New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-31
tel N wFaI direction Tbs blood came

Could you tel Ii What direction his blood came
when il struck the skirt 80
81 could not"
The witness said II was difcu To- ien the dlneF'
cnce III blood It's source. etc.
If one were struck by sharp instrument
would there be any squirting OF blood
YES. II artery cut
s. And there artery cut ~
There was one in the lire
In what direction would the blood squirt
Il don't think the cutting Of an artery would mako
any great difference. An artery never spuris over
three feet Those spots seen at distance must have
come from SCATTERING ana not from an artery :
the same a. from throwing stone INTO a mud pnonie
The witness said that If one stood behind the person
assaulted the blood striking the Wallpaper "oui'
be more or less elongated ana away IRON. inc "ou'"'
and the heaviest part Of the stain You'd be farthe'
away; II might be the little end OF the spot out II
Womb contain the largest amount OF blood.
Witness measured the hatchct and found the handle
measured fourteen inches. In regard 10 the position
OF the murderer witness said That II appeared 10
him that the person stood In the dining room wh'h
the first blow was gwen. this because OF the spot
found on the frame o. the dining room door.
Here the witness was allowed to look at the stain
m mo door frame under his glass and resuming the
stand said Il was not blood. a smaller Ratchet was
handed 10 him, but he said he could not examine 1t
In 20 short time was allowed him he had spent
six or eight hours the other hut ne said Their"
on " anu rust cIotS always TX b'N'i
for blood until examined. The Ratchet was put IA
bis care for full examination.
The witness said It would be impossible for the
ssSaant OF the murdered 10 escape getting blood
on his body In some way, and that the stains the
sitting room door might have gone the hand OF
the assailant the instrument was lifted. The blood
would hit the assailant from the knees up and the
blood on the assailant In the case Of Airs. Borden
would be shown any where above the feet.
rOSp ~ n1Ster
which a spot OF blood was. the plaster handed
over 20 Professor Wood for examination, but Mr.
Jennings objected. and pockcied it, He proposed TO
keep it there The Court finally ordered him TO pro
dncc It, and after while he did so, but said he
would file a motion for hearing the matter. and
was told that II would be kept by the Court until the
motion heard
James Winward undertaken. testified that he
thought the wounds on Mr. Borden's face. had been
given from behind, and began the left side Of the
nose and EXTENDED down through the chin that ap-
peared To be the longest although there two
three others almost long but not quite they were
very close together.
Officer Philip harrington testified that he went
down TO the house and made an examination OF the
premises In one he found Miss Lizzie and
Miss Alice Russell. Lizzie cool and collected. bu;
would not or could not, tell him anything al all about
the matter. She said she was IN the barn twent,
rninules at the time the murder committed; The
witness asked her II It might not he half hour No
she said at was twenty minutes Then he said.
Perhaps 1t WAS but fifteen minutes" "No,' said
Lizzie, ait just twenty minutes" Lizzie said
that she had heard nothing at ALL nor had She seen
anybody around The witness asked particularly
as TO what Lizzie had told him about the man who
had come to her father about the store which he
wanted to hire he that Lizzie told him that
her father although refusing the man. had told him 20
ca agan and that she did not say he said lie would
not come again.
The first witness after the recess was Annie W..
White orcial stenographer who said she present