Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-26
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
THE HEARING BEGUN.
The Terrible Story of the
Murder Recounted.
The BOOM IN the TOBACCO MARKET,
A Nickel Plate Switchman
Assaults Sweeney.
The Reading COAL DEAL DECISION,
Many Thousands Fall Vic
Tins to Cholera.
The Reading COAL DEAL DECISION,
THE BORDEN TRIAL.

Days. Proceedings Pleasing to tn
Defence-Adjourned TIL This Morn
ing.
FALL RIVER, Aug. 25.-The first day
hearing of the Borden case was brought t
close at $50 this afternoon. Dr.. Dola,
who was first called to testify was still o,
the stand at adjournment. The principa
things developed by Attorney Adams
long examination was the exposure of tn
slp-shod methods of the police force ant
medical examiner, one of the results o
which is the imprisonment of Miss Lizzi
A. Borden. The principal government
witness made a confession to this fact
allowing that his final search was delayed
and that only partial autopsy was helt
shortly after the bodies were discovered
| The official reports eliminated of techni
ealities were as follows:
THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
"The body was found lying in Second
street. Before proceeding with the autop
sy I called the attention of the witnesses
position of the body, and caused them tt
| carefully observe the same"
The report then proceeded as follows:
"The left side of the face and head wal
| smaahed by twelve distinct blows of ar
axe or large Ratchet. further declare II
my opinion that said Andrew ]. Border
came to his death from a shock, the result
| of blows with an axe large hatcheD.
Signed w. A. DoLAN.
Medical Examiner.
Dated at Fall River, August 8, 1892.
This was the report of the examination
made August of the body of Andrew J.
Borden, seventy years of age.
The report on Mrs. Andrew J. Borden,
sixty seven years of age, says:
The autopsy proceeded as follows:
On the left side of the head, over the
ear, was a wound two and one-half inches
long, one quarter inch wide. On the right
side of her head was q number of cuts pen
etrating the brain, 80 intermingled as tc
be practically impossible to count.
This partial report, upon which coun-
sci for the defense dwelt sarcastically al
some length, was not sent to Judge Blais-
dell until August 8. This portion of the
governments case is most clearly given in
the actual testimony.
Mr.. DoLAN's TESTIMONY.
Q.-Why did you not make q complete
autopsys Was not the mayor there
Didn't he give you authoritys A.-Not
then.
Q.-Wheni Didn't you make an autopsy
on the 9Th of Augusta Al made par
tial report; there has been no official re-
port.
Q.-Ofacial What are you but An off.
cial9 Did you make report of4he autop
sya A-To whoml
Q.-Never mind to whom-did You make
| a reporta A.-To whoms
Odd you make a reporta
Witness did not answer, and Mr.. Adams
| appealed to the court as to the propriety Of
an answer. The judge thought the ques
| ton ought to be answered and witness said
| ney August Is. This report was the result
| of second autopsy taken at Oak Grove
| cemetery week or more after the tragedy.
The stories of finding an axe with blood
stains and hair upon it were verified by
DR.. Dolsn's statements. 1t appeared to
DR.. Dolan that all the wounds except one
| could have been inflicted while the body
| lay on the floor. Mrs. Borden's hair was
| ''down," that is, not knotted up,
and was slightly inclined to gray
One of the blows out the hair az
smoothly as razor would, but by the
| other wounds the hair was matted. Mr.
Adams pressed witness about putting his
fingers into the wounds in Mrs. Borden'e
hands after he had handled the dead bodies
To this DR.. Dolan said:
DID NOT WASH HIS HANDS.
Il am quite positive I did not wash my
hands,"
Mr.. Adams went directly for the hatch
cts and asked DR.. Dolan if he picked them
| up. DR.. Dolan said yes, and the lawyer
said:
| "You picked that Ratchet up with your
bloody handsa Didn't you get blood on the
handler
| DR.. Dolan-"Now, not to evade this
question, I remember washed my hands
| in the sinkroom downstairs before found
the hatchets. I swear positively"
ooh, OH" said Mr.. Adams, "you re-
| member it now"
Mr.. Adams wanted to know If DR.. Dollar
thought that the hatchet with the peculiar
claw-head was the identical ono whiol
produced the crushed wound in Mr.. Bor-
denis head. He thought it could have done
it. The Ratchet was very sharp ant
looked as if it had been recently ground
1t had seven or eight spots of what looked
like blood. Did not touch it or try t,
i Wlp0 ~ VA AL ul6 opAh2Oh ga VI eACos
wounds were made by the same instru
ment. The edge would not necessarily b
duIled by the successive blows,
THE GIRLS CLOTHING EXAMINED.
Continuing his testimony, the medioa
examiner told of examining the clothing o
the Borden girls and described the stain
and hairs found on the hatchet. a,
thought Mr.. Borden's assailant stood be
tween the head of Mr.. Borden and tn
dining room door, perhaps midway of tn
opening. From the position of the assail
ant and Mr. Borden he thought the forme
would have received more blood above tn
waist than below. He thought the dee,
could have been done and the person doin
it not have had more than ten spots on hi
clothing.
All through this exhaustive and tediou
examination District Attorney Knowlto
hardly raised an objection.
MISS BoRDKN's CoMPosURE.
Miss Lizzie Borden did not betray an
noticeable feeling during the whole day
except possibly in three or four instances
One was when DIR. Dolan described tn
| chastity wounds on her fathers head
Then she flushed and tears came into he
eyes. She closed her eyes and hid her fac
, behind a palm leaf fan and leaned towar
her sister Emma, who also remained wit
: closed eyes until the dreadful tale Wa
: ended. When Mr.. Adams asked If th
, report of the autopsy was in the doctor
. handwriting and received q negative al
: swer, he followed 1t with another, whic
was met with the smart answer that It vi
not In handwriting at all, but in typewn
ing, she joined in the smiles that we,
around the court room. When the WOO
: was passed around showing blood spot
Attorney Jennings made joking rema1
q and again Mise Lizzie smiled. About
= O'Clock, when Miss Emma spoke to her (,
the first time during the day, abe turne
smilingly toward her and answered som
thing at which both ladies laughed chez
fully.
THE DEFENsE PLEASED.
Miss Lizzie and her attorneys are w
pleased with the result of the first day
D proceedings. They see nothing which 9
taches the crime to the house, but see
great deal to show careless and even shii
less methods on the part of the prosec
: ton. The hearing will be resumed I
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock. In ca
Kuowlton Is not on hand witnesses will