Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-18
H|LL|ARO'S OPINION
OfCertain Phases in the
Borden Case.
MANY WILD GOOSE CHASES
Detective McHenry Tracking a Clue
Which May Amount to Something.

FALL RIVER. Mesa. <'sG IA think
U you were TO publish tomorrow the soltd
facts In the casc. and all Of them, you
would find that before ~ .,kt great many
people would suddenly change their
mtpda-
These words coming from Marsh0i IN
bard Last plight, as he sat az headquarters
toying with cigar. are cminous. There
wos 90 accent of doubt IT, the worda
District Attorney Knovitoo and Ehe ofp-
repsoted assertions Of t',ose who know
him are ominous as well
Il looks to ms," said the city uas-
tbl, "as though this hcaring would be
long. believe IL will LIST three or four
dnyA though. Of course. l cannot Say posi-
tively.n
sWouid u embnrrass you. marshal II
tho defense should summon and cross
Question some m your witnesses whom
you did not find IL necessary to call at this
hesring.o
II think" no replied, thai an our eyt
dencc will bo put In. That IL what would
advise IL l wero asked, though, Of course, ]
canaos say what the DE- 1rney will
do do think, however, tndS
More Evidences viii Be put In
than otherwise would have been advanced
Just to satisfy the public mind as to the
action taken We Wish TO show that we
have nothing 70 keep back or hide away" /"
"Now, marshal. tho statement has gone
abroad that Bridget. after Mv. Borden left
the house IN the morning, heard Lizzie 20
down cellar, 0nd subsequently, cav what
she thought was Ratchet lfhiddcn In
the Darlor.r
THAT may have como from some party
who knows" the chief replied. II have
not heard OF IT."
II have devoted attention 10 many
stories that were foolish. Just because Of
the enormity OF the crime, and In order
Tint might feave no stone unturned TO
solve H. II had DOT been in this Office, X
bad been brought mp I'm the snme cir
clio with her md known her ns some Of
these people have. il n quite probable
that would have done as they aro doing
now.
~ will say, though. that II 70 strange
that some Of those who are looked upto
for guidance w the people In their evofy.
dny life shout say things that have been
said from the pulpit, when they arc rcoAly
not IN
A Position 30 Judge tho Csse
because trey do not know what we
10 and why wo acted
81 hove received today letter from a
mon representing n Christian society In
thi- city, and whic h would like TO give
yon 10 could, for IL seems to me 20 be a
fair statement Of the case"
The marshal then read a few extracts
from the letter. The writer whose Ian
guage was aomewhas biblical In form. cx-
horted him Ia proceed earnestly In the
AZ ~
portant natter was that the terrible crime
should be brought homo TO the auilty
party. ana THAT when that wore done, and
only then, the public would be assured
that Justice had been done II tho prisoner
wouE DO most unlikely that site
vould receive any bu, juss treat
mont at tho trial Justice do
mnndcd that the marshal do all he could
10 ferret out the crImo Tho conviction or
acQuittal OF the prisoner would then bo
reached In the natural course OF ovcnts
This, the marshal thoughk was only a
Fnlr Statement os the Case
Tho letter vas very different 10 tone
from the majority OF those he had no
ceivcd
Tho chief, Detective SeaveT, and Dctec-
tiNc mCllcuTJ Chifo HDHic lIoIl loohJol
yesterday. They had been In consulta-
ton With the district attorney and Az
tosncy General Pillsbury. Mr.. McIIenry
hos succeeded In running down some
thing. but no ono would say what.
fLpl nothing come x it, tho police say
they might have given IL b tho public. but
now sccrocy Ia necessary.
When b. 1T hers Detective MclIonry
wc,t to his .ome In Providence There
be aruck cino that took him 10
Boston From Boston 1t led him over
into o. -ccticut T1o visited Milford.
Waterbury Iad Hartford IN that state.
and returned to Boston, whero he met the
marshal and Mr.. Beaver. Whatever this
clue may be, 10 has led he officers further
av y from home than any other clue
o. .rr os known. that has been picked no
siace tho Investigation began
And nov tho question Is whns 10 N that
takes the police so far away from Andrew
Borden'e walls, VIII en- they have already
decided upon tho guilty party'
Buriai Of tho Dordens
Tho bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs Andrew }.
Borden were buried yesterday by order OF
Medical Examiner Dolan- They were
placed 10 tho family loo by tho employees
a tho cemetery. and no members of tho
funily wepo present Medical Examiner
Dolan ssases that all OF tho bloody cloth.
ina has been sene b Boston, but he oan-