The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-01
LIZZIE BORDEN.

concerning Miss Borden. Tie knew the
latest solution of the st range action taken
by Attorney-Ge General Pillsbury in dismiss
ing the Grand Jury until the first of De-
cember.
Mr.. Morse declared without hesitation
that as far as Lizzie Borden was concerned
there was no ground TOR the claim that
she was insane. The government might
be acting on the idea that she was insane.
but whether they were or not the defend
ants uncle WIS positive that she was no
insane. He had known her from the time
that she was a little child, and never has
she shown the slightest signs OF insanity
On his own side of the family he coul,
say that there had been no insanity as faI
back as its history was known. During
members of the Borden family, and found
Mat Lizzie Borden was equally
Free From Any Danger
6f inheriting insanity from her fathers
side. The Bordens and the Cooks, anoth-
er branch, had been too hard and clear
headed to become insane. No one in the
family had ever been known to become
bereft Of reason, or even to exhibit the
presence Of queer mental traits.
Since he came from the west two or
three years ago, Mr.. Morse stated that he
had seen much of his niece, and, far from
ODStTNluR any OI INSANITY, ne
stated that he had found her to be as sane
on all subjects as any one whom he had
ever met. She was intelligent, and con-
stantly gave signs OF unusual mental
strength. He had always found her to be
as sane as he was himself, and that was
enough to satisfy him.
He did not believe that she had ever ex-
perienced an insane moment during her
whole life. She was perfectly sane at the
time the murders were discovered, and
she has been sane ever since. Whether or
not she would become insane, he could
not say. The strain that she had been
under was severe enough, i'm his opinion.
to craze any person, no matter how strong
q mind he may have had To begin with.
Mr.. Morse visited Miss Borden at her
cell in the Taunton jail the first OF the
week and found her then as
Rational as Ever.
II was on Monday that he saw her, and
she had not at that time been examined
for insanity. He would have known 1t II
she had been, and IL any one, other than
her friends or the regular Jail attendants
had been admitted to see her, she would
have told him.
Andrew Jennings counsel for Miss Bor-
den, puts no faith in the insanity theory,
and stated that the defence did not pro-
Ho'c w puhh upSh aNN"'
Miss Borden's friends, as far as he knew,
had absolute faith In her sanity. They
believed her TO be entirely innocent OF the
charge against her, and of those who had
stood by her from the first, Mr.. Jennings
knew OF none who had so far weakened in
his other faith as to admit that Lizzie
might have committed :the crime while
insane.
Mr.. Jennings admitted that he knew
why the attorney general had called halt
In the case and given the Grand Jury a
vacation. He was bound TO keep this
knowledge TO himself, and refused to talk
upon this subject. He would not say
whether the delay In asking for report
had
Resulted from n Suspicion
In the mind of the attorney general that
the defendant was insane, and, in fact,
refused absolutely 10 talk on this psrt OF
the case, after admitting he knew the rea-
son for the delay. He had been with Miss
Borden constantly since the murder; had
seen her under the most trying ckcum-
stances, and had not the slightest doubt
Of her sanity.
Mr.. Jennings has by no means atan-
doned bis claim that Il was possible for
person TO have hidden I'm the cellar until
he had a good opportunity TO murder,
first, Mrs. Borden and then Mr. Borden.
Although the fact was not msntioned at