The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-02


August and two jars containing milk
used August and .. All We're labeled.
The stOluachs were labeled Mr.. and
Mrs. Borden" They appeared to be
perfectly natural Mrs. I}orden's CON
tanned about eleven ounces of solid
food, partially digcsted and show
ing wheat, starch and meat
There We're vegetable pulp cells which
might be bread or apples The diEcs-
ton seemed to be advanced i'm tine neigh
bUrhood of two and half hours The
stomach was tested for prussic acid, but
with a negative result The stomach of
Mr.. Borden contained only six ounces,
chiefly water There was only small
portion of starch, the contents being
nearly all much further advanced than
In the case of Mrs. Borden. There were
a few threads of vegetable tissue in his
stomach which might have been apple
or pear The milk had not been an
alyzed-
''Ou the 10th of August" continued
the professor. 81 received from Mr.. Do
Ian "a hutchet, two axes q blue skirt. a
blue dress waist, e white stlrcheI
shirt, lounge cover and three small
I envelopes in which We're hair taken
from the heads Of Mr. and Mrs Borden
and hair taken from the hatcheL On
August 1C I received a pair of black
| stockings Tho hatchet contained e
number of suspicious looking spots, but
/ careful examination showed no traces
/ of blood Every spot which looked like
/ blood was examined, but no traces OF
/ blood were seen a big spot on the
/ blue skirt looked like blood but was
found not to be blood The white shirt
I had one spot which looked like blood
I and was found to be and it was directly
l in front about six inches from the bot
/ tom. The carpet was stained lthis was
the sitting room carpet and there
/ was blood of course on that.
/ There was no blood ON the lounge
/ cover The envelope marked hair
! from A j. Borden was simply
white hairi Mrs. Boudeu's was dark.
/ The hair on the hatchct was not human
! hair lsensationl but more likely that
. taken from uu animal The spot on
. the right shoe was not blood, and there
| was no blood on either shoes or stock
ing. There was nothing on the two
axes Near the edge of the hatchet
/ were two spots which We're thought TO
be blood, but they were not"
There was n spatter on the blade of
/ the hatchet, the witness continued but
it was not blood, and there were spots
/ on the side of the head OF the hatchet
| which looked to him like blood and he
! thought they We're, but they were not.
] The hatchet was then produced and
/ Lizzie examined it with as much inter
| est as did her counsel One paper was
{ produced by witness on w nlCl was writ
| ten "hair, but no hair was there
/ In cro=s-cszaminution Prof Wood said
/ the spot looked larger on the outside of
{ the skirt than on the inside. The size
/ OF the spot was about the size OF a PIN
/ head
Ouesdon-This you say was human
l blood?
/ Answer have not examined it
In regard to the position of the muir
| derer, witness said that il appeared to
I him that the person stood in the dining
! room when the first blow was given;
! this because OF the spot found on the
I frame of the dining room door
! Here the witness was allowed Co look
I at the stain on the door frame under
/ his glass and resuming the stand said
I St was not blood
/ Witness said it would 5e irupossi BILE
for the assailauu OF the murdered folks
! to escape getting blood on his body in
| some way and that the stains ou the
! sitting room door must have gone over
] the head of the assailant as the iBstru-
] meut was lifted The blood would hit
] the assailaHt from tine knees up- and
/ the blood on the assailauu in the ease of
/ Mrs Borden would he shown any where
/ above the feet
! James FTiuward- uudcrtalzeT. testified
! that IN searching the body of Air. B0r-
/ den he found SIS in bills, watch and
! chain, keys and some loose charge