Show CASE CA E OF CHARLES W MORSE Charles W Morse who was sen sentenced sentenced sentenced to fifteen years cars in a federal prison on a charge of misapplying funds of the Bank of North America says his sentence represents the wrath executive and otherwise which has been beon accumulating in Washington for seven years endeavoring to expend expends upon a rich malefactor For some I tim tiro past nast says the former bank om oln cial there thera was Avas va great grent speculation as to 1 whether It was a Roosevelt panic panl or a aMorgan aMorgan Morgan panic or a rich mans panic but at last It was determined by b com common common common mon consent that I was the panic and andas andas andas as such panic I have hac been Indicted tried as a panic and as all panics r ought to be treated have been denied bail ball as a pane Mr fr Morse does docs not relish being made mado madea madon a n scapegoat for the sins of all the rich malefactors bankers and high finan financiers ciers ciora in general and mattes malios out a pretty strong case In his own behalf and may yet escape e prison walls on appeal A good deal of sympathy has been awak awakened awakened ened in ht his behalf since he was denied ball ban Perhaps he deserves punishment There are other more or less distinguished distin distinguished New Yorkers however who have hae fractured the banking laws for years and nothing has been said or done about It Morse More is justified in his protest J |