The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-31

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Mr.. and Mrs. Borden" The stomachs
appeared to be perfectly natural Mrs.
Borden's stomach was tested with prussic
acid, but with negative result The stom-
ach of Mr. Borden contained only six
ounces. chiefly water. Witness had not yet
anslyized the milk and could not report on
that. On the 10th of Angus. received
! from DR.. Dolan a Ratchet, two axes. blue
/ dress skirt dress waist white starched
| skirt, lounge cover aud three small enve-
| lOpes IN which were hair taken from Mr.
and Mrs. Borden and hair taken from the
hatchet. On August 9Th witness received a
pair Of shoes and stockings.
40 BLOOD.
The hatchet contained a number of sus-
! piclOus spots but careful examination
( showed no trace of blood. The white shirt
! had one spot which looked like blood and
/ was found 20 be and il was directly in
| front about six inches from the bottom.
| The carpet was blood-stained this was the
! slttlng-room carpet, and there was blood,
| Of course on that There was no blood on
| the lounge cover The envelope marked
| Hair from A j. Borden was simply white
| hair. Mrs Borden's was dark. The hair on
tho Ratchet was not human hair lseusatiOnl:
more like that taken from an animal. There
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There was nothing on tho axes.
Under orOss-examinatiOn the witness
could not say that the spot Qf blood on the
skirt was human blood, as he had not exam
ined il.
OFFICER HARRIEGTON's STORY.
Officer Philip Harrington made an exami-
nation Of the premises. Ia one room Ee
found Miss Lizzie and Miss Alice Russell;
Lizzie was cool and collected. but would
not foff
about the matter. Said she was in the barn
twenty minutes at the time the murder was
committed. When witness asked herabout
the place IN the barn where she was, and
what, II anything, she heard. Lizzie answer
ed that she had heard nothing at all nor
had she seen anybody around.
OFFICIAL sTFsOGRAPHER EXAMINED.
Annie N. White. official stenographer who
was present at the inquest aud took notes II
the whole examination, was next examined
Her notes as written out at the examination
OF Lizzie Borden at the inquest were then
read. Lizzie had stated substantially that
she was thlrty-two years old; that her father
had been married TO her stepmother about
twenty-seyen years, she had 40 idea of what
her father was worth and only knew about
part OF her fathers real estate. Miss Borden
said her father about two weeks ago had
trouble with q man whom she did
not know. They had some talk and she
heard the man say: Il thought a
man with a reputation for getting
money like you would accept my oferp
Her father requested the man TO get out
and he went away, saying he would consult
his partner. She had had some trouble
with her stenmother about five years ago,
0ut ft-rnn tfiYfut--fn SUr1t, ways her tela-
tions with her stepmOther we're not as be-
tween mother aud daughter. Sho changed
from calling her mother 10 Mrs. Borden"
when there was some words over her step
sister. now Mrs. George Whitehead. Her
father and stepmOtheT were on good terms
always. Lizzie stated that she had worn
naVy-blue dress on the morning of the
murder.
LIzZIE's STORY.
Then Lizzie went on 10 relate the old
story Of how the family lived, where Emma
was al the time Of the murder Fairhayen T..
what Bridget was doing on tie morning of |
the murder. and the movements OF Morse.
She made two statements about her where |
abouts on the day Of the murder when her |
father came home. At first she said she was |
MP stairs; then she said she waB in the !
kitchen, and 10 this last story she |
stuch. Lizzie said that she saw her |
stepmoth6r down stairs and that the |
latter said she had the guest cham |
Der Mi ready except 10 put on some /
shams for she expected company on Mon |
day and wanted everything all right. Liz |
zIe could not state whether her mother |
came down stairs again after she went up |
with the shams. After her father went out /
Lizzie never went up stairs and so far as |
she knew she was alone IL the lower part OF |
the house Tor a large portion Of the time |
when her father was away; the front door
was locked and nobody could have got IN. |
When her father came IN she was ia the ]
kitchen eating pear. Lizzie said she went |
10 the barn 10 get lead for q sinker.
She got 10 from a box on a work bench; had /
not been in the barn for three months be-
fore; unlocked the screen door TO 70 TO
the barn after she fixed her father on the
lounge. Lizzie said all the fish lines she
had were at the farm" and she had not
seen them tor five years. aud thought there
were no sinkers on them. at least none on
her lines, and she was going to buy some
new lines before going 10 Marion and have
some new hooks. and thought II she could
find sinkers she would not have to buy
them when she bought the lines; knew
there was lead there. because her father
had told her 80 and she had seen some there
some time previous.
Several pages OF the stenographer's copy
We're devoted 20 tilt between the district
attorney and Lizzie, caused by his trying |
TO find out Just what Lizzie was doing in
the barn 10 occupy twenty minutes; she !
ate three pears and looked out OF the win
dow and OYeThauled q box for the lead
When she got back she discovered the con-
1tion of her father, that is. that he was
bleeding, but she could tell nothing Of the
nature Of tho wounds. Knew nothing
about any axe out one, which was down on
he chopping block.
GAVE The ALARM.
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)nce 70 call her servant never thinking of
Ealing her stepmother because che sup
posed she was out. and she said TO Mrs.
Jhurchill that she wished somebody would
zee II she was IN the house. She thought
hat II was no more than five minutes after
Ter father came IN when she went to the
)aTn. LIZZIE said further that Mrs Dor
lens homestead WAS for sale and It was
fought by Mr.. Borden for her. Liz
10 stated that she said that what he did
or her he ought TO do for them. meaning
lerself aud Emma. Then, or about that time
ne commenced 70 feel sOrely toward her
tepmOther. Lizzie SAID she never went
nto any drug store in New Bedford at any
lme 70 inquire for prusslc acid; never went
ntO any drug store for any such thing.
aid that about two weeks before the
ragedy she heard or saw somebody run
own the steps and away. This closed the
Na'Ns NJ hbAA4D uohCQ u
pecal ruling that the court strike out oil Of
bat portion Of the evidence relating to
russic acid. but the court declined for tho
resent.
TEE DEFENSE BE0Iss.
The first witness for the defense was DR..
w. Bowen family physician OF the Bor-
ems On tho day of the tragedy he was
rying up to his house whsa his wife and
homas Bolles informed him Of the affair.
He went directly 10 the side door OF the
orden house. where he met Mas Lizzie.