People's voice., 1900-12-06
the Castles who was at the Castle

sAS >"oeiSo "nO was dJ bhe Odstle
nome soon after The tragedy. Mrs.
Cowles was apparently most willing
witness, and the attorneys had hard
time holding her. She talked like she
was talking to sewing circle, insist
lng on telling what everybody else
had seen AMI heard, as we'll as wbst
she had seen and heard. The Judge
was Kept busy ordering the Jury to
disregard many OF her answers. Mrs.
GoWles seemed bound TO convict Miss
morrison. In this respect, ner teSt.-
mohy was much like that Of Mrs
Spangler, who testified the day be-
lore. Mrs. SpAngler, when asked to
describe the struggle between Jessie
Morrison AMI Mrs. Castle, got down
Un her k0ees 10 the court room and
assumed an enraged expression. One
could almost see the prostrate form
Of the murdered woman Seiore her.
aud when she got through slashinp
and screaming at her imaginary vic
tim the jury thought another murder
had surely been committed. The
scene was as realistic as Linclln J
Carter's stage production Of the storm
in the har6or OF Apia, in Under the
Dome" Upon crosS-examination
Mrs. Spangler had TO admit that she
had spent hours 10 rehearsing for the
part.
A man named Beardsley testified at
the preliminary trial that he saw
man on the back porch OF the Castle
bone. Saturday he said that be was
excited aud miStook a cottonwood tree
for man. The defense showed that
there was no cottonwood tree in the
Castle yard. The defense has an affi-
davlt showing that there was a trav-
cling canvasser al the house at that
lime and that BeardSley saw him
Ihe cAnVasser's testimony will show
that Mrs. Castle called Jessie Morri-
sou into her home, and will be a strong
point in ter favor.
Olin Castles testimony was OF little
Importance, 9n1 be was recalled
this morning. The crowd rubbered a
good deal at him, but he appeared 10
be uncoGcerDed. Castle described the
house 10 which he lived. and went
into minute details concerning the
raz0rs In the show case, describing
each one and its make. Just how he
knew so much ABOUT it when he did
not have charge OF that department
was not explained.
II is not known yet whether Miss
Morrison will be placed on the witness
stand 10 her own behalf.
The court will admit the long dy-
ing statement written by Mrs. Castle.
This is in the possession Of the states
attorneys and they are guarding it
carefully. 1t is said to give Mrs.
Castles version OF the struggle in
great detail.
AK O. Journal dispatch from Eldo-
RADIO yesterday says:
Ministers OF the gospel in EldoradU
seem to have a peculiar notion OF the
duties OF their calling. Evidently
they do not believe that they should
minister TO the spiritual needs OF a
person charped with murder. At
least none OF them has ever visited
Jessie Morrison since she was Tucked
up for the murder Of Clara Wiley Gas.
tie.
Up until the time Of the tragedy
Jessie Morrison had an excellent name
and was regarded as q girl OF deep
religious convictions. She is a mem
Der Of the same Methodist church
that Mrs. Castle belonged tn, but
.ihce her incarceration awaiting trial
she has been sadly neglected bv those
who would naturally be expected 10
console her. The pastor Of her church
has not once called upon her. She
spends much OF her time, however.
reading little Bible and discussing
religion with Christian Scientists.
who spend much time with her.
The Rev Mr.. Wharton, her pastor.
testified against her, but has never
cen to see her.
Miss Morrison is brave little wom-
an, but there are times when she can
not conceal her anguish. Never once
in the court room, even when the
most damaging evidence was gOinC 10
against her, has she shed a tear, but
in her lonesome cell, where, most of
The time, she has to sit with no friend
TO comfort her, she has wept many
times. The sheriff says he has fre.
quently found her crying, but that
every time she would try to conceal
II. She has been a good prisoner.
Sheriff Turner says that she has
taken pains to make him as little
trouble as possible.
Judge A. l.. Redden, OF Topeka,
leading counsel for the defense, says
the newspapers are giving his client
the worst OF il. "The papers are pic
turing up Miss Morrison as a red
handed murderer" said he, "and are
advertising Olin Castle as an angel.
They have wings sproutiDg on him
and he is seemingly about ready TO
enter the pearly gates. Before this
trial is over we are liable 10 clip his
wings and show that he is an alto
gether different being fIom what the
papers have painted him."
This is the arst intimation the de-
fense has made as to how they pro-
pose TO handle Olin Castle when they
reach that point in the case. They
will endeavor to show that Castleis a
gay young lad with penchaCt for
breaking girls hearts; that his chief
est pleasure was to work up ill-feelin!
and jealousy among them and that he
enjoyed this business so Thoroughly
that he even worked his own wife
into frenzy over Jessie Morrison. The
defense will eDdeavOr 10 show that
Mrs. Castle, bis wife, was greatly en-
ragged at Miss Morrison and called her
into the house that morning TO take
ont revenge.