The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-25
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GEORGE c. MORRISON, PR0AlR'
EKT IN BALTIMORE
dies BY HIS own ACTS
He Left a Note in Which He Explain
ed That Onslanghts Of Press, for
Connection With Race Tracks ana
Legislation Relating Thereto Caus-
ed Him to Take His Life

Z George c. Morrison, aged 4e, pres
;sent<of the Chicago Title Guarantee
and Trust Company, OF Baltimore,
committed suicide some time during
Sunday night in one Of the private
rooms at the Baltimore Atnleuc
Club. .,,+
The report to the police says that
Nr Morrison ended his life with gas
which he inhaled through tube.
AR. Morrison occupied q conspicuous
position in the business ana pohtlcai
affairs Of Baltimore, and also was
prominently interested in morse rae
ing. +,o aaoa
The coroner took possession OF 1t,
and while refusing to make all OF 1t
nnhlic at this time, he said the dead
man referred to the onslaughts OF a
yellow newspaper in connection Win
his interests in the race track at
HaJhe de Grace, as one reason TOT MS
action.
within a few days Of accusations
made by Governor Goldsborough, h,
that Mr.. Morrison and other leaders
of the business and social life OF
Hartford County had made misrepre-
sentation concerning the Harford
County racing hill. In public state.
ment Governor Goldsborough said
that had he not been deceived by the
statements OF MI. Morrison and 9TH
er representative men he would not
have signed the bill which allows
racing in Hartford County.
Following up the Governor
charges, the grand jury Of Hartford
County began an Investigation con
cerning the facts Of the Havre de
Grace track. Mr.. Morrison had beer
selected as chairman Of the Demo
cratic advisory committee for Mary
land and to conduct the campaign
for Wilson.
C. 4. Fairbanks, vice-president o
the Title Trust and Guarantee Com
pany, of which Mr. Morrison wa
president, said officially that there
was nothing wrong in Mr.. Morri
sons relations with the company
Every detail of the company's affairs
was all right, he said. Mr.. Morrison
was first vice-president OF the Balt1
more Trust Company.
The Communication retained b!
the coroner was later made public
It was addressed ttto the public" ant
was devoted entirely to length.
explanation Of Morrison's connection
with the Hartford racing bill. He de
clared in effect that he was infuenc
ed only by q desire to serve certain
friends in Hartford who had countr!
fair property there and wished K
hold race meetings in connection witt
the fair.
He thought that under the bill i
would be impossible to operate "out
law" racing and he believed the con
struction Of any new tracks under i
extremely unlikely. In all his life
he said, he had never been Offered
graft as such and he had never made
dollar out Of sport Of any kind.
The letter indicated plainly tha
the writer had worried over the con
nection Of his name with the rac'
track matter. Mr.. Morrison tool
means to make self-destruction Ger
tain. Around his neck and secure
by strips of adhesive plaster was fas
tened a loaded revolver with thu
muzzle pointing directly at the mid
die of the throat.
Characterizing the directorate o
the race track at Havre de Grace al
an "unclean collar on dirty shirt,
and claiming that the track is main
tanned for gambling in its most dam
aging and dangerous form, the gran'
jury for Hartford County Tuesda.
gave its report. The grand jury rec
commended that detectives be employ
ed to see that the laws are strictl.
enforced.