Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-08-18
THE DAUGHTER ARRESTED.

Charged with the Murder OF Her Father
and stepmother.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug l3. Lizzie
Borden was arraigned In the Second
district court before Judge j. 9. Blais-
dell, charged with the killing of her
father and stepmother. The court
room was crowded 10 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 ia possession Of pc
culiar hatchet, and the rumor that
this particular hatchet was used
is greatly strengthened by the
strong wording Of City Marshal Hill
iard's complaint No hatchet like the
one in custody can be found in the
local hardware stores, Its greatest
popularity is claw onIthe side OF the
head nearest the handle The handle
Is about two and half feet long and
the top Of the head is about one and
half by four inches II Is said that the
head Of the hatchet fits into the muir
derous wounds in Mrs Borden's head
The blade of the implement Is repre-
sented 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 hatchet, except
for the strange claw.
When the police authorities were
asked If such a hatchet 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 connee-
tion of the hatchet with a bloody deed
of some kind Is almost beyond doubt,
as spots Of blood have been found on
the blade and handle Certain cloths
covered with blood found in the cellar
where the hatchet was found are said
TO have an important bearing on this
part Of the case.
Last night Marshal Hilliard 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 Il
great deal win depend upon the accu-
racy 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
believed 10 have secured damaging evil
dence against the woman under arrest.
She has told two or three different
-t<-t,e ono &c ,.l,f,I, ie ., tba aFfaet
that al a few minutes past II o'clock on
the morning OF the murders she went to
the barn and climbed into the loft to get
"a piece of lead from coil of lead pipe
for a sinlSer. a 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 a 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, a 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
McGowan, who in turn saw her.
A young French boy was in the
street, and Mrs. Bufiinton was on the
north side of the house, where is the
entrance alleged % have been used by
the murderer, John Diunie, a laborer,
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 afterward that
the reason she did not call the latter
was because She had been summoned
by note TO the bedside of a sick friend
earlier Ia the morning. and she sup'
posed her stiil absent No such note
has been found, nor has the boy whom
Lizzio Borden said delivered IL made
himself known Moreover, none of the
murdered woman's friends was sick
When Bridget Sullivan was examined
She broke down so completely that the
had to be adjourned until
She could compose herself She said TO
the officer who accompanied her TO the
police Headquarters: "The murderer
ought 10 clear me- When she WIS
asked later what she meant she brok