The Portland daily press., 1892-08-26
PEOPLE SHUDDERED
When the Medical Examiner Told Of
the Murder.
THE HEARING RESUMED IN THE
BORDEN CASE.

OVNOLN OAC4s
Medical Examiner Do1an on the Stand all
Day-His Evidence AS to the Terrible
Nature of the Crime-An Admission on
Cross Examination Which May Aid the
Accused,
FALL RIVER, Mass, August 25. The
Second District Court was again crowd
ed today with the curious anxious to see
Lizzie Borden and hear the case against
her. This time they were not disap-
pointed. There were upward of thirty
witnesses in the seats reserved for them.
Miss Emma Borden and Miss Holmes
came in leaning on the arm of Hon.
Charles j. Holmes, Bank Commissioner.
Behind them came Lizzie A. Borden
wearing her blue dress and tocque. She
was quite flushed and leaned heavily on
the arm of Rev. Mr.. Buck. She took a
seat directly behind her counsel.
Medical Examiner Dolan was the first
witness. He told of going to the Bor-
den house after the murder and examin-
inc the bodies. When he went into Mr..
Borden's sitting room there was sheet
over the body. He said: II took off
the sheet. It was the most CHASTITY sight
l ever saw
'sWell, we object to that" said Col.
Adams.
describe the wounds, Doctor,' said
the district attorney.
Gas he lay on the right side, there
was one wound on the nose, cutting
through the lower lip; there was another
cut from the angle Of the eye running
down to within an inch of the lower jaw !;
there was another one and one-half inches
to two inches in length running to the
side of the head"
Where were those spots, doctor?''
asked Mr.. Jennings.
'sThey were on the left side of the
head, sir. There was another one which
took out a piece of the bone from the
forehead indicating the temple]. This
would cut the eyeball completely in
There were 10 wounds in all upon the
head and face, varying from Al to 1, II
and 24 inches. They were all sorts of
shapes and sizes. There was above the
left ear crushing wound from blow
which had carried the skull with it into
the BRAIN"
The Evidence Was So Horrible
that there was a palpable shudder
throughout the court room. g
The doctor said radiating in the arc of
a circle back of the sofa in the wall paper
were eighty-six blood specs. There were
two pools of blood under the sofa on the
floor.
There were seven blood spots on the
parlor door about five feet from the head.
Five or six feet from the floor there was
large spot, There were two spots on
the ceiling, but the witness did not think
they were blood. They were probably
made by some insect. There was an
other spot further along the ceiling.
While all the other spots were with a
neck as it were, the spot on the door jam
was more of a stain, being long, as
though it came from swinging instru-
ment used in numbering body. These
wounds on Mr.. Borden were all sharp in
cised wounds. They were bleeding
freshly and there was no clotted blood.
possible for an ordinary healthy person
to crush the skull with five or six pound
hatchet. Mr.. Borden was 10 years of age.
The witness could not tell his exact
height. His general health appeared to
be excellent.
The defence objected to the question
whether there was anything inconsistent
in what he saw with the assumed fact
that Mrs. Borden might have been dead
two hours.
1t was ruled in, however. The doctor
did not think SO.
The doctor testified to seeing the four
axes at the foot of the stairs. One which
might be called large hatchet had a
claw in which were two hairs and there
was blood on the handle. He sent it to
Prof Wood as he did the stomachs and
bloody clothing.
The highest blood spots on the wall
were feet Il inches, and next 6 feet II
inches. On the picture there were in
all forty spots. The highest spot was 5
feet inches above the floor. There were
beside seven OF eight spots on the mould
ing.
Coming to Mrs. Borden,
DR.. Dolan said that she had 18 distinct
wounds, all on the head. Four were on
the right side. Taking the medal line
of the head from the nape of the neck up
over the ear and wound down the back,
there were IA wounds in that section
alone. There were seven or eight wounds
through the bone, penetrating the brain.
Mrs. Borden lay in pool of clotted
blood 1t was not in the fluid condition
that Mr.. Borden's was. The front of her
clothing was much soaked. There was a
fiat scalp wound and wound found sub
sequent1y cutting in over the spine 29
inches long by 23 inches deep. There
was blood on the drawers of the dressing
case. three spots on the rail of the bed
and thirty to forty on the bed clothing
Taking everything as he saw it, it was
his impression that Mrs. Borden had
been dead anywhere from an hour to an
hour and half. There was not the pos
terror warmth in her body that there was
in Mr.. Borden's.
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