New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-31

al TIE Inquest and took notes OF the whole exaHnaoh'
Her note, a. written out offered In evidence
The examination o. I1zL.e Borden at the mque''
was then read. Lizzie stated substantially tha ehe
was thirfy-two years old that neT father hau "e''
married to her stepmoiher about twenty-seveh se"i'
She had TO idea Of what her father was worm anu
onlv knew about part OF her fathers real estate
He gave the girls the house on Fcrry-st, ana u"
weeks ago he bought 1t back again. paying En'"" 'Nu
Lizzie had heard Mr. Morse say several years ago
that her father had made will Her iather nv, ~,
said anything about VIII rather, ono al = "a
two weeks ase mad trouble ,0 MIN ana nan heard the man
say j thought man with reputation 10Y st,,hnS
money like yon would accept my odeT reoues,cd him
70 get out and he went away saying ne wo ,n MI
s with his partner she had '9m no hni it was
trivial In ways here relations with ner s,rp
mother were not AS between mother anu uaIs a ~
She had worn navy-buc dress on The morning Vi
the murders. - -
She made two statements as TO where she was on
the dav Of the murders. when her father came hem
NJ first she said she upstairs. then she SAID she
in the kitchen, and to this last story she s Tb
Lizzie said che saw her stepmo,hcr downstairs iha
front door was locked and nobody could nave 20, IA
there Lizzie said she went TO the barn 10 g,l Ieaa
She had not been In the barn for three months before
She was going to buy some new ms ,bo mere ohe
could find sinkers she would not have to buy theh
when she bought the lines. $500 -
Several pages Of the stcnopaphers' copy were ae
voted tilt between the District Attorney ana LIZZIE
caused by his trying TO lind on, Just what Lze ats
three pears and looked out Of the window and over
hauled a box for the lead, Then she discovered me
condition Of her father that is that he was beeaine
bur sne could tell nothing about the nature OF the
wounds. She could not remember whether she nsd
on apron that morning or not she knew nothing
about any axe but one which was down on the
choppng block; knew Of nothNg to cause blood 70 pc
a hatchct. nor did she know why there should De
any In the celarway when she found her father
she ran at once to call her servant, never thinking
was out and she said to Mrs Churchill that she wished
somebody would see II she was In the house. elie
father came in when She went to the barn. Lizzie
said she did not think her father went upstairs after
be her skirt. unless II came from flea bite II
the blood from the outside she could not tell
where II came from =,
Lizzie said she never went into any drug store IN
New Bedford at time TO inquire for prissc acid
she went into drug store for any such thAF
she gave the dress she the morning Of the murder
to IN. officers She wore the shoes about for Two or
three days. She said that about two weeks before
the murder she heard somebody run down the
step; and away She saw something similar about S,n
recently II on the back steps. and ran toward the
barn last winter She saw person run away on
and told her father Of the occurrence but said nothing
to him about the second affair
This closed the Governments case.
Mr.. Adams asked for special ruling that the court
strike all Of that portion OF the evidence relating
prssic acid. but the court declined for the present
The first witness for the defence was DR.; :: W:
Bowen. When he was Informed OF the affair he went
directly TO the side door OF the Borden house. where
be met Miss Lizzie. she said: Father has been
killcd-heen stabbed she said she had nobody
had she heard ANYBODY and then she told him
hcT father In the stting groom. and when witness
got there he found Mrs. Churchill and Miss Russell
He then went out and telegraphcd Ia Miss Emma
when he got back be went upstairs and found the
PROSTATE form OF Mrs. Borden.
Mrs Borden called Oh the witness early on WrdneS
day morning and said She va' afraid she had been
poisoned and that She was frightened and while She
there She cam" near vomiting she said that Mr.
Borden and herself had beer sicf the night before
between and II o'clock and that Miss Lizzie had
been sick about midnight
THIS closed the investigation for the day. and ad
jouTnment was mad" until 10 o'clock tomorrow
ing. the defence desiring conference before going
further at present.