New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-31
NEITHER POISON NOR BLOOD
RESULTS OF PROFESSOR WOODS EXAMINA-
TON IN THE BORDEN CASE.
NO pRr-ssIc ACID IL TIE MURDERED PEOPLE )
>IoMACHs. AND ONLY RUST On III
HATCH HTs-THE GOVERNMENTS
CASE CLOSED.

rou River Mass Aug. 3O.-Thc most important
,es,,nony today in the Borden murder case was 'na
=, Professor Edward :. Wood, OF Harvard VINO inaue
an examination OF the somacls OF the muruereu pan
and of the spots thought 10 be b!ooa STAINS Oh ''
,tchets found in the house. He testified that 'heFe
was poison In Inc sloHi"0"S ""0 Nv ~
on the hatchets.
prossssor Wood said he had received package
ou,.i,,nc two stomaChs on August 5, and two Jars
,ontaining milk used on August ana D. Inc
stouachs appeared to be perfectly natural M
uo,d.n,s stomach contained about eleven ounces Oh
COLD food partially digcsted and showing Wnea''
,+aroh and meat The contents contained chiefly
msat and there were vegetable pulp cells "moi
might be bread or apples The digestion seemed 70
-. advanced I'm the neghborhood Of two ana hsii
bours-more or less. The stomach was tes'eu ioi
vrussic acid, but with a negative result "a"
stomach Of Mr.. Borden contained Only siA '""0''
eoieay water In Mr. Bordens stomach t'e'e was
,nly a small portion of starch Inc oiseSNo" III '
c.ss Tho contents being nearly all water. was mnch
further advanced than in the case OF MIS- boroen'
There were few threads Of vegetable tissue III n
.tomacb which might have been apple iney eo"
go - wears Witness had not analysed the
milk and could not report on tha'' ..
C Aurrst 40 he received from Dr. Dolan ha'che"
two axes, blue dress skirt, dress waist
s.arched skirt, lounge cover, ana three S'"
clones in which were hair taken from Mr.. anu NIT
p ,,ien and hair taken from tile latchet oh Hue
d., h. received a pair Of shoes and PAR Vi S'
.,cpirgs The Ratchet contained NUMBER Vi s"
49, ,onslooking spots but careful examination sno
u, ,races of blood Every spot which ioohe" '
~. I'd was examined. but no traces OF o'0o1 N.Y.
,.,p A bg s1nooch the blue sKirt iooNeu M
,,,od Init was found not to be blood lie wiz
,p,rt had one spot which looked like bioou' ai'u
,,r,d N be So: f. was directly In 'front.' 'oou. 80
-. - 49, hottom The carpet was blood
,a,n.a This was the sitting room carpet anu "0'.
90, blood Of course, that There was 49, ~
= The lonnrc,cover The hair on the hatche' wa"
M human hair (sensation,-it was more Ike 'i''
r.S.n from an animal. The spot on the rieh' sh'o
- not blood and there blood on either enoes
=. stockings There was nothing on tie TWO axes
80 the cd re of the Ratchet were spots which 'o'"eu
, n blood but were found not 10 DO
There was a spatter on the blade OUT IL was
p, blood and there were spots on the SIDE OF ole
n ot the Ratchet which looked TO mo Ike oiooo anu
, tbonght they WERE" said the witness out uey
80. nor y The Ratchet produced, and Miss
r,,o examined Il with as much interest as dld heI
.1unsel. - ,.s a,a tho sno,
On cross examination Professor Wood SAD the spo'
ea larger on the on SIDE Of the skirt than on the
.n.,,a The size of the spot about the size OF
n pin head ,.s,,
II don't know; l did not say So nave not
examined it,