Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-01

The search of Mr.. Bordcn's clothing |
was conducted by the undertaken. Keys,
some liver money, pOCketbuok and |
some documents were found tied in a |
handkerchief aud were locked in thcex-
aniiner's safe
THE HEADS WE'RE CUT OFF.
DIR. Dolan said the bodies Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Borden had been disinterTe1 and
the heads removed, by the orders of the
attorney general. The skulls were
cleaned and the bodies are now buried
without heads. None of the Borden
family knew of this occurrence.
Others testified to seeing Mr. Borden
on the morning Of the tragedy.
The search Tor Samuel Robinsky,
whose alleged letter was to furnish II
clue to the murder, has been unsucCess-
full.
FALL RIVER, NJ rs, Aug. 20.-Conrt was
called to order in the mysterious Borden
case ut lu.45 o'clock sharp, this morning,
but ut o'clock the dingy court room was
thronged and the unintcrcstins details OF
the district court were listened to by those
assembled
Miss Lizzie Borden was visited by her
sister Emma, who stayed with her until
the hour FOR opening court arrived.
Among those present was Mrs. Fish Of
Hartford n sister Of the murdered woman.
Miss Lizzie entered the court room after
Judge Blaisdell had taken his seat and
greeted her counsel with smile.
Mrs. Adelaide II. Churchill was the first
witness called. She said she lived next door
70 the l5ordenS' on the north side Of the
street, and she remembered well the first
day of the tragedy. The first she renicIn
bered of her attention being called to the
AL al. 4au 4 Il ali
against the side of the side door, appar-
emily distressed.
She said She opened the window and
asked her what was the matter, and Lizzie
said, ooh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over;
SOMEBODY mas KILLED FATHER"
Witness went over and asked her where
her father was and she replied In the sit
ting ROOM Asked her where she was
was when il happened and she said she
was III the barn, looking for some snkcrs.
Witness also said SO far as She knew she
was the first one outside of the family who
was called to the house. The time AS nearly
as witness could recOllect was about IL
. clock. Witness asked Lizzie where her
mother was, and She said her mother had
note to go somewhere but she did not
| know but that she had been killed too.
| She wished somebody would go and try to
| ma her, for she thought she had come in
since. She said her father must have
an enemy, Tor every one in the house had
been sick
After the ncighbors had commenced to
| come IN, Lizzie said again that she wished
some one would 50 and try TO find Mrs.
Borden, for she was sure She hal heard
her come in, and here witness described
| finding Mrs. Borden. Witness had seen
| Mr.. Borden that morning about . o'clock;
he was apparently going down town
Witness remembered seeing Bridget
| washing the windows, but could not give
the exact time. Witness said she heard
Lizzie ask Mr.. Bowen to telegraph to her
sister Emma. but to be careful and not say
the worst, as the lady with whom she was
| stopping was old and IL might affect her
Witness described the dress which Lizzie
wore ON the day as dark blue cotton cloth
| dress.
Mr.. Jennings subjected Mrs. Churchill
| to severe REORGANIZATION, dwelling
particularly on the excited condition Of
lIzHle when witness was first called to the
| scene.
a CONTRADICTION CAUSES A SENSATION.
Miss Alice NJ. Russell created sensation
by testitying that Immediately after the
discovery of the murder Miss EiHlic liur-
den told her that her alleged visit 10 the
barn was 10 procure II piece Of iron or tin
with which TO fix a window. This contra
diets subsequent statements Of Miss Lizzie,
that she went there for lead.sinkers.
FALL RIVER, MASS, Aug. 30-rhe
court came in III 1870 o'clock precisely,
and the hearing Of the great Borden
murder case was resumed. The first
witness called was Professor Edward S.
Wood, the man for whom everybody
has been looking for days.
lie said he had received package
containing two stomachs on the 9th Of
August, and two jars containing milk
used on the 18th and 9th OF August. All
were properly labeled. The StGmachs
were labeled Mr.. and Mrs. Burden's.'
They appeared TO be perfectly natural
Mrs. BOrden's stomach contained
about III ounces of solid food. The
food was partially digested and showed
wheat, starch and meat. The contents
contained chiefly meat and there were
vegetable pulp cells, which might be
bread or apples. The digestion seemed
to be advanced in the neighborhoud OF
two and half hours, more or less. The
stomach was tested for prussic acid, but
with negative result.
The stomach Of Mr.. Borden contained
only six ounces, chiefly water In Mr.
Borden's stomach there was only j
small portion Of starch; the digestion in
his case, the contents being nearly al
water, was much further advanced than
in the case OF Mrs. Borden. There were
also threads OF vegetable tissue in his
stomach, which might have been apple
tluestion-Could they have beer
pears?
Answor--Yes. Witness had no
analyzel the milk and could not Iepor
on that
"On the 10th of August" said tn,
witness, 81 received from DR.. Dolan
hatchet, two axes, a blue dress skirt
dress waist, white starched skirt, lounge
cover and three small envelopes il
which We're hair taken from Mr. anC
Mrs. Borden, and hair taken from III,
Ratchet.
"On August 10th received pair d
black stockings. The Ratchet contained
a number Of suspicious looking spots
but careful examination showed NJ
traces of blood. Every SPOT which
looked like blood was examined, but Nc
traces Of blood were seen. A biz
smooch on the blue skirt looked like
blood, but was found not to be blood
The white skirt had one spot which
looked like blood and was found 10 b,
ono, and il was directly in front abou
six inches from the bottom. The carpe
was bloodstaued Crhis was the sittinl
room carpcD, And there was blood o
, course on that. There was no blood OF
the lounge cover
The envelope marked Hair from A
j. Borden Was simply white hair; Mrs
! Bordcn's was dark, The hair on til,
hatchct was not human hair. scnsa
, ton More like that taken from al