Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-13

| that throughout the morning of the murder,
! up to 1890 o'clock, when she started for the
| barn, she could not have heard her STEP
! mother fall.
| A careful search of the banks and safe
de posit companies of this city has failed to
RIVE al any will of Mr.. or Mrs. Borden.
i Last evening Lizzie Borden became i'll
! after being lett with the matron. The latter
sent for DR.. Bowen. The prisoner vomited
for some time, and there is story to-day
that the sickness was due to poison that she
had secretly taken. DR.. Bowen denies it.
Lizzie Borden's friends are now talking
of her peculiarities As child she was of
a very sensitive nature and inclined to be
non-communicatiye.
A Church and Temperance Worker.
This peculiarity of her youth developed
into the cold, hard conservatism of her
womanhood. When 6 years old she was
sent to school As a pupil she was not
brilliant, but was slow, plodding and tena.
cious Her hard work kept her near the
front rank. When she was 16 years old she
entered the High School, She left it soon
after.
Two years ago, it is said, there was
great change in Miss Borden. From her
former reserve she began to go out fire.
quently among church people. She Joined
thusiastic in church work. She had class
of mill hands to teach in the Sunday
school. She gave them up, saving she
would rather teach girls.
When the Woman's Temperance Society
was organized as a branch to the w. c. T.
u, she Joined it and became a prominent
member She usually took charge of ali
church decorations In May, 1890, with
Miss Shove, Miss Anna Borden, cousin, and
with Miss Cox, of Taunton, she made a
three months tour of England. They wis.,
tied London, Scotland, Paris and spent
some time in Rome.
A Bloody Hatchet Found.
This afternoon and evening there we're
strong rumors that the police have procured
the ha.chet with which the crime was COM
mitted. The police are in possession of a
peculiar hatchet, aud the rumor that this
particular weapon was used is greatly
strengthened by the strong wording
of City Marshal billiards comp
plant published to-day. No hatchet
like the one in custody can be found
in the local hardware stores Its peculiar
ity is claw on the side of the head nearest
the handle. The handle is about 2H feet
long and the top of the head is about one
half by four inches. 1t is said that the
head of the natchet fits into the murderous
WOUNDS In Mrs DorQen mead.
The blade of the instrument is represented
as being very thin and very sharp, measur-
ing about 81 inches in the widest part 1t
is what is known among farmers as an old
fashioned thrash-wood hatchet, except for
the strange claw. When the police authori-
ties were asked if such hatchet was in
their custody they would neither admit nor
deny it. The matter, with all other evidence
is now in control of District Attorney
Knowlton.
The connection of the hatchet with a
bloody deed of some kind is almost beyond
doubt, as spots of blood have been found on
the blade and handle. Certain cloths
covered with blood found in the cellar
where the hatchet was found are said to
have important bearing on this part of the
case.
Tonight Marshal Hilliard said that there
was great deal yet to be proven before the
crime could be finally fastened upon Miss
Borden. Much had been learned, but for
all that he could see the trial would be long
and tedious.