The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-09-03
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
Given ip Lizzie Rorden's fearing ut
Fall Rive. \

| Given ip Lizzie Rorden's hsartng At
Fall River. \
FALL RIVER. Mass, Aug. 30.-The Bor-
den murder case crowded the dtngy court
room again to-day. Mrs. Adelaide b.
Churchill was the Fl st witness called. On
1.-THE day of the tragedy she saw Lizzie
standing against the side Of the door,
apparently distressed about something.
II opened my window and asked her what
was the matter. and she said: oh, Mrs.
Churchill, come over; somebody has killed
father I went over and asked her where she
was when it happened. and she said she was in
the barn looking for some sinkeEs."
Lizzie told her that her father must have
had an enemy. for every one in the hous
had been sick. Witness said that when she
! got inside the house Lizzie was 30 much
agitated that she famed her, fearing she
would faint.
Miss Alice Russell, the next witness. said
she went to the hou.e and found Lizzie
leaning against the door, and she remem-
bered Lizzie telling her, in answer to .
| QUESTION. that she went into the barn to get
| u piece of iron or tin to fix q window with
(sensation). On cross-examination Miss
Russell said she bathed Lizzie's face after
she went in and saw no signs Of blood on
1t, nor did she see any on any of her CLOTH
ing. She could see no signs of any undue
exertion about Lizzie. nor was she painting
as though exhausted.
Miss Lucy Collet testified that she was
stopping at DR.. Chagnon's house on the
day of the murder to take care of the tels-
phone; she went at lilo and stayed until
IL o'clock noon; she sat on the piazza all
the time; she could not get into the house.
From whereshe sat she. said she could see
all the yard of the Bordens. During the
time she was there b saw NJ n passing
in the yard. On cross-examination it took
Just fifteen minutes for witness and Mr..
Jennings to come to an understanding a.
to where this fence was located between the
Chagnon and Borden houses, and then
witness admitted that she was where she
could not sec the whole of the Borden
yard, but she was sure that if anybody
had entered the yard she would have heard
them.
Eli Bence, drug clerk, testified that he re-
nlembered the day Of the tragedy. and was
acquainted with Lizzie Borden. Witness
saw her in his store the day before, and she
asked him for ten cents worth Of prussic
acid to put on 6 sealskin. sack or cape. but
he told her he could not sell it without q
PHYSICIANS prescription. His attention
was called to the fact that she was in the
store OH Thursday evening and soon after
that again at 6 o'clock.
Frank II. kilroy. medical student, testi-
fled. Knew Miss Borden; saw her tn t
morning. Witness was sitting in the shop
when she came in. and Mr.. Renee went be-
hind the counter to wait on her; heard her
say ''prussic acid, and him say Cant sell!
it without a prescription" and then heard
her say 'sealskin cape" Then she went
out.
Frederick B. Hart. an employee in the
c;ug store, corroborated the testimony OF
the previous witness in regard to the prus-
sic acid incident, and then identified Miss
Borden as the person who had asked for
the stun.
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