Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01

II IL All In and Arguments I'm the Hearing
Begin Today.

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| Begin Today.
The testimony in the hearing Of Lizzie Bor-
den, charged with the murder Of her father.
was closed yesterday at Fall River. Mass. and
today the arguments begin. After The STARS
report Of the case closed yesterday George r.
Seaver. state detective. was sworn. He said he
was informed of the matter at 3 o'clock on the
day Of the murder by telegraph. and went di-
rectly to the house, arriving there about 5
O'Clock with Marshal HIllisrd; made inquiries
Of several. but had general con ersation wi Ia
Lizzie; went through tine lower part Of the house;
witness detailed his part in the various searches
| OF the premises. and said he saw the axes for
| the nrst time at the police station; talked with
( Bridget several times: had talked With her on
Ihursday, Friday and saturday, and has mem
| orandum of the conversation. On Saturday al
/ 1890 he was engaged in searching the house:
making partial search. going through the beds
IN all three rooms upstairs. Just as Marshal Hill
| hard testified TO.
Witness thought there was no running water
IN Lizzie : room. but that there were t,itchers
and bowls Ia that and all the rooms upstairs
witness described the large store room UPSTAIRS
and his search. referring 10 some dresses
which were hanging there. Mr.. Jennings asked
| him whether IL there had been blood on auy OF
The dresses be would have seen il. but tine qnes-
| ton WAS excluded. " tness did say though
witness saw no dress PATTERN during his search
| John Donnellv. the next witness a hacamau
l raid he went 10 the Borden house on the after
noon OF the day OF the murders: went into the
| barn after he got there. The hay then was on
the north side of the barn. IL looked rs though
| somebody had been living on the northwest
part of il, toward the window. Ii looked as
though somebody had made The impress Of
| their form on tbs hay: could not saw whether
/ Il was nearer the form OF dog or a man. The
| impression was four or five or six inches deep
| and the width OF foot. II looked like a round
\ hole III the hay. II was about foot long n
! foot vide and Xix inches deep; never reported
| the fact to an officer
| DIR. Frank W. Draper. medical examiner for
| Suffolk county. at the request OF the attorney
general came to Fall River and was present
at the autopsy on the bodies. His testimony
| was devoted mainly to a minute description Of
the wounds upon Mr.. and Mrs. Borden
DIR. Benjamin J. Handy said he passed the
| Borden house on the day Of the murder at 3
| and 1920 or l9:49. Ne was in a carriage and
( saw opposite the space between the house and
DIR. keily's stranger; his attention was at
tracted to him because he was pale, very pale;
/ young man, medium height. dressed in light
gray clothes; turned and looked at him sec
| ond time as he went by because there was some
thing. he could not tell what. that attracted his
attention; had seen the man before. he thought,
| a few DAYS before on the same street. 1t was
| NV luoilas Doiitr. Cotiu not haS on what CAV
/ II was he saw him before: witness had be, IA
[ called 10 identify men. and thought that the
person might be found: had the impression
| that he had mustache; he had full. very
white forehead and full face; spoke to his wife
| about having seen the man after the tragedy.
| He spoke to the police about the man. Ii was
at witness cottage Lizzie expected To go to at
Marion. Witness could not define what there
was about the man that he should attract hrs
attention. IL might have been agitation. The
/ ipan Was facing the south and Returned partly
/ around while witness was passing. Witness
/ could not say why the man had not attracted
his attention the iirs: time he saw him.
Mrs. Della \. Manley was in the vicinity OF
! the house on the morning of the murder. about
/ 9:45. She somebody standing near the
north gate during that time She was standing
between the Borden and Churchill houses talk
/ ing with a man Who was in a carriage. The
man witness saw was standing in the gateway;
/ appeared 10 be Young man; il was not Mr.
Morse, and she did not know Mr. Border: it
was a younger man than lir. Morse Cooking at
Morse, who stood up for Inspection; never
saw the stranger before 80 her knowledge.
conld not say positively about his clothes, but
| thought they were not black.
Mary Ann Chagnon. wife of DR.. Chagnon
| was at home the night before the murder. but
not on the day Of the murder; went away about
| ii O'Clock that day to Central Falls. The night
| before the murder witness SAID, between IN
and 1l:30 o'clock she heard a noise a, though
somebody was Jumping the fence. The sound
appeared 10 come from the back of the house
near the kitchen, where there is a fence be-
| tween the Borden and Chagnon yards. Her
daughter also heard it; in fact, her daughter
heard II nrst and called her attention TO il. The
daughter was much frightened Shortly after
ward she refused to godown stairs TO the cellar
Witness told her il was the dog. but the daugh-
ter pointed out where the dog then living
Martha Chagnon, daughter OF the preceding
witness, testified in confederation of her mother
/ in regard to the noise at the fence
Alfred Clarkson, plumber, was at the Bor-
den house on the morning of the murder about
| i1:40; went into the barn as soon as be got
| there; went in the upper part Of the barn and
found the door at the west slightly open: the
hay looked az though il had been stepped in,
and in one place, north Of the center of the
west window, il looked as though somebody
had sat doEn on the hay. There were three
men up there when witness got in the barn, but
he could not tell their names.
Mr.. Morse testified that be wanted 70 change
his testimony in regard to the cellar door; that
he first mentioned the fact at the house when
he was showing Mr.. Holmes about; il was
after the murders. He pointed the door out to
him at the time he told him about it.
Mary T. Brigham, the next witness, said the
| front door of the house had an ordinary spring
lock and q bolt; il the key lock was turned back
there was nothing to hold IL, for IL the door was
shut the spring lock would fasten IL. Witness
said she bad tried an experiment this noon to
see il any one. by standing on the upper land
/ ing, could see body lying on the floor in the
spare room; she had stood on the landing and
Mr.. Morse had served as the other end of
the experiment; she could not see Q particle Of
him.
Charles r. Sawyer said he went MP TO the
Borden house with 0ficer Allen; was placed on
guard Miss Lizzie, Miss Russell and Mrs.
Churchill and DR.. Bowen were in the house
then. Lizzie was sitting in chair very near
the entry door; saw no traces of irritation or
| blood about her features ar clothes Witness
said he saw the Ratchet produced incourt yester-
day; he had seen DIR. Coughlin examining il
previously, and II seemed to be in nobody q
| care; the witness examined il, rubbed the blade
and found . dryrust, but there was no indica-
| ton Of blood or hair; il was in the aftrnoon,
but be could not state the exact time.
Mrs. Phoebe Bowen, wife of DIR. Bowen, tes-
tilted. Had always known Emma Borden and
had known Lizzie since she lived on the street.
She knew Of the Bordens being sick the night
before the tragedy. She described the scenes
at the house on the morning OF the murders
shout the same - they have already been de-
scribed by Miss Russell and Mrs. Churchill
She saw no indications Of blood on Lizzie at
ssesEnsss Among ChiIaren,
especially infansA = prevsicnt at I'll times. hut h
lergsly avoided By giving proper nourishment and
whoosec1e fool h mott Gocceszfl1 and reliable
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