The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19
THE DAUGHTER ARRESTED.

HE OAOoFII IN SflTE-S @1s
Banker Borden's Daughter Arrested
Charged With the Murder of Her Father
and Stepmother.
FALL. RIVER, Mass, Aug. 13.-Lizzie-
Borden was arraigned in the Second
district court before Judge J. C. Blais-
dell, charged with the killing of her
father and stepmother. The court
room was crowded to suffOcation, al
though Miss Borden's friends at court
were very few in number.
After argument Miss Borden was COM
mitted without bail.
The police are in possession OF pc
culiar Ratchet, and the rumor that
this particular Ratchet was used
is greatly strengthened by the
strong wording of City Marshal Hill
iard's complaint No Ratchet like the
one in custody can be found IN the
local hardware stores Its greatest
regularity is claw on the side OF the
head nearest the handle. The handle
is about two and a half feet long and
| the top of the head is about one and a o.
half by four inches. It is said that the
| head of the Ratchet fits into the muir
| derous wounds in Mrs Borden's head.
4 The blade of the implement is repre-
I scented as being very thin and very
/ sharp, measuring about five and half
inches in the widest part 1t is what ;.
/ is known among farmers as an old
! fashioned thrash wood Ratchet except
! for the strange claw.
| When the police authorities were
asked if such a hatehet was in their
custody they would neither admit nor
DENY it The matter, with all other
evidence, is now in control of District
! Attorney Knowlton. The eonnec-
ton of the hatchet with bloody deed
of some kind is almost beyond doubt,
rs spots of blood have been found on
the blade and handle. Certain cloths
| covered with blood found in the cellar
where the Ratchet was found are said
/ to have an important bearing on this
part of the case.
Last night Marshal billiard said that
there was a great deal yet to be proven
before the crime could be finally fast
ened upon Miss Borden. Much had
been learned, but for all that he could
see the trial would be long and tedious
Medical Examiner Dolan says that
great ueUl Will lcpcIIt3 upOAA biAC eA~~S
racv of the medical examination OF the
body and the analysis of the parts sent
to Boston.
Although the authorities refuse to-
/ make public their discoveries they are
I believed to have secured damaging evil
[ dence against the woman under arrest
/ She has told two or three different.
stories, one of which is to the effect
that at few minutes past IL o'clock on
| the morning of the murders she went to
the barn and climbed into the loft TO get
a piece of Iced from coil of lead pipe
for u sinker. 4 detective, who climbed
into the loft, found the floor covered
with dust which retained impression of
his feet There were no other foot
prints on the floor. Moreover the coil
Of lead pipe was found between the
house and the barn and mechanic
who examined it declared that it had
not been cut for two months.
Medical Examiner Dolan says that
Mrs. Borden was killed an hour before
her husband, fact which shows that
the murderer must have remained in
the house for some time. 1t happens
also that at the time Mr.. Borden was
killed the house WAS surrounded by per-
sons on all sides Patrick MCGOWAN
was in the rear picking pears. Mrs.
Chase was on the south side and saw
McGOwen, who in turn saw her.
A young French boy was in the
street, and Mrs. Buffinton was on the
north side of the house, where is the
: entrance alleged 20 have been used by
l I - IL. Lob,
was at work in the yard adjoining the
Borden property and was within thirty
feet of MCGOWAN. None of these per-
sons saw anybody either enter or leave
the house.
When Lizzie Borden found the body
of her. father she called Bridget Sulli--
van, the domestic, instead of her step
mother. She explained sfterward that
the reason she did not call the latter
was because she had been summoned
; by note TO the bedside of asiciz friend
} earlier in the morning, and she sup
posed her still absent. No such note
? has been found, nor has the boy whom
e Lizzie Borden said delivered it made
himself known. Moreover, none of the
5 murdered woman's friends was sick.
" Htn bridget SULLIVAN " fto CHtaAA1iAAClt
she broke down so completely that the
investigation had to be adjourned until
5 she could compose herself She said to
the officer who accompanied her to the
police headquarters: The murderer
. ought to clear me-" When she was
! asked later what she meant she brok
| down and was unable to go on
A motive for the crime was furnished
= by an official of one OF the Fall River
, banks, who says that he knows that
l Mr.. Borden was preparing TO make
t will and apportion his estate. He had
0 gone so far, says this official, rs TO take
Q q number of shares OF stock in the Dur
: fee Safe Deposit Co. and in the Union
: National bank and prepare to divide it
t between his wife and daughters on the
6 ratio of twenty shares tor his wife and
c one for each OF ais daughters.
Hurt at Queer Time.
$ MORTIFIED, Mimi, Aug. 13.-Burt
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