The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-30
CASE WILLBESTATED
County Attorney BrumbaCk
Talks to Jurors.
COURT OPENS AT NINE
Defendants Side to be Pre-
scented Following the State.

THIS morning at o'clock. in the dis
trict court Of Butler county, the case OF
the state versus Jessie Morrison. on the
charge Of numbering Mrs. Clara Wiley
been sorn and areshrdluetaOinpunpu
Castle viii be called and the hearing con
tnued The jurors for the case have
been sworn and are guarded as though
prisoners They are in the charge OF
two banfTs. and although yesterday was
Thanksgiving not one man Of the twelve
was allowed to 80 to his home To spend
tie day.
Immediately after the opening Of court
this morning the statement of the case
from the standpoint Of the state viii be
made This viii in all probability be
made by County Attorney Brumbach.
The history OF the case viii be gone into
and each detail taken up. The attorneys
for the state had not, however. yester-
day decided just what points VIII be
made special. The deciding Of that mat
ter is to be made early this morning be-
fore the court opens.
THEY HAVE NO Sensations.
The defense has not yet decided Just
when they win make their statement 70
the jury. Attorney Kraemer was speak
ing 70 a reporter for the Eagle about the
case and said. 1--WE have not as yet de-
cided when we viii make our statement
of the case to the jury. It may be after
the state has made theirs and we may
wait just a. little while before we make
the statement. As % what our line Of
defense win be could not tell at the
present time. as we have not yet decid-
ed This VIII not be decided until about
noon on Friday and perhaps we may
not know then. There is one thing sure
about the case-there VIII be no sensa-
tons sprung
'17iu Miss Morrison be put on the
standy"
'fwsu, can not say positively as TO
that In all probability she win be put
on the stand before the trial is over"
"Wn she have anything to say about
her aeon aintance with Olin Caste?'
yes. i suppose so; but there VIII be
nothing. sensational about that Not any
more than my telling my acquaintance
with you on the witness stand"
PLEASED WITH TIE JURY.
'TIow do you feel about the jury. Mr..
Kraemer7'
''The attorneys for the defense are
pleased with the jury. We believe the
men are the best TIL at could have been
secured in this coun ty. and after the
rigid examination Of both state and de-
tense there is no question as to their fit
ness for the service.
'sThe battle over the jury was a hard
one, but we think that the real fight has
only just commenced and every point
VIII be contested"
TIE attorneys for the defense held a
conference late on Wednesday night.
Every preparation for the coming. exam
inaton Of the witnesses is being made.
These attorneys are preparing to make
the fight of their lives for the little pris-
oner and if the battle IN getting the jury
IS taken as evidence the contest yet TO
come VIII be a memorable one I'm the
annals of the Butler county court.
HELD A CONFERENCE.
At the same time that the attorneys
for the defense were holding a confer
enoe. the attorneys for the state were
gathered around a table in Captain Joe
Waters room in the Metropolitan hotel
They. too. were discussing the case and
@ number Of the important issues of to-
day and the coming week were gone
over
County Attorney Brumbach was seen
by reporter for the Eagle and to him
he said: eve are preparing to take care
of every detail in this case. We have
been working on the case for some time
and are determined to keep up our side
of the trial We are going right straight
ahead with the matter. and can assure
you that we have no sensations to
spring The evidence that we have IS le-
eiumste evidence and we viii put it be-
fore the jurors as such"
"What do YOU think Of the iurors2"
"velL we think they are an right The
fight To secure this jury has been hard
one and now since 1T IS over we feel chat
Il is AN RIGHT and that the mon viii 40
their duty solely from the evidence Of
fered un"
THREE IMPORTANT WITNESSES.
''Who are your most important Wit
nessese'
owe have a number. The most import
ant for the state are Mrs. Spangler.
Ms Moberly and Pearl Beardsley. the
butchers delivery man. All these people
were in the Castle home just after the
affair took place, and the three helped to
take Miss Morrison TO her home. On
this account. and because they We're the
first witnesses to the affair makes them
good persons for the state"
'I5ow about the letter that Jessie Nor
risou handed 20 Mrs. Castle and which
Mrs Spangler was supposed TO have
hads"
or have that letter En- my possession.
The first page IS MISSING. The two pages
contain nothing about Mrs Castle. or IN
TACT anything thar would interest anyone
outside o. the Morrison family. 1t was
from sister. AIRS. Ida Haw'ey. OF tx
celsior no. THE letter viu be used IS
evidence during the trial."
ARE ABOVE THE AVERAGE.
Many of the jurors have lived Ia But
Ter county for many wears. THE young
est man. q. j. Llegett. had been there
fer number ~ years and is a small
iike man. - yeacs ~ see He has
brown mustache and close cut hair Ths
oldest man IS 81 wears az axe and hes
the appearance az bzine younser than
tha- however VIXEN taken as q whole
the men are above the ave-aye fury. ans
when 81 is rlkan into consideration tbst
large number OF Butler county.s riri-
zens had been examined probably no bet
yer jury could have been secured.
JURORS ENJOY THE DAY.
The men spent the greater part af the
day in the jury rooms in the court house
They read papers. PLAYED checkers-.n
fact did anything that wouid hep pass