The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-21
MORSE MONEY
To OAUGHERTY,
CARAWAY SAYS
Senator Exhibits Al
legged Letter and
Contract
By Laurence ". Bcncdict
United Prcss staff correspondent,

ktN Atat 'A'""h ~" ht''tf'
nensa,ion IN political circles here
were made IN the senate today by
senator carsway. Arkansas demo
crat.
In the face OF previous deniai-
by administration senate leaders
that Attorney General Daughtery
helped obtain a pardon Tor Char
les W. More. financier aud ship
builder from the Atlanta pensi,en-
tiary In 1921. Caruway read into
the congressional record copies OF
an alleged letter and contract
which he -aId showed that Daash-
etty and Thomas lI Fielder Allan
Ia attorney. were to receive S2s,-
OeO from Morse " they Obtained
his unconditional commutnuon or
pardon.
Fnc-simlles OF the letter and
contract were printed exclusively
here today by the Washington
Daily News.
ASKS Resignation
Daugl.erty should resign al
onre. Carawny declared, after
reading thes. documents ana ro-
ferring to statements recently
made by Major ~. l.. scaife. de-
partmsnt OF justice war fraud in
.csliEaior. who WIS dis,ais<rd by
the attorney general Scaife in a
letter printed in congressional re-
cord charges that Fielder, repre-
fentlng that he was acting with
the approval OF Daughcrty, sought
to otltRin his tScaife'sl services
as "a counsel In the Bosch maeno-
to case now pending before the
department uf Justice ana the
alien property custodian IN which
! former owners Of the Bosch com
many are seeking tu regain pro
perry reined ana sold ~ the Gus
tsdian during the previous ad-
mlnstratipn.
The first document which Cara
way read into the records was n
.etter signed. II " DuuRhcrty
10 More. under date lSpru go.
fgI3. in which the slgncr tells
More that fei geo Is due uuder "a
contract made August 4, 1911 with
Mr. Fielder for his services and
mine"
The document was nm alleged
rontraci Of August 4. 1871 signed
| bv Falder and accepted hy
| Morse. which stated that Hon.
la. NJ Daughcrty' was 20 receive
a retainer of $4,000 and that he
and Fielder were 20 receive &ia.-
0OO In the event uf Mnrse's uncuu-
ditional pardon or Communication.
The pardon was obtained ana
the alleged letter indicates DnuEh-
erty was seekiug To collect the fee
from Morse.
Attorney General Daugneriy.
now at baltimore. teiophonrd h!s
private secretary that he would
have nothing To- sny tonight re-
garding the CarawHy charge ur
| ne exhibits accompanying them.
The only senator In republican
circles who was to speak nfter
lear concluded was Senator
willis. Ohio.
senator Tom Watson. ucorr a.
following caraway's speech, bad
made "a vlfrioiic attack on feldcr
willis then said:
| Il don't know anything about
Fielder. hut accepting him ~ the
valuation put on him by senst"rs
Watson Of Georgia ana CarawnF'
lIu have To have some stronger
testimony before IN believe
'narg"s made against the attor-
ney general
| Pm willing to put the state
ment OF former President Tar and
former Attorney General wicker
sham against tho word OF ftid"f
~ this natter
Cnraway then pointed out ac-
cordlng to the documents hoth
Daughcrty and Fielder admitted
they were assistants In the MORSE
pardon case.
senator Watson, Indiana. wha
in the senate on May 4. said ths
lattorney general told him he was
not In any way connected Win
the Morse pardon. tonight deciin.
ed TO make formal statement
on the ease. lie did reitcratn that
DauEnerty tcld him the state
ments he had previously made q
the senate.
The at,orney general knew hii
statement to Senator Watson VA
untrue. said caraway
"fhe attorney general DAD re
resent Morse"
raraway also challenged
Daugherty 20 make good M
| .nrv.st 10 conduct perHonaiiy th'
cases against the alleged wal
lRrafters
'1f naughcrty wasn't Joking
when he said he would persunniil
take charge ~ the war graft ease.
u necessary 10 proeecuie them.
want him 20 make good hh
threat" said the senator.
u promise him ~ he d0csn az
u. another document he Won
love will be printed IN the con
gre4sionai records. IN give him
llttie time. hut he aud ar
threateniag each o.her now ~
make good my threats but ~
! wont.
4 say there isn't but one dsccn
! tlIue for the attorney general 4
do and that ~ to resign lie oush
not longer to omharraas the ad
minlstration by holding offce,
al the attorney general desire
Ito make an explanation he ma
DO 90. n he doesn't there VIII b
, other thinsn comlnG right rcsu
tcouiinutsa ON paac thrccl