The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-28

- LOFTS. Oct. IA special to the
.ss..fssns,cn from Dallas, Tex, says:
- r. =. Morrison vas hanged at noon
80 =, Vernon. Tex, for wife mu, der
=. ras. ais death resignedly. On the scat
80 h. said to The select party Of twenty
Ssnsssz permitted a; the execution:
- am innocent, Circumstances over
.-.s.s had no control have placed me IN
-. oss.sion I have taken my trouble
: ,,:yate to God. ] admit / have acted
.fsere@sty. ! have done no worse how
- than hundreds OF men who stand
- IN religious. social. business and of:i-
~ circles OF your state. / have done
sslaspr to confess ] am IN the hands OF
= Maker. He knows | am innocent"
nornson's neck was broken by the fall.
a his death appeared 10 be painless.
story of the Crime,
VERNON. Tex. Oct. .7.-The crime for
vetfn Rev c. E Morrison paid the death
s,aalty was the poisoning OF his wife In
october. lssT. The facts show that for de-
nssssts sen6ishness they are almost with.
=. parallel In the annals Of criminal jur-
Iuxsaeaee. The motive for the poisoning
"a ia order to rid himself OF pretty,
amaols, loving wife. in order to marry q
issy possessed OF large means. {l1o, 80 VI
mich vas In cash.
Morrison married his deceased wife about
seytnieen years ago At one time they
nyss IN California, then in Oklahoma ter
sepsy, from which place they moved 10
Panhandle Tex, where the crime was
enmsstei He was born and reared in
rrrpis and went 10 school at carbondaie
fkess he became acquainted with Miss
ARA Whistiesey. who subsequently moved
VIII her parents to Topeka. Kan. In Au-
rus, previous to the poisoning OF his wife,
b October. 1885,. Morrison met Miss Whit
.lss<y, bis school days Sweetheart, ascer-
ainsd her financial condition and made an
seeT Of marriage. He pretended that his
s9s had been dead eleven years; that he
kad Quit preaching; had been successfully
tasaged In the cattle business for eight
,ssfs and owned ranch near Higgins.
IN. On his return 10 Texas he began
Jurisprudence with Miss Whit,lesey.
wTlg his proposal OF marriage. stating
aat he had for a number OF years intend
Il % come 10 her when ne could do so
Marabiy and he believed he could now
- the time This statement was made
- month before the death OF his wife.
Bought Strychnine.
Be procured stryehnine for the os.ensibie
Esrosa Of poisoning "varmints. which ne
nj were catching his chickens On the
ty previous he had procured n box OF
sasins with empty capsules On Friday
sSat before her death Mrs Morrison went
. tie SWISS Bell Ringers, leaving Morri-
"a q, home. who said ha had 10 prepare
= Sunday sermon. The next morning he
ses the strychnine back Ia the druggist,
wing him that he was afraid to use II
p far he would poison his neigbbors'
tscksns. The package had been opened.
kadas night he preached and alluded In
pathetic manner Ia the parting With
ssd ores at death About 10 o'clock that
Est he called upon his neighbois for as
| Gzhte announcing the serious Illness Of
wife. She was found In paroNysms
| q spasms He delayed sending for q
xsar who arrived after the wife's death.
the meantime he kept up his CORE
sanasnce with Miss Whittiesey. writing
b letter two days before the death Of
- wife and the day after her burial. as
kfthx his love In the most lavish terms.
J. the latter letter he announced The
NH OF his brothers wife and notified her
ehs early visit to Topeka. on hts return
f1s Topeka ne was arrested. held few
m was released on bond and fled. About
aes months thereafter he WAS re-arrest-
IN San Francisco. returned to Texas.
-sf with Miss Whitti.sey as the main
saseeuting witness and given the death
sasliy