The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-08
SHE STOOD THE FIRE
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Q. Did the matter Of getting your let
ters enter into the plan? A No, sir, it
did not
Q. Did you>say Remember my words
or you VIII wish you had" TO Olin Cas-
tie? A I don't have any recollection OF
that
Q. Were you in the habit Of asking
DIN Castle to walk home with you? a
No. don't think SO.
Q. Did ne walk home frequently with
you from the Racket store? A. Yes. sir.
Q. Did he always go into the house?
A Not always.
Q. You told that you saw a man about
the time you entered the Castle home
gate. A. Yes. sir
PEDDLER WAS YOUNG NAN.
G. Where was he at that time? a
Just ahead Of me on the walk.
Q. Had you given DIN Castle his let
tiers? A. No, I burned them up when I
came away from Excelsior Springs. put
all the letters in the stove
Q. Was the man you saw on the walk
that morning a large man? A don't
remember.
Q. Was he an old man? A think he
was a young man.
Q. Did you hear a crash in that room?
A. I did.
Q. Did you know what It was? A I
didn't know.
Q. Do you know what It was now? A.
No. sir, I don't positively know what it
was now.
Q. Miss Morrison, did you hold up
letter and ask Mrs. Castle if she had
written it? A. 10. sir.
Q. Did she in reply say that she had
not7 A. No. sir.
Q. Who took hold Of the screen that
morning? A Mrs Castle.
Q. Did she invite you in? A. She did
She said: Jess. come in want to talk
to you"
Q. Where was you at that time? A. I
was out on the sidewalk in front of the
house
ABOUT WRITING LETTERS.
@. Did she ask you to see that letter?
a. She did not
Q. Did she ask you to see a letter of
any kind? A. No. sir, she did not.
Q. Was there any conversation between
you and Mrs. Castle about a letter? A.
There was a conversation about writing
letters. She accused me of writing let
ters to DIN and she said had written
a letter to Olin asking him to call on me.
Q. Was Excelsior Springs named IN
that conversation? A. It was
Q. Did you ever call her attention to
any time she had refused to speak to
you? A. No. sir.
G. Did Mrs. Castle try to defend her
self while you had the razor A. She
tried to get the razor.
Q. Was she on top of you at any time2
A. Only when on the sofa.
O. Or at any time after you got the
razor? A No. I don't think so
CUTS INFLICTED ON FLOOR.
Q. When did you cut Mrs. Castle In
the back OF the neck? a. don't re-
member.
@. Were those cuts on Mrs. Castles
throat inflicted while you were on the
floor? a. They were.
@. You we're changing positions con
stantly? A. I don't remember
Q. The last part Of December, 1893,
after DIN Castle took you home from
the store, did you not follow him back?
Objected to by the defense. Objection
sustained.
Q. Miss Morrison. do you know W. J.
Scott? A Yes. sir.
Q. Do you remember Of seeing him at
your home the morning Of June %? A.
I don't recouect
@. Do you not remember Of talking
then in your room to him? A I don't
remember.
Q. Do you remember Of telling him
that the first time you saw Clara Castle
that morning was when you went to the
door? A No, I do not.
SAID SHE DID NOT.
Q. Did you tell him that she did not
call you in from the street. in that con
versaton? A I did not
The defense after the conclusion Of the /
cross-examination asked Miss Morrison /
if Mr.. Scott came with her brother Hay
ward at that time.
A. I suppose he did.
Judge Redden asked: Miss Jessie, af-
ter the time you first cut Mrs. Castle, /
state If you knew the extent Of the cut
at that time? A I did not
Q. You do not know now? A No. sir.
The prisoner was then assisted to her I
place in the court room by Judge Red
den
SEVEN AGAINST OLIN.
BY seven witnesses the defense sought (
to prove that Jessie Morrison called on /
friends on the night Of June Il, the night 4
Olin Castle says she accosted him on the /
street
The first Of these witnesses, John E. (
Mavis, said that on the night of June II I
he was al the Methodist church attend /
ing a reception for the Normal students. (
The reception ended between go and 10 I
Il didn't notice Jessie Morrison there, F
but saw her brother. Hayward"
Miss Music Houston testified that she +