New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
THE BORDEN MURDER CASE.
MEDICAL Examiner DOLAN DESCRIBES
THE WOUNDS on THE BODIES.
sILPsHOD METHODS FOLLOWED BY HIM AND
THE POLICE BROUGHT OUT-A REMARK
ABLE LETTER FROM HEBREW

Fall River Mass. Aug. 25-The second Di7'i'''
courtroom never before held such crowd as mat
which greeted Judge Blasdel this morning al w
O'Clock. II the second day OF the h''"'ne "
Lizzie A. Borden on tlp, charge Of killing her father
with an axe. Cfergymcn. law men. phySlcaUS anu
more than $50 women who were not u'r''N '''
n.oi.d with the case. seated and stahdhls III
all narts ot the room while inside the rail was
large crowd Of reporters and other newspaper "o'A'
Miss BordeD's face gave evidence Of an extreme
strain she was handed TO seat between hef WV
legal advisers and near settee on WIN" h'' ''
was seated. The two women al elbow I" ei"o"'
Miss Lizzie al her sisters rlen' ia'u' WV
word passed between tlein
Medical Examiner Dosn was hrSt calico 10 VI.
,a,d lie testified TO the position Of the bodies OF
the murdered couple when found ana 10 s'nui"s
their stomachs to Professor Wood, OF hhi'a'u .e,
for analysis. Mr. Herman. surveyor suon''.e'
MANS shaving the interior and exterior of the borueh
homestead with measurements Of the rooms, etc JIG
saw blood spots and located them III 'he p'a's
,oce I'm the mans shows where piece VI board hau
ieen taken from the kitchen. i've Feet iour h'"'S
above the blood spots on the pic'ueS
mr. Dolan was called back 20 the STAND. ana We
District Attorney asked him 70 describe The hppa'""'e
of MIR Eorden's body when the cloth was hI'en ii""
| the dead mans face. He answered; III was ''e
mos, cba.,,v thing | ever saw Ma. Adams obl'cteu
10 such a description. and the witness deSoro'o ''
wounds In detail He also told OF the b'od spo''
found In the room. The wounds were hlahe " e'P
instrument. probably by all or a Ratchet. inc
blows were struck at the weakest part OF 'he Hn"'
| wberc II was not onewelfth Of an inch thick
There were eighteen wounds on MIS- ho'"''
ror.on All were made with sharp Instrument. III
| the witnesses opinion. Mrs. Borden had been "ea'
| about an hour and a half when he "a" "'r' '
saw four axes in the cellar OF the house. hA"""e
one with a claw on It. he found That IL h'u p''
| scraped and washed. There were stains th"' oo".'
like blood under The gloss. The par'i"' "Po' .
nv Dir Dolan on the autopsy was not sent 10 ''o-o
| plasdeIl until August 6. This fact was d~eh upon
| stronrv as was the fact that second autopsy WIS
| made IA week or more after the mufuer ,,.,s
| The prncipal thing developed by Attorney Ada',S
| long examination was the exposure OF INC sup
methods OF the police force ana mcuiod' '
Tho principa Government witness, Dr. Do'l'i "'"
| ., o., this fact allowing that his final
| orch n.s DELAYED and that only a partial autopsy
,ro. hold shortly after the bodies were discovered
| Mr. Adams pressed the witness ABOUT putting "s
| fingers into the wounds in Mrs Bordehs hean' anu
then asked him II he washed MS hanus ai"i II" %
| hapdIed the dead bodies. To this Dr. Donh sa'u
| 80, a,, or,tc r.ositive | did not wash my handa'
MIR Adams went directly for the hatchets ana asked
| D nolan II he picked them up. Dr. Domh sa'u
yes and the lawyer said You picked tha' ha'c"'.
| nm with your bloody hands Didn't you get p'oou
| on the handle" ..
| DR. DoIan said Now. not 10 evade TINS Que,uD'''
| I remeniter i washed my haHus III u'e ''''
| fairs before found the hatches. swear posi-
| lively" $3.50, . y
" oh. OH said Mr. Adams, "you remember 1t no"' v
| MIR Adams wanted to know II DR.. Dolah 'houph'
that the hatchet with the peculiar cm~heao Wis "'
| identical one which produced the crushed WOMB ="
Mrs Bordcn's head lie thought IL could nav lad u heen
rho Ratchet was sharp and looked as u u nv" y, r,
,ecenIIy ground IL had seven or eight spols va ,
looked like blood. He didn't toucl IL OF u! ". 80
II OF In his opinion all OF these wOuhus, VIZ, W., om..
| by the same instrument The edge W'uu "o' "''
sarly be dulled by tho successive boMS tho cloth.
| The Medical Examiner told OF exahnhne tio ~
inc ~ tic Borden girls, and described uie s'i,ls
| and hairs found the Ratchet. lie uious'. smS
deed could have been done a nnots on hi. cythng
Xii through this tedious eAaninauoi Disr'o'
torney KnoSlton hardly raised an Te.I feeling
Lizzie Borden did not betray any no,cc"pe , ,'i
u a,nnr,s one Wa, when Dr. Dolan described ne
CHASTITY wounds on he father She cled her ewes
and hid her face behind PAIN iea ias, i, hi,
toward her sister Emma. who abo re'hhInn VIII I
49, .nce OF twice vi incidents In TIE testimony
MI Lizzie and her attorneys were well pleased "l
tho resit Of tho 6rst days proceedings. Ihey Sc,
unbing which attaches the crime to the nous n'
ua great deal to show careless ailo even sihiuess
| ,h,ds on the part OF the prosecution. Inc near
ing WIN be resumed TO morrow mormnf az do TO-
In ca to show where Mr.. Borden was the morn
| Ing previous To the murder ,, 10. .,.on o,,
MI NJ, y. Tor publication, dated waltham, from
ssIsbrcw pcdler named Samuel RobinsV written ~ w
uncertain English. describing how ne met man on tnt
a. cnvercd with blood. The man told him he iin
va 6eht with n farmer and bought several SINAI
articles Of clothing IS. an nSoe some RoSlnaHy states thai
wben he heard Of the murder he was AFRAID 10 Iepo
his meeting the police because he was peoG Wa
T am sut il IS thought that Rosnsky may be pclc
who visited tina; cty from Boston.