The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-08

O. Did you have any thought Of stop
ping at Mrs. Castles? A I did not
Q. You had the letter in your hands?
A Yes. sir.
Q. Did you meet anyone9 A. Yes.
DR.. Mckenzie On a bicycle.
Q. Where were you? A Along about
Ralph Lemons.
Q. Did you speak to him? a Yes sir.
Q. Did you meet anyone else? A I
met little boy
Q. Did you know him? A. No, sir.
| Q. AS you went north did anything at
tract your attention? A Yes. sir
| Q. What as it? a. Just south Of the
! gate Mrs. Castle dropped a rug on the
walk. I went on and heard some one
rap on the door and I looked around.
Mrs. Castle said, Jess. come in. I want
/ to talk to you
SHE GOES IN.
/ Q. Did you see anyone else. A. There
was a man in front Of me on the walk.
! Q. Did you know him? A. I did not
/ Q. Why did you 90 in? A Because
she called me.
1 Q. Had you any intention of going in
I before? A I had not
/ Q. Did you say to her did you write
that letter." A. I did not
Q. Nothing said about a letter? A
No. sir.
Q. You went into the house; where did
you sit down. or did you sit down? A.
I sat down on the lounge
Q. AS you went in, state what became
Of the screen door A. Mrs. Castle fas-
tened the screen door.
Q. What about the inside door? A
She pushed It more than half way shut.
Q. Where did Mrs. Castle sit? A In
a chair near the lounge.
Q Did you ever have this razor CEx-
hibit No. y in your possession? A I
did not
Q. Had you seen it at that time? A I
had not
Q. Did you have any sharp instrument
in your pocket? A. had not
@. Had you when you went into that
house any thought Of cutting Mrs. Cas-
ties throat? 4 I had not
@. Did you have any idea OF killing
Mrs. Castle? A. had not
Q. State what was said.
JEssIE's STORY AT LAST
A said: Well, Clara what do you
want to talk about? Here Miss Norri-
son related about the statement she
made to-wit:
You know you have run after Olin all
the time You have tried ever since you
have been in the Racket store to separate
US. She said: ''You are a liar" I said:
do not call me a liar" and we raised
up together.
O. State what them A Ny handker-
chief dropped and I stopped to pick it
up and heard Mrs. Castle jump quickly
and as I raised up she struck me across
the throat with razor.
O. Was that the first blow? A. Yes, sir
@. Did you have any razor? A did
not She cut me twice in the throat and
I screamed, crying, ION, MAJ Help!
Helpl Oh! Obi Ohr' We both came to-
gether and got on the lounge and tried
to get the razor. We both rolled over
on the floor and got the razor
Q. What did you do? A Cut her
Q. Why did you cut her? A Because
I thought she would kill me
SAW ONLY ONE RAZOR.
Q. How many cuts did you make? A
don't know
Q. Was there any crash2 A Yes, sir
The lamp went over.
Q. Was there only one razor? A Yes,
sir.
OILS this the one? A. Yes, sir.
Q. What become Of it? Al don't
know whether she knocked it out Of my
hand or dropped ii.
Q, Did other people come? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you say ''She has seen me? A
did not
@. Did Mrs. Castle say: Jessie MorrI-
son, get off me; you are killing me?" A.
She did not.
Q. Who was the first person there? A
Mrs. Noberly.
Q. Where was Cara? A Lying on the
floor.
Q. Did she have hold Of you when Mrs.
Moberly entered? A She did.
JEssIEs FIRST REMARK.
Q. Who first spoke when Mrs. MoberIy
came in? A. Mrs. Moberly.
O. What did she say? A think It
was; What is the matter?' I said: '-She |
tried to kill me-
O. Was that true? A. It was
O. What did Mrs. Moberly do? A. Took
O. When you got up did you see any
one else there? A. I saw a woman.
O. Who was it? A. Mrs. Spangler
c. Did Mrs. spangler come into the |
room? A. Yes. sir. As 7 started out |
met Mrs Spangler.
O. What did she say? A The same as
Mrs. Moberly: ''dy Cod. what have you /
done?" ! said. clara called me and /
tried to kill me and I am afraid that /
have killed her"
WHY SHE STOPPED DOWN.
Q. Did YOU have any weapon in your I
shoes? A. did not
O. Did you st5Op down TO conceal /
something in your shoes7 A. I did not. /
Q. Did you stoop DOWN. A I did My I
skirt was under Clara and I reached /
down to pull 1t or one Of my slippers /
came off and put It on.
Q. Did you take any razor or knife out +
Of that house with you? A. did not
Q. Did you try 70 conceal anything 30 |
your skirts? A. did not
Q. When you were at the gate did you +
say to AIRS. Spangler; Il have killed Mrs. +
Castle have killed Mrs. CASTER" a I
did not
Q. Did she ask you how you did it and /
did you say: Il cut her throat?" A I /
did not
Q. Did you see any person outside CT
the Castle gate? A saw some man.
Q. Did you know the mann A. did
not
Q. Did you say anything about tet-
ter? A. 7 did. yes. said: II want my
7-4e,-u -~-- --,-,~f-- "a 81 stT-rr - srs-
letter" Z said "No. III get &C." some