The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-02

FALL RIVER, MASS, Sept. l.-Court
came in at lO:3O this morning, and a
few minutes later Lizzie Borden entered
the room.
Mr.. Jennings opened for the defence.
He said among other things that the
complaint alleges that on the fourth
day OF August Andrew ]. Borden was
killed by his daughter. lie approached
the subject with feelings widely differ
ent from any other case which he had
ever handled.
"The theory OF the government seems
to have been that the crime was COM
mitted by inmates OF the house. All
their work seems to have been directed
by that one idea. 1t is claimed that.
nobody could get out OF the house with
out being seen, because there were per-
sons all around.
"They have spent night and day fol-
lowingup clues to convict Lizzie Bor.
den, but know nothing about Mrs.
Manley and the man she saw. Why?
Because they arc not looking for any
body outside.
Mr.. Jennings laid great stress on the
absence OF motive ior the crime. The
statement that Lizzie was on unfrIendly
terms with her parents, he said, had
not been substantiated by the evidence.
The story OF her alleged attempt to pro-
cure poison was secuted by the lawyer.
lie pointed out that the girl had just
fifteen minutes in which to clear her.
self OF all traces OF the crime. "What
did she do with the hatchet" he asked.
"What became OF the spots OF blood
that should have been on her clothes" !"
The fact that strange men had been
seen about the house was dwelt upon
at length and the statements OF Miss
Collins and OF Lizzie herself were cited.
When he concluded the court took
recess.
At two o'clock District Attorney
Knowlton proceeded to make the argu-
ment for the government. After some
preliminary remarks on the nature OF
the crime OF murder he said:
Without the slightest desire to say
one word against this woman and only
actuated by duty, am doing my best
to unravel this mystery.
Speaking OF the statement by Lizzie
that she had gone to the barn to get
sinkers, he said: And she stayed in
that barn twenty minutes, where no
woman would have stayed five minutes.
gave her all the chance in the world,
and asked her to account for that time
aud she said she went up there and ate
pears-there OF all places in the world;
and she "did not feel we'll and could
not eat any breakfast"
Continuing, he said: The common
wealth has never said that these people
were not poisoned by prussic acid, but
it does say that that was the first propo-
sition, because there was suggestion
OF motive in Lizzie going to drug
store. Prussic acid could not be had.
The laws are very strict against it and
she gave it up. The demeanor Of the
defendant is remarkable. We have
never yet found the wrap that covered
Lizzie Borden and took the blood from
those bodies. We have not yet found
the hatchet which did the work. This
thing was conceived in the head OF q
cool headed, deliberate woman.
Judge Blaisdell said that sympathy
should be laid aside and duty, stern
duty requires upon this evidence but
one thing to be done. Supposing man
was seen in the chamber Of Mrs. Bor-
den, the guest chamber OF death, and
that he was in tho room OF the father
when death came. Suppose that man
should tell as many different stories as
Lizzie has done, the way would be plain.
find that she is probably guilty.
The accused was ordered to the coun-
ty jail for trial at the November term.
All the witnesses were ordered to be rec
ognized for tile November term OF court.