New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-02
HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY.
MISS LIZZIE BORDEN ADJUDGED PROBABLY
GUILTY.
ARGUMENTS DELIVERED BEFORE JUDGE BLAlS'
DELL BY HER COUNSEL AND THE DISTRICT
ATToRNEY-HE DECIDES AGAINST THE
PRISONER, AND SHE IS SENT TO
JAIL WITHOUT BAIL.

JAIL WITHOUT BAL"
Fall River, Mass. sept. 1.-Arguments were heard
to-day BIZ Judge Blasdell. of the District Court Ill
the case of Miss Lizzie Borden accused Of the murder
OF her father and stcpmother. The evidence was re-
Viewed by both Mr. Jennings. Miss Boden's counsel
and the District and at the close the Judge
declared Miss Borden probably guilty ana heo hcf ior
the action OF the Grand Jury
Miss Borden will be taken to Taunton tomorrow.
According to the statements OF the police her nctohs
tonight do not differ nom those of the hrst night she
spent in their custody three weeks ago. ler i'c"us
| Indignant the verdict.
Marshal billiard has begun to outline the plan Tor
the Government to pursue. In this matter liz mas
been directed BY Attorney General PlllSb"ry ana DIS
trlct Attorney Knowlton Tie defendants lawyers
will devote their time to hunting down the mysterious
people seen around the Borden house the day OF the
murder.
The Cont came in at 10 30 o'clock and fey
minutes after Miss Lizzie Borden entered '"e roo'i
and the proceedings began.
Mr. Jennings opened for the defence
THAT Andrew J. Borden was murdered 'h're was ho
doubt and that the time OF the murder mas pee"
established there IS also no doubt. Inc aHrn' was
given at IL ~ to IL 10, and we know, so 1ar as we
can know from the evidence, that between MI
Eorden's last entrance TO the house ana the aia'h
from twenty-five mines to half an hour, covers the
time fully What took place after he got there
Bridget sullivan told her story and she LETT MN III
the sitting room reading paper Withih hai' n"
hour Andrew J. Borden had to 90 INTO 'he house'
have his talk with Lizzie II he had one, go upstairs
and downstairs and lie down on the sola, unless Nv
was killed and placed the sofa afterward. me
time must be reduced from ten to fifteen minutes
ANY man of common sense would have said at once
ON seeing the bodies that this was the work OF an
insane man or OF one whose heart was as black as
black could be.
Tho theory OF Ia. Government seems to have been
that the crime was committed by inmates Oh 'he
house all their work to have been directed D'
that one idea II IS con,cnded that nobody could get
ont Of the honsc without being seen, because 'here
were p.ople ALI around. The Government knows the
hec,-e 10 have been broken into In the daytime wthh
two years aud the barn broken Into WITHIN TWO
months and the facts not disputed we snow some
thing the police ought TO have dScovered-hc stranger
within the gate as told BY Mrs. Manley MISS Cohe't
did not see Frank Wixon, but he went over the renee
villa she wns hight there neither Crows man nor
The rrenehman saw him until he got down into the
yard Lizzie has told about seeing man dooghs
obout the housc and Il has not been contradcted.
Mrs Chagnon heard somebody making hoise NJ ''e
fence on N. division line the night before
30 far AS We know, Morse. Lizzie, and Brldgc'
suI,v,r were the only persons In the house at The
time with thc murdered persons. Mr.. Morse having
accounted for his time leaves the Others alone Inc
Government bad put in evidence to show mat Iro"
the appearance OF digestion these persons had ooen
dead Al, long: but that Is very uncertain thins I'd
bnh on II IS only approximate Tor digestion VARIES
II Lizzie had KILLED. her mother. she must nave com
ittcd the act while her father was out OF tie mousse
I'm, sh, had told her story about her movements
AZ that time and the telling OF that story. counsel
said was IN the line OF an outrage.
over and again she was asked the same queS-
lions TO II She could not be made TO change
,cr s,n-v When Mrs Churchill first saw Lizzie
hc was agiiaici. because she had lust FOUND
la. al nOfnp~
tina. would She not have been likely to show some
excitement and agitation1 Then Bridget says sfe
U,s calm The Government Is bound to show that
Lizzie had motive. II has been pubilsh'n 'hn' ING
grl was on the most bitter terms With her iather
and mother and that was the motive given by inc
Government. bN the evidence does not back tha up
I'm regard TO prissic acid counsel said 1t was Clearly
, c:.o Of mistaken identity. cases OF which are OH
record I'm great numbers. This Girl had Just hit""n
minutes TO clear herself Of all traces OF the crime
Why didn't she take more time In giving the alarm
II she had an apron on where Is Il What did she
do with The ha,chctl Wa, there anything about the
stove 20 Indicate anything had been burned
Counsel demanded the womans release. There Is
nothing 10 hold her on.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. jennings argument the
court took a rrccSs until O'Clock
At tina, hour District Attorney Knowlton proceeded
To make the argument for the Government lie SAID ;
rh, murder was 30 cau'eiess. 50 WICKED 80 uh
necessary the people who were killed so FREQ
from the active chickering's OF many around Them that
II is u cn,c which presents the strangeht FEATURES
When III, newspapers spread abroad the story that
this daughter hrl been charged with this crime. h"
could fully sympalize with the feeling OF surprise.
anger and indignation a such charge. and he WAS
not surprised al the rising MP OF 80 many friends ior
her. Without the slightest desire 10 say one
word against this woman and only actuacd by duty.
he was doing hi, best to nnrnvel this mystery.
| i.,sl tiA nnah nj
an hour and II half before the ma. Or am going
to ms sumo that IN. Court going - take the tesii
mony Of Professor Wood In regard to those stomnchs
rather than that OF a medical examiner who never saw
the stomaclls. Now as 10 the motive. There was no
motive. There never is motive; but there Is u
cause. always. How the Ratchet. which WAS
used a, nm instrument used BY sons one who
was "A physical, II not moral. coward; by
ono who did not want the persons 10 see
who did IT, The blows struck from behind.
As listened 10 DR.. Diapers testimony, We wer"
struck by the fact that 1t was not IA man VINO did
this work. We see in 1t. however weak irreSon'c'
liuperfec: feminine hand The first obvious inquiry
*. Who is benefited by the removals For five
Years Miss Borden rrpudiatei her stepmothcr and
yet lived IN the house with her There
quarrel about property ana
for five years Mrs Borden forced TO be treated by
the girl rs not her daughter. Nobody could have
gone into the house, done that work and got away
without being seem That house was the most uniquely
locked up house ia all Fall River. The front door was
locked the windows shut the cellar door locked ana
all avenues OF approach aud escape barred. >on
couldn't go from any one part ot the house 10 an
other without IL key. 1t found that every person
there hsd man at the gate on the street, but
nothing OF IA person going into or out OF the
house. Where could they hide. No possible hiding
places. No way to get anywhere. AL the In
mates of that house have been the subjects OF
suspicion from the the fact appeared that the
murder was committed from within.
81 know no difference between reputable and honest
Lizzie Borden and reputable and honeso Bridget Sulli
van Lizzie Borden was examined closely, but what
was there to grumbe about Why should the limo
cent object to that defy anybody to say that In
all my twenty years practice ever used female
witness other than cOurteOusly, and when Lizzie Bor