Show TELLS STORY IN COURT I Jessie Morrison Calmly Pictures Scene at Castle House in Eldorado During Bloody Fight With Mrs + Castle i I he Proved an Unexpectedly Strong WitncssDenies Most of Damaging Y Damag-ing Testimony Adduced by ProsecutionDeclares Emphatically t That Mrs Castle Began the Combat by Slashing Her With aLt a-Lt Razor and Compelling Attack in SelfDefense I 3 9 j Eldorado Kan Dec 7Jersle Moro Mor-o rison today took the stand In her own defense and In a quiet determined Q I L manner told minutely or her relations wllh Olin Castle before his marriage 1S and as calmly pictured the scene at the II Cij1 Castle hpuse during the bloody rough andtumble fight with Mrs Cnstle She Sr proved an unexpectedly slrong witness I 2 Miss Morrison approached the wll 1 ncsa chair pale and trembling and began Tri be-gan her testimony with an effort As she proceeded she gained confidence A and related her story without hesitation hesIta-tion She denied most oC the damaging damag-ing testimony adduced by the prosecution rL prosecu-tion She flatly denied many of the statements made on the stand by Olin I Rt eW Caslle and declared that he had tried to make Mrs Castle Jealous and that I sVuaft Mrs Castle had flaunted her husbands acts lnher face WHO BEGAN THE FIGHT i On the day of tIle tragedy she declared de-clared Mrs Caslle had called her Into the house as she was passing had accused Tr ac-cused Miss Morrison of tryIng to separate r i sep-arate her and Castle and when she denied J de-nied It called her a liar Mrs Castle had the witness declared emphatically begun the fight slashing her with the razor again and again and compelling the defendant lo attack her antagonist in selfilefensc DID NOT FLINCH er During her thrilling recital of the = two women rolling over one another on i the floor In their combat the spectators 1 riveted their eyes upon Miss Morrison In all testimony Miss Morrison was So direct and positive not once did sho tii ± flinch and only once during tho r1zL crossexamination djd she shed a tear 41 It had been feared even by the defense S de-fense that she would break down during dur-ing crossexamination The State did L jol succeed In making her contradict oD any of the telling points in her teaL iiz niony nionyFACLOD OLIN CASTLE sltoCeClflecil h faced widower is As T5ho esfed 6Iie llitf 1 Q ower Olin Castle who surrounded by Mrs Wiley mother of tho muidered i woman Mrs Castle his mother and HCKW other members of the Castle and Wiley L 1rF KtA families occupied a front seat In the courtroom a TALKS FOR HERSELF j Witness said she had known Castle JMltfJ sInce July ISO when she began to work in the racket store where he was employed and that she had known Mrs AL1C Caslle for about six years before her death During the summer of 1S99 Castle tT Cas-tle had come to sec her at her brother n1 InlawB house from one lo three times l7tA a week and had taken her riding fro quently He had written her I a letter ci1 while he was Whitewater and she e had answered It She told about going to Excelsior Springs la t January and of Castles asking to come to see heron I her-on the night before she went away cED Just before he left did you IU1 him oe you would fix him was asked I did nol replied Miss Morrison llrmly Did you ever tel him you would fix him or use words of similar Import L I did nol 11F1 DENIED THREATENING CASTLE Ls She told of the interview in the racket ici store wilh Gaulle who said on the witness wit-ness stand that she had threatened him She said she had asked him to return I her letters and things and he had replied he re-plied You need not worry nobody has t1rL vcr seen your letters and I guess Ill ivlurn them Were either of vou angry I was VeA not lo notDid c Did you ute any expression or make any threatening movement or say I you dont youll sll you hud No 4 sir Witness denied urging him to keep his promise and come and see her or r that she had told him Rhe was In troll blf She denied having taken any ra yois from the racket store or having had a razor or knife whtn as she L jmssed the Castle house 1rs tel called her In After she entered Mho l led Ss said Mrs Caste fastened the screen S3 dnor behind her Witness said she 9ic mated herself upon the lounge iI Ii PRELIMINARY TO TRAGEDY r Clara fat down In fiont of me said z the witness anlI asked What do you ij mean by following Olin aiound I LO sall I was nol Then thc said You know you hale me and I hate you and 1 run no friend or yours I rose to go She talc Dont go yet fuji Is coming ii lr in a minute Its too bad for you to r4 run after that poor boy I told her he was the one who caused her to be so bitter toward mer She said 1 know Sr belttr You tried to separate us I 1 said I had not and she said You area I are-a liar I said Doif call me n liar f4Q Then we both rose up together 10 STRUCK WITH RAZOR ci What was done then asked Judge Redden u My handkerchief dropped and I 1i stooped to pink It up She moved 1I quickly In the same dliectlon and then lulCk1 I rfllil bbf cut me with the razor You had no razor knife nor weapon hac 1 pon No sir I l Then what happened j She cut me twice with the razor I throat said Miss Morrison D across my Nail 1 IIIrl I grabbed ut her and fttreunicd Then I i Clara and I rushed together and Bhc tcpt threw me and I raise I my knees to proc pro-c teot myself and she kept striking at mo all the lime She fell over on met me-t nrd I got the razor awny from her After cIjj Af-ter that we rolled over on the floor o c WITNESS VOICE STEADY Jessie Morrison told her story in a 4tT L clear steady voice but she paused ate at-e iJ the threshold of the moat bloody part Jt1 of It ItThen what did you do asked Judge Redden I cut hero urtDwenil gg the Jtiiesi in a eonveiallonnl tone Do > ou know how mIL tlmt8 t No 6lr Do you know what become of the 1 razor She may hILt knocked It OOt from my hand or I may have dropped 1U 1UThoh Miss Morrlw told of Mrs MoS Mo-S berly and MM Spanglcr entering the 6uP house She denied much of the evidence p given by these two women lat Cap VnlorH rrniflovrtnilnwl 111 a 1 Morrison Witness denied that she had ever been engaged to marry Castle When court adjourned at noon Miss Morrison was helped to walk to her cell by her brother She had not winced once under the crossexamlnallon which I had been believed would cause her to break down and had displayed remarkable coolness nerve and self control VISITED BY MINISTER During the noon hour Rev Mr My ers an evangel entered the prlson i erfc cell and prayed with her At the afternoon session Capt Waters continued j I con-tinued the crossexamination What prevented you after you got I the rtixor from going to the door and screaming for help was asked of Miss Morrison She heM I my hair Later witness said she hl seen some one at help tho window and called to them for hdpSTUCK TO ORIGINAL STORY I Several questions put by Capt Waters Wa-ters were objected to and the objections objec-tions sustained and the crossexamlna Lon ended without Miss Morrison having hav-ing contradicted any of her Important morning statements She stuck to her original 1 testimony almost entirely On redirect examination Judge Redden I Red-den asked Miss Morrison whether she had cut Mrs Castle after she felt the danger to herself was passed She replied re-plied that she had not The witness was dismissed Judge Redden helping her from the chair to a place near tlC members of her family 1 Six witnesses were introduced to show that the defendant was not out after 1030 oclock on the night of June llth when Castle said she met him in front of his home The defense then rested The State attempted to introduce intro-duce evidence in rebultal of certain parts of Miss Morrisons testimony but It was ruled out and the court took a recess until tomorrow when arguments ar-guments will begin |