The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-12

lures were appended to the testimonial,
declared they had never seen or signed
such document.
Morrison also showed Miss whittiesey
map Of I.ipscomb County. Texas, in
which circle had been drawn With red
ink around four sections These sections,
he told Miss whittlesey. were his Texas
e1tila ranch. He also showed her two
deeds. one purporting to be for his ranch
in Lipscomb County, the other for tows
lot in Panhandle. All these deeds we.e
shown on the trial TO have been foreeries
While Morrison was prosecuting his love
AFFAIRS the Ieople OF Panha adle were dis
cussing the sudden death Of the minis
ter's wife
Some OF the witnesses to the death told
OF Morrison's rnisststements of the symp-
toms. The symptoms were properly de-
scrtbed 10 doetors. and they pronounced
| them those Of strychnine poisoning. Then
the druggist told of m, dealings he had
had with Morrison. rhe bcGy of Mrs.
Morrison was exhumed. and it's viscera
sent 10 DR.. 5. NJ. Morris. professor o.
toSicology and chemistry in the Texas
State University at Galveston.
Meanwhile. as other discriminating cir
cumstanceS ware discovered. an effort
was made TO locate Morrison. He was
| found at Topeka, and his iove-rlakilis
was rudely interrupted by his arrest.
Through a misunderstanding of the tsie-
graphic report made BY DR.. Morris. the
analyst. the Texas authorities wired IN.
authorities Of Kansas to release Morrison
Morrison at once made his escape.
DIR. Morris found st-ychnine present II
the viscera in sufficient quantities 20 Pro-
duce death, and descriptions and photo
graphs of Morrison were sent all over
| the country. As result Of this work ne
was arrested in San Francisco April j,
| 1893
Morrison before this had written let
ter TO the sheriff in Kansas from some
point in Indiana. telling him he was tired
of life and would commit suicide. This
letter did not throw the police from the
| scent. as was its evident intention.
Sweetheart Turned Against Him.
The case was tried al Vernon, Tex. 10
| which Morrison had secured change OF
venue from Panhandle. Both sides were
represented by skilled coursel-five attor-
| neys prosecuting and six defending. The
| verdict was murder in the first degree,
| and Ii was confirmed on appeal Miss
| Whittlesey was one OF the leading Wit
| nesses for the State end all Morrisor's :
| letters to her were introduced in evil
| dence.
The defense. despite the ability OF the
| attorneys engaged in It, was meager. II
| was that Mrs. Morrison. IL stgychrine
was present in her viscsra. had put II
there herself with suicidal intent. No al
tempt was made to explain the relations
| between Miss whittlcsey and Morrison
| on this assumption.
| Morrison was hanged at the place w1ere
| he was tried and convicted He maintain
| ed his innocence to the last
| "The heavenly gates VIII rot stand
| partly aiar for my entrance They Will
be wide open and propped oack.' he said
on the scaffold. "T want you to read the
| second chapter, twenty-second verse OF
| Hebrews. 1T Is not all OF death 10 die,
| nor all of life to live
| MY wife's people were n family or IA
| talists. When my wife was one wear old
| her brother was killed Instantly from the
kick OF mule. Later team ran away
| with a mower and killed her father. Ny
| wife fell from buggy. spraining her an
| kle. from which she never recovered Ny
| wife's sister, who married j. III. Thomp-
| son. of HillsDOro. ILL.,. had four children
to die in one week. The package of Strych-
nine ] bought of Mr.. Cahart was never
opened"
Standing on the trap just before the
| black cap was drawn over his head he
sang one verse of the hymn. Jesus.
| Blessed Jesus and then invited the
spectators to ioin him in singing Nearer.
! NV God. to Thee.
II was a remarkable atonement for a
| remarkable crime.