The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-09
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married life She was interested in her
work. Every piece Of furniture in the
house was Of especial interest to her.
Every article in that little home was sa-
cred. Her delight was to arrange them
in position. She was too busy TO pay at
tention to her friends, must less to her
enemies. On that morning she was just
a little this side Of paradise. She had
| just bade her husband a fond farewell
/ for the morning and was 'expectedly
! looking for his return at the noon hour.
/ Do you think she had murder IN her
heart? No. No"
The county attorney then described the
murder in detail Telling Of Jessie Nor
rison leaving her home on that morning
] IN June with murder IN her heart; the
route that she took; her stopping at the
/ home Of Mrs Davis, talking there with
/ those people still holding the letter
which was left in the Castle home; how
she went to the Castle home and the eli
! trance there. He also told Of the con-
/ versation and the results fthat morn
! ing. He depicted the horror Of Clara
! Wiley Castle lying on the floor Of her
home, home just recently entered; ly-
/ ing there with her throat cut from ear
to ear, weltering in her own blood. un-
able 20 say a word or hardly able to do
anything for her defense.
Jessie Morrison, the evidence shows
deliberately and premeditatedly planned
the murder of Clara Castle. and she car
RED 1t out to the very letter. She went
there that morning with murder in her
heart She was after revenge. She was
3
RED DIN Castle. She was determined to
wreck a happy home Everything shows
the motive.
Mrs. Castle had no reason to have
trouble with Jessie Morrison. She was
light-heacted and happy. She had no ex-
cuse for murder. On the other hand.
Jessie had lost. She was the one who
felt badly and who had the motive
1.-THE defendant went to that home to
commit murder. She was found kneeling
over her victim. Mrs. Spangler saw her
at the window as she passed. The de-
PENDANT at that time turned her head
and oeheld Mrs. Spangler. The defendant
then changed her position. She crawled
over the feet Of Mrs. Castle and turned
around When Mrs. spangler got in that
house Jessie Morrison was on the oppo-
site side Of Mrs. Castle
''bTrs ATOberly testified to hearing
something in that house. something like
footsteps. Who was it that was capable
Of walking? There IS only one answer.
= was Jessie Morrison, and no one else.
Mrs. Castle was lying on the floor in her
own blood
''You remember the testimony Of Mrs.
spangler and Mrs Moberly, and how
they got into that house and found thu
defendant bending ever Mrs. Castle.
When they first saw her she was on one
side and when they entered the house
she was on the other side Of Mrs Cas-
tie
Mrs. NIoberly and Mrs. Spangler, with
that young man Pearl Beardsley. jerked
her up from the floor and took her from
the house. What was the first question
asked the defendant? It was by Mrs.
Moberly; MY God, woman, what have
you done" She replied: She tried to kill
me- Not a word did she say in answer
to Mrs. MoberIy's question. Jessie Nor
rieon was then ready for her defense at
that H1ae She went there to do that
deed and her defense was already pre-
pared.
1.-THE weapor-one Of the most damna-
BILE Of all Weapons razor. I produce it
now. You can see it. There is the blood
Of Clara Wiley Castle stu on it, rusting
into the very steel.
How did that razor get into the Cas-
tie home that morning? Was it not car
ried there by Jessie Morrison with an
other weapon? There were two razors
in the Castle home that morning One
was bloody and stained, and the other
clean and bright as though it had just
come from the shop.
"This one" said County Attorney
Brmbach, as he handled the bright
colored razor taken from the Castle
home on June %. This one had been in
that little house since that new home
was established It was away of from
that room It was away out Of sight of
that scene.
Now. gentlemen, 81 Mrs Castle had
assaulted Jessie Morrison with a razor
she would have taken the razor which
was in the home She would have natur-
ally taken the nearest one that She
could have secured. and that was the
one IN the other part of the house.
Now I want to call your attention to
the action of the defendant in this case
on the morning Of June % After the
deed was committed and the defendant
was taken out into the yard. why did
she want TO return to that house? She
said; 7 want my letter. have a letter
in there Would she even think Of such
a small thing as letter, a paltry piece
Of paper. as soon as she was taken from
that scene IF she did not know that she
had held that paper-that letter-up as a
pretext before Mrs. Castle and she
wanted that letter out Of the sight Of the
people present She wanted TO get it
away from there. This IS shown by the
testimony Of the Witnesses.
After Jessie Morrison was taken 70
her Lome she was excited and told sew
erai versions Of the affair One Of the
first that she told was. Il have murdered
OHu Castles WIFE There were other
statements along this line. Gentlemen. /
vru must weigh the testimony Of father
and brother I'm this matter They are
trying to tbwart the punishment which
IS to be awarded 10 the defendant IN this
caae.
Then. gentlemen, there were wounds
on the defendant when she left the cas-
to home. There were two cuts on the
threat They both started on the left
side They were merely scratches over
the threat There we're cuts on the arm
and shoulder. These were on the left
arm and shoulder Why were there not
wounds on the right side as weI2 These /
wounds vera inflicted in that house on
thar morning. and those wounds were /
continuous. Nots the testimony of DR.. /
Kline. one Of the witnesses for the de- /
Tense. who stated t. the fury-to YOU
thst thosa wounds v-Ars oo-tt-,,c-,s ana |