Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-06
THE FALL RIVER MURDERS.

An Arrest Imminent-TheD Daughter
Suspected-She Has Acted Strangely
Since tho Tragedy-She and Morse
Under Police Surveillance-Poison
Was asked for Mt n Drug Store.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 5.-To- night
the mystery surrounding the Borden muir
ders came very close to a solution. Unless
all signs fail there will be arrests to-mor-
row, IL not earlier. The story OF the at
tempt of Miss Lizzie Borden to purchase
poison has been verified by the highest
authorities. There now seems no doubt
that some one in the family was anxious to
have the father and mother out of the way
The demeanor of Miss Lizzie through the
trying ordeal of being confronted with the
man who says that she asked about poison
was that of contempt and soorn. In fact
her conduct, as observed by the police
since the affair happened, has been strange.
inasmuoh rs she stood tho pointed quos-
tionipg of all who interviewed her with
tho show Of no other feeling than that Of n
disinterestod party. IL IL generally known
Lizzie has not been upon tho bsst Of terms
with tho other members Of the household.
II 10 alleged that she for some
time previous did not sit Mt the
same table with tho other folks,
but that she had her meals served
on a separate table. The feeling of COOL
ness between the members of the family Is
not accounted for. The murder had hard
1y been discovered before she told q
neighbor that she was very sorry, as she
had arranged to go to Marion on a vaca-
-. L. LII.
Lizzie had inquired at q drug store for
hydrocyanic acid in diluted form, saying
that she wished to use it on furs. Medical
Examiner Dolan, who has been deeply in
terested In the case, states that the
acid would be of little use for
such purpose, as it has no an
tiseptic qualities But 1t is an
exceedingly injurious acid to human sys-
TENS. There Is not the slightest doubt
that Miss Lizzie inquired for the deadly
acid at Smiths drug store, but whether
for herself or some other person remains
to be proved. The police are acting slow
ly and carefully in the affair, giving way
no doubt to feelings of sentiments because
of the high social standing of the parties
involved. The strictest kind of guard is
being kept on the house and all the in
mates. John Morse went out of the
house four times to-day on vari-
GUS errands and each time he
was followed closely by detective patrol
man. To night in company with the
servant girl he walked to the postoffice,
but before reaching there they were sur
rounded by a crowd of 1000 people or
more. Five policemen kept the crowd
back while the parties were returning to
the Borden homestead. The excitement is
greater tonight if anything than it was
last night. A crowd of 900 people is
standing in front of the house, but the
police will not allow stragglers to hang
over the fence or loiter on the side
walks. From all indications it would
seem as if the funeral services tomorrow
would have an official flavor. During the
day the clothes worn by the deceased per-
sons were buried near the house. Miss
Lizzie has kept her room all day and has
been inaccessible to callers, no matter who
or what they were. In police circles it is
being talked that the two murders occur
red after the victims had been rendered
unconscious by drugs. If this surmise
proves true it will then be readily under
stood how an extraordinary tragedy could
be enacted here on the principal street
without attracting any public attention,