Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-15
A THEORY OF INSANITY.
Fall River Police Think Lizzie
Borden Is Demented.
SEARCHING AFTER AN ACCESSORY.

SEARCHING AFTER AN ACCESSORY.
The Oniciais Stn Reticcnt aud in Secret
Consultation - The Supposed Blood
stains ON the AKA Bitter and Deter
mined Legal Fight Is Anticipated.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 15.-The state
ment that the police are looking for an &C
cessory after the fact in the Borden murder
is partially confirmed by the fact that the
receiving tomb at Oak Grove cemetery is
still guarded night and day. The day after
the mock burial, with which the police de-
ceived the women who attended it in the
role Of chief mourners and chief suspect
they detailed men to guard the receiving
tomb in which the bodies were placed to
await the second autopsy. Since the second
visit Of the surgeon the vigilance has never
been relaxed for an instant. One man still
guards the house itself, though there is no
one beneath its roof except John w. Morse,
who is under $500 bail, and Emma Borden,
whose testimony is not considered Of inn
portance.
statement given wide publicity was
that the substance found on the handle Of
an AK taken from the Borden cellar hal
proved under a microscope to be blood, and
that 1t was identical in composition with
that which stained the lounge and carpet
where Andrew Bordeu's body lay. This is
merely conjecture Professor Wood has
made no report on the subject of stains
Medical Examiner Dolan positively denies
that he has heard a word from Professor
Wood on the subject. To him the report
would come il it had come at ALL
A Great Legal Fight.
For that reason the medical examiner says
the stories to the effect that this damaging
evidence has been completely established
are purely imaginary The reiterated state
ment that the weapon found had been fitted
into the wounds in Mrs. Borden's skull is
equally foolish
The defense would be strong enough in
any case, but if it could be established that
the AK which is now so slightly marked by
| blood had been placed in the wounds its
value rs evidence would be gone in a
twinlSing. There is half amillion Of money
Ia Andrew Borden's name. The others Of
the family connections are worth from
| 100000 to 100000 What money can do to
save the name Of the family aud the life Of
one Of its members will be done.
Andrew ID. johnson, the prisoners coun-
/ sci, was never known to waive an examina-
ton. He viii fight from the start. The
inquiry will be resumed on Tuesday. The
chief witnesses yet to be heard are Pro-
fessor Wood, who is the state analyst and
microscopist in the present case, and Medi-
cal Examiner Dolan. whose testimony will
supplement- that of Professor Wood in fix
ing the time of death and the interval
elapsing between Mrs Borden's death and
that Of her husband
Double Hold on Lizzie.
The inquest after one or two sessions,
win be adjourned from day to day until the
date Of the prisoners examination. BY pro-
ceeding this way the state will be able to
take an advantage of any new evidence
which develops in the interval.
The wording Of the warrant on which
Lizzie Borden was arrested shows the keen
ness Of the district attorney, as it is a con-
stitutional provision that the life Of no per
son shall be placed in jeopardy for the same
offense. Here was a double murder The
warrant served mentions the killing Of An
drew J. Borden alone. II does not even
take cognizance Of Mrs. Borden's death. BY
that omission the state secured a second
emergencies. 1t is possible that the evil
dence in hand, circumstantial in nature as
it Is might not warrant the court in hold
ing Miss Borden for the grand jury. She
might escape through the legal technicality
loophole In either case she would be rear
rested and charged with the murder Of her
stepmother
The warrant on which she is now held
was based on the murder OF the old man,
because most of the evidence bore more
directly upon that crime. The facts that
Mrs. Borden was killed an hour before hei
husband, that Bridget Sullivan was in q
position to have seen any stranger had he
approached or left the house during that
time and that Lizzie was then alone in the
house with her stepmother, afford ground
for strong suspicion, but for little else
Consulting in Secret.
The door of the guest chamber wai
closed, and did not disclose its secret unit
after the fathers body had been found il
the sitting room below. II there was any
noticeable noise during the tragedy it mus
have been more pronounced in the case o.
Mrs Bordens death, for she, the surgeon
believe, was standing before the north win
dow when the assassin struck the first blow
No one heard her fall, though she weighed
b. more than 200 pounds. The circumstantia
chain is stronger in the case Of Mr.. Borden'
! death. The case as it develops-the pre-
] liminary examination and final hearing
Z may disclose evidence bearing upon Mrs
! Borden's death. Such testimony will b.
competent for the state to use should it be
come necessary to rearrest the prisoner Of
a second charge of murder.
The police were in consultation for hour
d arranging the evidence already in and tina
I yet 20 come They are still working on on
r or two outside clews. The case is likely T.
! prove one Of the most notable legal fights il
b the history Of the state.
1t is an open secret in police circles tina
the state officers believe that Miss Borde
was insane at the time OF the murders, if sh
l. committed them.
, Crazy Mans Crime.
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