The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-15


risons cheeks have almost, II aot quite.
as much tan as when she was taken 70
/ Lansing.
I have taken lots OF exercise IN the
fresh air" she said I walked IN the
( court every day. and tried 10 keep myseil
. well. and 1 feel no bad effects from the
confinement
! As the gray. frowniug walls % the prs
T On were Ieft farther and farther behind
I or the ride TO Kansas City. Miss Morri-
sons spirits mounted higher and higher
until she appeared 70 become almost hap
py- Almost. because she never appears
really happy. Always lurking IN the back
ground behind her smiles. however cheer
ful and hopeful. is q dubious. carew0rn
expression. occasioned. perhaps. by q fear
as 10 the future; perhaps By the recoilec-
tion Of terrible hour. perhaps by com
mingling Of both
As her spirits rose she talked more
freely
DO you think" she was asked. that
the complete hoDeIessnsss and melon
choly Of many prisoners is The principal
cause Of the undermining Of their health
ana the shortening OF their lives"
I
I have thought and worried night and
day about nv case. I have never been
able 10 forget i long AT any time. ex-
cepting when asleep. But ! have never
given I'd hope, and shall not until 1 am
finally either convicted or acquitted I
don't know much about law, but I feel
confident the supreme court would say !
have rot been given a fair trial, and now
I an hoping for q favorable decision II
the next trial"
DO you think you win be acquitted %
.'Oh. I wouldn't say as 70 that viii
only say that hope so. for know that
/ ought 70 be-"
DO you think you viii be able TO live
through it, # you should finally be sent
enced to serve i long improsinment-say
for five rten years.
I don't know I have thought Of that
as little as possible. \ great many people
live in prison q longer time. and seem
TO have as good health as though they
were outside am afraid. though, she
added thoughtfally, and with faint
forced smile. as she glanced out OF the
window at the green fields through which
the car was swiftly skimniEg. chat I
woUldn hardly Dc able 10 stand it,
DO you believe the sentiment at Fl
Dorado Is more favorable 10 you than it
was?"
well. I don't know much ABOUT that.
Of course have not been there for two
! months. and a great many changes can
take place in that length Of time be-
lieye The people understand matters bet
ter now than they did al first. and that
a great many feel more friendly 10 me
than they did"
When do you expect TO go back TO e
Dorado2'
I have promised TO visit al Excelsior
Springs a month and probably WIN do so.
I think I viii then 90 to Fl orado. and
stay there until my next trial.
She was asked when she thought her
second trial would occur.
Il don't know, Of course. was the re-
ply. but I think perhaps in November.
/ hope Il win not be later, as an very
anxious 70 have the whole thing past,
no matter what The result IS. The su-
spense become sawful at times"
In answer TO a question as TO what she
will do II she IS freed. she replied that
she had made no plans for the future.
I do not even know what 1 shall do
while I am out this time" she said. L
have done millinery work, and may re-
turn to that"
viii YOU remain in FL Dorado2''-the
question had in view the possibility Of her
final acquittaI.
i don't know. but possibly not
Have YOU thought about going upon
the stage?"
"Oh. no" was the laughing reply. 4
don't think I'd make much Of an actress.
and besides nobody has offered me a job.
I'VE no sdea what I viii do or where
viii go if 7 am finally released"
Miss BIorrison's two months experience
did not give her favorable opinion Of
the effects OF prison discipline.
No she said in response 70 a ques-
ton. I don't believe imprisonment has a
tendency TO make one good I suppose
this is ore Of the purposes of it. b-t 1
think il is more likely To drive out what
good there is in one. Of course, if g per
son wants to be good. ne can be. fl prison
or anywhere else. The women are not 50
harshly dealt with as the men. They are
allowed to walk in the cou~t and talk
freely with each other But the men have
10 work very hard. ana are net allowed 70
talk with each other. They naturally
brood over their lot; and they are likely.
think. 10 grow NOR vicious instead q
less so. I know prison life would never
make me any better
qhe v-oman's ward Of the prison S. On
the north side and has twenty-cevcn oc-
curarts. When Miss Morrison was taizea
in the cells we're all crowded and a
specla. place had 20 be provided fer her.
a temporary room. in one corner ~ the
main floor of the ward was fitted I'D.
and She slept here by herself on me same
kind Ct q little iron bed and hard straw
mattress that al the other prisoners
nave. Each prisoner takes csre IF bis ~
her own cell and bed Warden Jswett
said Yesterday that Jessie MORRISON
were Eent the oisanest and neatest ~ any
in he prison.
A.iss Morrison vas asked r she roer4I
any 7varuea among TIE prisoners that
were coureniaI company for her
ye=" she repsied. they ale not al
such hal vor1en as oas v.sl-li na-lr, =
think some of them are very pleasant
Most of them brood ov-- theF sltlarior s..
and long u ret ont There are few
VINO are up for life. w.thout ans Rope II
ever rasailing their freeaa1- fsic very
sorry fer them.
The electric car reached Kaasas CITY
N 1879 clock Miss Norris7l went -
rho ladies waiting room en- The selo-l
noor Of thc T-uion seret r. stay unsa tAa
departure &c tie next Fsa4s6 tral1 ~
Excelsior srri7Es. Two h5lrz sa1 halE