Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-31
CASE AGAINST LIZZIE BORDEN.
lcnce for the state All In-Opening of
the Defense.

the Defense.
the resumption of the hearing in the Bor-
murder c-tse az Fall River. Mass. after the
recess yesterday afternoon. Miss Annie NJ
tie. official stenographer. said she was pres
a. the inquest and took notes Of the whole
ninstion. Her notes as written out were
red in evidence.
oss-examined. she said that when Miss Bor-
was examined there were others present,
could not tell VINO were there then There
one stranger present whom she did not
v. The statements OF Miss Borden were
N down by her when all the people were
ent. Those present whom she knew we're
Judge. district attorney Mr.. Sesver. Marshal
iari and Dr.. Dolan. She said the examina-
OF Miss Borden was suspended at one time
luse other witnesses were examined between,
tina. during this suspension Miss Borden,
Brigham Oftcer Harrington and she were
alone IN the court room while the others
q out She thought M Knowlton went into
Judges room. Miss Borden was there on
l. davs ana her examination continued all
afternoon at one time. and the next time
ut or less than an hour. The date on her
examination was August IL.
EEAplSG LIZZIE soRDES's TESTIMONY
ne examination Of Miss Lizzie Borden at
inqnest was read. in which she stated sub
tally that she was thirty-two years old;
her father had been married to her step
her about twenty-seven years; she had no
\ OF hat her father was worth. and only
W about part Of her fathers real estate.
|ere Mr. Adams objected to the reading of
testimony on the ground shat 1t was i'm
|erial. going on the broad ground of what is
naterial Is a declaration against her interest
court overruled the objection and the read
proceeded.
is Borden. read the stenographer, said her
ker gave the girls the house on Ferry street,
q few weeks ago he bought it back, paving
bna and herself separately. she had heard
Morse say several years ago that her father
made will. bat he never said anything to
about a will Father once. about two
ago had trouble with . man whom did
knOw They had some talk. and heard
man say. L thought man with reputa-
for getting money like you would accept
osfer. NV father said he had stayed long
bgh and requested him To get ont. and he
away saving be would consult with his
ner.
zzie had some trouble with her stepmother
nt i've wears ago, but IL was trivial. In
r way her relations with her steprOther
not a. between mother and daughter.
r. Borden" when there were some words
her stepsister. now Mrs. Geo. Whitehead.
na had stood as q mother TO Lizzie. and the
went to her sister more often than TO her
hother; her father and stepmother were on
terms always.
IS Lizzie stated that she had worn q navy
dress on the morning Of the murders. She
e two statements about her whereabouts on
Hay OF the murders when her father came
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said she was in the kitchen. and to this last
n she stuck. She said she saw her step
her down stairs and that the latter said she
the guest chamber al ready except to put
|Ome shams. for she expected company on
Rcqy and wanted everything all right She
not state whether her mother came down
gain after she went up with the shams.
! Iaight have come down when she Miss
h NJ was down the cellar for few moments.
could not hive come down without her
dye. and she had no recollection Of
tepmOther coming down After her
p went out she did not go upstairs. and
z she knew she was alone in the lower
Il he house for large portion Of the
! len her father Was AWAY. The NOnt
= locked and nobody could have got
| ..4eEe. when her father came in she was
= kitchen eating pear; there was a little
the stove. but not much, and she put in
Ia piece OF wood to start it up. she did
Maggie after her father came in Miss
z'e -aid she wen; 10 the barn 10 get lead for
nk5r. that she got il from u box on a work
BE-, and had not been in the barn for three
+ before. She unlocked the screen door
the barn after she fixed her father on
| .tnge.
rsl pages of the stenogrspher copy were
4 q T. tilt between the district attorney
zzie. caused by the district attorney try
Ind out tust what Lizzie Was doing in
% occupy twenty minutes she said
hree pears AID looked out Of the win
oyerhauled box for the lead.
she discovered that her father was
:. but she could tell nothing about the
hrs wounds She could not remen-
er she had on AL apron that morning
new nothing about any axe but the
Was down on the ehOpping- block;
aothi;ig to cause blood to be on 9
Or did she know why there should be
he ran at once to call her servant,
ns OF calling her stePmother be-
h,L~..L- -. S'so ~ o Ne. saiI y, 10
A. in he house she thongbt il
than i've minutes after her father
she went to the barn. Lizzie
uJt think her father went upstairs
came IN. She never fixed his head
she SAID further that Mrs.. BOrdens
lead Wa for sale and that it was bought
Mr.. Epr,ien for Mrs. Borden. She told
meaning herself and Emma
2 " about that time she commenced to
|orv.s toward her stepnOther. Lizzie
not tel how the blood came 20 be on her
lnle,s it came from a fea bite. II the
anne from the outside she could no; tell
], came from LIZZIE said she never
sry d-ug store in New Bedford al
= iucuIra f1r prtls-ic ACID She said
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