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Show OB. MORRIS Ml STRONG LANGUAGE Severely Arraigns Those Ke-sponsihle Ke-sponsihle for itV's Forcible For-cible Ejection. SAYS Ml MAMTV l) U) REVOLT AT BRUTALITY Denounces Imposition of Pine as Adding to Her Humiliation. Humili-ation. WASHINGTON, Jan B -Dr. Minor Mmiis. whose wife u;is ejected from the White House last Thursday, i,,-nipiit i,,-nipiit gave out a public statement In Which ho severely arraigns those n-sponsibie n-sponsibie for her removal denounces the Imposition f a tine In her case :is adding to her humiliation and replies to the statement of her brother Representative Repre-sentative Hull nf i,,wa regarding the will and codicil of hci father The statement is addressed '"To Whom n May Concern," and begins an foil, we Calls It n Stckeninp Thing "A woman of the high' st culture, of the rarest attainments, who ha de-votfd de-votfd her life to her home, her family and her Ideals, whose onl thought haa been lo do good, and who lias always considered others before herself a wife ami mother liae been seised from behind, In l be waiting room of the White House and nialtleated with n brutality which humanity would revolt re-volt at seeing accorded to Its lowest type The details of the sickening thing, unnnmeable, are now known tu the whole country." Did Not Press Insane Chaige. Dr. Morris alleges that at. eiTori w.,. made to hold Mrs. Morns at the house of detention until his arrival two liis later, to make It appear that she was "friendless and Insam Hi says that the physicians sent to examine bet manifested their indignation ami that as it 'became dangerous to presx ihe Insane charge she stands today re-COrded re-COrded as the disturber of the peace to the extern of 5." Suffering Not in Vain. Dr Morris says her suffering will not have been In vain, "If the larger purposes pur-poses of truth and Injustice are strengthened In the community " His wife did not scream, he says. until "the violent seizure b ret service men surprised her with the 1 ommand to 'Come on ' " The statement makes sarcastic allusions to Assistant Secretary Secre-tary Harries, who. It says, after ordering order-ing her removal tried to defend liim-s. liim-s. If Dr. Morris says thai the mental and physical bruises which Mrs Morris has sustained would be dreadful In any environment, but the portals of the National residence of executive authority author-ity the pain Is Intensified a thousand times. Takes Up Disputed Will. The question of the disputed will Is then taken up and the expressions given out by Representative Hull In recent Interviews denounced as forgetful forget-ful of the mopi sacred relationships of life "in the hour of her ruclflzlon." The statement alleges that while the testator, Mrs. Morris's father, said "I owe no debts." a debt of almost the entire estate was put through a coui-t. and that a removal from the War department de-partment of Dr. Morris, who mentions himself as the beneficiary's husband, was made in connection with ihe nress-ing nress-ing of the latter'" claims Sense of Decency Shocked. In conclusion. Dr. Morris declares thiil the Nation's sense of decency has been shocked, that one woman has to bear all this, and that the "vital fa I in tin. 11 melight Is (hat this outrage Is the gravest Insult lo the iwllteness Of American life within the memory of men and women now living." |