The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-30
MISS BORDEN's CASE.
Attempting to Fix the Crime on
the Daughter.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY OFFERED

E7hS IA VI on IItL-
zie's Dress on the Day the Crime
Was Committed.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 3o-The
court came in on the Borden case at
lO:45 sharp, but at 8 o'clock the dingy
court room was thronged and the unin-
feresting details of the district court
were listened to by those who were as
ssmbled.
Mrs. Adelaide B. Churchill was the
first witness called. She lived next
door to the Bordens. She saw Lizzie
standing against the side of the side
door, apparently distressed about some
shing. She opened the window and
asked her what was the matter. Lizzie
said, "Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come
over, somebody has killed fatherr' She
went over and asked where her father
was, and she replied, "In the sitting
ROOM" She asked Lizzie where sne was
when it happened pnd she said she was
IN the barn looking for some sinkers.
After the neighbors had commenced
70 come in, Lizzie said that she wished
some one would go and try to find Mrs.
Borden, for she was sure she had heard
esr come in. aHere witness described
hnding Mrs. Borden. The witness could
mot remember that there was the least
eign OF blood on Lizzie's dress, hands or
face at the time she first saw her. Her
hair was "done up" and appeared not
70 be disarranged in the slightest, and
Ehere was no indications by anything in
ther appearance that any changes had
been made since she arose.
Sensational Testimony.
Miss Alice M. Russell, the next wit
ness, said she had known Lizzie about
eleven years. When she first heard of
the affair she went to the house and
found Lizzie leaning against the door.
The witness could not remember how
Lizzie was dressed, but did remember
tAz5ie telling her, in answer to qnes-
tion, that she went into the barn to get
piece of iron or tin to fix a window
with. [Sensation.
On cross examination Miss Russell
said she bathed Li2zie's face after she
went in, and saw no signs Of blood on it,
nor did she see any on any of her cloth
ing.
Miss Lucy Collert testified that she
was sitting on the porch of DIR. Chag-
mons house from 10 until l2 O'Clock,
and was sure no one entered Borden's
yard.
Startling Evidence.
Eli Bence, drug clerk, testified that
hs remembered the day of the tragedy
and was acquainted with Lizzie Bor-
den. Witness saw her in his store the
day before and she asked him for ten
cents worth of prussic acid to put on
sealskin sack or cape, but he told her he
sould not sell it without a physicians
prescription. His attention was called
70 the fact that she was in the store on
Thursday evening, and soon after that
again. or about Q o'clock His attention
was called to the fact that she was the
daughter of Andrew Borden. Had
beard her speak since that morning and
recognized the voice; heard her at the
house when he went up in company
with an officer. She was in the kitchen
alone with the officer and witness stood
ct the door. The peculiarity WAS that
the voice had tremor in it, and there
was the same tremor in it when she
said she had not seen anybody as when
she asked for the aoid.
Frank II. Kilroy, medical student.
testified; Was conyersing with Mr.,
Bence in the store on Wednesday morn
ing, but could not state the exact time;
knew Mics Borden, saw her that morn.
sng; witness WAS sitting in the shop
when she came and Mr.. Bence went be-
hind the counter to wait on her, heard
her say: "Prusaic acid" and him say,
"Can,t sell it without license" and
shen he heard her say, "seal skin cape"
Then she went out. The fact that she
came in there was discussed by us after
abe went out.
Frederick p Hart, employed in tho
al.
Of the two previous witnesses in regard
70 the prussio acid incident and then
identified Miss Borden us the person who
had asked for the stuff.
Joseph Deroches testified as to saving
wood lii John Groves yard on the day
OF the tragedy; saw no one going over
She Borden fence that day, nor did he
sss anybody in the next yard.
Where Lizzie Was.
Patrick II. Dougherty, police officer,
4cstitied to going to the house and tind-
ang the bodies. He described their
appearance. Miss Borden was asked
by witness where she was when the
murder took place and she said, I'm the
barn." She said she heard some kind of
peculiar noise while there--a kind of
ssraping noise, Witness stated Lizzie
said that neither Mr., Eddy nor any man
4 Michael Mullally another police Of
Acer, oorroborated the preceding wit
ness. Lizzie had told him that she had
seen man about the yard that morning
and that he was dressed in dark clothes.
John Fleet, assistant city marshal,
Sold the story of going to the house,
Ending the bodies and the talk with
AaEEie about the death of her parents.
Eas2.e had no idea how the deed was
done, but she heard man at the door
about o'clock that morning, talking
with her father; the man talked like an
asnglishman, but she had not seen him
and did not know who 1t was. About
two weeks before that man had some
words with her father relative to a store
which he wanted to hire. Witness de-
Pcribed going over the house and find
ing LizZie's door locked. At no time.
witness said, was Lizzie in tears. Wit
ness Fleet said there was one hatchet
which he considered had a Suspicious
look; had the appearance of having been
washed and wiped and he put it in the
Boxes out of the way; witness could see
no signs Of any hair on it.
The court here adjourned until 1918
p. m. tomorrow. The strongest point
$ Brought out by this mornings testi-
mony, tho states official say, was Liz
&c i1ibaiht speakihS VI Hei hothel "
airs. Churchill, according to that lady's
testimony, II don't know but she has
been killed too" Lizzie made this re-
mark while telling that she thought she
heard her mother come in.
What reason, asked the officials, did
Ll1ie have for believing that hsr
mnther had been killed considering the
circumstances already brought out,
namely, that Lizzie was upstairs when
her father came in, when Mrs. Borden
had been dead about one hour, and went
downstairs and told him that his wife
was out, hut failed to say anything
about thinking she heard Mrs. Borden
come in.
e. the other hand an important fact
was brought out by Lawyer Jenning in