The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-17
KANSAS NEWS.
"Queer DOings" Follow Dis
charge of Morrison Jury.
Several Ell Dorado Women Meet
and Threaten Lynching.
ONLYLACKED ALEADER
The Daily Times Publishes
Some Sharp Comments
And Has Big Plate Glass VIM
dow Smashed In.
ONLYLACKED ALEADET
Miss Morrison offered a Place
in a Wichita Store.

Ell Dorado, Kan, Dec 17.-Yesterday
was the happiest Sunday the Morrison
family has spent since Miss Morrison s
incarceration, five months ago. The cell
was filled with the fragrance of roses,
and carnations received from out of
town sympathizers. and the members of
the family were with the prisoner all
day. Miss Morrison was unusually
cheerful. and said she hoped soon to be
able to breathe the air of freedom again.
Letters continue to pour in, telling her
to be brave, that the decision of the jury
means freedom.
EXPRESSIONS of condemnation at the
result of the trial are still heard on
every hand, and the people viii demand
another trial, no matter what the cost
may be. The defense will make some
move to have the prisoner released on
bond today.
An indignation meeting was held
among the women who live near the
home of Roland Wiley. Incensed at the
result of the Morrison trial, they left
their work Saturday, and gathered at
the home Of Mrs. Stevenson, the pho
tographer's wife, and discussed exc1tedly
the jury's work They stood, many OF
them. with their sleeves rolled up. as
they had left their work, and the pro-
posal was made that a mob be organ
lied to lynch Jessie Morrison.
L will follow" said one of the women,
4'if anyone will lead.
The Times of this city published sew
eraI stories Friday evening. claiming
that Justice had not been done and crit
icising the jury. Saturday morning a
plate glass window in the front OF the
Times office had a large hole in 1t and
big rock WAS found inside. The paper
said Saturday evening:
THE Times finds no motive for the
deed unless it be the sarcastic para
graphs in this paper last evening refer
ring to the trial of Jessie Morrison. EV1-
IDENTIFY the thought ranked in some cor
rupted heart, already guilty in thought
of murder and all the category of felo-
MES for which the scorpions of the law
are provided and from which in this
community too many escape, awaiting
only opportunity and incentive for out
break The jury let their sympathies Tor
the living defendant cause fOrgetfulness
of the dead victim and bogus pleas warp
their scant judgment. Such results fos-
ter mob law"
Judge Morrison, Jessie's father, is a
staunch Popalist, but this year he
jumped the traces and fought Brun-
back who was a candidate for re-elec-
ton on the Pop ticket. Morrison made
a fight for William Rees, the successful
aspirant who was the Republican noml-
nee Brumback, it will be seen, had per
sonal as we'll as official reasons for be-
ing anxious to accomplish Jessie Morr1-
sons conviction. If the case is tried
again the young prisoner viii be prose-
cuted by the man whom her father went
out of the way to help elect
JOB FOR MISS MORRISON.
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 17.-One of the
leading commercial firms of Wichita
wrote a letter to Jessie Morrison today
rendering her charge of their candy
counter during Christmas week at what
ever salary she may choose to require.