The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-31

hearing OF the great Borden mufuer
case was resumed.
The first witness called was Profess
sor Edward S. Wood, the man for
whom everybody has been looking for
days. He said he had received pack
age containing two stomachs on the
fifth Of August, and two jars containing
milk used on the fourth and fifth OF
August All we're labelled. The stom-
achs were labelled "Mr. and Mrs. Bor-
den."
The stomachs appeared TO be perfect
" natural. Mrs. Borden's stomach
contained abont eleven ounces OF solid
food, the food was partly digested and
showed wheat, starch and meat. The
stomach was tested for prussic acid, but
with negative result. The stomach
OF Mr.. Borden contained only SIX
ounces, chiefly water. There were a
few threads Of vegetable tissue in his
stomach which might have been pears;
On the tenth Of August l received
from DR.. DoIan q Ratchet, two axes,
blue dress skirt, dress waist, who
starched skirt, lounge cover and three
small envelopes in which were hair
taken from Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and
hair taken from the Ratchet On Aug
ust 10 witness received pair Of black
stockings. The Ratchet contained
number OF suspicious looking spots, but
careful examination showed no traces
OF blood. Every spot which looked like
blood was examined, but no traces OF
blood were to be seen. A big spot on
the blue skirt looked like blood, but
was found not to be blood. The white
skirt had. one spot which looked like
blood and was found to be one, and it
was directly in front, abour six inches
from the bottom. The carpet was blood
stained this was the sitting room car
pet) and there was no blood on that.
There was no blood on the lounge
cover.
The entry marked chair from A. ].
Borden" was simply white hair; Mrs.
Borden's was dark. The hair on the
Ratchet toas not human hair [sensationl =
more like that taken from an animal.
The spot on the right shoe was not
blood and there was no blood on either
shoes or stockings. The was nothing
on the two axes. Near the edge OF the
Ratchet were spots which seemed to be
blood but were found not to be.
There was spot on the blade but 1t
was not blood and three spots on the
side Of the head OF the Ratchet which
looked to me like blood and thought
they were, said witness, but they were
Tho hatchet was then produced and
Lizzie examined it with as much inter-
est as they did her counsel One paper
vas produced by witness on which was
written chair" but no hair was there.
On cross examination Prof. Wood
said the spot looked larger on the out
side OF the skirt than inside. The size
OF the spot was about the size oil pin
head. Questioned this you say was hui
man blood?
Al have not examined it.
Here the witness was allowed to look
at the stain on the door frameunder his
glass and resuming the stand said it was
not blood.
Witness said it would be impossible
for the assailant on the murdered folks
10 escape dealing blood on his body in
some way and that the stains on the
sitting room doors might have gone
over the head OF the assailant as the
instrument was lifted.
The first witness this afternoon was
Annie NJ. White, official stenographer.
Her notes as written out were offered in
evidence. The examination OF Lizzie
Borden at the inquest was read, Lizzie
stated substantially that she was 81
years old, that her father had been mar
ried to her step-mother about q years;
she had no idea of what her father was
worth. Lizzie had heard Mr.. Morse
say several years ago that her father
had made will; her father never said
anything about will.
6Father once, about two weeks ago,
had trouble with man whom did not
know, they had some talk and l heard
the man say: 4 thought man with a
reputation for getting money like you
would accept my offer My father said
he had studied long enough and re-
ouested to get out and he went away
saving he would consult with his part
ner."
Lizzie had some trouble with her
stepmother about five years ago but it
was trivial.
She made two statements about her
whereabouts on the day Of the murders
when her father came home; at first
she said she was up stairs, then she
said she was in the kitchen and to this
last story she stuck Lizzie said she
saw her stepmother down stairs, and
that the latter said she had the Guest
chamber all ready, except to put on
some shams, for she expected company
on Monday and wanted everything all
right Lizzie then detailed her actions
up to the discovery of the murders.
Lizzie said she never went into any
drug store in New Bedford at any time
TO inquire for prussic acid.
This closed the governmental case.
Prof. Woods failure to find poison
added much weight to Miss Lizzie's
strong denials that she was ever in
Smiths drug store, but although popu-
lar opinion ran in these channels it is
we'll 10 remember that the government
officials did not depend especially upon
the poison theory.
1t was given out semi.otiicially some
DAYS ago that all the district attorney
hoped to prove by Prof Woods was
that Mrs. Borden was killed before her
husband. This fact was well establish
ed. He said the material in her stom-
ach showed that they had been under
going the process Of digestion between
two and three hours, in his opinion
about two and a half hours, This
proved that Mrs. Borden died between
5 and 10 o'clock, probably about $3.50.
The government has already estab-
lished that Lizzie was in the hallway
leading into Mrs. Borden's room at