People's voice., 1900-12-06
which the defense might have hoped
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a. II leaves an lmpfesSlOn upon tile
minds Of the jururs which tue uefeuss
cannot erase With testimony ur Lue|
elOQueGCe OF feiylu pivadlug. But
tue pros cdbiO1 Ia Tue AUrIisUu MUIR
der case dC E,dUrdIU may have uver-
done the dyIn ( statement LLs,nt s;a
little. Ii Is plain tuat lnetead VI the
statement being MADE 10y MIS-. Castle
that II was PREPARED by sDmeOne with
a view OF b Ing us d ~ C iuyct jesse
Morrison, although Mrs. Castle may
have agreed that every wUrd Of IL
was true, and IL probably Is true.
But the fact that IL was wruug from
her by the lug attorney while
her life was hanging IN tue balance,
while she was 50 low that frequently
II was necessary ~ pause in the grue
some proceeding aud wipe the boOd
irJm Mrs. Castles throat to keep her
from sLangling t. death, aud while
she was probably 10 SUCH a cJndiUlou
Of mind as " be wholly unable to
grasp the mean.n NJ and Importance OF
the sentences TO she was asserting,
will probably be Used TO It's fullest
advantage by the defense. Just why
the dying statement was not
made until the eleventh hour, when
competent physicians expressed the
opinion an hour after the wounds were
made That Mrs Castle could not pos
sibly live, the prosecution will un-
dOubtedly b. asked to explain.
Just after tle st ltemtnl was intro
duce1, The jury was excused aud
lengthy argument Of counsel followed
Witnesses we're pu5 n tile stand aud
fully explained jnst how the stite-
ment was made. D.. d. 6. Ambrose
said that grouped around Mrs. Cas-
Ties bed were himself, County AttOr-
ney Brumb ck, Dr. K0ug.er aud Mrs.
Wharton, wife OF the dying wOman's
pastor. The work Of securing the
statement lasted nearly Two hours
and during that time it was frequently
necessary To wipe the blood from the
patients throat to prevent strangu-
latiOD. DR.. Ambrose, two days later,
had apain shown Mrs. Castle the
,taIement. She nodded that she re-
Jgnized the paper, signed 1t and
said: "BefOre my God, it is true"
All Of yesterday was taken up with
the examination Of witnesses who
had something to do with securing
the dying statement from Mrs. Olin
Castle. The jury was excluded from
the court room during the entire pro-
ceedIngS, which will determ ne
whether the stItem'nt will be ad-
mitted as evidence. DR.. Ambrose was
closely questioned concerning the part
he took In the matter, aud 1t devel-
oped that he had prepared d portion
Of the statement and shown it tn Mrs
Castle. who, he said, understood aud
assented 10 IL.
"Did you do this thinking 1t would
be used as evidence?" he was asked.
eyes"
"Then the whole tatament was
prepared for this purpose?"
"No sir, not especially. | don't
know what the lawyers thought"
Mrs. Wiley, mother of the dead
woman, was one OF the witnesses,
and told how she was called to the
] bedside OF her dying daughter and
what passed between them before
the end came.
Attorney Brumback was examined,
and gave his evidence 10 dramatic
manner. lie is a long jswed, dark
faced man, with short cropped hair
and vigorous mind. He began his
statement by de,cribing the approach
Of jessie, Morrison to Mrs. Castles
home. He told of the preliminary
conversation between the two young
women and as he talked his voice
grew loud aud his speech was EN-
phatic. His right arm went out 10
decisive gestures until he reached the
poInt where he said that Jessie Nor
rison handed Mrs. Olin Castle a letter
TO read aud that while Mrs. Castle
was looking at the letter the other
women took out her razor and CIT
her throat" As he said this he
sprang to his feet and acted. His
right hand passed through the air,
| Just as though he bad a razor 10 IL.
As he spoke and acted. Mrs. Wiley,
the mother OF the young lady who
was killed, put her handkerchief over
her face as though 10 hide the vivid
picture. Mrs. Castle, the mother OF
Olin, rested her elbow on the table 10
'front.' OF her and hid her eyes with
her black gloved hand. Every head
10 the court room was immOvable,
with all eyes gazing steadily forward,
and Jessie Morrison, through II all,
never finched She looked steadily
at the picture before her. Her cheek
grew a little whittier, perhaps, and
when Mr.. Brumhack ended his des-
cription Jessie Morrison closed her
eyes for a minute. Those who were
near her turned to look at her. But
her expression did not change. She
satas calm and composed as ever.
DR.. Ambrose was hauled over the
Goals by the defense. who succeeded
in getting chat part Of the statement
prepared ny him thrown out. The
examination OF witnesses was not
concluded until last night, and the
question OF the admission Of the
dying statement will be settled to
day. 1t will probably be admitted,
and will conclude the states testi-
mony.
For one who is charged with murder
In the first degree Miss Morrison bad
and has now unusual privileges. She
is permitted to see any visitors she
desires and her father or some other