Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-26
I'd EDITION.
STILL A MYSTERY.
Further Testimony in the Border
Case.
MISS BORDEN Is Moved.
THE DOCTOR TEsTIFIEs.
The Borden Trial Attracts q Large Crowd of
Spectators.

| morning at the resumption OF the Borden hear
| ing was materially different from that Of yes
terdsy. Men were more plentiful and the
| women correspondingly scarce. This was
probably due to dreary rain that made the at
| mosphere in the court room close. muggy and
generally uncomfortable. The prisoner and
her friends came in at 955, unattended except
| by the city marshal. Lizzie walked firmly after
her sister and took her usual seat at the end Of
| the settee between her two counsellors She
busted herself reading letter written on o sheet
| Of foolscap paper.
before 10 o'clock. Mr.. Adams called Dr. Dolan
| to the stand. DIR. Dolan said that he had not
| measured the handle of the Ratchet. but he had
| concluded that it was about eighteen inches to
| two feet in length. He thought the murderer
| stood Just behind Mr.. Bordens head, hut could
not say he struck with both hands. The person
who killed Mrs. Borden struck a blow, perhaps,
| while she was standing up, and the others were
struck after she had fallen down. Her assassin
might have stood astride the body about the
| location Of the hips He must have necessarily
| been spattered with blood. The lower part OF
his clothing would have more than the upper
| part. The hands of the murderer may or may
not have been covered with blood. Witness did
not give any one permission to clean the wood
work in the house; in fact he told the family not
to disturb the blood spots He saw Mrs.
Holmes at the house several times, but did not
| tell her she could wash the woodwork, and
would certainly dispute Mrs.. Holmes il she said
he had allowed her to wash the woodwork. II
the parlor door was washed 1t was done wlllfuily
by some member of the family. Saturday after
the murder think the parlor door was washed.
II Ind eight spots on it and there were several
on the door jam. No other place in the sitting
room"
Continuing, witness said that no one handled
the AK except himself, SO far he knew. He
did not recall whether the laid on the
table or not Witness examined the handle
first when Mayor Coughlin called his attention
to it in the marshal's Office; believed the blade
had been washed. The ak was not damp, ex-
cept as everything is liable to be damp In an
on the earth. There was a lively spat between
the witness and the attorney general. growing
out Of confusing questions relating to the
degree Of dampness in a cellar.
Witness would not say the axes were "bone"
dry; as far as he knew no one handled the in
the marshal's room or before. Search of Mr..
Borden's clothes IVES conducted by the under
taker. Keys. some silver money, pocket book
and some documents were found tied in q
handkerchief and were locked in the examiners
safe.
THE ACCUSED SHOWS SOME FEELING.
The wound in Mrs. Borden's back was first
discovered at the autopsy held in Oak Grove
cemetery. Then came the most gruesome part
of the testimony vet given, and while it was
their ewes and flushed and showed much feel
ing. Witness said the bodies have been disIn-
TERED. The skulls were removed from
the bodies by instruction Of the attOr-
new general. The skulls were cleaned and
the bodies are buried without the heads. The
skulls were photographed and they are now in
witness possession. No member Of the Borden
family was informed of the removal and photo
graphing Of the skulls far witness knew.
Here followed discussion on the pronuncia-
ton Of the word photographer" the questi on
being on which syllable the accent should be
placed The diversion had the effect Of re-
heving the tension on the minds of the
prisoner and her friends. Witness, re-
Stunning. said he saw contents Of the
safe. but saw no will. Saw pail and some
towels in the cellar, but was satisfied they had
no connection with the case; the clothes were
buried in box in the rear of the house; the ak
is now in possession Of the marshal; the axes
and hatchets were given to Prof. Wood, but
were never fitted to the wounds. In the
witness opinion Mrs. Borden died from one to
two hours before Mr.. Borden. Dolan then left
the stand, after being ordered to produce all the
articles in his possession
OTHER WITNESSES TESTIFY.
A. G. A. Hart, treasurer of the Union Savings
Bank, testified that he saw Mr.. Borden in the
bank on the day of the murder at $50 o'clock
and remained five minutes. was his daily GUS
tom. Noticed that he did not look we'll and
upon asking, Mr.. Borden told witness that he
was unwell. Cashier Burrill corrobo-
rated Mr.. Harris testimony. Everett T.
Cook OF the First National Bank testified to
seeing Mr. Borden at 4 o'clock. Chas. C. Cook.
real estate broker and agent for Mr.. Borden's
new business block. saw Mr.. Borden on the day
of the murder. He had had a long talk with
him on the day before the tragedy. Mr.. Bor-
den said to witness that he had made no will.
Witness never said there was will.
Mrs. Carline Kelley testified to living in
the house next south of the Borden homestead.
On the day of the murder saw Mr.. Borden COM
ing around the house from the north side and
going toward the front door. Thought he had
. small white package in his hand At the time
witness saw him it was twenty-seven or twenty
eight minutes to IL o'clock; she could not say
that he entered the house.
Mr.. Dolan was recalled and produced Mr..
Borders property which was taken from his
pockets by the undertaken. Among the effects
was partial package of tobacco.
FURTHER TESTIMONY FROM THE DOCTOR.
Dr. Dolan testified that the eighty-six spots
Of blood seen were the only evidence of squirt,
There was no way of determining much about
Mrs BoTdens wounds except by theory. Mr..
Borden's watch was found upon his person.
Beds were all made when Mrs. Borden was
found.
The photographs taken in the house shortly
after the muyder were placed in evidence.
There are five Of them showing the various po-
sitions Of the bodies in the various rooms. On
a second cross-examination witness said when
an artery was cut the direction Of the squirt
would be dependent on the direction from which
il was cut He saw no yardstick when he first
saw the body but he did zee one later.
Jonathan Clegg was sworn He Is q dealer in
hats and gentlemen's furnishings. He saw Mr..
Borden ON North Main street at 10 O'Clock Am.
August L. Witness called him across the street
to his store to ask him about o new store Borden
was to rent to him, and they remained in con-
versation nine minutes. When he left he went
directly to the south toward his home. Clegg
determined the time by looking at the city
clock.
The discrimination elected no new facts.
John Cunningham, news dealer, was sworn.
He was passing the Borden House on the morn
ing of August and heard of the murder. When
he reached Halls stable, two or three houses
below he noticed four or five men standing in
| front Of the house; saw Mrs. Churchill running
excit edly across the street.
A boy seventeen years Of age told him he was
| looking for a policeman. He stepped into q
/, paint shop at the corner Of Borden and I'd
street and called up the city marshafs ONCE ut
/ 1850 o'clock. Cross-examined, he said one Of
1 the men he saw cross the street WAS Mr.. Hall
He did not seem Tom Boulds, who works for
Mrs. Churchill
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