Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

changed It's program and his evidence
will come later. Before the taking OF
testimony had commenced IL was stated
that the defense would produce evidence
to show that Miss Morrison had been
engaged to Castle at the time hc mar
ried Miss Mary Wiley, but the opening
statements yesterday OF the prisoners
attorney removed the probability of
such charges being made and caused
the prosecution to reserve Castles eX-
animation for another time.
The courtroom today was crowded
as usual. No change was apparent in
the prisoner
Dr.. VI. A. Koog.er. the FIRST physician
the Castle house on the morning Of the
tragedy testified that Mrs. Castle was
about TO bleed 70 death when ne ar
rived, and she died from the effects. Of
the cuts IN her throat
Pearl Beardsley, O. delivery boy. who
had entered the house with a package
OF meat. said he helped Mrs. spaugier
raise Miss Morrison. Miss Morrison
told him She tried to Kill me, / had
10 do it,
Miss Morrison" continued Boards
ley. had knife In her hand. and when
asked her for &c. she grabbed her
dress with her left hand and covered
her right
Miss Ruby Moberly daughter OF Mrs.
Betty Moberly. said she went 90 the
Castle house after her mother and saw
Jessie Morrison coming out OF the
house.
you may state what " anything,
you saw In the defendants hand, said
Attorney Brumbacker
Il A.. an haF MI ~ TgUIi4H
the witness was 1t In her right or left
hand?'
u did not notice
Miss Clara Cowles who lived across
the street from the Castles, told Of see
ing Beardsley enter the house. OF Mrs.
Moberly and Mrs Sp8ngler emerging
with Jessie Morrison and OF the latter
struggling to get away. She corrobor-
ated the testimony IN this respect given
yesterday by Mrs Moberly and Mrs.
Spangler
Miss Cowles testified that she found
bloody razor near Mrs, Castles's
knees.
q was the first to pick up the razor"
she said.
The razor was produced by Attorney
Brumback and identified by witness
and the attorney stated that he wished
TO introduce II as evidence The de-
Tense objected. but the objection was
overruled
John Daily, a boy, testified that he
met Jessie Morrison on the morning Of
the tragedy just outside the Castle gate
and that she was going toward the Cas-
tie house. Mrs. Grace Lemon told OF
seeing Miss Morrison going toward the
Castle house, but saw nothing unusual
about her.
Mrs. Maggie Clark testified 20 see
ing Miss Morrison going toward the
Castle house on the morning IN ques-
ton, and asked II the prisoner had any
thing In her hand. replied. she had a
paper in her left hand"
What shape was the paper?'
1T looked 10 be rolled up"
Charles b. Smith also testified TO see
ing Miss Morrison going toward the
Castle house on the morning Of the
tragedy.
At the afternoon session Mrs Abble
Castle. mother-in-law Of the murdered
woman, Identified a small piece Of black
enamel found In cleaning the house ar
ter the murder 10 Is the theory OF the
prosecution that this was part Of a
knife OF razor carried by Miss Morrison
At 2 o'clock the jury was excused
while the lawyers argued the point Of
admitting as evidence the statement OF
Mrs Moberly that the frst note writ
ten by Mrs. Castle contained these
words.
Jessie Morrison has killed me-"