The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-11


Manner Broken-Rsr Nervous sysicm
Yield. TO the strain The Distr,ct Attor-
ney says that Twsnty-four Hour. VIII
See the End-Niss Hordcn's sister mud
Mr.. Morse Exnn,ircd-A wStch Pat on
the Graves OF Mr.. aud Mrs. uoraen.
FALL RIVER. Aug. l0.-Nearor and nearer
draws the end OF the Borden murder mystery.
AS the inquiry now progressing approaches
its close. the certainty OF nm arrest by the po-
lice. which will accord with their theory as to
who committed tho murder becomes more
apparent. District Attorney Knowlton was
seen late might by The Sun reporter. and
he said:
The next twenty-four hours will tell tho
tale. Within that time everything will be l!n-
ished."
Lizzie Borden and the servant girl. Bridget
sullivan. nre practically under arrest Mrs.
Jane Brigham. who spends the day at the Eor-
den house with Lizzie Borden. aud Mrs.
Holmes who stays IN tho houte al night. nrs
detectives in the service and employ OF tho
Police Department. Ono OF them Is with LiH2io
Borden constantly. Tho sullivan girl is in
charge of Sergeant Doherty. who allows her
to talk to no one in regard to tho murder o.
anything relating TO It. No other persons nro
in the charge OF the police nor under surrci-
lance. with the possible exception Of John
Ninnicum Morse. who is only Swallowed when
he moves about tho city.
The examination which was started yester-
day morning "a n simple inquiry into tho facts
in the possession of the police has developed
into full-grown inquest. Tho District Attor-
ney decided this by posting a bulletin late last
night. which read: Inquest adjourned until
to- morrow Mt 10 o'clock. Lizzie Borden aud
Bridget sullivan were examined to-day"
AS soon as Lawyer jennings. the counsel for
| Lizzie Borden. henrd of this. it Is said he
| again demanded that no be permitted to be
present and protect his client. Judge
| Blaisde!l refused to give him admis-
| sion The inquest opened this morning
at $3.50 o'clock. Chief of Police Hill
lard drove to the Borden house and
brought Lizzie Borden to the court room.
| Mrs. Brigham was with her. Miss Borden
| wore blue cloth dress, and II black straw hat
| trimmed with blue ribbon. She wore no
| mourning. As she stopped from the carriage
at Police Headquarters she stopped. looked at
| tho crowd. and smiled. Her manner was care
| less almost to nippancy. She showed no ex-
| hauston from yesterdays four-hour siege.
The examination to-day was much moro
severe than yesterday She was not ques-
| toned yesterday on the details Of the murder
| and the suspicious against her. This morn
! ing she was confronted with the mass OF evil
! ccncc said TO be in the possession Of the po-
| lice. Pictures OF her father and mother as
| they lay dead In the sitting room wers
| shown to her. The evidence OF those SUE
rounding the premises about the time OF the
murder was thrust ut her. to show her what
| little faith the police have in her story that
che WIZ in tho barn. A de.urip,oa III the
wounds en- the heads Of tho victims was re-
peated to her. The improbabi'ty that she
was out OF the house was stated. and after all
this she was compelled q second time to
| answer numberlcss questions il explanation
OF details which until explained. tho police
say. casts the shadow OF euspicion so strongly
| upon her.
| Miss Borden stood II for two hours. Then
she fRltered. stopped and seemed about to
break down. Tho splendid control under
| which she had up to that time held herself
seemed about to be brushed aside. The Dis
| trict Attorney fired question after question at
| her. The tears welled up. She was about to
| Rpenk. but with m effort she drew herself to-
gether and was allowed to leave the ROOM
Matron Russell took hor into an adjoining
room and prepared n sofa for her Lzzis
was flushed and trembling. Her lips quivered.
and she seemed about to cry. Once the door
was closed. however. she lay down and ten
| minutes later she was sound asleep. At l2::tO
| o'clock Matron Russell awoke her. rs Chief
| billiard WIS waiting with Mrs. Brigham to
take her home.
"Can help you ?" asked Mrs. Russell kindly.
NO" said Lizzie. Il don't want your SER
vIces.'
Its getting near dinner time" said Mira
Russell. '' and you must be hungry"
why don't you talk to ME about breakfast"
snapped Lizzie Borden. but the Lizzie Borden
who walked down the stairs at l2:4o o'clock
was n far different person from the Lizzio
Borden who. three hours before Ind gone up
stairs to face her questioners. There was
nothing OF tho careless air about her. She
stopped at the top landing and seemed
to shrink back rs sho SAW the pcople
below. Her face was even moro colorloss
than usual The natural yellow Of her COM
plexion had changed to sickly pGllor. The
muscles Of her face twl;rhed and she looked
as though she had been weeping. Her gray
eyes moved restiessly around tho faces OF the
crowd. Her hands w"r" tlGhtI y, fle9chod and
her loft arm rested On M nn, lard I'D shout h
mercilessly haunted and at Inst been driven
into the lack. ana sank heavily into a seat in
II corner. She WAS lriycn direct to her house
AMI ID, in tho are ,u Of Mrs brgnaam o..
qucs, iroi, " God Of Harvard; who has charge
Of the viscera taken from Mr. and Mrs, Bor-
Ts %'n S byod a The fss and "ndsr
huckct in tin, collar tn. day after the murder.
no doubt that tho blood was human blood. He
also stated. II i, said that from u partial OK
whcl was discovered IN the cellar near the
rags lie thought that they. TOO. were human
| blood.
As Lizzie Borden came UP the stairs to tho
inquest Prof. Wood went down stairs and to
the Borden house. A carpenter named Morris
Duly was waiting for him 'hor.. puly had
into the sitting room aud carefully lOoS ell ovor
tho walls and Woodwork. On tho panels Of the
door. Prof. Wood found blood stains. DAILY
sawed out tho wood buaring them ana tho
blocks were carefully wrapped up. The two
men thcn went M stairs TO the room in which
| Mrs. Borden was killed.
| DAILY sawed several blocks from that part Of
tho floor which Is stained with Mrs. Borden =
blood These were wrapped up in a separate
bundle. Prof. Wood took The twp bundles aud
. carried them back to Boston with him on tho
measure the corpuscles Qf the blood on the
rags and On tho axe, and compare their si"u
the wood cut from the door panels and from
the floor Of the spare room.
After Prof Wood and iZZie HOrdou had tcs.