Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-12


Jessie's mother where Jessie WASP"
''You went to see Jessie?" he sadd.
Yes, sir"
"And you took your buggy along?"
"Yes, SIR
isn't dt a fact that you asked
Jessie's mother where Jessie was3s"
II believe 1 did"
"And one evening didn't you tell
Jessie Morrison that you had told
Cbara Wiley that you were going to
Take her out riding and that Clara
Wiley said you shouldn't do it, and
that you told Clara Wiley that if she
would be on her porch at half past
o'clock she could see you and Jessie
Morrison go past?"
'No, sir"
"And didn't Jessie Morrison say
that she didn't want to go by the
house if 1T was going to make Clara
iealous?'
II don't think co."
Didn't you go to Il. B. Smiths
livery BARN frequently and hire bug
ges to take Jesse Morrison out rid
mg?"
II got "a buggy once that 1 already
testified about
Castle was asked whether or not
he had asked Jessie Morrison to make
tie for him and whether or not
Clara CASTLE took 6t and kept it for
awhile. He said that Jessie Morri-
son had made him a muffler, and
that he had forgotten and left dt one
ndght alt Clara Wiley's house.
Didn't Jessie Morrison give you
several necktfes2 asked Mr.. Kramer.
Zone or two"
"And you wore them?" -
"Yes, SIR
"Now, in December, 1899, didn't
Fou give one of these ties to Clara?"
II left my tile there one might be-
cause she wanted ito make one like II
Tor me, and tine next morning 1 sent
her up the ribbon from the store, so
that she could make the tile for me-"
Didn't Clara Wiley object to your
wearing a tie made by Miss Morri-
pou?"
ST believe she did"
"And she took the tie of from
you?''
'She untitled it."
A mirror was produced by Mr..
Kramerd in the count room and the
witness was asked whether o. not ha
had given it to Jessie Morrison. He
said that he had mot. Castle admit.
ted THAT he had gone frequently to
Mr.. Ehler's house ito see Jessie Nor
nson and them he was asked whether
OF NOT he had shown to Clara Wiley
. letter written by Jessie Morrison
from Excelsior Springs to him He
bad shown ONE letter, he said, to hin
mother and another to Clara Wiley.
did THE letter make Clara Wiley
nuYa1p -f u
81 presume CLARA. did become angry
ut jessie" answered Castle.
"Don't you know she did?"
A pause-'I don't believe she dixas
"Then why did you say minuts
ago that she did?"
~WeM, L think THAT letter would
make most anybody angry"
CASTLE admitted during his teed-
mtony that he had often gone TO Mr..
Ckonk's one of the firm which CON.
ducts the Rackeb stone, and had
played croquet with Jessie Morrison
and had gonle there to meet her. Mr..
Kramer asked the witness what Jessie
Morrison said when he told her that
he was engaged to Miss Castle.
'She said" answered Cestbe, 'tthaa
she was glad to hear it and that
Oara, was "a friend of hers"
'Didnt she say that you ought d
have told her be6ore?"
don't remember"
''Did she make any threats?"
'eNo, sir"
''Did she ever say amy unkind words
about Clara Cashier"
"She did on one occasion. Jessie
spoke of seeing Clara wear a neclotia
which Jessie had oivan mo -
MIR. Kramer referred agtain to the
time that Miss Morrison met Olin In
'front.' of the house of Castles father a
II O'Clock at nighh. CASTLE again re.
lated the incidents of that meeting
and he added tfa,t he had told JeS Ta
Morrisi-r' that if she did mt 90 az Y
he woFl't7 set the dogs, ,on hr~ MIR
Kramer as 5ed whether Mt she
lSad nct 'os'aed to meet h'm ''~'he pur.
D uSe of gett&ng the le're~s and pres.
BnGe which she had given to him.
He slso asked whether or NOT MiA
Morrison had mot inquired of him
what was the matter with Clara
Wfley-that she wanted to be friends
w3th Clara Wiley.
Didn't you say there was no usa
Clara wouldn't be frfends?"
lsleed Attorney Kramer.
To these questions Castle replied
kfhat he did not remember.
Mr. Kramer again asked Olin Oast1s
whtefer or not Jessie Morrison had
ever said that ahe ...warted TO Be
trends with Clare Wiley and Oas1a
answered.: "Yes"
He admitted that Clara Wiley came
Into the Racket store at one time and
asked whether or not he had given q
mirror ITO Jessie Morrison An effort
was made to make CASTLE admit thAt
his wife had come often to his store
b see him. But he said she had uoa
mai1e "a practice of It. In answer -
questions from Attorney Kramer On
Castle again described the showcase
where the razors were kept and told
mat there were boxes and quantity
Df underwear piled near it. Then he
n sFI9Tot ePp sasIsmnus % paYsn aRA
The store. the purpost being to combat
the theory of IEhe prosecution thaA
Jessie Morrison had tal1em q razoa
erom the store by showing that there
were a large number of clerks In tia
sore. any one of whom might have
kken It. o
ibid you destroy the letter received
knom Jessie Morrison when she wa1
b Excelsior Springs?'
~Yes2
Castle said that he had burned q
sne evening when he wac at Wfleyh