Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-26
COOL LIZZIE BORDEN.
Appears Unm0ved in the
Court Room.
FAMOUS CASE HAS BEGUN.
State Responsible for the Further
Mutilation of the Body.

preliminary stage.
Yesterday, though much OF the tim.
wss occupied In the routine business Of
establishing the fnct OF murder, the hear
ina was of tragic interest throughout
Fri! River-New England ono nigh.
my--has witnessed no such scene NJ tina
u yesterday, when Andrew Bordcn's
daughter heurd without the movement
q mus Gle recital 30 CHASTITY In IL . de
tails that II elicitsd frequent excla ma
ion, Of horror from ths curious who hat
come To see and hear
While the medical examiner was de-
Gribing the most ghastly dght ne hac
mot In his long experiences as surgeon. th'
woman ot whose door che fiendish mutila
non Is laid looked him Ia the eye with.
out u shudd or. A hundred leaned forward
to mnrk the effect OF the awful worda IL
they expected betrayal OF emotion
They Were Disappointed
Lizzie Bordrn's color did not change
Once she lowered her head nd shut be,
syes IL was only for a moment The next
sc l,azcd steadily ut the witness again
She, who hail given no siRn during her
imprisonment In tho chamber Of horrors
on Second street. had steeled her heart
against the horror Of yesterday.
Once OF twice she lGughet IL was
nervous laugh wrpng from her BY the
meshes In which Colonel Adams entGngled
tho medical examiner. Dr. Dolan had
said that where Mrs Borden lay there was
a clear foot between her body md ohe bed
M one side and the same distance between
the body md tho wall Oh the other The
counsel led him along to the statement
thut Mrs. Borden WAS an unusually large
woman, nm 7 then recalled the civil engi-
neer's statement that the space In which
she lay was only two feet ten inches In
width Snhtrncting the two feet men
toned by Dr. Dolan. Colonel Adams pointed
ont that there WIS Just ton inches left In
which the deceased could have lain.
There was n general laugh. The pris-
oner Joined n momentarily, though with
The horror OF The previous testimony still
hpon them. nor sister and MIRA Holmes,
who ant bosid' her, did not smile
tn Pr,soner's Dcmeanor
wa, che featuro of the Day Many saih Il
wa the frmness of conscious innocence.
Many more said 1t was the demon cool
n"ss which hal enabled her tn do 30 we'll
rio work whit she now heard described
Upon that ,.oint the evidence will In
lime throw hight; 40 far that light is
lacking
Almost al N the session was occupied
by the testimony of Medical Examiner
Dolan. II touched the accused only at
intervals. D.. Dolan swears thai the
eause Of danth was shock from the
wounds The Bordens, then. were not
mutllnted after having died from poison
Again, the nature Of the stain on the
hatchet and nxe and on Lizziee clothing
wis not determined by the DOCTORS testi-
mony. He believes the biowe were given
by hatchet found In the cellar. II was
stained. and upon IL two short hairs-one
gray and one dark browu-were found.
Such blows could easily have been do
iivcred bv porson OF moderate strength.
That was the substance Of yesterdays
testimony.
The motive. the prisoners movements
on the day OF the tragedy, the letter 70
Mra Borien, the statements OF the ao-
rused when questioned inst after the
tragedy and most OF all the testimony
of Bridget Sullivan are yet to come.
DR.. Doinn IL to produce the ghastly
pictures which PHOTOGRAPHER Walsh made
Of the interior OF the house and the skulls
Of the deoeased
Brutal ny was the hacking OF the heads
and faces OF Mr. and Mrs Andrew J. Bor.
den, there has been still further mutiia-
ton OF the bodics The heads of both the
murdered persons were cut from the
trunks, and the bleached skulls now 90
cupy a strong box In the Office OF Medical
Examiner Dolan- The state-the COM
monwealth Of Massachusetts-is responsi-
bic for the mutilation-
The work WAS done Thursday, Aug IL
In the receiving tomb Of the Oak Grove
cemetery, Ave dsye after the funeral OF
Mr.. and Mrs Borden. when Lizzie Borden
and her sister Emma, a. well ~ all the
members Of the family. supposed chat the
remains were In the grave
Denunciations of the strongest kind
against this action prevail throughout
Fall River among those who know nj this
action. Il is deorfed ~ unpaalleied--an
outrage and a wrong. Wbot was tho rea,
son for itf Only the medical examines
and the district attorney know, and they
will not tell. One OF them said that II was
not with tho purpose Of producing them
la oourt He said that they were not fos
the purpose OF exhibition before Liszie and
ttp uioHlOrro W sue thuliiys 70 bay nOth
Ing o court spoctarors but
10 SATISFY susstca
Neither police officials who know o6 THIS
matter nor the lawyers for the defense
can ascribe any reason for b. Two
autopsies have been held Neariy u dozen
doctors Of Fall River and Boston have
sxamined the wounds and noted the tes-
riblc effects Of the wounds administered.
The stomachs hnve been taken oot, look ed
oves and cent 20 Export Professor Wood
Tor analysts and svery portion Of the re-
mains have been examined TOE tho slight
.st evidence which could help TIN officials
la solving the web Of mystery surround
ing the terrible tragedy.
Then came the crownina sce. o,ecbpa oil
he heads. o desecTutton that mutiepeH
have beep known 70 cpmmit, but nevss bc
forc, ia the opinion ofseveral lswysR seep
last night. undertaken With lire circujp
stances by Seto and especially the
common wealth OF Massachusetts,.
Medical Ma miser Dolen sdmtesuc kst
aight that TIN heads had been cut Oh, ths
skulls cieased, and tbcn photographed
The photographs of he sfulh showing
sbe wounds, be aid would probably be