People's voice., 1900-12-13

timony. Mrs, Spslgler's tessiu ony
at the trial did MT tally with her
testimony at the preliminary. Mr.
ard Mrs. Morrison said that j, ssie
aore low sh0es the morning uf the
uIagedy.
The above t. al the test mOUy Of
lmpUrtance at the trial yesterday.
The witnesses named abOye are all
who testified. The hatde was hard
fought yesterday. Tpera is not a
single step that dues nut meet an ob.
>tructiUn OF the opposition. Otj"c-
ions are made a hundred times a dsy
10 the questions addressed 10 VIII.
n"sseS and the answers made by them.
The majority OF these UblecIions are
uverruled by the court, but the law
yerS for Miss Morrison are careful
that every objection wh:ch trey make
i copied fully In the recurd OF the
ise. For II Jessie Morrison is con
vicled BY thr jury, an appeal will be
tagtn H. unce
The morbid interest ~ the crowd 10
the Morrison trial is increasing to a
degree that Is almost dangerous.
When court adjourned at noon yes-
t'rday all pf the 81, ctators except
one, who has nUt missed a moment OF
the trial. departed, This Is a large
woman ~ middle age. She has usually
Mace on the front seat ahn she sat
there at noon Yesterday until the
court hailff tod her that a strict
rule hsd been made and that she
cruld not sit there during the noon
honr. This woman had brought
crackers and rheeSe for her luncheon
and had pnt newspapers on The hack
OF her bench Ia add t. its com
fort, or. rather. decrease the discom-
fort which it gave. When told to
Lave the room this CONSTANT atten-
dant retired to window ledge just
outside the door and there ate her
lurcheon. She secured her seat on
'hH from: bench after the doors were
opened.
SATURDAY.
Jessie Morrison. on trial for murder
in the tirst degree, was put Uu the
-t,nd at Elnradn yesterday and told
t"e story OF the death duel in Clara
Wiley CsSJle's hume last June She
va pink rnse on her breast. and
all through the testimony b're up
wonderfully well. Capt. Waters for
'h4 prosecution put her through a
rigid eros examination bit was un-
able tn shake her She had shown
herself TO he a remarkable witness.
She wiped tears from her eyes Occas-
iOnally and cOughed and cleared her
throat. out she seldom hesitated.
s. >tuck 10 her original statement
entirely during the cross-examina-
tim.
Miss Morrison's opening testimony
c0htradicted much that Castle had
said on the stand. 1t disclosed, how
ever. mol hing sensational.
Jessie said she had known Castle
since July, 1897, VIII, n she began to
work in the Racget store, where he
was employed, and that she had
known Mrs. Castle for about six years
before her death. During the sum.
mer OF 1899 Castle had come to see
her at hei brother-iI LAWS house from
one to three times a week, and had
taken her riding trequrrtly. He had
written her letter while he was at
Whitewater. and she had answered it,.
She told sbInt going to Excelsior
Springs last Jsnuary, and OF CASTLES
asking 10 come tO see her On the night
before she went away.
"Just b'iore he left. did you tel !
him YOU would fix him" was asked.
81 did not" replied Miss Morrison,
firmly
Did YOU ever tell i'm you would
fix him or use words Uf similar i'm
p'rl?"
did not"
She told Of the interview in the
RACK Ell sJore with Castle, WHO laid on
the witness It nd that she had threat
ened INN.
She said she had asked lin To IT.
turn her leLiers and things, aud he
ad replied: "'Y0u needn't worry:
nUbudy has ever seen your letters and
guess I'll return them"
Were either Of you angry?'
81 WAS not"
Ibid you use anv expression or make
: NJ threatening movement, or say,
If YOU don't, you'll wish you hao?"
mo, SIR"
Witness told that while at Excel
sior Springs she had recovered se,-
eral letters from him.
HE asked me TO write TO him. He
wrote the last letter."
She denied urging him TO keep his
promise and come and see her, or that
she had told him she wac in trouble.
"Did you write any letter 10 which
YOU spoke OF any kind OF allow. vulgar
scheme in which you wanted Olln TO
particpate?"
II dfd moi"
Mrs. Pugh yesterday testified that
Mrs. Castle had told her that Miss
Morrison had written such letter.
Miss Morrison told OF Mrs. Castle
wearing a tie that she (witness) had
made for Castle, and Of fdunting IL Ia
the pIisouer's face, and Of Castle CIV
Ing her mirror, fact that Castle
denied TN the stand. She also told
Of Castle taking her riding and pro-
posing that they dive past Ciara's
house ito make her jealous Wit
ness denied that she bad met Castle
10 front Of bis house one ! light at IL
O'Clock, as he bad testified, and had
demanded an interview. Her brother
had, she said, taken ber from a
friends house at 10 o'clock and she
was abed at IL o'clock. She denied
having taken any razors from the
Racket store.
Then. in reDly 10 questions. Mis-