The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10

uenl OF TOIiCc VuctttOhtnE-Ncw Evidence
said to be Discovered In the shnpe orr
bundle OF Rags In the Cellar Soaked
with Biood-Bridgct su,iIvnn's Remark
that the Murderer Ought to Clear Her
Tho Servnrt Break. Down aud WIN he
Questioned Further To-dny-Miss Hordeu
Cool Under Exam,nation-Did Both wo.
men or Either Know OF tho CrimeS
FALL RIVER. Aug q. Tho mystery surrounds
ing tho killing OF Mr.. Borden and his wife. it
is believed. is practically dispclled Within the
next twcnty-four hours. unless tho unex-
rccted prevents. tho murderer will be in tho
hands OF tho law. All Of day the authorities
have worked as they have not before la
bored on tho case. Acknowledgement Pills.
bury and Prof Wood Of Harvard reached here
at o'clock to-day. They at once Joined Dis
trict Attorney Knowlton at an inquiry which
is now being held. and which corresponds To
an inquest. and at which Lizzie Borden and
Bridget Sullivan were questioned. Additional
evidence. direct and convincing has been laid
before the District Attorney. and tonight
Bridget Sullivan is at Mrs. HarringtNns house
in tho care OF detective and Lizzie Borden is
at her home under police surveillance.
The police conference yesterday lasted far
into this morning. Tho timo of tie murder
was considered first. Marshal billiard in
iollueu INC DlstTlCt Attorney tllht inc nuruor
had occurred between 10 minutes of II o'clock
and ID minutes after IL o'clock on Thursday
morning. 1t was shown that Mr. Borden
reached home after his morning trip down
town between 10:45 and 1880 o'clock This
was proved both by the testimony Of men who
met him on his way to his house and by the
first admissions ofthc Borden household after
the murder was discovered. According to
Lizzie Borden's story she left the house to go
out to tho barn not later than & minutes
past IL o'clock. She further said that she
returned from tho barn and discovered her
fnther dead between IL: 03 and IL :O5 o'clock.
But Mr.. Hanscom. the Pinkerton detective.
has said that Lizzie was gone thirty minutes.
The District Attorney at once asked how Liz
Zie Borden could have stroked her fathers
hend as he lay sick on the sofa in the sitting
room ut 1855 o'clock. and then could have
gone out to the barn. remained thirty min
utes and have been back by HIS o'clock.
Even ten minutes after she had called the
servant. Bridget Sullivan. and as early as
II 10 o'clock. it was shown by substantial ev-
idence that the first news Of the murder was
upon the street. At :15 the police wore no.
titled. and before II 30 o'clock people were
crowding around tho Borden house. DR.:
Bowen. who was called in by Bridget Sullivan.
said he was sure he could not have been there
later than II 20 o'clock.
DID LIZZIE BORDEN LEAVE THE uousE2
This satisfied the District Attorney that Liz
zie Borden could not have been out Of the
house even eighteen minutes. II at all. But
there is stronger reason. say the police. why
Lizzie Borden was not out OF the house at all.
and this reason Is strengthened by q man
found to-day by The Sun reporter 1t is es-
tablished beyond doubt that at the time Of the
murder Of Mr. Borden the house was sur.
rounded by people who would have seen any
one enter or leave IL. Patrick MCGOWAN, the
stonemason. was in the rear picking
pears. and Mrs. Chase was on the
south side and saw McGowan. who in
turn, saw her. A young French boy,
kokonick. was in the street. and Mrs. Bufin-
ton was on tho north side OF tho house. where
is tho entrance alleged to have been used by
the murderer. The man found to-day is John
Dinnie a laborer. He was at work in the yard
adjoining tho Borden property. and was within
thirty feet of MCGOWAN. the mason. He said
this morning that he saw no one either enter
or leave the house.
IF had" he said. the others would have
seen him. too. and all of US would have told
the police" II a murderer entered by the
rear he would have had to pass Dinnie. climb
the fence. and then pass MCGOWAN.
After fixing the time Of the murder at the
conference. the District Attorney took up tho
otoiy VI boiucil' ilo ID tllc IuSL I'cTSOu
known to have seen her father alive. Lizzie
Borden has told three stories. When sho said
she adjusted tho pillow for him as he lay on
the sofa the police think she told the truth.
The first discrepancy discovered in her story
by the District Attorney pertains to her where
abouts at the time OF the murder. She first
said she was in the water closet in tho barn.
This sho changed later by saying that
she was in the loft searching for lead.
Tho police at once disrroved this They
sent detective to tho loft in the
barn. This man climbed tho ladder
leading to the loft and found the floor of the
loft covered with layer Of dust about one.
quarter OF an inch thick. As he stepped In II
he noticed that his footprint was plainly
marked. Iie closely examined tho floor for
other footprints. There wcrc mono. No one.
not oven Miss borden. had been In the loft re-
Gently \ SIN reporter this afternoon verified
this story. There arc tho footprints OF man
In tho dust in tho loft. but there are no traces
OF the steps Of Il woman
But another point disproves this story. Miss
Borden SAID sh" wont to tho loft to get some
lead from a coil Of lead pipe for sinker Tho
coil Of lead lipc she referred to was found
within fifteen feet Of the house and within five
feet OF tho barn. A person walking to the
barn could not have failed to see 1t. A mo-
chauic examined the lead pipe. and said that
il had not icon cut or molested for at least
Two mpatha.
OTHER CHANGES IN THE STORY.
Tho second change in Lizzie Borden's story
referred to time. Sho heightened her alleged
absence from tho house from twenty minutes
t. thirty minutes. The police are satisfied she
did not 80 out at all. or that II she did she
could not have been gone eighteen minutes at
most. The third incOnsi stency in her story is
her denial that she sought to purchase prussio
acid at H. ID. Saith's drug store from Clerk Ell
Bence. The police belieye Bence who contra
diets Miss Borden. Furtherppore. there Is now
that proves that Lizzie Borden not only tried
to buy. but actually DID purchase poison; a.,
not call Tor her mother. but for Bridget Suli-
yam when she found her father dead. She told
a sick friend Tho District Attorney argued
that il she We're nt.where was the note calling
her away? or, II II could not be found, why At
order that she might SEND for her mother or
notify her Of the murder Of Mr., Bordcnt
II Lizzie Borden says sho did not know her
mother was out, then the District Attorney