Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-30
THE BORDEN MYSTERY
Still Remains a Mystery, Although
the Evidence Brought
OUTAT YESTERDAYS HEARING OF
The Case Draws the Coils Per-
ceptibly Tighter About Miss
Lizzie Borden, the Accused
Daughter 1t is, Indeed, g.
Strange Case, With Many Un-
heard Of Complications.

Strange Case, With Many Un-
heard Of Complications.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 29.-The court
was called to order in the mysterious Bor-
den case at 10 ;i5 sharp. but az 9 o'clock the
diugy court room was thronged.
During the taking OF testimony Miss
Alice NJ. Russell created a sensation oy
teStifying that Immediately after the dis
covery Of the murder Miss Lizzie Borden
told her that her alleged visit 10 the barn
was 10 procure a piece OF iron or Tin with
which 10 fix window This conIadicts
subsequent statements Of Miss Lizzie that
she went there For lead slnkers.
Eli Bence, drug clerk, testified that
Lizzie Borden called at his store three
times the day before the murders for prus-
siac acid, aud was refused.
Mrs Adelaide B Churchill was the first
witness called. She said she lived next 20
the Bordens on the north side Of the street,
and she remembered well the DAY OF the
tragedy. The tirst she remembered OF her
attention being called 10 the affair was
when she saw Bridget going for DR.. Bowen.
About the same time soc saw Lizzie stand
ing against the side Of the door, apparent
~ distressed obout something; opened the
window and asked her where her father
was and she replied I'm the sitting
room" Asked her where she was when 10
happerei. and sne said she was IN the barn
look ng for some snkers
Witness also said that so far as shc
knows she was the first one outside tho
family VINO was called 10 the house The
time as nearly as witness could recOllect
was about II o'clock. Witness asked
Lizzie where her mother was and she said
her mother had a note 20 20 somewhere but
she did not know out that she had been
killed too She wished somebody WOnid
20 and try 10 find her FOR she thought she
had come i'm since. She said her father
must have an enemy, for everyone 20 the
house had Doeu sick. After the neighbors
had commenced 10 come Ia LIZZIE SAID
again TINT she wished someone would so
aud try to find Mrs. Borden, for she was
sure she heard her come iu
Witness said that when she got inside
the house Lizzie was so much agitatcd
that she famed her, fearing she would
faint. Witness stated that when they
went up stairs 10 look for Mrs Borden
they found the door Of Mrs Borden $ room
open.
Miss Alice NJ. Russell, the next witucrs,
said she went 10 the house and found liz
zie leaning against the door, and she re
membered Lizzie telling her in answer 10
question, that she went into the barn 10
get a piece OF iron or tin to fla "A window
with. Sensation.
Miss Lucy Coolet testified that she was
stopping at DR.. Chagnon's honse on the
day OF the murders, TO take .e1sre on the
telephone; she-wcH+ -&t-1l:l0 and stayed
until - 9ciock uoon. she sat on Tho
piazza all The time. because she could nor
get into tie house; from whore she sat sho
could see all the yard Of tho BordenH.
During be time she was there she saw mo-
one passing in the yard. On cross eXanii-
nation she admitted that she was whore
one coLld not see the whole OF the Borden
yard = But she was sure that II anybody bad
eQtGed the yard she would have heard
them. -
Aftor a recess Fli Bonce, drug clerk tes-
tiled that he remembered the day of tho
tragedy and was acquainted with Llz o
Borden. Witness saw her IN his store the
day before and she asked him for ten cents
worth OF prussic acid 20 put on seal skin.
sacque, or cape but he told her he could NOT
sell 10 without physicians prescription.
His attention was called 20 the fact that
she was in the store on Thursday evening
and again about six O'Clock
Fred ID. Hart, drug clerk, and Frank ~.
Kilroy, medical student. corrobOratcd the
above
Joseph Deroches testified bv the aid Of
an Interpreter. lie was saving wood In
John Groves yard on the day Of the trag-
edy Saw no one going over the fence that
day, nor did he see Anybody in the next
! yard
Patrick n Doherty. police officer. testi-
! fed Miss Borden was asked by witness
where she was when the murder took
place. and she said: "ln the barn She
| said she heard some kind Of peculiar noise
/ while she was there. John Fleet told the
! story OF going 10 the house and finding tho
| bodies. At no time, witness said, was liz
\ zie in tears.
The court ad iourned until 1915 n. m. to-
/ morrow Tho strongest point brought out
! by this mornings testimony the States ofi-
| cials say was LiLzie's remark, speaking Of
/ her mother 10 Mrs. Churchill according 10
/ that lady's testimony: ~ don't know Dut
/ she has been killed too
Lizzie made this remark while telling
| that she thought she heard her mother
/ come 60. What reason, asked the official,
| did Lizzie have for believing that her
mother had been killed, considering the
! circumstances already brought out. ylzi
! That Lizzie was up stairs when her father
| came in, when Mrs. Borden had been dead
| about 40 hour, and went down stairs aud
told him that his wife was out, Dut failed
70 say anything about thinking she heard
! Mrs Borden come IN.
On the other hand an important fact
was brought By Lawyer Jennings in bis
! cross-examinati0n OF Miss Russell. That
| lady bsthed LiZzie's face aud famed her
and did not notice any signs Of blood what
| ever about the accused. That was Only
ten or fifteen minutes after Lizzie called
for Bridget 70 come down stairs.