Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-01
IN HER HIDE A KNIFE
Damaging Evidence Against De.
fendent in the Jessie Morrison
Trial at Eldorado.
Several Witnesses Testify to Hay.
ing Seen Prisoner With the E
Bloody Knife,
Tried to Hide 1t in Her Dress
Kentucky Town Badly
Burned.

Eldorado, Kas. Dec LIN the Jessie
Morrison murder trial today Pearl
Beardsley, a delivery boy, who entered
the house with a package Of meat, said
he helped Mrs. spangler raise Miss Nor
rison. The latter told him: She tried
to Kill me; | had TO do it,. Beardsley
said that Miss Morrison mad knife in
her hand, but tried 10 hide 1T under her
dress. Miss Ruby Moberly testified that
she saw Miss Morrison coming out of
the house with a knife in her hand.
1t was announced that the state and
defense would present a total of 115
witnesses to be examined The states
first witness was Mrs. Bette Moberly.
shs first person who entered the Castle
home in response to Mrs. Castles CRIES
Tor help
Mrs Mober1y testified TO seeing a
black handled razor laying on the body
of Mrs. Castle as Miss Morrison stood
over her When the blood tanned razor
that had been found in the Castle home
Mas exhibited, the witness said that She
slnoughr il the Same one.
Later When another neighbor arrived
lthey both led Jessie Morrison out of the
| house. Jessie wanted TO go back for a
letter that she left on the floor near Mrs.
IsCastle. This letter, biood-stained, was
shown TO the witness and identified by
her The letter. according to the prose-
Acution, was taken out of the postofttce
/ by Miss Morrison on the morning of the
murder, and WAS handed by her to the
murdered woman so She might have an
L. ATv-c froc Ia
Tread ii. Cross examination elected
nothing new.
In redirect examination, Mrs. Moberly
described Mrs. Castle, S expression as She
sl'lay upon the floor.
4 Her face was all drawn and her eyes
had curied expression in them. She
told of Mrs. Castle, unable to speak.
lswritfng note There was a fight over
the admission of the note which read:
i Jessie Morrison killed me-.
4 Mrs. Castle afterward wrote larger
4 statement.
Mrs. Emma Il. spangle. another
neigilbor of the Castles, testified TO
hearing screams from the Castle house
and hearing a voice say: Get off of me,
4 Jessie Norrison you are killing me-"
Il The house was locked and she looked
thru the window Miss Morrison stood
a |ovsr the PROSTATE woman with her
hands near Mrs. Castles head. Jessie
saw the witness at the window and
straight enea up: can show YOU how
IJessie Morrison moved said the Wit
ness. and Mrs. spangler, getting upon
her knees on the floor before the jury
+ depicted dramatically Jessie Morrison
) |placing her hands at the throat of the
j other woman. and then raising her head
and dropping her hands a her side
when Jessie arose The witness said,
! Miss Morrson's hands We're near Mrs
|e'astie,s knee When Mrs. Spangler en-
i tered the room Miss Morrison had ex-
claimed:
II have Killed Mrs Castle, cut her
throai 10 pieces with razor.
Witness then told of leading Miss
Morrison from the house of her going
s back foratfe letter of her trying to hide
soinethirg dark she had in her HAND
q aud Of trying to run away from Mrs
$ AIoberly and the witness