The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1900-12-07


Spangler ran around the Castle
home and screamed: "Come over
qiuck." wentover and found the
screen locked. forced IL open and
went in. Mrs. Castle was lying
on the floor and Miss Morrison
kneeling and bending over her. |
took hold of Jessie's shoulders aud
pulled her back. saw Mrs. Cas-
ties throat was cut, and said:
woman, what are you trying to
do?" Jessie replied: "She tried
to kill me-" Jessie got up and went
out the door. / saw a razor by the
side of Mrs. Castle but did not pick
it up"
Here the county attorney showed
the witness a razor corroded with
blood, and she identihedit. al saw
no wounds inflicted. Mrs. Castle
had a wild expression, her mouth
was open and her lips drawn tight
and every tooth in her head was
visible"
Mrs Emma Spangler testified as
follows:
81 was at home on the morning
of June %; heard someone walking
on the walk leading from the street
to Castles house. | heard two
people talking at Castles door and
heard the expression. "No, | never
wrote that letter." Next heard loud
talking inside the house, and
screaming. As | went out the door
to go over to the Castle house |
heard some one say: sect OF me
Jessie Morrison, you are killing
me-" went to the front door of
the Castle home, found the screen
locked, and went around to the
back door. The screen was fast
ened and | started back to the
front door. AS / got to the win
dow in the front room | looked in
and saw two women, one lyingo on
the floor and N bending over
her. The one on the floor notion
cd me to the door with her hand.
The woman. bending over her was
Jessie Morrison iheard some one
say: ''She saw me in here; she
seen us" Did not see cuts or blood
on Jessie's face. l saw Mrs. Mobor-
ly across the street and screamed
to her to come over. She came
and we went to the door. Mrs.
Moberly forced the door open and
went in. When | entered Jessie
was sitting on the floor. When
she got up | took hold of both of
her arms, backed her out of the
door and following her | said:
woman, what have you done?"
She replied, az have killed Mrs.
Castle. | cut her throat all to
pieces with a razor" Jessie said,
"Let me go back and get my
letter" still held her arms. We
started north toward her home.
She insisted on having that letter
and did not want to go. | said,
"You can not have it," We startsd
on but jessie ierked away from
me. | saw something black in
her hand. She pulled her dress
over her hand and ran. caught
up with her and near her gate she
said: "Call mama; she is on the
back porch" We went into Nor
rison's house and Jessie dropped
on the bed. called Mrs. Morrison
and went back to the Castle
house."
On cross-examination witness
testified:
"There were two walls of the
house between me and Castles
home when first heard the noise.
l did not see any weapon in Miss
Morrison's hand, unless the dark
object was a weapon. Got blood
on my hands OFF Miss Morrison
when taking her home"
DR.. Fullinwider. testified that he
helped dress Mrs. Castles wounds
and described them. The prin-
cipal one, he said, was a deep
cash from ear to ear, completely
severing the trachea, and partially
severing the aesophagus, and
that he considered the wounds
dangerous from the first"