The sun., 1892-08-05
THEIR MURDERER STOLE IN.
A RICB MAN AND HIS WIFE KILLED
sTEALTHILY AT HOME.

Was Lyine on q Lounge In ITS Sitting
Hoen when an Assassin slipped In and
struek Hin with an Ase or Ciesver-Mr".
Borden Was Up stairs aud Was Muir
Asrsd By the same Instrunent-Tho nod
les Discevsred By = Daughter who Had
Beeu Out or tho Honae Only . Few Min
utes-Ths Servant Up Stairs Heard No
No,se-An Avenues OF Escape Covered.
Sut No Trace OF the Murderer Secured.
FALL RIVER. Aug. 4.-Andrew J. Borden. tho
millionaire mill owner. and HIS aged wife were
murdered In their homo to-day just before
nooa. and although there were other members
OF the family on the premises at the time. they
heard no sonnd. and the murderer escaped
without leaving clue. SO far as Is known. al
though his clothing must have been covered
with the blood OF his victims. The boldness
OF the crime and the utter absence Of any ap-
parent motive make It the moro mysterious.
At IL o'clock Mr.. Borden was lying on the
lounge In his sitting room reading news
paper. He was seen BY his daughter. Lizzie.
~ she passed through the room on her way to
the barn to get piece OF iron with which to
mend flower pot The servant. Bridget Sui
Ivan. passed through the room at the same
time with . pail OF water in her hand. she
WAS on her way to the second floor to clean the
windows.
Mrs Borden was in her room over the
parlor. changing her dress, preparatory to
making a visit to sick nelghbors. Fifteen
minutes later Miss Borden resntered the
house. and whom she stepped through tho
doorway into tho sitting room she saw her
fathers body. horribly mutilated and lying In
pool OF blood by the side Of tho lounge. She
was overwhelmed at the sight. Then she
scresmed for help. Bridget Sullivan was
~aahtn1 n uipdnvv In a N ah q
lost no time in running to Miss Borden's aid.
Mrs. Churchill. a neighbor. also heard the
scream. and she hastened to the house. She
entered tho house by the front way. and the
servant commanded all approaches to the
house from the rear. but neither saw any one
leaving tho house. Miss Borden then called
for her mother. but received no response. She
ran up stairs to her mothers room. and faint
cd when she opened the door.
Her mother had been murdered In the same
brutal manner. her skull being crushed In By
some heavy instrument. apparently an axe.
Mr.. Borden had been Drained BY the back OF
the Axe. and. in addition. had been hacked
with the sharp edge until his head was chop
ped to pieces Both rooms In which the MUIR
ders had been committed were bespattered
with blood. but showed no signs Of = struggle.
No attempt at robbery had been made. Who
the murderer was. why he committed the
crime. or whore he went to. are the questions
which the police would like to solve. but thus
far they have found nothing that can help
them. They have arrested three persons on
suspicion. but the only Suspicious circum-
stance tbopt them was the fact that they
were seen In tho neigh borhood about tho hour
Of the murder.
Mr. Borden was vsry largo owner Of real
estate In Fall River. Mr.. Charles G. Cook was
Bis agent collecting his rents. and yesterday
paid to the old gentleman q large sum ofmoney
from his rentals. He made regular deposits
in the Union. Bank and never paid any 40
He LEFT home q, usual about q 2 o'clock this
%s sstssf ssr&sl
sSoat twenty minutes Of i o'sl0se. .nd soiiPPs
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Mrs Borden went up stairs to make the bed
n which MI; Morse slept. in the bedroom In
stairs leading to the chamber in the second
Wore Ssy Mr Rs9s Bo4den Gd aas ea ding ' 'o
The ieangs upon which he lay was agseinst ein
tn0 DartltlON separating tho ulnluR TOOm IIOIu
the back ept5y isads h.cE a1TR from the
sssi @ ss fss Fss dS5s ssssS Il sSs
u Is now the pressqmptiIon that the assassin in
out to 90 to the barn. i is the theory q the
ths evidence. that IS soon as ths murderer
found the coast clear he stole through the hs
na6Rod into the sitting room. WT6r0 ne IOOnQ
In she opinion Of Medical Examiner Ro2lsn:
penstratns e the brain: ThIs cut passed d: i:
iisysd to be made BY the same blow:
vas aroused and 1roba bly, che started to come
The assassin., ,shearins her movements. and
ss 5Ss RfSbss IF insPss q ss Rs
chamber she had Just Loft where tEo windows
shsssussa ssood the out sn'fH Il aRsF TIE
no1r and was struck dSWn betw.S,p ,at the n.5 peg d
ThsEe Ss: no sound that ANYBODY heard c un:
y . ss S. ssy a
sns ssns 1ss fs
could have been seen from her sitting room.
murder Marshsl HiIiisrd placed : Gordon Of
police aroppd the house and alloxedd nobody
the premises, The officers made vain search
Is he came: Search was also made for the
Seapoa No less , than srsnt tTS axes ), and TIVE
not one Of them bore trace OF blood.
The popularity Of the cuts seemed to indi-
cate that the weapon, was a cleaver. but no
such article was to be found. -
The remark Of the servant girl. 1T must
have been the Portuguese" gave rise to story
which Marshal! Hilliard says he has proyed to
be an idle tale. which was that a Portu-
euese who had been at work, ON Mr..
BoIdsn's farm in Swansea, across the river.
dered Mr. and Mrs. Borden.
Marshal Hilliard says that there was not
any Portuguese that can be found who work cd
SI,as f9g Mr. Borden or who had recently been dis
Some Of the neghbors saw q man. whom
they took for Portuguese, walking up and
down in front OF Mr.. Borden's house. but the