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contained in bakers bread. Defendant got
home that night, but did not see her; sup
pose | heard her when she won't up stairs to
bod. Went to bed at 10 O'Clock; came
down stair Thursday at O'Clock and break
tasted at I with Mr.. and Mrs. Borden. Did
not see Miss Lizzie. The only fruit for
breakfast was bananas. Went away from
the house the morning Of tho murder at
| 9:1J O'Clock, leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Borden
and the servant there"
Witness then fully detailed his where
abouts during his aosence from the house.
| He started TO 20 home at 11:20 CLOCK
saw MIR. Sawyer and DR.. Dolon; Bridget
| Sullivan fiji told him OF ito murder; was
on corresponding terms with the family;
was nervous at the time he saw tho dead
body and went into the yard where he re-
NAMED two or three hours.
Witness continuous: "Thnl; the cellar
door was open when | went back to tho
| house; the barn door was open. Looked
at como of the wounds on Mrs. Borden's
! head saw tho parlor door before it was
washed, and it had no less than 40 spots
Of blood splashed over the door; tho largest
were ut the bottom OF the door and had
the heaviest parts downward"
Mr.. Jennings wanted to know IL Mr..
Morse thought that left handed person
| killed the Bordens, and it was not al
| lowed.
Witness, the day after the murders, saw
| tho police put the axes in a bag aud take
thom away. Mr.. Borden had told witness
he had made will They wore on South
Main street at the time He said something
about some bequests at tpe time; witness
did not know what they were, but under
stood that he would make public bequest
| Some timo in May OF this year, while riding
| toward the farm in Swansea, be sold he
would give the girls some land il he thought
they would accept it,
Bridget Sullivan, the servant girl, was
called and was still On the stand when the
court adjourned at ) p. m. She wore
dark green serge skirt of stylish fit, with
velvet collar cuffs and clusters Of smoked
pearl buttons on the basque.
40 Tangible Evidence as Yet to Solve. 1t.
FALL RIVER Aug. 2S.-Iizzie Borden
came in : Saturday on the arm Of her
| pastor, Mr = lck, again ready to face her
terrible accu5crs. Seemingly bright and
cheerful considering the terrible ordeal
of the previous day-the description of
the burial of her parents without their
heads, tho opening Of the gaming wounds,
and the presentation of the photographs
of all the most minute Ghastly de, ails of
the CHASTITY tragedy inacted in the crime
The day was n horrible nightmare to sit
there and hear the story unfOidel by Dr.
Dolou of his autopsy and his description
Of the horrible butchcry, and to hear in
each word and sentence, coming home TO
herself with fierce intensity, at is you, it
is you, it is you that he means" Was it
matter OF wonder that at the evening
adjournment the girls nature gave way
under the terrible strain, and that for a
time there seemed Il complete collapse.
But she frightened again. Her courage
is truly wonderful. Her friends stand
closely with her.
Dignity Must Bc Maintained.
Court" rang out at 10 O'Clock from on
Ger Wyatt's stentoran voice. Judge
Blaisdell was received with the customary
honors, the entire audience rising at his
entrance. This little unusual etiquette If
the Fall River court, n least, is manitestly
pleasing to his honor and gives him "A con
scious dignity to which he has been unac
customed in the past. There was Il con
sultation of counsel at the outset and Dis
trct Attorney kGowlton and Counse
Adams and Jennings held a short confer
introduction Of future evidence by Profess
sor Wood, who had been expected Ijazil
wore the same blue dress. but there was a
| bright caehmere shawl across her Shout
dcrs and appeared to feel quite chilly
Emma had a postal card which she gave
to Mr. Jennings, VINO quickly pOcketCd i
with an apparent injunction to say moth
ing. Bridget Sullivan was called again t,
the stand
, Bridget Again or the stand.
Her testimony of the previous day hac
not developed much Of interest TO tn
, prosecution, nor had Ny. Norse's. l.
fact the general opinion was that every
thing WIS in favor Of the unfortuuat
prisoner, especially when it began to b
mooted around that Marshal IIillllr,
would not allow Mrs. Reagan to sign her
statement. that the "give-me-away" stor!
} was false.
The first question asked Bridget Suli
van was: "ll2d there been any sickness il
the family before that?' Bridget sale
she heard Mrs. Borden say that they has
been sick all night. She:slid 81 hearc
Lizzie say she had been sick all night
Lizzie had been ironing eight or MIN
minutes when | went up stairs tina
morning. never knew the girls to us
the out house back of the barn. Their
- had beea no horse kept in the barn sine
last year never knew Lizzie to so on
to the barn while the horse was there"
Under Cross Examination.
; After few other questions relating
principally to the sickness Of the family
District Attorney Knowlton turned Ms
sullivan over to Lawyer Adams for cross
examination Bridget gave q dctaile
statement of her experience in this cOuU