The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-30

The witness-a pretty French girl
was quite mystified about the side fence
in the yard, and persistently denied its
existence. Unless person made noise
she might not hear him in the yard. She
would not want to say man didn't
come through that back yard, but she
didn't see anybody.
Miss Collette has put the Chagnon pi-
azza upon which she was sitting, on
side Of the house, from which it is
physical impossibility to see the yard
back of Mr. Bordens.
Court came IN at p. m. Eli Bence,
drng clerk at the corner of South Main
and Columbia streets, testified that he
saw Lizzie Borden in his store the day
before the murder She asked him for
ten cents worth of prussic acid to put on
sealskin sack or cape, but he told her
he couldn't sell it without a physicians
prescription.
Frank Fl. Kilroy, a medical student,
testified that he was conversing with
Mr.. Bence in the store Wednesday morn
ing. The witness was sitting in the shop
when Miss Borden came in and Mr..
Bence went behind the counter to wait
on her. He
Heard Her Say 'Prusssic Acid"
and heard him say 'Can't sell it without
license" Then the witness heard her
say s'seal skin cape" Then she went
out.
Frederick B. Hart employed in the
drug store, testified that he was back OF
the counter that morning when Miss
Borden came in. The witness cOrrobor-
ated the testimony of the two previous
witnesses in regard to the prussic acid
incident, and then identified Miss Bor-
den as the person who had asked for the
stuff.
Joseph Deroche testified that he was
saving wood in John Groves yard on
the day of the tragedy. He saw no one
going over the fence that day, nor did he
see anybody in the next yard. He COM
menced work at a. m.
| Patrick HI. Doherty, a police officer,
| testified as to the examination OF the
| bodies and their appearance. AS soon as
he commenced, Lizzie bowed her head
on the stand and appeared much affected
| The house was searched throughout all
| but Emma's room. The cellar door was
| found locked. Miss Borden was asked
| by witness where she was when the muir
| der took place. She said, SIN the barn."
| She said she heard some kind of pecu-
| liar noise while she was there, kind OF
scraping noise. The witness said Lizzie
| said that neither Mr.. Eddy nor any other
man who worked for Mr.. Borden would
hurt him. The witness and Officer Null
| lally found
| Several Hatchets in the Cellar.
There was nothing particularly remarka-
BILE about them, except one, which had a
| yery short handle. He could not tell
| whether that had claw on it. The wit
ness said he had not remarked anything
out of the way in Lizzie's appearance.
Michael Mutually, police officer, testi-
fed, mainly corroborating the preceding
| witness. Lizzie told him she had seen a
man about the yard that morning, dressed
| in dark clothes. He said he gave the
axe to DR.. Dolan. He could see no blood
| on it, or on any of the others.
4 John Fleet, assistant city marshal, told
of going to the house, finding the bodies
and talking with Lizzie about the death
| of her parents. Lizzie had no idea how
| the deed was done OF by whom, but she
| had heard a man at the door about that
morning, talking with her father. The
| had not seen him and did not know who
he was. About two weeks before that
man had had some words with her father
relative to store he wanted to hire.
The witness said Maggie. ''the work
girl, was in the house all the time, or
about the house, but Lizzie did not think
she heard anything about it. She told
the witness that she had been IN the
barn for some time, half an hour, and
came back to find the murders had been
committed. The witness asked Lizzie
If She Was in the Barn
for half an hour and she qualified her
statements by saying that she was in the
barn 20 minutes to half an hour. When
they were searching the house the wit
ness said he came to a room which was
locked. Lizzie said it was her father 8
room and the door was always locked. II
the witness wanted to getin, he could go
around by the side stairs. The witness
took her word for it and did not go.
Then he came to a room, also locked,
and asked to 90 in there. Lizzie told
him there was not anything there but
clothing and made no move to open the
door. The witness insisted and finally
she procured key and the door was
opened. 1t was just as she said. When
he came to Lizzie's room, she said to the
witness: ''There's not any use
going in there for nobody can
get chance to put anything
in there. / always lock my room door
when leaving it.'' At no time, the wit
ness said, was Lizzie in tears. The wit
ness said there was one hatchet he con.
sidered had suspicious look. 1t had
the appearance of having been washed
and wiped. He put it between two boxes
out of the way. The next morning Off.
Ger Edison took the hatchet to the station
The witness could see no signs of any
hair on it, The court at this point ad'
journed to Tuesday.
/ PARKsLIP's DEATH ROLL