The Washington times., 1913-01-19
M0RS['S ALLOTTED
YEAR Of LIFE IS
At AN END TO-DAY
According to the Physicians on
Whose Recommendation He
Was Pardoned.

ATLANTA. Jan. 1s.-Charles w.
Morse, ice king and banker. pardoned
by President Taft from the Federal pris-
on here on January 10. after serving
two years of fifteen-year sentence.
has lived out his span of life today.
according to the predictions Of physi-
clans. made at the time they examined
him as he lay IN the Fort Mcpherson
Hospital awaiting the action Of the
Government authorities. The physicians
declared then that Morse could not live
year.
Morse is at wiesbaden. Germany. af-
ter spending his first year of freedom
In strenuous endeavor. crossing the At
iantic twice. visiting his interests in
Maine. and even opening offices In Wall
Street for a month to begin what was
termed campaign of reprisal against
his business enemies.
However. Or. A.. .Ls Fowler. Atlanta
physician, the constant attendant Of
Morse before the latter was freed. sees
no reason to alter his prediction that
the pardoned banker Is doomed man.
Conndent that no one with Morse's
complication of diseases can hope to live
out mans allotted time. DR.. Fowler
sticks to his original assertion that the
points significantly to the fact that
while Morse. buoyed by sudden health.
did resume business for a brief period,
he again Is q familiar figure at Bad
Nauhein. Wiesbaden. and other Euro
pean water cures, seeking the health he
can never hope to find.
Admits His Error.
IF. was in. error: when / said Morse
could not live .out the year, when he
lay next door to death in the Fort Nc
Pherson Hospital last January. II was
merely an error of time: he Is no
nearer complete recovery today than he
was then" said DR.. Fowler. main
tanning that he would cling TO his origi-
nal theory that Morse is. suffering from
Bright's disease. arferio-sclerosis, and
heart trouble. He might go
at anv time, and then again he might
live Tor many months IL treated with
proper care. But to say that Morse will
again be the Morse Of old. conducting q
strenuous, business in Wall Street, -
absurd II Is physical impossibility."
DR.. Fowler says that the medical ex-
-of Morse's apparent recovery
Is due to- the peculiar control the mem
tai attitude exercises over forms OF
kidney diseases
Morse Then Improved
This was apparent on the day. jan
uary 10. when President Taft conn
muted Morse's sentence. R you re-
Morse f:eshened visibly with
the news and in some two or three
weeks was able to be moved from the
army post hospital to the Piedmont
Hotel. But this did not alter the fact
that he is a victim of one OF the worst
forms of organic malady, to which he
will eventually succumb. His freedom
,niy buoyed him up-save him a change
has kept him going longer than the
doctors who examined him thought pos
sible."
DIR. Fowler says the army surgeons
sent from Washington to examine
Morse while he was still prisoner
md confined in the Fort Mcpherson Hos
oital, following his removal from the
Federal prison, all concurred in the
diagnosis that Morse was suffering
rom a complication of diseases
brought on by a form of Bright's dis
Ease.
Morse's. first year of freedom has
,een ore of surprises. On leaving At
anita he went to GermsnH where. at
Bad Nauhefm and other watering
places. he apparently took new lease
.ry that by August he was back In |
New York, ready to go into business.
Morse Is Cheerful
Thomas B. Fielder. Atlanta attorney. |
me of the counsel employed by Morse |
o carry his cause before the Federal |
authorities, says he has recently re-
.eived a letter from his former client.
While the letter was cheerful in tone, |
Fielder regards Il hardly as likely that
Morse will ever return to New York |
o enter active business
81 don't think Morse will ever re-
over said Fielder. He is sick man.
think he is suffering his last illness |
)f course. I am not a doctor, and /
Ion't know anything about his condi-
ion scientifically, but IL you want my
andid opinion. l don't believe he will
= er get well.''
According to DR.. Fowler. Morse is
pending his time at Wiesbaden be-
ause the waters there are famed for
heir powers to soften the arteries