The New York herald., 1922-05-23
MORSE OFFERED TO
| ENRICH DAUGHERTY,
FIELDER DECLARED
Caraway Renews Attack by
Reading Letter From
Ohio Lawyer.
DOCTORS TO BE TRICKED
Heard Soapsuds Were to
Produce Hemorrhages
at Prison Test.
PHYSICIAN WAS AIDED
Man Reporting Death Near
Made Penitentiary Official
by Daugherty.
PHYSICIAN WAS AIDED
Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
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New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c.. May 2z.
Senator Caraway (Ark.). in the Sem
ate to-day, renewed his attack on At
torney- General Daugherty for IDS con-
nection with the release from the AT
lanta penitentiary of Charles w.
Morse during the Taft Administration.
He inserted in the record long letter
written by T. B. Fielder in 1917, in
which Mr.. Fielder told in detail how
re and Mr.. Daugherty succeeded in
obtaining the pardon for $4,000 fee.
Senator Moses IN. H) came to the
defense of the Attorney-General by
declaring rthe attack on him from the
other side Is just q smoke screen to
protect former Attorney General
and a former Secretary Of the Treas
ury because of the formers connection
with tie Bosch Magnetic case and the
latter's association with Morse in the
Shipping Board scandal"
Evidently, he added. there is strong
desire to get rid of the present At
torney-General for he is in a position
to seriously embarrass the persons men
| toned.
The Arkansas Senator denied emphat-
ically he was inspired in making his
attacks on Mr.. Daugherty by political
motives or to protect members Of his
own political party.
} Fails to Give Source.
l
"If a former Attorney General is in
| any way involved in any illegal deals
/ or transactions" he added then he
should be prosecuted. and am not here
to defend him. The same Is true con-
cerning the former Secretary OF the
| Treasury"
Senator Moses then intimated that
documentary evidence being used
against Mr.. Daugherty had been sup
piled by agents Of the former admin
istration. to which insinuation Senator
Caraway took exception. but refused to
disclose his sources of information.
Reading from Mr.. Felder's letter,
Senator Caraway emphasized the state
ment that Mr.. Daugherty was brought
into the case, because he stood as
close to the President as any other law
yer or citizen of the United States"
Then Senator Caraway asserted that
Mr.. Daugherty had imposed on his
friend, President Taft. and abused his
confidence.
mo wonder" he added, Mr. Taft
| i'm reviewing his administration observed
that the Morse case had shaken mis- con-
| fidence in experts. because of the ficti-
tious reports on Morse's condition sup
piled to him by Mr.. Daugherty and his
associate, Mr.. Fielder"
| Asked Additional Fee.
According to Mr.. FeIder's letter. added
| Senator Caraway. after it was disclosed
that "a fraud had been perpetrated on the
President concerning Mr.. Morse's con-
! dition," his attorneys-Messrs. Daugh-
erty and Felder-made all sorts of ef-
forts to persuade the then Attorney Gen.
| eral. Mr.. Wickersham, not to reopen the
case. For that service, he added. they
demanded an additional fee from their
client.
Now. II the present Attorney-General
and his associate had been sincere and
honest" he added. they would have
gone to President Taft and told him
that unintentionally they had imposed
upon lin and they should have asked
his pardon and left their client TO his
fate"
Senator Caraway then -idiculed n
statement attributed to former Attorney
General Wickersham. In which Mr..
/ Wickersham said he had no recollection
of Mr.. Felder's connection with the
Morse case.
That statement must be a bitter
blow to Mr.. Fielder" explained Senator
Caraway, "as he has taken unto himself
most OF the credit for that performances.
He brags about the fact he kept the
President from righting a wrong which
he made at the suggestion of himself
and his associate. Mr.. Daugherty
Now Mr.. Fielder says l am crazy
and no criminals would ever engage me
to defend them. It is fact have al
ways been on the other side of the prop
osition. have put away many men
| much better than Mr.. Fielder and /
have never got any criminals out of
Prison"
Tells OF Medical Test.
Next Senator Caraway dwelt upon
the medical examination which led 10
Mr.. Morse's pardon. He read the fol-
| lowing extract from the Fielder letter:
| A board OF medical examiners was
appointed at our request, an exam
ination was made and the three
| physicians reported that Morses con-
! dition was not serious. Thereafter a
board of military doctors was ap-
pointed who conducted an examina-
ton and thereafter reported that his
condition was serious.
''It Is interesting to note," added Sem
ator Caraway. that DR.. A. l.. Fowler,
who was the leading spirit in bringing
in a report to the effect Morse had only
few days to live after his release from
the penitentlary, recently has been ap-
pointed chief physician at the Atlanta
pcnitentiary by the present Attorney
General"
Senator Caraway said he had notified