Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-26
WHERE IS THE FIDDLER.
Alleged Important Clew in the
 Fall River Mystery.
QUEER LETTER TO EMMA BORDEN.

The Defense Regard the Communication |
 As of Great Moment--Hcarins of Liz
 zie Borden Resumed--Dr. Dolan on the
 Stand Nearly All Day.
 FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug 26.-Lawyer Jennings, counsel for Lizzie Borden, has given out the following letter, which is considered by the defense to be a most important clue in the murder mystery. It was mailed on Aug. IS, and received the same day:
 "WALTHAn1, Mass, Aug. F, 1892. Mss EMMA BORDEN:
 DEAR MADAM-You must excuse that take the liberty in sending you these few lines. I ought to have written to you before this, but was unable to do so as I was travelling every day. My name is Samuel Robinsky. am Jew ish peddler. When the fatal murder in Fall River occurred I was only few miles from Fall River that day.
 "While sitting on the roadside toward New Bedford 1 met man who was cOv- cred with blood. He told me that he worked on a farm and that he could never get his wages, so he had fight with the farmer. He said he ran away and did not get any money after all. All he had was $5 bill. He bought from me four handkerchiefs, one looking-g glass, one neCkUle, cOllar ana SnOo DlaChlnS. Ills | boots were covered with blood and he put | lots of backing on them.
 q helped him to fix up again and get | cleaned but by this time did not know anything about the murder. felt sorry | for him and thought only he gave the | farmer good licking. l advised him to l travel at night, which he said he would | do, as he feared arrest during the day. | II gave him my lunch and he gave me n that I met him. He asked me what time | the train left for Boston after o'clock at night, and I told him. He had also q | bundle with him which was about two | feet thick.
 l ''When was peddling did not read any | papers only Sundays, as 1 am studyin ng l the English language. When l was in Boston last Sunday friend of mine told me about the Fall River murder. l told | him was in Fall River and around the neighborhood. l told him about my stranger and my friend said: But why did you not report this to the police au- | thoritiesP
 II told him I was afraid, as they would | lock me up as witness, and another | thing, 1 did not have any license; so l was afraid. l told my friend l would | write to you
 Robinsky goes on to say that he would | know the man if he should see him again He was of medium height, had dark | brown hair, reddish whiskers and mus tache, and weighed about 135 pounds. The writer goes on to emphasize the fact | that the stranger was very nervous. l MT. Jennings inquired in Waltham, and the Mayor said that no such peddler lived there, but he knew of such @ man in Bos- ton The counsel for the defense say they are satisfied that such a man is in existence and are making @ search for him.
 The little court room never before held such a crowd as that which greeted Judge Blaisdell on the second day agreed upon for the hearing of Miss Lizzie A
 Borden on the charge of killing her father with an axe.
 Clergymen, laymen, physicians and more than 10O ladies who were not directly connected with the case were seated and standing in all parts of the room while | inside the rail was an extraordinary crowd of reporters and other newspaper | workers.
 Ladies occupied mor7 than two-thirds
 of the seats usually occupied by the curi- ous gang who usually flock into the | lower courts.
 At 1O:3O o'clock Charles J. Holmes ap-
 peared with Miss Emma Borden on his
 arm. Following them came Mrs.
 Brighom. Mrs. Holmes and Rev. Mr.
 Buck. Miss Lizzie Borden came in last
 with Marshal Hilliard. Miss Borden s | face gave evidence of extreme anxiety. l She took a seat between her two legal ad
 visers and near her sister. The two
 women sat elbow to elbow. Not a word | passed between them.
 Dr. Nolan described the ghastly wounds
 which had been inflicted on MT. Borden. | The wounds were made with O1 | hatchet, and could have been inflicted by any person of ordinary strength, the Doctor said. Dr. Dolan saw four axes ir the cellar of the house. He examined
 one and found that it had been scrapeC
 and washed. The head cutting surface
 under the glass showed stains which look
 ed like blood. He saw some hair on il also. He took some dress skirts and Il Il derskirts from the house, the property o Miss Borden, the defendant. They were
 given to Prof. Wood.