Kammala wannan jumla: Morris ya shirya yin wasa a cikin mummunan mummunan
1919 jerin, amma an kama shi da Amurka saboda zargin da ake zargi da shi da kuma kurkuku. An yanke masa hukuncin shekara biyu, wanda zai yi a Alcatraz. Abin mamaki, gaskiyar cewa shi ɗan asalin Burtaniya ne bai hana hukumomin Amurka kama shi ba, kamar yadda yarjejeniya ta ce, ya kamata ya yi rajista don aikin (sannan ya nemi keɓewa,) amma ya yi watsi da halartar gwajinsa, don haka ya zama shi ne "baƙon ɗan ƙasa na farko a Yammacin Tekun da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa". A cikin fall an canza shi zuwa wani rukunin Sojoji kuma a watan Maris na 1920 an ba shi izinin girmamawa.