People's voice., 1900-12-06
MORRISON TRIAL.
TUESDAY.


my life Is of ShOrG duration, aud that
my death is ptnI ling and very near,
and thus b-lng 10 tie presence Of
death, | make the following state.
nent and declare il to be tue truth:
Il was attending 10 my hOuSehoid
duties O0 the mOrnlng OF June -, 1900,
when irst saw Jessie NJ Irrisun C In
ing 10 at our gate. She came up W
the door, our wesJ door. Jessie came
up 10 tue door and, holding up let.
Ter, asked me If | had written IT.
told her had not written II. J-s ie
then started TO cnme 10. | t ,Ok nOi1
OF the screen and invited her 10. l
thought would Treat her as a lady.
The screen was not fastened when she
came TO the door. wa, standing ln-
side the door. Jessie came 10, as !
invited her TO do. lopened the screen
aud stepped back sni she came Ia and
sat down on the lounge ou the north
side OF the room. / sat down 10 a
chair on the west side OF the room, by
The window. then asked Jessie TO
let me see the letter, but she refused
to do so. Jessie then asked me II Olin
and myself were friends OF hers. !
told her that we were certainly not.
Jessie asked me il remembered when
she came home 10 the spring from Ex.
celslor Springs, that she spoke to me,
that did not speak. / said | had a
gOOd reason for not speaking to her at
that time. | tOlu her tnat | knew
how she had been acting, had been
running into The store. Sac said she
bad not been there but one dazen
times. told her further that Sue
nad invited Olin out one night, and
that another night she inst him after
he had been al our house. Jessie at
nrst dtni ID all that | tod her, BIT,
hndlDg Jnat II was OF no use, she linen
confessed II all, and then she said:
We'll, you may read the letter As
she said this, she arose from the
lounge and, passing in front OF me and
To my right, looking out OF the door,
she asked me il there was any one
ab)ut the house. | saw the letter 10
her left hand when she arose from the
lounge.
The next thing l knew Jessie Nor.
rlsOn struck me across the throat
With d razor which she had in her
right hand. / do not know where
she took the razor from. | tried To
defend myself as best | could from
the blows, cut my fingers in trying
10 get the razor from her. | alsU
screamed all | could. Directly some
one was trying to get IN the house.
She was 90 top OF me. She got of OF
me and cut her self in the throat and
arms. | saw her do II. / did moi
call her 10 from the street. | could
not get the razor away from her.
did not cut her at all. She asked me
soon after she came into the house II
there was any one else about the
house. She asked me that question
the second time. / do not know how
many times Jessie cut me or struck
me with the razor, but great mum.
Der Of times. | had just finished
sweeping when first saw Jessie at
the gate. Before sweeping, | took
the rugs to the bard walk, vile e
cleaned and left them. | do not
knew who fastened the sCreen, bui
presume l did, as | usually kept IT
closed. | make this as my. dying
statement.
CLARA WILEY CASTLE"
The above is the mucu talked Of dy'
M statement OF Clara Wiley Csstie,
written on July 4, when she expected
20 die.
DIN Cast e's testimony was con.
cluded yesterday. The opinion Of the
leien.e was that h made poor Wit
ness for The state. The crOss-eXami.
nation showed that he had not been
averse to creating jealousy between
Miss Morrison anu MISS Wiley. Yes
terday he was asked Il ae had eveI
received letters from Mss Morrison
while she wa away from Eldorado
He made this statement: IL got one
from Jessie in which she said she wa:
in trouble-was 10 delicate condi
tlon. she wrote: Remember you
promise and 'CUme TO Excelsior
Springs at once She was there al
the time, visiting her sister," Castle
says he never promised Miss Morrl.
son to marry her: that he never told
her he luved her; he denied that he
had ever been intimate with her; he
had frequently "been out" with hel
and occasionally went to her home and
played croquet with her. He haC
given her presents aud received pres.
ents 10 return. Castles entire testi
mony was along the line suggested
above. The evident object Of the de
tense was to prove that Cattle anC
Miss Morrison had been too intimate
His testimony left the impression
that Miss Morrison had always chased
him, and that he had nearly always
acted the rabbit aud ran.
WEDNESDAY.
The dying statemento OF Clara WILEY
Castle, the murdered Eldorado bride
was the subject Of discussion IL
many Wellington homes last night
Jessie Morrison has M defenders, bu
there is a feeling that the persons
who should b, expected to deal fairly
with her are a little ton eager In theiI
determination to clnvict her withsu
re bukiDg the duplicity Of Olin Cas-
tie
Persons VINO are following the cast
impartlally no doubt wondered at the
phraseOlogy OF Clara Wiley Castle'i