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Show MORsFBlfOitis TO THE SCENE OF HIS USE M FALL v , NEW YORK, Feb. S. Charles -f- W. JIor6e, bank wrecker and -t" paroled federal convict, came back tonight to the scenes of -f his former triumphs and con- yiction, crumpled up In a wheel -t- 4- chair, silent and impassive as -f a lay figure. 4- With hfB faithful wife at his side, he was pushed through the curious throug3 at tho Pennsylvania station, lifted quickly into a taxicab and whisked away to his homo at 127 WestFifty-elghth street, to remain for a vfeek or ton days beforo starting for Bad Nauhelm, Germany, where he hopes to recover his health, though physicians say his lifo Is shattered. If Morse enjoyed his homecoming he did not show" It Not once did ho open his lips during the progress of the wheel chnir from the train to the taxicab. He did not even raise his head, but rested his limp hands on the arms o( the taxicab Reporters and Photographers Prcaont. Tho train from Augusta, where Morse served three years of his fifteen-year sentence, was more than an hour late. Reporters and photographers photog-raphers by (he score awaited Its coming, com-ing, and as It Bwept into the station at 5.58 thero was a rush to the front exit of the Pullman car bearing the Morse party, Preparations for his detainment de-tainment had been carefully made. A wheel chnir was rolled up with almost al-most autpinatic precision and Morso was quickly Installed in it. Then came a booming crash and a burst of Jlnme. Everybody jumped, while Morse shrank back into the chair. A photographer had taken tho first flashlight of the roturnlng banker. bank-er. Mrs. Morso looked anxiously at her husband a3 tho smoke cleared and pressed close to the chair as It was wheeled aWay, Her faco was ashen, but she said nothing.. ' ' ' Dr. A. L. Fowler of. Atlanta, whp,. accompanied- Morse nnd (who,.,wilI,gd i to Europe with him, when asked how the banker is, replied: ' Ho is a very sick mnn. but he stood tho trip better than I had expected ex-pected " "V111 Mr Morse attempt to go down town before ho leaves for Germany?" Will Only Meet Hie Family. "Impossible," said Dr. Fowler. "Will there be any friends at tho house to greet him tonight'" "No one except tho little family party," replied the doctor. As the party approached tho waiting; taxicab tho police fought back thct morbidly curious who pressed forward, for-ward, and with the help of station attendants at-tendants a lane was formed. Through this Morso was Bhoved and lifted Into tho vehicle. Mrs. Morso for the moment was forgotton. Dr. Fowler turned to assist her. She was" breathing hard and swaying in the jam. Tho doctor put out his arm to help her, but she replied: "Don't mind me. Get Mr Morse in safely." A tonso moment followed, punctu-' ated with flashes and reports, and then the littlo party whizzed away. |
