The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-30

Strange Actions When the Murders
We're Discovered.
FALL RIVER, MASS, August 29.-The
court was called to order in the myster-
ious Borden case at 1915 sharp, but at
s o'clock the dingy court room was
thronged.
During the taking Of the testimony,
Miss Alice N. Russell created q sensa-
tioniby testitying that Immediately af-
ter the discovery Of the murder, Miss
Lizzie Borden told her that her alleged
visit to the barn was to procure a piece
ofiron OF tin with which to fix win
dow This contradicts subsequent
statements of Miss Lizzie that she went
there for lead sinkers.
Eli Bence. a drug clerk, testified that
Lizzie Borden called at his store three
times the5day before the murders Tor
ptussaic acid and was refused.
Mrs. Adelaide B. Churchill was the
first witness called
She said she lived next to the Dor.
dens on the north side OF the street and
she remembered we'll the first day OF
the tragedy. The first she remembered
other attention being to the affair
was when she saw Bridget going for DR..
Bowen. About the same time she saw
Lizzie standing against the side OF the
side door apparently distressed about
aomething; opened the window and
asked her where her father was, and
she replied: In the sitting room"
Asked her where she was when 1t hap
pened and she said she was in the barn
looking for come sinkers.
Witness also said that SO far as she
knows sheiwas the first one outside the
family who was called to the house
The time, as nearly as witness could
recollect, was about IL o'clock. Witness
asked Lizzie where her mother was and
she said her mother had note to go
somewhere but she did not know but
that she had been killed, too. She
wished somebody would go and try to
find her, for she thought she had come
in since. She said her father must have
an enemy, for every one in the house
had been sick. After the neighbors
had commenced TO come in Lizzie said
again that she wished some one would
70 and try to find Mrs. Borden, for she
was sure she heard her come in.
Witness said that when she got inside
the house Lizzie was SO much agitated
that she famed her, fearing she would
faint. Witness stated that when they
went up stairs to look for Mrs. Borden
they found the door OF Mrs. Borden's
room was open.
Miss Alice NJ. Russell. the next wit.
ness said she went to the house and
found Lizzie leaning against the door
and she remembered Lizzie telling her,
in answer'f6 q question, that she went
into,t barn to get piece OF iron or
tin TO fix awindow with (sensation).
Miss Lucy Goblet testified that she
was stopping at DIR. Chagnon's house on
the day OF the murders to take care OF
thetelephone. She went at 1l:l0 and
stayed until ~ o'clock noon. She sat
on the piazza all the time because she
could not get into the house. From
where she sat she said she could see all
the yard OF the Bordens. During the
time she was there she saw no one pass
ing in the yard.
ON cross.examinatio she admitted
thatsh was where size could not see
the whole OF the Borden yard, but she
was sure that ifanybody had entered
the yard she would have heard them.
After a recess Eli Bence, drug clerk.
testified that he remembered the day OF
tragedy and was acquainted with Lizzie
Borden. Witness saw her in the store
the day before and she asked him for
ten cents wort OF prussic acid to put
on seal sacque or cape, but he told her
he could not sell it without physi-
cianls prescription. His attention was
called to the fact that she was in the
store on Thursday evening and soon
after that again about 8 o'clock Fred ID.
Hart drug clerk, Frank II. Kilroy. me-
deal student, corroborated the above.
Joseph Deroches testified by the aid
ofian interpreter. He was saving wood
in John Groves yard on the day OF the
tragedy. Saw no one going over the
fence that day nor did he see anybody
in the next yard.
Patrick II. Doherty, police officer,
testified Miss Borden was asked by wit
nessswhere she was when the murder
took place, and she said: "In the
barn. She said she heard some kind
OF peculiar noise while she was there.
John Fleet assistant city marshal, told
the story Of going 70 the house and
finding thebodies. AT no time, the
witness said, was Lizzie in tears.
The court adjourned until 1915 q. m.
tomorrow. The strongest point brought
out by this mornings testimony, the
officials say. was Lizzie's remark,
OF her mother to Mrs. Churchhill, ac-
cording 70 that lady'a testimony: II
don't know but she has been killed
too. What reason, asked the official,
did Lizzie have for believing that her
mother had been killed, considering the
cifcumstances already brought out viz:
that Lizzie was up stairs when her
father came In, when Mrs, Borden had
been dead about an hour, and went
down stairs and told him that his wife
was out, but failed to say anything
about thinking she heard Mira Borden
come in.
On the other hand an important fact
was brought out by Lawyer Jennings in
his discrimination OF Miss RUSSELL
That lady bathed Iizzie's face and
famed her and did not notice any signs
OF blood whatever about the accused.
That was only ten or fifteen minutes
alter Lizzie called for Bridget to come
down stairs.
10 DO starved Into subjeeHon.
QuMcx MASS, August 2e-An ar
rangement goes into effect to-day by
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