The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-30

seems very damaging to the defendant.
The different stories az to Miss Lxzie's
purpose in whiting the barn and the tims
she spent there, are becoming great top
les OF gossip about town. 1t was first re-
ported that she went there to get lead
sinkers to be used In fishing ut Marion.
Now she 10 reported by witnesses to have
said that she wanted to get piece OF
on window In her room. IL she went
into the barn IL has yet to be explained
why she was not seen by Bridget Sulli-
| van, who went there frequently to get
water with which to wash the
windows. For the most part of the day
been any day since the trial began.
Miss Lizzie and many others smiled
when Officer Doherty told of the ubiqui-
tous reporter who was sitting alone on
tho ealustradcs, gazing through the
screen door awaiting the opening by a
again when Counsel Adams asked IL the
reporter represented the paper with the
largest circulation or the next to the
largest. When Officer Doherty talked
about the calicoes and challies Miss Liz
z.e might have worn and compared them
more smiles. Miss Lizzie was livelier
than she has been during the trial, and
frequently leaned toward Mr.. Adams and
conversed with him. Miss Emma's pain
full exhibition OF quiet sorrow made many
persons feel deeply for her suffering.
New aud important evidence for the
defence, In regard to strange man at
the Borden's an hour before the last trag-
edy, IL said to have been found.
Counsel for the defence have been ap-
prised OF the location OF q suspicious
man, said to answer the description given
by DR.. Handy, and he is now being shad-
owed oy detectives in the employ OF the
Misses Bordens. 1t is said that this man
is now In city within 100 miles of Fall
River, and win be kept under close sur
veillance until he IL needed. Another
story given out by Miss Lizzie's nearest
ly denies the stories OF the quarrel be-
tween the two Borden sisters. On the
day when the "you gave me away" story
was published, there was q caller at the
Borden household in whom Miss l. 'zz'e
had more than a girlish interest. Miss
then said something that caused Miss
Lizzie to blush and accuse her sister of
saying things that might possibly affect
her maidenly reserve, "Why, Emma"
she said, "I'll never speak to you again"
Two minutes later the sisters were con-
versing In the most endearing way, Miss
Lizzie being noticeably demoustrative.
When the time fos parting came the
prisoner was far more affectionate than
usual and appeared to feel her trying po-
sition more keenly than ever. These
facts are given by one who has been closer
to Mss Lizzie Borden during the past
two weeks than any other person In this
city, except her sister Emma.
Defendants lawyers, who are preparing
many arguments showing p ausible reas-
ons for Miss L,xzie's innocence, are givsn
as authorities for the following: Mrs
Lizzie Borden probably heard her mother
struck down, perhaps heard her fall. She
pl W.
the house, putting irons on the fire, apS
pounding them on her ironing board.
ii airing her mother fall would readily
account for her rsadine,s to say that she
had entered the house, slammed the
front door, and went directly to her
room.
Bridget Sullivan did not see Mr.. Bor-
den leave the house or yard, and IL does
not seem improbable that the others
could not have seen any stranger or ped
dler enter, or leave through the back
screen door.
Miss Lizzie Borden denies positively
hat she was ever at ID. r. Smiths drug
store, where Eli Pence is clerk.
There is this to be said for the prussic
acid theory, that il Is but side issue at
rest and not relevant to the charge in
this complaint, namely, murder, with IN
axe.
The Commonwealth has succeeded in
closing both front and rear entrances in
one sense, OF the Borden house. The
front door triple locked at half past 10 in
the day after Mrs. Borden's death, neces-
stating its being opened for Mr.. Borden,
and the back bulkhead cellar door into
the yard, found locked and bolted by
Officers Doherty and Mutually within
very few moments of their arrival.
Taking the axe as il was found down
by the furnace the length of the cellar
from the stairs, and put away with the
others, with the barely ten minutes be-
tween the discovery OF the murder OF Mr..
Borden, and his laying down on mis- death
couch to sleep, with al the alarm created
to rouse the nsighborhood aud the pres
ence Of Lizzie ON the first noor goes far
to shake the confidence OF the public in
this axe as the weapon used, and IL 1t was
not that weapon, and the r.al bloody
hatchet was carried away, then the muir
derer cannot be located In that house.
Col. Adams last night expressed strong
confidence In his case. He Is not at all
cast down by the possibly construed re-
verses of the day and last evening ex-
pressed his innate conviction that truth
and justice would prevail in the end.