Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-01

FALL RIVER, MASS, August 3i.-
Court came IN at ten O'clock, but Lizzie
| Borden and her counsel were not In
! their seats, and IL was not until ten
minutes later that Lizzie appeared, lean
ing on the arm OF Rev. Mr.. Jubb, bear
ing upon her face the same look OF In
difference which has characterized her
appearance heretofore.
| The first witness called was Marshal
Rufus B. Hilliard, who said that'his at
tentou was called TO the murder at
1875, August3. lie sent Officer George
! Wallen TO the house himself Till 2:30 or
D. m. The next officer sent was
Doherty. then Mullaly. Medley, Gillon,
| Wilson and others he could not remem-
Der; when witness went at 3 O'Clock he
went with some men TO search the barn
and yard and In that-vicinity, but knew
nothing about the matter except what
he had been told by Medley, Fleet, and
he thought Riley. When he arrived
there he went TO the back Of the yard
where the lumber was; thorough exam
lnation was made OF tho hay In the
barn; went into the back yard where
the lumber was by the fence and looked
over into the Chagnon property and al
so into the Grove and Kelly yards and
then TO the vault; then 70 the barn
where they overhauled the hay; then 20
the tower of the barn where they wero
examining the carriages; searched tho
stalls on the north OF the barn and un-
der the stairway, In fact all down stairs;
4. q IatF a J.
and then witness went into the house.
Saw no other officers In the house when
he went In; (this was about four o'clock
saw Drs. D0lan, C0ughlan, Peckhain,
Dutra and Tourtelot, but not
positive whether DR.. Bowen was
there or not They were then In the
room where Mrs. Bordens body lay
and were in consultation; spoke 20 DR..
Dolan about the matter; looked AZ the
sofa but could not say whether any
part OF IL was cut; could not tell
whether there was any blood spots on
the head OF it; there were blood spots
on the parlor door, but did not notice
the chair; they were blood spots un-
doubtedy; Mrs. Borden's body was
then removed from the lounge; then
passed into the front entry wilh Br.
Dolan and into the front room. where
they said Mrs. Borden's body was
found; saw some spots OF blood on
pillow shams.
Here witness was sent for pillow
shams and the marble piece taken
from bureau.
The shGms were produced aud Identi-
fed; wltness said they were given 10
him on Wednesday, the 10Th; he saw
them on the bed, however, on the 9th
OF August. The bed spread OF white
was examined and also the shams. The
sham with the blood lay next to tho
bureau. Witness made no search OF the
house. but when he sent men 70 search
the yard he also sent men 20 search the
cellar; knew the cellar was searched
from what was reported 20 him; the Of
ficers reported through Assistant Mar
shall Fleet. Nothing was delivered 70
witness as the result OF that search that
afternoon.
Marshal Hlyard described the search
he had made. The district attorney SAID
no was willing 10 admit that most thor
ough search was made IN the house
George II. Seayer, State detective, do
tailed his part in tho yarious searches Of
the premises. John Donnelly, the next
witness, hackman, said tue bay in Che
barn looked as though somebody mad been
lying on the northwest part Of II towards
the window
AT the afternoon session DR.. Benz. J.
Handy was the first witness. Ho SAID De
passed the Borden house the day OF tha
murder al q in "a carriage: be- saw opposite
the space between tho house and DR. kel
- ia a. ont rf i fr
10 him because ne was pale. very pale,
young man, medium height dressed in
light gray clothes: turned and looked AZ
him a second time as he went by because
there was something, he could not tel
what, that attracted his attentl0n; had
seen tho man before, he thought, few
DAYS before on the same street: II was not
ThOs Bolls; he could not tell what a.
tracted his attention. he could not say on
what day he saw him beforg: hc thought
the person might be found: he bad the NJ
preston that he had u moustache. he bad q
iull. very white forehead and full face;
witness spoke 20 his wife about having
seen the man, after the tragedy.
Mrs. Delta s. Manley, VINO lives on Sec
ond street, corrOo0rated DR.. Hanly.
Mary Ann Chagnon, wsfe Of DR.. Caag-
non, said that the night before the murder
between IL and II 20 O'Clock she heard
noise as though somebody was Jumping
the fence; the sound appeared 10 come from
the back Of the house near the Kitchen;
there is a fence between the Borden ana
ChaguOn yards: Der daughter also heard u,
in fact her daughter heard IL FIRST and cali
ed her attention 70 it; the daughter was %
frightened that shortly Afterwards she
refused 20 20 down stairs 10 the cellar,
witness told her 10 was the dog but tne
daughter pointed out where the dog was
then lying Martha Chagnon testified IN
corroboration Of her mother in regard -
the noise al the fence.
This closed the evidence and the argu-
ments viii be begun az 30 tomorrow.