The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-07
MORRISON CASE
MAY Be CONTINUED.
Defendant Is Becoming Weaker
Daily-WecpS and Falnt>
in Her Cell.
Indifference WAS ASSUMED.
Defense Begins Takin" Testimony
Father of Accused Woman
on ihr Stand States " II
u,sSrs CamtradkICd.
RE.pIEl.Ir SpE,I\I.-

REPUEIIC SPECIAL.
Wichita. kus, Dec. with t,ar-Si,in'!
face and eyes swollen from crying -
Morrison came into the courtroom AT Emo
RADIO this morning. She freely adtlittyd
that she had not slept during the niIht
and WAS. this morning ief"r" coming q"
court. Uuier the ear" of Il physician.
Her nerves have given away entirely anu
she is rapidly breaking down under tie
strain. Her friends say that her lnIIld''
eucc during tn" earlier part "f tn" tflai W. W.
merely sham I" keep secret h"F le,'Ililii
sheriff Turner says the prisoner l. hr'ah
in,; down and cannot stand th" trial mnci
longer. Every night she PAGES back dhn
forth in her cell until mid might anu can ''
heard ~obhin@ herself Ia sleep.
Tainted Before Going into Court,
Last night she tainted Just after th'N
had placed her in the cell TINS horht''S'
befor. coming into court. she swonncd II.
the arms OF her father. and IL required the
eXertion of Nv" physicians To revive her IN
time for court opening. During IN" htS
she sat pal. and weak,
j. l.. kedden. one Of her attorneys, S'!'; {;
II is plain that she is getting weaker am!
II woCid not surprise me al any tiinG 80
have a physICian's certificate presented -
ms demanding that the trial he stopped
on account of tn, health of the prisoner:
IN accordance with the law. the t'idi w"Gli
have To stop and cannot hc resumed unui
she Is entirely recovered This may i'
h'"nths. when the case is called again. :.
new jury Will haze 10 be secured. and 1
think that improbable.
The aute-nortcm statement was read 10
th' jury this morning by County Attorney
Erllmback. and Is now part of the OH 'lil
records. TIL" State rested their side Of the
Mrs Emma Grover WAS the first with 'ss
for the defense. She testified that Mr.:
spangItr. one of the States witnesses. had
testified al the preliminary trial, that Jv~-
sic Murr son had nothing in her hand when
she l.ft the Castle home and at this h"Ir-
ing she said sh.. carried som,. kind of knife.
TOLL
sic Morrison had no razor i'll her hand.
Mrs. -. X. Cline testified mat she knew
Jessie Morrison and NJ IS Clara Wiley to
he rivals for the hand Of Olin castle. Miss
May Hughes testified that clara Wiley Of
ten asked Row Jessie Morrison, her rival,
~ tting along.
Rev. Mr. Wharton ON the stand.
The defers. claims To have tn" best OF
cy dence that th,. ministers ut Eld"rai"
have lorm.d In combination against 1"SSlr
Morrison and that Reverend II. {. " har-
ton. pastor of the Methodist Church whtie
Miss Morrison sang in the choir, Was :he
leader of = subscription that raised sI"o To
employ Joseph Waters To- assist IN pr"N"cG-
ting Jessie Morrison.
The Reverend Mr. Wharton spent an an
comfortable half hour on the stand this ant
.rnoon He denied that H. had started such
subscription. but said som" one might
have written his name on the list without
asking him. lie admitted having never
visited Miss Morrison since her arrest at
though frequently before
He denied also. that he told members uf
his flock Ia do their duty anh TESTIFY
against Jessie Morrison. although the de
fenSe make the open charge that he per
jured himself when he said this
The defense will have ii witness in the
peISon of Miss Ella Pugh. who. they say.
Will testify that she WIS employed 10y MISS
clara Wiley To watch Jessi" Morrison and
Olin Castle before Jessie WAS spurnri by
Castle.
Defendants Father Testified.
The defense will place five witnesses "H
the stand To contradict the eviden"" Of
DIin Castle.
Attorney Kramer said to-day that Jessie
Morrison will not take the stand to-morroW
morning.
Hey father .x-IUdge Morrison. was "n
the stand late this afternoon. He teSii-
fed that his daughter said To him. after
being brought from the castl" home On
June -: "Oh. papa. why did she call M.
in2''
Ex-Judge Morrison testified that his
daughter never said that she murdered
Mrs. Castle. and for some one to run for
doctor.
The defense expects Miss MurrisonS t"S-
timony. If ner health permits III" trial To
proceed tomorrow. to clear her.