Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-08-05 | Page 22 | Morse Will Urge Probe

I MORSE Will URGE PROS PROBE I ITo To Demand Investigation I of Governments I Prosecution I I IWA i WA WASHINGTON O ug The 4 Th gO e nt lost today the first ot of I I the Me big war nar frau fraud 1 commercial I cases a Jury aury ury In the District ot of otI I Columbia supreme court returning t I a verdict of acquittal in the ease cae of oC Charles W 55 Morse Nev Ne YorK I YorKI ship builder his three thre lions gone and four Cour others other who were charged with I conspiracy to defraud the United States on wartime shipbuilding and op Operating contracts The jurors who nho had spent uiL teen weeks e In hearing the e and arguments deliberated approximately 14 H hours As the Jur lury ury r re- re reported re reported ported its findings on each of th four counts in the to t o 0 Indictments tears coursed el don down do n the tir cheeks ot of Charles W Morse fors 1 hue he other do- do de defendants fe sho showed cd ten lea signs of ot emo onto emotion tion T tt w TS 1 I IN I TIO TIO Besides th the elder Morse those a ac- ac acquitted ac acquitted quitted were Ernin Em in A Morse Ben Benjamin jamin S W Morse Harry F Morse MorseN orse N H Campbell of New York It ItY Y Much tuch of ot Augusta Maln Maine and it H 0 O White Whit of ot New York all ot of officials officials of ot ss-ne ss of ot th se se Morse com companies panics and ReIn ReIn- ReInhardt Reini-hardt Reini hardt who wa wa- wa waa an a auditor for tor Rein Rein-I the emergency fleet corporation at the Virginia shipbuilding ng plant olt at Aleaander Va After the verdict had been Leen l en re- re returned returned re returned turned Charles W Mors said he Iso heI I Vo auld uld Ia e lea e soon for tor Europe for his Ius health His chief counsel Nash Rock Rock- Rockwood Roc wood I wood of ot New York stated that up-I up upIon up upon I Ion on the convening of or congress Mr I Morse would seek beck an investIgation ot of the th house senate judiciary com corn commissions missions of the prosecution against him by th the government