The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-20
THE LIST OF EVIL DEEDS.
A Murder Caused by a Girls Injudi-
cious Use of Her Tongue.
A Cincinnati Fireman Fatally Shot by an
Alderman-Brief Mention of Other
Violations of Law.
THE BORDEN MURDER.
The Killing Evidently Caused by the Care
less Wagging of GirIs Tongue.

The Killing Evidently Caused by the Care
less wagging of a Girls Tongue.
New ORLEANS, June 19.-The Picayune's
Mansfield, La, special says The prelim-
mary examination of Rev. Ben. l. Jenkins
IT., for the murder of Rev. ]. Lane Borden
began to-day. Immediately after the shoot
ing of Borden by Jenkins, District Attorney
Hall wrote 70 John 8. Butler, father of the
young lady whose name is involved in the
matter, giving him the particulars OF the
tragedy the. alleged cause being the ruin
there was not word of truth
in the charge. adding ~ regret
very much that Jenkins took up such an
idea. My daughter says she said nothing to
Mr.. Jenkins from which ne possibly could
infer any thing of the kind"
The Picayunes Alexandria special sends a
statement made by Miss Mary Butler, as fol-
lows:
II hereby deny having made. at any time,
a confession to Mr.. Ben. |. Jenkins, jr., to
the effect that Mr. Borden had, in any man.
ner, hl-treated me, only so far as shall be ex-
planned. When asked by Mr.. jenkins if Mr..
Borden had treated me badly, l told him
yes; he then asked me in what manner.
told him, 1 can't tell, but you can think
anything you wish The only indigniry ever
offered by Borden TO me was in the library,
about ten days ago when l was there for
some books, when he approached me and
attempted to put his hands upon me, when
| inim ediately left the room and was never
in his presence alone again during the re-
snainder of my stay at Mansfield. This, con-
duct of Mr.. Borden to me was never men-
toned to any one but my mother"
1t may be stated that Miss Butler has
father and two brothers to protect her
honor, if such protection had been neces-
sary. She is eighteen years OF age, hand
some and unusually intelligent. A younger
sister was at Mansfield this morning with
her. Jenkins see5s to have been suffering
from hallucination when he fired the fatal
shot.
Miss Butler declared that her relations
with Jenkins were only such as exist be-
tween friends, and that W hatever conclusions
he may have deduced from the statement
made him ten days ago in reply to his ques-
ton concerning borden, she did not inn
agine it could be construed as an admission
of any criminal act on her part. Miss But
Ter did not assume that Jenkins had any
right to urge explanations.
The reports chat have gone abroad do not
agree with the statement made by Miss But
Ter, and as she positively denies that there was
any engagement between herself and Jenkins
she cannot understand the extraordinary and
violent course pursued by him in making
himself the avenger of her supposed wrongs,
when she was accom- anied home from Mans
field by her two brothers, who were fully
capable of defending a sister that might have
been wronged, if such had been the case,
which she most positively asserts was UNI
true, except so far as stated to have occurred
when Borden approached her in the college
library.