Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-11
SENSAI TON EXPLODED
Story on The Borden Case
Picked TO Pieces.
A TISSUE OF FAlSEH00OS.
Interviews Which Clear Lizzie's Name
from Base Scandal.

BOSTON Oct. 1.-THE Post this morn
ing characterizes yesterdays scoop" in
The Globe concerning the "new develop
ments' in the Borden case as colossal
fake" IL says that when the facts of the
case are made public, a. they soon will be,
there will be the biggest kind OF laugh
on The Globe and its reporter The fol
lowing is a special TO The Post from Fall
River
The defense is perfectly calm In the face
OF the startling story published In a Bos.
ton paper In relation To the Borden muir
der mystery; calm with regard To its bear
ing upon the guilt of their client, but very
Indignant when discussing the motive for
its publication, and searching for grains
of truth through its fourteen columns Of
alleged afildavitis.
The story with its terrible array Of mi
mute details carried conviction with IL. AZ
ter II full DAYS winnowing of those ali-
davits,i 1t Is looked upon as the most remark
able fabrication that was ever built for
newspaper.
There IL Only One Theory
under which IL may yet appeal for Gre
dence and that is that the very details
which gave IL weight, the names aud resi-
dences of the witnesses, are all fictitious,
all save Mr.. and Mrs. McHenry.
1t is well authenticated that the story
was given out by Detective McHcnry.
There are those who say, and are also
ready To make affidavits, that this story
WAS offered to the Boston Herald some
weeks ago for the sum of jus, $3.50 10y Nc
Henry, and the offer was not accepted. II
was again offered TO the Fall River Globe,
but the price was too high
The argument offered everywhere against
II being n fake out of the whole cloth is
that il is beyond credrnce that such
story could be coined. and especially that
1t coull be- given publicity by a newspaper
of today unless it was at least based on
truth. Certain II is however, that no one
o. the really important witucs ses can be
found, and the Others deny or refuse TO
affirm il. Many whose residences were
given hepe can be found to have no exist
ence In Fall River
More than that, of the facts aud circum-
stances cited. nearly all can be
Clearly shown tn Be False.
In the first place, Emma Borden saws
she does not know any such people as the
Chaces, who were such close friends of the
family that they were admitted by the
back door, and standing in the stairs
overheard old man Borden charge his
daughter with her shame and the daugh-
ter's reply. She does not know such "A
person az George Sisson, who was so
close friend that he attended the funeral
and overheard Lizzie Borden ask Bridget
why she did not name her price for silence.
Furthermore she says Lizzie is not sick:
Is not in condition to have brought
shame upon herself asri her parents. The
o.. - 4, a, -
cellar by the officers themselves during
their search, and she has further proofs se-
cured since Lizzie has been confined in the
Taunton Jail.
DR. Bowen, the family physician, who
was witness for the defense. and DIR.
Dolan, the medical examiner. who was "a
witness for the prosecution, both corrob-
GRATED this statement that Lizzie Borden
Is Not In the Delicate Health
that it is alleged offered the motive Of
the terrible crime. This would seem to
answer the very core of the whole matter
Fictitious names and residences, say
some, may have been given 10y the authors
OF this story or stories for the purpose of
making them inaccessible To the defense,
in order that they may not exert their in
fence upon them to the outwitting Of
justice. In such case IL seems strange that
any names or residences should be given
at all, for certainly the fact that they are
specified so directly as u part Of "A calm
statement OF fact, and that upon investi-
cation none of the really important ones
can be found, casts cloud upon the whole.
The facts stated also need considerable
engineering TO twist them into semblance
of consistency.
A Thoroughly Angry Man
was Mr.. Jennings last night He awoke
yesterday morning and was astounded at
the flood OF accusation involving the per-
sonal honor Of his client. He began To in
vestigate. He spent as much Of the day
rs he could spare in this research, and last
evening he issued au authoritative bulle-
tin over his signature, branding the story
in the Boston Globe as false, and an in-
famous attempt to prejudice the public
mind against Miss Borden and bolster up
the government theory of her guilt.
Other Newspapers Speak.
BosToN Oct. 1.-THE Herald says th at
the Borden sensation IN riddled with holes
and shown To be based on falschoods
Libel suits are threatened by John V.
Morse. Public sympathy has been aroused
for the accused and the story il considered
Oil act OF persecution.
The Journal denounces the story as
fake, pure and simple.
The Globe admits that Detective Nc
Henry furnished the story, aud that IL has
been proven wrong I'm many particulars,
especially As TO Lzzie's alleged physical
condition. IL declares, however, that the
weight Of evidence fsvors the main facts