The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-12-01

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was unshaken. She was re-examined By
the state. and again by the defense.
She offered nothing vitaly new Mrs.
! Spangler who followed her, brought out
that some one inside the house said. No.
7 did not write that letter." The words
! she heard were excited. But most i'm
portant Of all. she testified that she saw
a man outside The gate, besides the boy,
/ Pearl Beardsley. This may have been
/ the defense's canvasser, Morgan, and the
defense was much pleased over this bit
! of testimony Another new point brought
out by Mrs. Spangler was this: that when
she had taken Jessie Morrison outside,
/ Jessie said: "I think have killed her.
/ She is bleeding and viii soon bleed to
death" that Jessie wanted to back in
/ and said: 'I can go in alone; you need
not 60 with me-" Mrs. Spangler testified
that she saw something dark in Jessie's
/ hand, afterwards covered up in her dress;
may have been another razor. MS.
+ SpangIer did not know what it was. The
state. by the way. holds that Miss Nor
rison brought two weapons TO the Castle
/ home.
Mr.. Redden for the defense cross-exam-
/ ined Mrs. Spangler and confused her on
/ some minor points. She was re-examined
/ by state and defense. BIr. Brumback for
the state attempted to introduce in evil
+ dence the clothing Of Mrs Castle, but
the court refused to let him do so.
DOCTOR, THIRD WITNESS.
The last witness Of the day was DR..
/ ~ I. Fullenweider. He minutely de-
/ scribed Mrs. Castles wounds. The de-
/ fense In cross-examinatfon tried to make
/ it appear that Mrs Castle had died Of
I starvation. He denied this, saying her
/ death resulted from the wounds. His
! testimony was regarded as good for the
state.
( AS the trial progresses It IS seen that
/ the important hght IS coming over the
+ admission Of the statements made by
! Mrs Castle. Also a battle VIII rage over
( where the razor or razors came from.
The audience was largely made up OF
women, the men giving way to them In
the room.
WOMEN on GROUND EARLY.
Long before the trial HRDLI bgkq
Long before the time for the court room
to open yesterday morning there were a
large crowd Of people in the hallway
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crowd were women and when the court
room did open, long lines of them filed
into the room. The women occupied the
front seats many Of them were witness
es and others were mere curiosity seek
ers. These had been in attendance at
the trial day after day and they were
more for the thought Of what was to
come The men stood up in the rear Of
the room and along the sides and 10y
o'clock, the court room was crowded
Promptly on time Baiin Long opened the
court and the jury fled in. These men
who are to decide Jessie BI0rrison's fate
took their seats in the Jury box and
glanced over the room fun Of people. The
little prisoner after her Thanksgiving
day IN her room appeared in court with
her father. Following the two were
Hayward Morrison and a sister, Mrs.
Ehlers. The members Of the Morrison
family sat together surrounding the pris-
oner. She was dressed in black as she
had been during the past few days Of
this trial There was no apparent con
Germ on her face, although there was,
perhaps a little nervousness on account
of the crowd IN the room and the i'm
portance Of the day. The members OF
the family did not have much TO say
during the morning session although they
at times talked together.
BEGINNING OF A BIG DAY.
In the rear Of the attorneys for the
state members Of the Castle and Wiley
families were setting Mrs Wiley. moth
er Of the murdered girl was not present.
Surrounding the stove just in the rear
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number of the witnesses. Rev H c.
Wharton was one Of the principle ones.
On the other side Of the room was sew
eral Of the doctors who were present at
the time Mrs Castle was lying on the
floor Of her home with the gashes in her
throat and neck These men were Drs.
Kangler and FUlenwider, and by the side
of them were several women who were
also witnesses in She case.
The day outside was bright and CHEEKY.
the sun shone brightly and a more pleas
ing day for a case 20 be heard could not
bo found. The court room was wen
lighted and comfortable and it presented
a much better appearance than It had
during the first part Of the week
After the calling of the names Of the
jurors Judge Shinn called for the state
ment Of the case. on this Judge Redden
arose and asked that the witnesses <or
both state and defense be excluded from
the court room. The matter was dis
cussed and the names Of the witnesses
for the state were called BY County A.
torney Brumbach. They numbered "a
and the most Of them were present IN
the court room.
Attorney Kraemer called the names OF
the witnesses for the defense and these
people number 81
WITNESSES PUT OUT
Judge shirn after the calling OF the
names stated. THE witnesses in this
case. both for the state and defense VIII
retire from the room There are two
rooms for your accommodation and yoI
are to remain there during the pro-
sress Of this trial unless it shah be at
the time Of your appearance on the
stand" d T. Whitehead was called ana +
swore as an additional bailiH Barn
Long Brill and Whitehead win have
charEe Of the witnesses and these men
we've Instructed oy the court regarding
their duties 60 charge Of the witnesses
Judge Shinn then said: II VIII maze
exceptions in the cases OF the immediate
relatives Of the defendant and OF Mrs
Castle The witnesses are requested not .
30 talk ABOUT the case. and they must
not state what they expect TO testify to
or what they did testify SO. The wit-
rtsses viii take the rooms assigned TO {
them"
"N1r sheriff can you get another man /.
TO act as baTinT
"Nes. SIR" said 8r. Turner
Andy swigsett was sworn and VIII lie
placed az the door in Ire rear OF the