITY. 10 go direct 10 the steamer for
Germany.
Friends of The banker say the
newspaper agitation and The cam
paigu which his wife Dlade for his
pardon have made Morse more retir-
ing than ever. He has curious feel
ing OF embarrassment ~ The thought
of being view" 10 The people. Re-
Gently his physicians refused to per-
nit newspaper men here 10 see the
prisoner. and it was admitted today
that this order came as much from
the bankers own fre'fulneSS and en-
barrassmcnr AT heing pili.d as II did
from his actual illness.
nr. \. l.. Fowler. the Specialist
who has been in constant attendance
on the sick man during the past few
| DAYS today said that he doubted
whether Morse would live TO carry
/ ON his plans for "trip 10 the German
baths.
Dr. Fowler decia red that at the
most Morse has only Il year TO live,
and tha; his death may come at any
day. The army surgeons her" limit
his hold on life TO six months.
The patient can hardly wait TO
greet his faithful wife. Special ar
rangemenis have been made 10 rush
her from the station by. automobile
To Mcpherson Hospital. She is due
late this evening.
Washington. Jan. l?.--Speeding
toward Atlanta today and impatient
Is counting off the hours she is held
! prisoner By the train is Mrs. Charles
W. Morse. wife OF The banker whose
sentence was COMMITTED yesterday by
| President Taft. Her rireless. heroic
| fight 10 secure her husbands free
/ dom gained the admiration and pliE
/ OF even those who have maintained
that Morse's j., year sentence was a
/ lust one. But ironically enough. this
brave woman'S campaign was not on
tly unsuccessful. bur il even had the
effect OF keeping Morse Federal
prisoner for perhaps two months long
/ or than otherwise would have been
/ the case.
The moment Morse was taken &c
the penitentiarv Mrs. Morse began
her campaign 10 secure his release,
She secured interviews with Federal
/ authorities, the pardons attorney. The
attorney general. the president him
self. and 10 them she urged her
strongest argument--that Morse
sentence was excessive by 10 years