People's voice., 1900-12-20

as>ured fact that a OH jury caaLot
be found in Butler county. Even il
a new trial i, agreed upon, and a Jury
should be secured, there is little
likelihood that they would come any
nearer reaching a verdiH than the
jury whicl has just been di,charged.
The LriI! has already cost Butter
county nearly $40 QUO and there is a
grOWlug difference or opinion regard
ing Miss MurrSOG's Guut. Already,
vide dlSseuSiUuS have gyswn I'D ia
The Methodist church, the members
OF which took prominent parts In the
trial, aud tueI is lureafeUei among
The Morrison, Castle aaa Wiley fam'-
lies. Considering a these 'ac.s, II is
doubtful, after al, il tie prosecution
wlilicsist upon another attempg 10
cOnvlct JESSIE Morrison.
Judge Shinn stated yesterday that
ne was getting Tired If the proceed
lnes and was OF the opinion that the
men would n Ver reach verdict. He
intimate1 that the jury wou d
Ce discharged if tley did 10,
Lring 10 verdict. After the leugth
Of time spent in the jury room tue
chances OF verdlcl were very remote.
The case will have tn 0e tried again To
convict Jes il MOrrisJn of tie murder
1f Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle. This is
considered an iDpOssitiity, as an
other jury can 10 be secured in
Butler county, ana the defendant will
20 free.
Judge Shinn -iaarG tha' during he
ght years TN I he has been on the
eDch, he has never tried a case that
has been as hart 10 hsn1le as this one.
Il has never kept Jury O1t ss long
1efur-, and vet has had no desire Ia
hurry the jurors n rhiS case.
A usual in such cases, th3f- have
been plenty Of rumOrs ahDdJ. One was
that some one had secured twelve
pallots of of the floor %: the jlTy room
and ten of them STOOD for conviction
and twn for ecquittal. TIE bailifl
who had charge ~ the jIfy denied the
rumor aud says ro me has at an.
Time secured aoy b''l",s. There were
other Tumrrs, '"". Ole was prevalent
that the mansWrjgut, who is friend
OF the Murri-Cns, was keeping the
jury OUT Hnle nothing is definitely
known abOht tae matter, there may
have been plenty Of O,her causes tC
prevent the jury from returning a
verdict.
Jessie Morrison, as usual, had many
callers. They came in the morning
and in the afternoon. Most OF them
we're Jessie MOrrisOD's friends, a,
though some OF the visitors were
there out OF Curiosity.
Owing to the fact that the prisoner
has been talking freely TO the news
paper men, her attorneys have re-
quested that no persons hut the mem
ceTs Of the family and their intimate
friends be admitted to the cell. IL
spite Of the restriction Of TIE sheriff
the defendant is very cheerful. She
said that the jury would not reach &
verdict.
Olin Castle, who heretofore has es
capea those who have ben writin!
letters about the case, yesterday re
ceived a c1mmunicGtiop from I
woman in Wichita WIN yarns hin
that certain party in Eldorado haC
threatened his life, and to be Oh IN,
guard. Castle will not state who tht
%oman is and merely laughs about
The matter.
There is another rumOr aAoat il
EduradO which NAV use anOthe
little sensation il tue. 1t is that
now that the jury is DISCHARGED som,
Of the witnesses are to b. prosecutet
for perjury. This, b Heyer, is no
likely.
SATURDAR.
The jury in the famous murder cas-
at EldOrado stood nine for acquitta
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