Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-22

Justiceship of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The Morse case furnishes topic
for unceasing comment in the Atlanta
prison. High prison officials and in
mates who served with Morse began
telling me about the case soon after
Igot there. And this in substance is
what they told me: Plans were laid
to get Morse out soon after he began
to serve his sentence, Tom Fielder,
then an Atlanta lawyer of unsavory
reputation, was engaged to do the un-
derground work. Huge fees were
pledged to him and his confederates.
DR.. Fowler, the prison physician, was
at once placed upon the Fielder staff.
After Morse's release the doctor hied
himself to Europe on a pleasure trip,
and since Morse's recent indictment
Fowler has been reinstated to his
former position as prison physician.
This is mere coincidence, of course!
Fielder after the release of his client,
was transferred to pastures green in
New York, where he was put in touch
with big interests and fell heir to
rich law practice. He later complained
that Morse had failed to put up all the
cash he and Daugherty had bargained
for, but in answer to this it has been
suggested that he may we'll be salts
fed, for had it not been for Morse he
would still be third-rate pettifogger
down in Georgia.
Daugherty Next to the Throne
Soon after Fielder got on the job
he realized that he must find a pal
in some politician who ha "pull" with
the President. Eureka! Harry M.
Daugherty was next to the throne and
the very man for the part. The team
work now begain in earnest. Glitter
ing prizes would reward the success
of the adventure. To ears attuned as
these were, the jingling of the gleam-
ing coin could already be distinctly
heard. Oh, Liberty, what virtues are
practiced in thy name!
Morse had promised that he would
make the men rich" who got him
out Of that hell-hole called the United
States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
The Assistant Attorney General of
the United States was promptly dis
patched to Atlanta to examine Morse.
The Surgeon General himself soon
followed. The prison physician CO.
operated with right good will. Morse
must be certified to be in dying con-
dition and the granting of his release
pleaded as his only salvation.
The Mysterious Transfer
The next move was the first sure
step towards freedom. By order from
Washington Morse was mysteriously
transferred from Atlanta penitentiary
to Fort Mcpherson, and assigned to
special quarters under care of two
private nurses.
Can you imagine any such mastery
maneuvering, any such special solici-
tude in the case of any other than
multimillionaire convict in a land of
liberty where all stand equal before
the law and where scores of men are
serving life sentences as convicted
felons for belonging to labor union
branded as "unpatriotic" by the
thieving profteers and their prosti-
tuted judicial, political, editorial, and
clerical hirelings?
The rest is easy. The necessary
certificates are soon issued. Fielder IS
all smiles. Daugherty finishes the
job at Washington. The President
graciously grants the pardon. And
the palms of the patriots now itch fo.
the promised coin.
Bought and Paid For
Chas. w. Morse fares forth a free
man! He bought and paid for his re-
lease, and who shall question his right
to his freedom or the right of the
man who had the pull" with the
President to be made Attorney Gen
eral, or the right of the President who
exercised his executive clemency to be
seated as Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States?
For of such indeed is paytriotism
and one hundred per cent American
ism under the profteering system
which now has unbridled sway since
the great slaughter has made the
world safe for Democracy!