Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-01
EVIDENCE IS ALL IN.
Testimony Strongly in
Favor Of Lizzie.
SHE IS LIKELY TO BE HELD.
Position Of the State and Defense In the
Famous Case.

rOunsei In the great Boruen Tragedy VIII
address the court upon the question as to
whether or not there Il probable ground
for holding Lizzie A. Borden for the grand
Jury on a charge OF killing Andrew J.
Borden with hatchet on the morning Of
Aug. l.
lay afternoon after testimony which is
generally admitted 10 have been strongly
favorable to the case Of tho prisoner at the
bar.
II IA probable that the addresses will be
by no means short, for the evidence Is
long and leaves much room for theorizing
and the drawing of inferences. II Is cir
cumstantial. and IL damaging or shadowy,
according TO the standpoint from which IL
Ia regarded It is the general belief that
the prisoner will be held.
The evidence pro and con is IN. The ar
gument alone Is to come. With today the
hrst legal stage Of the greatest case In the
criminal annals Of New England ends In
many ways IL is as full OF mystery now
rs 10 was when Fall River stood aghast at
the full announcements q les horrors
twenty-seven days ago
Position Of the State.
The defense Ia not bound 70 prove the
prisoner Innocent, and yet the position of
the state is: If she didn't DO Il, tell us
who didf" That IL not easy, but II Ia easy
10 show the size Of the tash which the
state has assumed In arresting Lizzie Bor-
den. IL can no done In concise sentences.
What facts are there which are beyond
iisputef
First that the murder was wilful and
lnsanely brutal
Second, that Mr.. Borden, who alone is
named In the complaint, was killed be-
tween l0i45 and ll65.
Third, that on Aug. there were Ave
people In the house--Morse, Bridget. Liz
Gle, Mr. and Mrs Borden.
Fourth, that 10 was not suicide and that
they did not kill each other.
Two are dead az Morse has proved an
alibi; that leaves NEsiesend Bridget alone
as the persons wish al Opportunity.
look at t.
Here's the house. Across Second street
IL Mrs. Bowea at tho window. On the
south is Mrs Kelly, on the east Miss Col
let aud the Frenchman saving wood in
Crows yard; on the north is Mn
ChErcaill That guards the house from
oil sides, the state alleges. and IL therefore
alleges that no one could get into the
house or even approach n On the yard
without being observed.
That Is the states positioa-
Theory Of the Dsfsass.
But Mrs Kelly went out a. 1000 Mn
Bowen says the blinds were down and she
couldn't see, aud that sbo wasn't looking
anyway. Mrs Churchill had seven bcds
10 make aud five rooms TO sweep. Miss
Collet sat on the Chagnon piazza, back to
the Borden fence and yard and did not
command a view OF them. The French
maxwell. he didn't see Mr.. Wixon climb
the Borden fence, and didn't soc him at
all until Wixon hailed him. That lets
him out.
Where is tho chain of observers now,
Gone. Now the defense establishes most
suspicious character at the corner of the
fence between 1920 and 1910 DR.. Handy
put him there, and he is ip the case beyond
question; no one oan disprove his presence
Then there is the same or another man I'm
the north gateway, leaning against the
post. Mrs. Ianley establishes him; that
was about 1920
Then there is the impress in the hay in
the barn, proving that someone slept
there. and the noise Of some ono scaling
the Borden fence after II O'Clock the night
before the murder. established by the
Chagnon women.
But Bridget Is washing the windows
and there is only Lzzie left In the house.
What's against herb Blood OH the hatchett
Professor Wood knocks that out Prussic
acidY Professor Wood settles that
She went upstairs some time that morn
ing Well, what Of itS IL has been shown
that she might have done 40 without see
ing her stepmother's body, even IL the
guest chamber door was open.
There Was Note from Someone.
There has been no evidence To show that Il
was not buried with Mrs Borden, or that
IL WAS destroyed according to her custom
of destroying all correspondence. Har-
rington found something like charred
papcr In the stove.
She went 10 the barn NJ a suspiciously
convenient time. Who can disprove III
Why should she not have gonei Why is
10 unreasonable 70 suppose she did go, II
all was as usual aud she moved carelessly
and according to the thoughts which may
have suggested themselves 70 herf
She made contradicting statements. Yes
at the inquest, when badgered without
the protection Of counsel, confused and
entangled in a maze of sharp questions
What was the motive,
A difference OF opinion between herself
and her stepmother Sir yeavs-also Qiy-
ing her six years TO sharpen the axe and
prepare 10 chop the old iady's head aud
that Of her father as wcll-for good mess-
ure, probably.
That is the theory Of the defense