Show JESSIE MORRISON OUT ION la I-ON PAROLE IN KANSAs f TEN YEARS AGO SHE KILLED TVtfc J WOMAN WHO WAS HER SUe CE88FUL RIVAL > Topeka Kan Jessie Morrison the best known woman convict in the Kansas state penitentiary was par O Died recently by Gov Stubb The polo p-olo was a complete surprlso to HIM Morrison and Qov Stubbs sold ta did not know two hours before he VJ signed tho parolo that ho was going te + < release her Tho governor concluded x 2 con-cluded that tho last trial was not In j portant The crime for which Jessie Morrises 3 waD sent to the penitentiary was list I murder of Mrs Olin Wiley Castle net c + successful rival for tho affections et < l o a Olin Castle ot Eldorado Juno 22 190a The case was ono of the most sons l tlonal in the history ot the Kansas court bliss Morrison was given three w separate trials At tho first trial there was a bust Jury nine Jurors standing for aft pyilIL uIUp j4Ipl vp I I p e i 2ay 1 r f Jessie Morrison Leaves Prison quittal and three for conviction at a manslaughter At the second trial elle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for Mitre years 8ho wcnt to the penitentiary k Iud remained there for two months ry and three days fending a new trial + At the third trial she was convicted of murder and was sentenced to tha I penitentiary for 25 years Miss Morrison wentto the peattwi tlary to begin serving her SByear ten July 8 1902 She has served eight w years threat years metre than she B was 1 sentenced for on the aeeond trial w Thousands of letters fromall pot p-ot the state and from other states Ira are on file at the governors offlc petitioning for a pardon or a parole tot a Jessie Morrison GoT Stubbs has bees J through all of them and knows every detail of the case f Jessio Morrison left the ponltentlarj In company with Warden and Mfa K Coddy She went to Kansas pi tit and from there to Excelsior Springs where she has a sister Mrs Ida Hawley Haw-ley The terms of the parole provide thai she may remain In Kansas or go to Missouri or Oklahoma Her aged father fa-ther lives in Oklahoma at Calumet Jessie Morrison is about 40 years 01 f age She cut Mrs Castles throat with aft a razor Mrs Castle living three days following the attack although bet Sx t windpipe was severed Olin Castle the man in the cue is married agate and now lives In California t |