Evening star., 1922-05-23
CARAWAY RESUMES
DAUGHERTY ATTACK
Copies of Alleged Letters Put
in Record - Moses Calls
Charges "Smoke Screen"

Copies of two more alleged letters
purporting to show that Attorney
General Daugherty had been active
and also financially Interested in OBJ
tanning a communication of sentence
for G. w Morse. the shipbuilder,
during the Taft administration. were
placed in the Congressional Record by
Senator Caraway of Arkansas, demo
crat, yesterday afternoon
Senator Moses of New Hampshire.
republican, charged that the attack
upon the Attorney General was mere
lN smoke screen to hide demo
cratic cabinet officers of the last ad-
ministration, particularly an Attorney
General and a Secretary of the Treas
ury.
To this Senator Caraway replied
that he had no such intention, and
that if the former Attorney Grueral
"is as bad as this Attorney fenerai
he ought to be prosecuted.
Senator caraway insisted that If
the evidence in the Morse case were
placed before ii jury 1t would be
sufficient to convict both. Attorney
General Daugherty and Thomas r.
Fielder, with whom he was assocI-
ated in obtaining the release OF
Morse, of fraud.
One Of the letters presented by
Senator CarawayE purported 10 pf
from Thomas r, Fielder. New YORK
attorney, alleged to have been as
sociated with Mr. Daugherty in the
legged TO have been written by Frank
L. Seeley. editor of the Atlanta Geor'
gian. To Mr.. Fielder. said that Mr.
Morse owed his liberty and his lIis
TO yours and MIR. Daugherty's ef.
forts Mr.. Seely said his Interest
was purely philanthropic. Both let
ters. bore 1917 dates.
" Comments on Letters.
Commenting on statements in The
letters that Mr.. Fielder and the pres
emf Attorney General took steps to pre-
vent revocation of Mr.. Morse's re
lease when il was charged that fraut
had been praCticed upon Presiden
Taft Senator Cdrawa asserted tina
Mr. Fielder and Mr.. Daugherty If no
cognizant of the original fraud, pre-
vented reCtification.
The letter by Mr.. Fielder. purport
ing to have been written TO Leon q
Bailey Hanover National Bank build
ing. New York. detailed connection:
with the Morse case at length. eN'
planning receipt as fee in the case
of $4,000 in stock, on which dividend:
subsequently ceased The letter sa it
that Mr.. Fielder was engaged by Mr.
Seely. the Atlanta editor. and tina
t
Morse's Communication plea just before
expiration of Mr. Taft's term.
The letter said that Mr. Fielder anC
Mr. Daugherty were informed by DIR
A L. Fowler. prison physician. tha
Mr. Morse appeared to have Brights
disease.
With this cue. Mr. Daugherty anc
myself took up the matter de novo.
the letter continued. We returned
to Washington. discussed this phase
of Ihe case with the Attorney Gen.
eral and with the President.
The application for pardon or clemenc!
hung fre' for several weeks.
During all of those weeks Mr.
Daugherty and myself spent prac-
tically all of our time in New York
Cincinnati and Washington working
upon the case
The Seeley letter was largely &
summary of the events leading to the
alleged retention of Fielder as coun-
sci for Morse. Felder's name. the
letter said. was suggested to Morse
by Seeley after the banker -convic
had tried every possible avenue ot
relief" Reference was made to the
writer's keen disappointment because
Of Morse's failure to pay the fee:
agreed upon.