Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-27
Received Fee of $4,000
for Perfectly Legiti-
mate Services-Only
About Half of Ex-
penses = Says Wat
son Misunderstood
Him

Washington. May e6.-Attorney
CenoAl Daugherty, in a letter to
senator Watson, Republican, In
dan,. read today in the Senate at the
lrers request, denies that he told
tho Indiana senator that he had no
connection with the procuring of a
,.-don of Charles w. Morse. as stat
I'll Ok senator Watson in the Senate
nj Nav =, when Senator Caraway,
p,moriat Arkansas. opened his at
fsrk on the attorney general.
Mr.. Daugherty said he regretted II
< ruar Watson misunderstood him.
Iic wrote that he remembered the
General discussion of the Morse case
with the senator and added:
ii certainly did not make the state
mont - you that | had no connection
vrn tho Morse case"
The attorney general stated that
lo had no disposition to deny his
connection with the case and added
that he received about $4,000 from
Thomas =. Fielder in connection with
h. but that this sum was sufficlent
=, pa, only about half of the eX-
p.u~ S.
ul'or Caraway told the Senate
lr there could be no question of
Notwithstanding: that Senator Wat
sn either repeated what was told
HIM. or he he had misrepresented the
r,,1rncv general. Asserting that he
t.l. NOT believe there had been any
iNisr, presentation by the Indiana
s.ator. Mr.. Caraway said another
E,pudIcan senator had told him That
iba attorney general had made the
sme denial to him.
Mr. uaughcrty's letter, under date
.. NAV p. said:
40 remember very we'll a general
,4..!sslon We had some time ago re-
..,rlpe the Morse case. | certainly
,il not in that discussion make the
s.A'Dm nj TO You that | had no con-
i.ttou with the Morse case, civil
ann cumua. My connection with
t.rsa casts was we'll known
t.,u.ghuu' tho country because of
,ttrnd.d publicity some years ago.
nrNcr denied it and | have no dis
POSITION to deny il now. Nothing
Vas done by me or anybody else in
connection with these cases that
,rild not he known TO the whole
Wnld without reflection on any one.
Morse was released upon the rec
rnu,udation of Attorney General
Wrkcrsham. who based his recon-
.nlation on the reports OF eminent
r-,slcians of the government, in
,#l.nS the surgeon general OF the
afm, ana the records in the depart
mont show all the facts pertaining
q. tho physical condition of Morse
vIon hc was released which was the
su'a grounds for executive clemency.
As for compensation ! never re-
C.t,i ANYTHING from Mr.. Morse per-
strtlI,. MI | ever received from
ANYBODY in connection with the
Morse ease. both civil and criminal,
was about $4,000 advanced to me by
81. Folder and was about half
cnaHgu to pay my necessary expenses
.,lI disbursements connected with
,tr years active investigation,
I.,ralttion and service in the cases.
] regret senator. If you misunder-
gonI mo"
senator Watson, Democrat, Geor-
ga stated that the attorney generals
frr o,adod the issue of whether
D. nls mld ny Morse or not. point
i'. urt That the attorney general had
stated That he was not directly paid
iy Morse.
ne characterized tho letter as "a
s,O'1us cquivocation" and as "a
sN',m.nt that docs not carry con-
Earth. hope and charity are ex-
, '.rt ,utues. hut the greatest of
H' IS patience" declared Attorney
C.N.ftl naughcrty, when asked after
''lt,'s cabinet meeting il he would
t.es criticisms directed at him by
Il. muo.s of Congress.