The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-04
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Didn't you &C, there to see herT'
DIDN'T Jessie ask you why you did
not bring Clara Wiley to Cronk's 70 play
not come while Jessie was there. and
didn't Jessie tell you to bring Clara and
to play with her and she would play with
Z don't remember Castle had great
difficulty in remembering dates and Incl
dents, which he testified TO at the preliIni-
The defense's task seemed to be to es-
tablish A kindly feeling in Jessie Morri-
sons heart for Clara Wiley. Kramer ask
ed Castle.
Didn't Jessie go to the store one day
and ask You what was the matter with
.'s6e did" Castle replied
Didn't she say she wanted to be friend
Y with cara and don you tel ner that
friendly with herr
7 don't renen bers'
Castle had testified that his wife had
come to the store frequently after they
were married. He had only seen her there
once before they were married He had
reaIl in his house after his wife was as
saulted as one he had bought at the
Racket store. He explained that he had
taken the razor to shave himself one Sun
day. when he had missed the barber shop
the night before he said that he had
made no slip showing he had taken the
Mr. Kramers course was thought to
bring out that Mrs Castle had taken the
razor from the broken case But he swung
about and pestered Castle with questions
about boxes piled in front of the broken
showcase. It is presumed that he wanted
to show that no one could have reached
the razOrs from the outside. the break IN
the razors-
The defense finished with Castle without
ter. save to have Castle enumerate the
clerks in the Racket store.
ed his wife as being slender, of medium
height and weighing about no OF ~
heavy hair, which she had done up nicely
at the back Of her head when he went TO
work on the morning of the assault.
Mr. Brumback asked Castle what Jessie
Morrison really said on the day she re-
belled at the sight of seeing Clara Wiley
with the neckue on, which she had given
to CASTER
She said replied Castle. IF Mrs. Am
brose had not been present when I saw
Clara with the tie on I would have given
her a piece Of my mind"
Amos Bentz, one of the proprieters OF
the racket store where Castle and Jessie
on re-cross examination had declared that
he had told Of all of his relations with
the defendant, and that there were none
OF q character more intimate than he had
Mr. Bentz told Of employing Castle and
Miss Morrison He explained the location
of the razor case. which was across the
store from where Jessie Morrison's coun-
as Castle did on Saturday night. and said
he had sold Miss Morrison nothing since
she left the store He had seen her in
the store three times about June I. Once
she was standing near the case where the
Mr.. Kramer, On cross-examination. tried
to make Mr. Bentz say he might have
sold goods to Jessie Morrison and not re-
call IL, but he could not The defense
had showed by Mr.. Bentz that the show
case containing the razors were hauked
on the outside by boxes containing under
wear. which were piled high as the
counter on which the case rested on re-
direct exanina ton Captain Waters show
ed that these boxes would not hinder any
one from reaching the razors from the
than fifteen inches of space outside the
cases
Jesse D. Morgan testified that about
June he had seen Miss Morrison in the
racket store while he was making a pur-
saw her stop Castle. and shaking her
finger at him say Mark my words. If
you don't meet me youn be sorry
DIS Fuuenwider and Bennett went to
Miss Morrisons house a week after the
They testified that there were two on her
neck and some on her arms
L D. SeWart and his son John were
Singing Judge MOrrisOn's house on the
day of the cutting. They saw Jessie on
the bed and said she had confessed 10 CUT
ting Mrs Castle They saw blood on her
collar, but no wounds She called for Dr..
Florence Leatherman. a teacher in the
public schools. saw Jessie Morrison at
Mrs. Davis house a few minutes before
she went to Mrs. Castles She said she
wore red waist and black skirt and
looked over some dress samples she was
selling She did not see her have anv-
thing in her hands and said she did not
appear excited.
Mrs Gus Heyunan helped to undress
Jessie Morrison after the assault on Mrs.
Castle Sne saw cuts on her arms and
but that the strings were not tied She
heard her call for a doctor and say she
had killed Mrs Castle Half a dozen
clerks from the racket store testified to
seeing Jessie Morrison behind the razor
case Two days before Castle was married
TO Clara Wiley
! Jessie Morrison submitted to an inter