Show Alice Mitchells Mitchell's Case Alice Mitchell who murdered Freda Ward at Memphis has been on trial during the past two weeks for the purpose of deciding whether she is insane or not She was placed on the stand herself last of au all the witnesses and testified In a cold blooded way of the killing She suffered no embarrassment but answered answered an an- all questions coolly and rationally She said she known Freda ever since she could remember The Tho defendant told of her following Freda and of the latter winking at ather ather her with her right eye which signified I Ilove 1 love you She told this coolly enough but when she came to following Freda down the tho bill saying She wanted to see her once more she sho broke Into tears S 'S Then followed a most remarkable scene in court annals perhaps This young girl without displaying the slightest remorse or even nervousness of manner told down to the moot trivial detail the story of how bow and why she murdered Freda Ward She said I took the razor out while going down the bill toward the boat When I reached Freda FresIa I cut her with this razor As I cut her throat she tried to say something I intended to cut Freda's Fredas throat and then mine but her sister Jo made me tee mad by striking me with an umbrella so after slashing Jo I followed Freda and cut her again AH All I wanted to do was to cut her so as to kill I loved her better better bet bet- ter than any one el else e In the world She expressed a desire to die now that 1 Freda was no more t |