The Portland daily press., 1892-08-12

Needs Much Strengthening-F1im
Nature of the Testimony-Character
| and Condition of the Alleged Parri-
| eide.
FALL RIVER, Mass, August 11.-Miss
Lizzie Borden is under arrest charged
with numbering her father and step
mother last Thursday morning at their
home on Second street. Miss Borden
was brought to the second district court
room about three o'clock this afternoon,
presumably to give further evidence at
the inquest.
Bridget Sullivan, the servant girl, had
been summoned shortly before. Miss
Borden was accompanied by her sister
and Mrs. Brigham, who remained with
her Loyalty during the hard scenes of the
funeral and inquest as was the case yes
terday. All the proceedings were con-
| Quoted behind locked doors. No official
announcement was made that would lead
! to any definite knowledge of the details
of the inquest.
| When Miss Lizzie returned from the
third inquiry and cross-examination, she
was a physical and mental wreck. She
was conducted to the matrons room
leaning heavily on Mrs. Brigham's arm.
| The inquest was adjourned about four
| o'clock, when District Attorney Knowl-
ton and other officials went down stairs
| to the marshal's private office, where
they remained closeted for two hours.
Shortly after 6 o'clock, City Marshal
Hilliard and District Attorney Knowl-
| ton drove to the home of Andrew Jen-
nings, ESQ.,. who has been the attorney
| for the Borden family for some years.
He returned about 7 O'Clock and went up
stairs into the matron's room, where
Miss Borden was lying on sofa. City
Marshal Hilliard had previously notified
Mr.. Jennings that he proposed to arrest
his client, and Mr.. Jennings broke the
news to her before the officer appeared.
| The reading of the warrant was
waived and Miss Borden took her arrest
with surprising calmness, two women
with her being much more visibly affec-
| ted than she. Her sister was greatly
cast down and Mrs. Brigham shed tears.
Emma Borden and Mrs. Brigham were
driven home. The excitement on the
street was very great just after the ar
rest. Miss Borden was searched by Mrs.
Russell shortly after she was formally
placed in custody. All the afternoon
machinists have been at work on the
safe in the Borden homestead, but up to
this writing they have not been able to
1 open it. 1t is surmised that the safe
contained some important papers.
| The Case Against Her.
! The presentment of the police against
Miss Lizzie A. Borden now is founded
almost solely on Bridget Sullivan's evil
| dence, with the other corroborative tes-
timony on the case. From this, the Off
GERS require Lizzie to account for her
| time for one hour, from $50 to 1870, or
! thereabouts, when she was entirely
alone in the house with her stepmother,
Mrs. Borden, she having sent Bridget
! out Of doors to wash the windows, and
also for nine minutes, from about five
minutes of eleven to three OF four min
utes past, when she was likewise alone
down stairs in the sitting room with her
father. The theory of the government
| all depends on Professor Woods analy-
sis of the contents of the stomachs and
the difference in time which may be
shown in the arrest of their functions
and digestion of the food later that
morning at breakfast.
| The Mayor, DR.. Coughlan, believes
1
post mortem digestion ought to indicate
the fact. Her body was said to be COM
| paratively cold when found, while Mr..
Borden's was warm and without symp-
toms of rigor mortis. The analysis of
Mr.. Borden's stomach will prove
whether or not digestion ceased after it
had terminated in Mrs. Borden
Uncle John V. Morse started out at
about quarter Of nine; Mr.. Borden went
down town at 9.15; Bridget Sullivan was
sent out to wash the windows all round
the house, by Miss Lizzie, at about $50.
1t took her nearly an hour. There were
eleven windows. She began on the north
side and worked along round by the
back end of the house to the south side.
In doing this she commanded view of
the side of the door and steps and saw
that nobody entered there during that
time. When she got round the south
side of the house working toward the
street she was out of sight of the
yard. She was also out of hearing or
any heavy sound Of a fall in the spare
| chamber in the extreme northwest front
| of the house. AS she came out to the
street she came in view of the front
door, she saw old Mr.. Borden coming up
| the street, and ran round to the front
| door to let him in. This was about 10.4O,
and all the time Lizzie Borden was also
in the house with Mrs. Borden. Bridget
went up to her room at about five
minutes of II. She left Lizzie smooth
| ing the pillows for her fathers nap ON
the lounge. She threw herself on her
bed after attending to little things, but
| in less than five minutes Lizzie called
her. She descended to find Mr.. Borden
| dead.
Officer Medley found the lead in the
barn that Lizzie was after to make sink
ers. There was about 20 pounds of leaf
lead in a little jug to the left of the door
at which she entered, and, and two feet
six inches from it there was lot of pipe
lead in plain sight four feet, eight inches
from the door. There was no lead in the
barn chamber, and Lizzie says she was
| out there 20 minutes. That, in brief out
line, is the governments theory against
Lizzie A. Borden, and the points she
will have to meet, if called upon.
List of Witnesses.
The witnesses examined this morning
were: Mrs. George w. Whitehead OF
| 20 Second street. Charles SAWYER, the