Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18
THE FALL RIVER MURDER,
No Glue to the Murderers of Mr..
and Mrs. Borden.

city, last Thursday. Theories are plcn-
tiful, but reliable evidence is wanting.
At 5 O'Clock last evening State Detective
ScayeT handed the following bulletin to
the reporters:
"fhe inquest was continued at 10
o'clock to-day. The witnesses examined
were Miss Lizzie Borden, John V.
Morse, Miss Emma l.. Borden, DR.. $.
w. Bowen, Adelaide b. Churchill and
Hiram {. Harrington. Adjourned until
10 a. m, Thursday. Nothing developed
for publication"
This was all that was given out after
examinations lasting more than four
and one-half hours.
Whatever the police may think of the
strength Of their clues, it is certain that
the opinions Of Miss Borden's many
friends are entirely in favor Of her limo
Cence.
DIR, Bowen told n straightforward
story covering the time since he was
called to the Borden house a few days
before the murder. He incidentally
gave some evidence which startled the
authorities. The nature of this will not
be given for publication, but it was
learned that probably to-day another
examination of the dead bodies will be
made at Oak Grove cemetery.
Taken altogether, in connection with
an authoritative statement volunteered
tonight, the police have presented very
insufficient and meagre evidence against
any member Of the family, and the evil
dence that they have presented is such
that II would be dangerous to proceed
upon it,
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 1.-THE
| Borden inquest was resumed this morn
| ing.
Charles Sawyer, who guarded the
door of the house while Officer Allen
ran To the station, was the first witness.
lie testified that he ran to the house
when he saw Mrs. Russell running, and
that he was with Officer Doherty and
| an Associated Press reporter when Dr.
d, Bowen discovered that Mrs. Borden
did net die of heart disease.
Officer George Allen testified to hav
ing seen Mr.. Borden lying on the sofa,
stabbed as he supposed, His story
added no new light to the crime.
Mrs. Perry Clifford was being ex-
amined at ~ o'clock.
Last night Officer Harrington went to
Boston to identify suspect answering
Il description OF Withholding man"
seen last Thursday morning by the
doctor ms he was driving to the Borden
house. The suspect was not the man.
The police have also run down sus-
pect, who boarded the New Bedford
train at Mt Pleasant aud rode into the
city. lie proved an alibi easily.
Marshal liillyard this morning sub
mitted to another interview. In answer
| ~ ,,Ft l., ~.
police had given up all hopes of locating
murderer outside of the Borden family,
he said the question was nonscnsieal,
but he would answer il by saying that
three clues were being run down, and
that none of thcm would in any way i'm
pllcate member Of the household. lie
said he had not been stinted in money nor
men by the city government because of
political complications, He isnot hunt
ing clues personally because the district
attorney required his presence at the
inquest, but the detective worked most
OF the night and reported to him, and he
was willing 70 say that close medical
examination of their results would be a
feature of the case, and that 1t might
turn out that suspicion would be directed
from the Borden family.
II has been proved that the suspected
poisonous milk drank by the Borden
family was all rirht when IL was toknn
FROM ira Bnrda,, "a r,,, ,',, r,,,',,.,I.t =.
,tiit, tI i"' "r' 2t'"SAI ~
. IN o'lS heiiloeIS Oh INC laHlily IN
charge 81 the farm drank 1t and they
were effected in no way.
| FALL RIVER, Mass. Aug. l2.--li22ie
Borden was arrested last night accused nj
the murder Of her father And mother
With her arrest The bprit,nint, nj M md
of the great murder m 4 stnry il r,rns,..,,,
The poiire are confident thnt'thcy LnvpfI,r
perpctrator of the terrible crime.
The iron nerve of tie accused r0nnr
woman did not desert her, when 1t 7.if
9cIock last evening, Chief Of Police
lillliafl entered thG room a. headquarters
onI her f nv t s',s. t "L attorney
began f., read ri" Warrant ia n, haJ II,
read a line When LAWYER ,fpnni,It.s i,,t"t'
rupted II think my client will waiyeths
reading Of the warrant"
Chief billiard turned to Lizzie.
20 you "aiHe such reading he asked
J III S ~. i KITE: ro,,t u. ,,,,, ~.
;; addressed her LAWYER ''''''''' ''t'i sue
Answer him, Y She commanded ..
, waive further reading OF that naner
She did not falter nor show Il single sign
q nervousness. For 4 second she stood
, her FPS tTemolihs' thcn her jaws shu
nmr in. ani Sl,e sailk pack INTO hcr char
~ AZ i,,.,ant XII '',,Su taGTu her siste
room. A. she shrnni, baforcs Nv riait W.
throng in the street her cyes liiieJ Mi
tears.
Mrs. Josephine Trip Of Wcstport, VIII,
t mas known Lizzie Borden from childhood
| t .Sa, at me inquest the testimon,
,i,at uetmeei !.IIie ;t'u ner parents Their
othnr new nitmsssa ~ 'i iost t'i,,isg,