The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-29


giving dinner.
STATES NIGHT CONSULTATION.
People who attended court steadily dur
ing the second days session Of the week
were glad when Judge Shinn announced
that there would be no court on that
night People went to their homes to
rest and they were not early yesterday
morning to attend the trial
On Tuesday night FL Dorado people,
many of them, stayed in their homes dis
cussing the case which is attracting
widespread interest
IN the Metropolitan hotel the attorneys
for the state, County Attorney Brumback
and Hamilton and Leydig met Captain
Joe Waters in his rooms IN Ell Dorado's
hosiery and a conference regarding the
merits Of the case from their point Of
view was held. These men have toiled
long into the night persecdng their
methods Of prosecution. Their work.
however, has not been any harder or
more systematic than that Of the attor-
neys for the defense. These men have
put forth every effort in behalf Of the
little prisoner confined in the Butler
county Jail and this fact is demonstrated
by the exhaustion Of Attorney T. A.
Kraemer on Wednesday afternoon. This
man, ons Of the ablest men practicing in
the Butler county courts, has conducted
the examination Of the jurors for the de-
Tense. He has been assisted at times by
others Of the attorneys for the defense.
but has had control Of the work
HE BELIEVES HER INNOCENT.
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busy summOning witnesses and men to
serve on the Morrison jury, is much in
demand. He, as an officer in this case,
receives letters concerning the little pris-
oner and what should be done with her
Yesterday he received a letter from W
L Tomltnson of Lansing, warden of the
state penitentiary, enclosing one received
by him from Augusta. The letter, as it
is written itself, is in a scraw.ing hand
and on very common paper. A copy,
typeWritten, was made of the letter in the
warden's Office and this was forwarded to
Mr.. Turner. The writer is Edwin Har-
rison Of Augusta Harrison is the porter
of the Fifth Avenue hotel IN Augusta,
and is considered as being a very. pecul-
lar man. He has been there a number
Of years and during that time has done
things which has caused people to COM
ment on them. The letter as written to
Tom1nsOn concerns Jessie Morrison and
the first statement is that Jessie Morri-
son is not guilty. He continues, saying:
Mrs. Castles statements are not evil
dence and should not be considered. Jes-
sic Morrison is the only witness. No
body saw the affair"
Harrison makes further statements
about the case and asks Tomlinson to re-
fuse to admit Miss Morrison when she is
taken to Lansing, as she IS not guilty
Of any crime.
After having concluded that part Of the
case Harrison refers to other parties
now at Lansing. The letter was sent to
Turner to be referred to in case Harrison
should do something in the future to
cause the officers to take charge Of him
Sheriff Turner received a card from Har-
rison a few days ago, containing particu-
larry the same statements in regard to
Jessie Morrison not being guilty as is
contained in Warden Tomlinson's letter
CASTLE GOES HUNTING.
DIN Castle, one of the principle figures
morning with a party for q DAYS hunt
several miles east Of town. The party
viii take a number of hounds and viii
have Thanksgiving dinner at the home
OF friend of Mr. Castle. In reference
to the hunt Mr.. Castle was talking with
a reporter for the Eagle and extended an
invitation to him to accompany the party.
Mr. Castle said,
1T has been my custom for a number
OF years to have Thanksgiving hunt.
have number Of hounds and get much
enjoyment from them. I also wish to get
away from this trial for one day at least.
and forget the affairs Of the case if
can. We will leave early Thursday morn
ing and viii take dinner at the home of
a friend Of mine. I will be glad when
this trial is over, so that a load win be
taken Of my mind. 7 have worried over
the case and feel that It Will do me good
to take change for a day"
MRS. CASTLES LAST NOTE.
Mr. r. Wiley, father Of Clara Wiley
Castle, is one of the persons connected
with the case who IS suffering from
severe strain,
Mr.. Wiley is a regular attendant at
court, but sometimes gets up and leaves
the room. He goes out for short period
and then returns It seems as though
setting through an entire half days ses-
sion was too much for him and he leaves
the court room for a change and an op-
portunity to control his feelings.
To a reporter for the Eagle he talked
yesterday about the sad affair. and at
times the tears would enter his eyes I'M
hidden and it seemed at intervals that he
could not speak Of his daughter without
breaking down.
One Of the most consoling things TO Mr.
Wiley is the thought that his daughter
was g good girl and he often speaks Of
it. He said yesterday: clara was al
ways an obedient child. We never had
any trouble with her although she was
of a lively disposition One Of the great
est comforts that we have IS the thought
that she was a Christian and was pre-
pared to 60. Even from the day on which
she was stricken she told us that she was
prepared TO go. The notes which she
wrote were Of that nature and there was
never a word q reprosch all Of the time
On the Thursday before Clara died. she
wrote more than hundred notes to her
friends. All Of these were regarding the
life to come. On that day she wrote
note TO us along this line. I haven't the
note with me. but it reads someth & Ike
this: Papa and mamma. II is through
your teachings that I am prepared TO
go On the same day an uncle from Chi
c4go, whom Clara had not seen for
twelve years. entered the room. She
recognized him AZ once and backoning
for tablet wrote a note 70 him"