The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-13
The Morrison Jury Still Wrang-
ling Over the Verdict.
Small Prospect That an Agree
ment Viii Be Reached.
SENT TO BED AT NIGHT
Feared Jury Would Break Down
Unless Given Sleep.
Miss Morrison Holding Up Well
Under the Suspense.

Ell Dorado, kan, Dec 13-At 10 o'clock
last night Judge Shinn sent the jury in
the Morrison murder case to its hotel
for the night with instructions to the
bailiff to let the members have a good
sleep and after breakfast in the morn
ing to return them to the jury room for
further deliberations
The jury gave no indications of arriv-
ing at a verdict. With good beds and
food the twelve men are comfortable
and Will be able to deliberate for a week.
John Gregory the juror who COM
planned of being i'll, was much better to-
day and viii probably be able to go
through the week if necessary.
The paper which the jury sent to the
court contained a statement that the
jury could not agree. This ln1oImauon
is usually conveyed from jury to judge
verbally 1t stated nothing about how
the jury stood The court and attorneys
refused to give out the contents OF the
note.
There are all kinds of rumors ahoat
as to the standing Of the jury. one
thing seems certain, and that IS the
jurors have disagreed on the question OF
the guilt or innocence of Miss Morrison.
1t is not believed they have clashed on
any degree of punishment
To the casual observer it would ap-
pear that at least two of the jurors are
holding out for acquittal- Rumor has It
that ten are for conviction and two Tor
acquittal, and there the matter mas
rested since the jury retired at S'So
Tuesday morning.
Judge Redden, one of the attorneys
for Miss Morrison, was on the slreets
of FL Dorado today. happy in the bellef
that he had secured a hung jury Tor ms
IT'S not a victory for us he said.
s'but it is better than conviction.
The majority of the jurymen are un-
used to close confinement and are show
ing the effects of their long siege Their
names and ages are given
THE MORRISON JURY.
Alexander Hewitt, farmer, aged So,
foreman.
John Gregory, farmer, aged q.
Joseph Nichols, farmer, aged Az.
William Shanock, Jr., farmer, aged g.
Albert I4itzkie, farmer, aged 81.
H. G.. Liggett, farmer, aged 81.
J. L. Stewart, farmer, aged g.
c. A. Grant, farmer, aged AZ.
J. B. Palmer, farmer, aged 40
J. NJ Helms, farmer, aged 40.
F. M. Wright, farmer, aged 38
NJ T. Simpson, farmer, aged 53.
Miss Morrison does not betray her
anxiety While she believes her chances
of vindication are lessening as the hours
speed by, there is still a spark of hope
in her heart, and her face bears no evil
dence of doubt or fear. She looked to-
day as well as at any time during the
trial and seemed in better condition
than on Wednesday,. She passed wed
nesday as she had the day preceding,
save for the brief interval when she was
in the court loom. Some Of her relatives
were with her constantly. Ihe mails
brought her more than three dozen mes
sages bidding her hope and assuring her
of the confidence of others in her in
nocence Two bouquets of fresh flowers
were received to replace the faded ones
in her garden behind the prison bars
The delay in receiving the verdict IS
increasing the countyS expense CleIk
Of the Court Osburn has given out the
f-11 frf Of Airea0X
Cured: Per diem and mileage, regular
Jury. $4O0; jury claims filed, $l,425; fees
of witnesses sheriff and clerk, $3.50;
Morrison jury, $3.50; serving papers, spe-
ciaI yenires, $3.50; bailiffs fees, $1O0-
This makes a total up to the present
of s., 5,175, and the end is not yet
fendant and the subsequent application
for rehearing be granted the case would
cfted by a new county attorney. Both
of the present incumbents are Popu!IIlists
succeeded by Republicans, elected on no
given at 29. 1t IS said that if one searches /
the records of the countys schools Jessie |
count up to the present year. ne Will ! ngad ss |
that she is but few months snort OF e. |
natural. Five months confinement Dehlnd |
prison bars is not a youth-resIorlng ex-
BY some of the newspapers Jessie Nor |
rison has been compared to John Henry |
Collins.
of the murder of his own father BUT /
Jessie Morrison is not so remarkable a /
prisoner as was Collins. Occasionally she /
breaks down. Collins never did She has /
wept freely at times when Collins would /
not have batted eye. Yet she has I
made a most interesting. and, perhaps, /
extra ordinary prisoner. 1t is admitted /
that she has borne the long siege of con- I
finenant and the awful strain upon her /
nerves remarkably well. Possibly, after I
all the only difference between her con- |
duct as a prisoner and that OF Collins IS /
that she is a woman and he man.
Some tOwnspeople who are of an i'm /
patient disposition are unkind enough to /
accuse the jurors of nereenary instincts /
year when their farms do not require their /
attention and that to receive free board, I
free lodging and 81 per day IS too much OF i
a snap for them to break away from until /
to believe. however, that the jury IS not 1
doing its best to arrive at an agreement
TTNTsJ7CKY OMENS ARE APPARENT. 4
Wednesday marked the thirteenth day 1
since the taking of evidence in the Nor T
risOn case began. 1t began Friday. +
November go It is rather remarkable /
how the day Friday and the figure IL have /
shown forward in the Morrison case. cas-
tie and Miss Wiley were married June IS. +
The number of the Morrison case on the /
trial docket is 13 and on the appearance /
on Friday and the evidence in the Morri- I
son case began on Friday and ended on 1
Friday.
A few nights following the wedding thfr-
tie was the leader, serenaded him and his /
wife. There were three precipes for sub
poenas for witnesses by the state which I
were issued November 13. The attorneys
for the defense asked that they be given
a copy of Mrs Castles dying statement
October 13 and the order granting the re-
quest was made November 1S.