State v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Butler district court; G. P. Aikman, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pollock, J.:
On the morning of the 22d day of June, 1900, in the city of El Dorado, the defendant, Jessie Morrison, cut the throat of Clara Wiley Castle, the *146wife, and scarcely a week the bride, of Olin Castle. The tragedy occurred in the home of the bride. The instrument used was a razor. The deed was, in all its surrroundings, accomplishment, and conclusion, most pathetic, terrifying, and bloody. No less than twenty gashes with the razor were inflicted on the person of the deceased. The windpipe was cut in two places, the esophagus was twice severed,…
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