People's voice., 1900-12-13

yOu w iuu a bCi bhdO lOoi IVY Il
tod her that lie was Jne uue who nad
caused her u Oe 50 b tler tu ne. She
,aid: | know b'ltoi; y,u Tried to
separate u.
ii salG / had not and she said:
Yuu aIe u mar | sal1: Don't
raiimr liar Tuen We both raised
up tn.' tner." Jessie Morrison paused.
'WuaS was don,?' asked Judge
Reuueu.
MY handkerchief dropped and |
>tnnped 10 pick IL ~. Then she
jumped up, moved Quctly IN the
same direction, and then tut ME with
the razor" ar
"Ynu had no razph kuife nor
weaponY .r
mo, SIR"
"She cut me twice with tue razor
across my throat" said Miss Morri-
son." | grabbed at her and screamed.
Then Clara and Irushed together and
she threw me and | raised my knees
to protect myself and sue kept striK-
ing at me all the time. She fell over
on me and then we Goth rolled of the
lnunge. We both struggled and i
rot the razor away frum her. After
hat we rolled nver TN the four."
Jessie Morrison stopped again 10
her recital. The spe,t ItOrs we're
agape. ALI leaned forward and
watched the witness closely. She
t1ld the main part VI the story in a
clear, steady vnice, speaking without
hesitation. When she plused at the
threshold Of the most bloody cart OF
II, the jury looked alternately from
the witness To the lawyer.
III cut her. answered the witness.
~ a c"nterstti,na ttnA.
DO you Lnow how many times?"
''No, sir"
"Do you know what became OF the
raZOr?'
She may have knocked il from nv
hani or | may have dropped it,"
Then Miss Morrison told o. Mrs
Moberly and Mrs. Spdngler en'erInaF
the huuse.
She denied much OF the evidence
given by these Two wQmen
Capt. Waters then b gan the cross
examination Of Miss NJ nrison.
AT cne point he asked:
"After all those visits an buggy
rides with Olin Castle, you may state
whether there were dny Intimate
relations between ycu."
81 object" shouted Miss Morrison's
lawyer: III 10 not Cross kan In tI0n
aud 10 Is an Insult tO the WITNESS"
Objection susI aimed.
Witness denied that she had ever
been engaged TO marry Castle.
Capt. Waters had Miss Morrison de-
tail again The events Of the fght with
Clara Castle.
The deposition Of A. j. Morgan, the
canvasser, is ds follows:
Ga the morning VI June Y / visited
the Castle house and Intel viewed u
Mr.. Castle for the purpose Of making
a SAFE 10 her. SHE lived on the street,
the name OF which | du not know,
running nsrth aud south, northeast
" stone church that | under
$1,000 was the Presbyterian church.
left Mrs. Castles nUuse dUUut
: hali-past eight III tue morning AMI,
! went UuG VI Tie frouJ gate au1 turned
north Un The sidewalk. After walking
shUIt distance north Un the side
walk, aud shortly after hau reached
the sidewalk, beard Knock
roy there within l5e house that
| had just left. TIE knocking
was uuOa lie screen ui The front door,
out of which | had just come, ana
JhinklDg tuaL The khUcklng d0ue On
the screen was 10 attrac; my aJten-
LiUu | lurueu aDd looked back and
saw Mrs. Castle al The front door VI
the house. Tueu | noticed that she
was not lookup tJwdIds lDe, but WAS
iOUklug LowdId small ltdy, whom,
as TUNED abound | motto d Un the
sidewalk Coming frtm the south aud
walking Ia all OrdlhaIy gait NORTH
ward, and had reached point n the
sidewalk just north OF the gate that
was in front Of Mrs. Castles house,
and this lady did not pause or stop
until Mrs Castle spoke 10 her and
said: Jess, come in: want 10 talk
" you. Tutn the small lady on the
sidewalk stopped, turned around,
went back " the gate and up the
walk TO The house and went 10 the
house, and Mrs. Castle pulled the
sore, n du0r TO after her. | walked
north aud IN short time | beardta
noise coming frun Mrs. Castles house
and almost Immediately thereafter
heard something falling, something
like a lamp had fallen and b:oken 10
pieces, aud then heard scream,
and shortly afterwdrd l saw a woman
run sOuthward toward the house
where lie women were and look 10 at
the window Of the Castle house, and
shortly afterward there was another
woman ran across the street, snd
these two women met on the outside
OF the house eDd pulled on the screen
OF he front duOr, and i saw them 20
ip The Dwelling. | then went back
and saw the woman that / had seen
going into the house bringing out
the snail woman 10 whom Mrs. Cas-
tie had spoken and called TO come In.
then left the premises and did not
return there any more. The next
morning got my team from The liv-
er, barD and drove nOrihward on way
% Nebraska 10 canvass In that state.
7 am n"' acqusin' ed wit the deferd-
ant 10 this case, and never saw Mrs.
Castle until | called at her home, and
l IN 10 no way inte eiied in the trial
ofthis case.".
III q n N