Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1901 — JESSIE MORRISON GUILTY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JESSIE MORRISON GUILTY.

Jury Convicta Her of Manslaughter in the Second Degree. At Eldorado, Kan., Jessie Morrison was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, late Thursday afternoon,

for the killing of Mrs, Olin G. Cattle, Mrs. Castle was killed in her home with a razor after a struggle with Miss Morrison. No one saw the act. The husband of Mrs. Castle previous to his marriage had been attentive to Miss Morrison, and jeal-

ousy, it is alleged, was the basis for the tragedy. Castle, a clerk in the “Racket” store, was the beau of the town. In the store with him worked Jessie Morrison, the handsome daughter of a respected judge. She was in love with Castle, and it is supposed that his marriage to Miss Wiley enraged her beyond reason. Before death had blighted her faculties, Mrs. Castle made a statement to the effect that Jessie Morrison had come into her home, uninvited and unannounced, and had abused and threatened her, and that Miss Morrison had finally drawn a razor from the folds of her dress and committed the onslaught. Then Mrs. Castle died. Miss Morrison's defense was that, while passing the Castle home, the young wife had Called her in and accused her of indiscretions of which she was not guilty. In her anger, averred the defendant, Mrs. Castle ran to her dresser and, producing a razor, made a fierce and deadly attack upon her visitor. In the scuffle which followed. Miss Morrison said, she gained possession of the razor and defended her life at the cost of Mrs. Castle’s. In the fight for Miss Morrison's acquittal her father. Judge Morrison, bapottaacated all bis property.

JESSIE MORRISON.