The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-12
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same independent appearance that she
maintained during the trial
Even when the jury stated 10 the bailin
that they wanted TO be taken into court
Jessie Morrison was not nervous, and
when the report Of the jury was heard
the prisoner smiled and merely said: 1T
looks like the jury viii not agree. Those
were her feelings ia the matter and as
she went back to her cell it was with
more cheerful feeling than she has had
any day since the opening Of the trial,
just because she knew that the jury had
failed to reach a decision after thirteen
hours Of consideration.
There is q strong sentiment in the little
city Of FL Dorado that the jury VIII hang
that they viii not be able to reach a
verdict in the case. This viii mean an
other trial, and that brings up the ques-
ton as to whether or not another jury
could be secured in Butler county. Near
" 400 men were examined to get a jury
Of twelve men in the present case, and
on account Of the history Of the affair
Fl is thought that it would be much
harder to get a jury in another trial
on the other hand, If the jury should
return a verdict Of any kind, It would
be contested by the attorneys for the de-
Tense. One Of the attorneys for the de-
fendant in talking to a reporter for the
Eagle regarding the case said: I'VE ex-
Bect a verdict Of not guilty, and II the
jury returns anything else we viii con-
test it. We have gone into this case and
we viii proceed to keep up the fight IN
til our client is free"
The first movement, according to this,
would be a motion for new trial, and
it would come Immediately. 1t would be
argued and passed on by Judge Shinn.
Other complications would come and the
case would in all probability go to the
supreme court.
Should there be a hung jury, as many
people predict, there is a feeling that the
defense would not care to have the case
tried by Judge-elect Altman, who would
be on the bench at that time. This is
not because of any feeling toword Judge
Altman but because Of the fact that he
Is resident of FL Dorado and IS thor
oughly familiar with the story Of the
affair and of the death Of Clara Wiley
Castle Should they object to having the
case in the Butler county court, a change
Of venue could be taken and sedgwick
would Immediately come up as a probable
. I nty in which to hold the trial
The story Of the trial is being gone over
again in the homes Of FL Dorado. The
families tell Of the testimony Of the wit
nesses. What they. said IS discussed.
There is talk too, about the demeanor Of
the defendant The arguments Of the at
torneys come into the conversation and
many times the speeches Of all the at
torneys in the case have been commented
on, some times favorably, at other times
with criticism.
The same crowd was IN the court room
last night when the jury came into the
room that had been there during the day.
There were others, however, and while
the court room was not as crowded as
It has been during the past three weeks
vet the seats were well filed. Many Of
these same people viii return to that
/ court room this morning, to wait until
the jury. reports again. The people who
wait talk among themselves about the
case. They take sides and the same ar
/ guments which have gone through the
entire trial prevail in the private discus
sions
/ People in FL Dorado are rather super
stltous regarding the Morrison case. All
through the tragedy thirteen has had a
marked place The very fact that the
jury was out thirteen hours caused many
of the people who counted the hours to
shake their heads, as much as TO say
that 1t meant bad luck. Since the jury
failed to return a verdict against Jessie
( Morrison. it looks as though the thirteen
was again in the history Of the Castle and
/ Wiley families.