The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-08-11

ANDREW pORDtN AND HIS WIFE
HACKED TO PIECES.

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op"n-Th" Ghasrly discovery Made BY
Daughi.r Va ttua - To Who The
As-a.@iu l. 81 Whist wa, III, Motive
FAIL RlYtE Ma-- Aag \ double
murder, VII The pctpetrat9s andi-coy-
'red. is The sensation ia this city Moth
NJ eqntling his crime has e4er created
so much * itcmfui iu Fail River
Andrew J Borden. VINO wa. one Of the
4 prominent. wealthy and most respected
/ citizens oil Fail Liver With hj- wife. Abby
Borden, were butehcrei in their home, ~
Srenud street, shortly after II O'Clock yes
ter's,y.
a more during or dastafdly thing could
| hardly bc Imagined NhiIe reclining in
his own hau~o Mr Borden Vas hacked
almost 10 pieces, and 50 was his wife All
this was done ia daylight. while servant
girl wa- IN the house and "A daughter of
the murdered couple scarcely fifteen feet
AMY outside the house
No one saw anybody come into the
heuse or 90 ont, and no one can suggest a
reason why tucse old people Should meet
death III that Wy Aud yet, thu fact re
| maiu9 that douhle murder was com
mtted. aud that the perpetrator i s;iil at
| liberty. Il stems incredible that such IA
thing could be The murders were Of the
most brutal and blood curdlng character
! imaginable
MIR borden VI. reclining upon a sofa
in tie sitting room OF his residence. some
one armed with an axe or weapon of
similar character came into the room and
deliberately struck him on the head with
the blade 10 make his work complete he
chopped away with licndish fury until the
Head Wa, Cut Almost in Twain.
The first blow killed the old man. The
murderer, L would seem, was inspired
with intense hatred or was wonderfully
cool Judging from the way he hacked at
IL delcnselt~s Old man.
Not satisfied with that, the murderer
went up stairs, found Mrs. Borden, and
killed her the same way.
He sunk the blade Of his Ratchet or axe
deep into her skull no less than thirteen
times. A person could not have killed a
dog in "A more brutal fashion. After com
hitting these fearful crimes, and without
stopping To secure money or papers, the
murderer disappeared n mysterlously A.
he came. 9he whole thing was
Done ia Fifteen Twenty Minutes
From the testimony of those who knew
the old people, ii would appear that "A pre-
vious attempt had been made Il 9un their
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