Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-12
LIZZIE BORDEN ARRESTED.

LIZZIE BORDEN ARRESTED.
sheis Charged with Kiinas Her FssAsr end
Seepmother.
The Sensational developments Of the past few
days In the mystery surrounding the Borden
murder at Fan River, MassL, culmina ted Last
night In the arrest Of Lizzie Borden, the
younger member of the family The arrest
was made by Marshal Hillyard, after consuita-
ton with the detectives Who have been running
down the various clues presented by the testi-
mony given ct the inquest
The iron nerve and wonderful self-control Of
the accused woman was never more clearly
manifested than when the warrant charging
her With the murder Of her parents was read
to her last evening. When she left he court
room at noon Wednesday she seemed about to
break down. All the old nre had gone from
her eyes and the cold, hard expression had
vanished from her face. She shrsnk from the
gaze OF the throng assembled outside Of the
police headquarters, but last night this same
woman. who on Wednesday seemed about to
give way to her emotion, stood silent and mo-
tionless without . tremor when Chief Of Police
hllllard entered the room to serve the warrant
upon her.
In the dingy room we're Andrew Jennings
the lawyer for the Borden girl; Emma Borden
Mrs. Jane Brigham and Matron Russell. The
shadows were beginning to lengthen and the
room was growing dark. Lizzie sat next to
her lawyer, with her sister sitting on the other
side of her. The clock on the tower down the
street struck seven. Marshall billiard left his
once and went upstairs to the room. A he
came in Lizzie rose up.
Her sister placed her hand on her arm and
forced her gently into her seat Chief Hilliard
no al tha amt
and began 10 read He had not read two lines
when Lawyer Jennings rose and said:
Mr.. Marshall, I think my client WIN wAivs
the reading of the warrant"
do you waive such reading2" asked Chief
billiard Of Lizzie.
The woman was silent for moment Then
she turned to her lawyer.
ANSWER him.
She said: II waive further reading Of that
paper"
There was no false note in the voice and she
did not falter, and there was no trace Of ner-
vousness. She stood cold and silent for . Sec
ond only. Then her lips trembled. Then her
chair
you are placed in the hands of Matron Rus
sell, said Marshal billiard, and he left the
room. Miss Emma Borden arose and turned to
her sister: For Q minute they stood face to
face. Then Miss Er,ma. Who Is older than her
sister, hurried down stairs, followed by Law
yer Jennings and Mrs. Brigham. Down stairs
there was great throng.
The crowd filed the streets, choked into the
hall and even forced their way into the main
room OF the building. As Miss Emma Borden
entered this room the crowd blocked the way
ahead of her. She stopped and clutched the
arm OF Mrs. Brigham. Her eyes were fun of
tears. She was asked If she had anything to
say Sv,..
FHa III L. u n
toward the door. She entered her carriage
with Lawyer Jennings and Mrs. Brigham and
was driven direct to her horne.
By order Of the coroner a second autopsy was
held Yesterday afternoon in the ladies' waiting
room at the Oak Grove cemetery. Mrs. Bor-
den's body was exhumed fret.
The new fact discovered was bruise on the
back, near the left shoulder, about the width Of
An ak AID shaped like the head OF an AZ. 1t
gives another clue to the exact position held by
Mrs. Borden when the deed was committed.
Mrs. Geo. Whitehead, a stepsister Of the de-
ceased woman; Mrs. Ttpp, neighbor, and
Miss Russell, who was placed in charge of the
household, were examined - TO the relations Of
the members OF the family. The deposition Of
Airs. Hiram @. Harrington was ol so taken.
Marshal Hllyard yesterday morning sub
mitted to another interview, In answer to
questions as to whether or not he police had
given up al hopes Of locating 9 murderer out
side Of the Borden family he said the question
was nonsensical, but he world answer IL BY
saying that three clues we're being run down
and that none Of {, EN- would in any wag i'm
plicase q member % the household. He said
he had not been stinted in money nor men ny
the city government because Of political COM
phcstions. He was not hunting clues personally,
because the district attorney required his
presence 1t the inquest. But the dettctiy Is
worked most Of the night and reported to him,
and lie was willing to say that close medical
examinations and their results would be q
feature OF the case and that il might turn out
that suspicion would be directed from the Bcr-
den family. 1t has been proved that he sus-
pected poisonous milk drank by the Borden
family was all right when IL was taken from tie
Borden farm and taken 10 Fau River Men,
beers Of the family in charge Of the farm drank
II, and they were affected In no noticeable way.
Soon after saying this the arrest Was determined
upon.
WHEAT DETECTIVE THINKS
In conversation with Philadelphia Press
correspondent one Of the detectives, who has
been on the case from the start, made this state
nent:
Prom the very frst day believed that Liz
Eie Borden had 9 hand in the murders. II xss
hard thing to charge daughter with butcher
ing her aged parents in that horrible manner
but could sec no outlet for her. Everything
pointed IL her direction. II seemed impossible
mat sne would or coulQ nave done such Q thing
without help, ard l began seeking for an accom-
plice - soon g nv mind was made up that she
ives the criminal In conjunction with the
other officers I sifted every particle Of evidence
and examined every foot of ground in the yard
and every inch In the house Lizzie said all
along that she vent 10 the barn to get piece
Of lead to use for q sinker on her fishing line
There was an old box In the barn filed with
odds and ends, but Lizzie never went there.
The dust was an inch thick On the floor and II
had not been trsmpled upon for q long time
Then we found . sheet Of lead, such - ID used
in making ordinary lead pipe, only three feet
from the back door, where IL had been living
for at least week. This piece Of lead weighed
twenty-five pounds. 1t bore no sign Of having
been recently cut
"You remember that II was three days after
the murder that DR.. Handy said he had seen a
stranger and wild-looking man standing In
front Of the Borden house on the forenoon of
the murder. Well, DR.. Handy's party was the
one Lizzie was going with to spend . vacation
at Marion. Lizzie has since shown Q letter
from friend at Marion asking her to bring
some sinkers with her. Now that is queer, very
queer. Here were . lot Of people, presumably
provided with Ashing lines, bat they had ail
forgotten sinkers; and it's queer, too, that they
couldn't get any in Marion. Would Lizzie. do
you suppose, in answer to that request, chop of
piece Of old lead to take TO her friends instead