The Portland daily press., 1892-08-31

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it to go out Of his possession unless he
could be assured the blood stain would
be left where it was. He was willing to
admit it was human blood and to leave
the plaster in the possession of the court.
The district attorney said this was the
most absurdly impudent proceeding he
ever heard of in his professional career.
Mr.. Jennings asked the court if he
could have assurance that it would be
returned in the custody of the court and
the court refused to give that assurance.
Then Mr.. Jennings quietly
Put the Plasted in His Pocket
and said he proposed to keep it there.
The court ordered him to produce it
and after while he did so, but said he
should file motion for hearing on the
matter and was told it would be kept by
the court until the motion was heard.
Although the court came in promptly
this afternoon the district attorney did
not, and it was fully 10 minutes before
he was ready for business. The first
witness was Annie M. White, the official
stenographer, who said she was present
at the inquest and took notes of the
whole examination. Her notes, as writ
ten out, were offered in evidence. The
examination of Lizzie Borden at the in
quest was then read. Lizzie stated sub
stantially that she was 80 years old; that
her father had been married to her
stepmother about u years. She had no
idea of what her father was worth and
only knew about part of her fathers real
estate.
Here Mr.. Adams objected to the read,
ing of the testimony on the ground that
it was immaterial, going on the broad
ground of what is a declaration against
her interest. The court thought it might
be competent if not exactly material.
The issue is that she killed, or caused to
be killed, her father and her statements
cannot be immaterial. The court over
ruled the objection and the reading pro-
ceeded. Miss Borden said her father
gave the girls the home on Ferry
street and a few weeks ago
bought it back again, paying
heard Mr. Morse say several years ago
that her father had made will. Her
father never said anything about will.
Her father once, about two weeks ago,
Had Trouble With Man
whom she didn't know. They had some
talk and she heard the man say: II
thought man with reputation for get
ting money like you would accept my Of
fer" Her father said to the man that he
had stayed long enough and requested
him to get out and he went away, saying
he would consult with his partner. Liz
zie had had some trouble with her step
mother about five years ago but it was
trivial. In some ways her relations with
her stepmother were not as between
mother and daughter. Her father and
stepmother were on good terms always.
Lizzie stated that she had worn navy
blue dress on the morning of the muir
der. Then. according to the statement,
Lizzie went on to tell the old story of
how the family lived, where Emma was
at the time of the murder. what Bridget
was doing on the morning of the muir
der, and the movements of Mr.. Morse.
She made two statements about her
whereabouts on the day of the murder.
When her father came home, at first she
said she was up stairs. Then she said
she was in the kitchen, and to this last
story she stuck. Lizzie said she saw her
stepmother down stairs, and that she
had the guest chamber all ready except
to put on some shams, for she expected
company.
Lizzie could not state whether her
mother came down stairs after she went
up with the shams for the guest cham
Lizzie went down cellar for few mo-
ments, but she could not come down
without Lizzie seeing her and she had no
recollection of it. After her father went
out Lizzie went up stairs. So far as she
knew she was alone in the lower part OF
the house for large part of the time
her father was away. The front door
was locked and nobody could have got in
there. When her father came in she was
in the kitchen eating a pear. There was
a little fire in the stove at the time, but
not much and she put in a small piece of
wood to start it up. She didn't see
Maggie after her father came in. Lizzie
said she went to the barn to get lead for
sinkers. She got it from a box on the
work bench. She had not been in the
barn for three months before. She I'M
hooked the screen door to go to the barn
after she had
Fixed Her Father on the Lounge.
Lizzie said she did not know whether
Maggie had washed the windows of the
dining room or the kitchen. Maggie
told her she had been told to do so.
Lizzie said all the fish lines she had
were at the farm. She had not seen
them for Ave years. She thought there
were no sinkers there, at least none on
her lines, and she was going to buy some
new lines before going to Marion and
new hooks. She thought if she could
find the sinkers she would not have to
buy them when she bought the lines.
She knew there was lead there because
her father told her SO and she had seen
some there some time previous.
Several pages of the stenographer's
copy were devoted to tilt between the
District Attorney and Lizzie, caused by
his trying to find out just what Lizzie
was doing in the barn for 20 minutes.
She ate three pears, looked out of win
dow and overhauled the box for lead.
When she got back she found the kitch-
en- fire had about gone out and gave up
ironing. Then she discovered the condi-
ton of her father, that is, that he was
bleeding. She could tell nothing about
the nature of the wounds. She could
not remember whether she had on an
apron that morning or not. She knew
nothing about any axe but one down on
the chopping block. She knew of moth
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