Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-23
LIZZIE BORDEN CASE.
Adjournment Taken
Till Next Monday.
EXPERT WOODS EVIDENCE.
Move by the Defense Promptly Met by
the Government.

FALS RIvkA Masa. Aug E-Two hun,
dred expeetant Residents of this city were
opablo yesterday TO crafty their desire TO
see fizde A. Borden b court The noted
Young wopsa was IN q police station
experiment. for over Sin hours, but she wos
pos compolfed 30 appear before . curioua
throps
The examination. which wsS set down
10 occur yesterday afterpoop. did NOT take
plaza although everybody. from she Judge
DOWN 10 tho telegraph messenger boyA
were ready for Il.
rs the last minute. WHOM ell tho or-
rangemenS were completed, the attorneys
Tor the state and defepso had Q long CON
tab, with The result that they requested
Judge BlsisdA to let Che matter stand
until next Thursday forenoon at 10 clock,
when, u nothing In tho meantime ayises
30 prevent tho hearing will 20 90. THIS
delay was because Professor Wood, the
expert who was called On 10 examine
clothtnG hatcbet and wood Tor blood
Wni uos ne Ready 30 Dspors
for two or three days yet, and. % things
are just pow, be is Indispensable bo the
progress OF the case.
As yesterday was so widely advertfsed
- the date Of the hearing, there was
much surprise manifested In Fall River
OF the unexpected stay in the proceed
hgs. Even odd Judge Naisdell. schooled
by experience against bstraying surprise
at sudden moves Of lawyers, lifted bis
wbitened eyebrows eighty when Dis
trict Attorney Knowltou announced to
him the deoision that be and bis '4earned
friends" bad arrived at, ~ h Is conven-
lent foS your honor"
II was convenient; 70 tho state will not
opnmenoe 30 let tho defense know ite
evidepoe against The accused youug
woman until next Thursday. n
This move means that tho Aght of u :
defense now aud henceforth Is going v
To he An interesting One.
The secret OF yesterdays move hes 10
the fact that the dsfenAe summoned Pro
fessor Wood Of Harvard college TO appear
90 the stand with what goods and chattels
he holds In trust for the state while they
are undergoing examination
1t Is whispered that the government
didn't care much whether this witness did
OF did nob appear at the hearing, and that
the attorneys for Miss Borden learned that
the blood stains were % for from being
completed that Professor Woods state
ment On The witness stand would a the
present time havo little Weight
30 Professor Wood rooeived yesterday q
summons from tho defense 30 appear
when bis analysis is completed and tell
what he found. His testimony is expected
10 be most important. but the prosecu-
uon felt that 1t could get along without
It, go long as the defense was prevented
from asoertaining It's nature
30 when District Attorney Knowiton
found what Lawyers Jennings and Ad-
ans had done, he
Called q Hsu
right away The defense wonldu't 60 on
with the Case unless Professor Wood was
ready TO appear, apd as he wasn't. post
ponement was pecessary
II was the discussion h this matter
that took The lawyers hfty minulee In the
counsel anteroom aud kept the oourt
room spectators wondering and guessing
what was going on Lzzie's lawyers
finally carried their point. 30 that now
Professor Wood b almost as necessary 10
this examination rs Is the eocused her
self
The governments plan was geperally
considered most sbrewd one In not
weakening the states case By giving
evidence 10 the defense, bot that the
scheme proved little week Is due 70 the
foresight of tho attorneys who have been
Setained by Miss Borden.
fAszis Borden was IN the shttop near
tfSe court house oil tho time the specia Tore
waited Tor the lawyers to talk But 4he
wsAnt compelled TO show herself, and
quite number NO gathered ct 10 O'CLOCK
In the forenoon femoaned the fact that
thai they had to pay for the sandwiches
and pie they sent out ~ at noon In order
not 70 lose their seats 10 the rush they
fslt sure would ensue later In tho day.
Yarn from PittsburS.
P1TTsDURG, Aug &-Tho Dispatch
prints long letter, under q sensational
headline. purportinH TO Do from an anon
ymoas writer. who claims he Is IN pos
session Of the secrst In the Fall Rivex
murder mystery. The writer aAys he
knows the party who took the lives Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden, but through fear Of
death he oannds make public the name Of
their slayer. He also says the nurdereP
has boon implicated m fftceq mordora
and sbat his home II IN 81 l,ouia He
says Miss Borden 10 entirely innocent Of
the pursaer Of her psrents The police Of
acinls here 80 not plsos much 0odeno In