The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-01
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
Given in Lizzie Horden's Hearing at
Fall River


Fall River.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 3O.-The Bor-
den murder case crowded the dingy court
room again to-day. Mrs. Adelaide B.
Churchill was the Fl st witness called On
the day of the tragedy she saw Lizzie
standing against the side OF the door,
apparently distressed about something.
II opened my window and asked her what
was the matter, and she said: oh, Mrs.
Churchill, come over; somebody has killed
father. 1went over and asked her where she
was when it happened: and she said she was in
the barn looking for some sinkers."
= Lizzie told her that her father must have
had an enemy. for every one in the house
had been sick. Witness said that when she
got inside the house Lizzie was so much
agitated that she famed her, fearing she
would faint.
Miss Alice Russell. the next witness, said
she went to the hou and found Lizzie
leaning against the door, and she remem-
bered Lizzie telling her, in answer to a
QUESTION. that she went into the barn to get
piece of iron or tin to fix a window with
(sensation) On cross-eXamination Miss
Russell said she bathed Lizzie's face after
she went in and saw no signs OF blood on
it, nor did she see any on any of her cloth
ing. She could see no signs of any undue
exertion about Lizzie, nor was she painting
as though exhausted.
Miss Lucy Collet testified that she was
stopping at = DR.. Cha.nons house on the
day OF the murder to take care of the tele-
phone; she went at lilo and stayed until
II O'Clock noon; she sat on the piazza all
the time; she could not get into the house
From where she sat she said she could see
all the yard Of the Bordens During the
time she was there she saw no one passing
in the yard. On cross-examination it took
just fifteen minutes tor witness and Mr.
Jennings to come to an understanding as
to where the fence was located between the
Chagnon and Borden houses, and :hen
witness admitted that she was where she
could not see the Whole of tue Borden
yard, but she was sure that if anybody
had entered the yard she would have heard
them.
Eli Bence, drug clerk, testified that he re-
mem bered the day Of the tragedy, and was
acquainted with Lizzie Borden. Witness
saw her in his store the day before, and she
asked him for ten cents worth OF prussic
acid to put on sealskin sack or cape, but
physicians prescri ption His attention
was allied to the fact that she was in the
store OH Thursday evening and soon after
that again at 6 O cl ock.
Frank H. kilroy. medical student, testi-
fed. Knew Miss Borden saw her til
morning. Witness was sitting in the shop
when she came in, and Mr.. Behce Went be-
hind the counter to wait on her; heard her
say "prussic acid" and him say ..can't sell
it without prescri ption," and then heard
her say 'sealskin cape Then she went
out.
Frederick b. Hart All employee in the
drug store, eorroborated the testimony OF
tie previous witness in regard to the D us.
sic acid incident, and then identified Miss
Borden ss the person who had asked for
the stuff.
Joseph De Roches testified by the aid Of
an interpreter. He was saving wood in
John Groves yard on the day Of the trag-
edy; saw no one go over the fence that day,
nordids he see any body in the yard.
The strongest point brought out by the
mornings testimony, the states officials
say was Lizzie's remark, speaking Of her
mother to Mrs. Churchill, according to that
!ady's testimony,"l don't know but she
has been killed too Lizzie made this re-
mark while telling that she thought she
heard her mother come in. What reason,
ask the officials. did Lizzie have Tor believ-
ing that her mother had been killed con-
sldering the circumstances already brought
out; viz: That Lizzie was up stairs when
her father came in, when Mrs. Borden had
been dead about an hour, and went down
stairs and told him that his wife was out,
but failed to say anything about thinking
she heard Mrs. Borden come i'll.