The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-30
WANTED PRUSSIC ACID.
Lizzie Borden's Alleged Attempt to
Buy a Deadly Poison.
INTEREST IN THE
TRIAL AT FALL RIVER.

Besides the Poison Episode, Yesterdays
witnesses Told of Lizzie's Actions and
Words Immediately After the Tragedy
"A Sensation Caused by Witness Who
Quoted Lizzie as Telling Story Which
Conflicts With That of Search for
Sinkers.
FALL RIVER. Mass, August 29.-The
fourth day of Judge BlaisdelPs hearing
upon the evidence presented by the Com
monwealth against Lizzie Borden opened
this morning with largely increased
attendance on the benches. The case
attracts many interested visitors from
abroad, and among others present not
heretofore noted is ex-Mayor William NJ.
Hill of Salem, for several years an able
officer on the district police, and Mrs.
Hill. The ladies were again in the large
majority. One missed the little ''Pinker-
ton." To the general regret of the North
side reporters, her sailor hat and blue
gown were missing from the front row.
1t is learned this morning that Bridget
Sullivan's exclamation at the front door
that fatal morning was not the English
'spshaw,' but the native Irish ssaugh
shaugh," which may be little broad in
the spelling, but which is much moro
emphatic than the commonplace, every
day 'spshaw." The strong accent and
hot impatience of the Draw Irish girl was
enough to cause smile from anybody.
| Mrs Adelaide r. Churchill was the
l g Cha co;1 cbo 1ivo6 y,ovf to
| the Bordens on the north side of the
street. On the day of the tragedy she
| saw Lizzie standing against the side of
| the door, apparently distressed about
something. The witness opened the
| window and asked her what was the
matter and she said: "Oh, Mrs. Church
i'll, do come over somebody has killed
| father She went over, and asked her
| where her father was. She replied:
| sIn the sitting room.'' Asked her where
| she was when it happened and she said
| she was in the barn looking for sinkers.
| The witness said that so far as she
knows she was the first one outside of
the family who was called to the house.
The time, as near as the witness could
recollect, was about II O'Clock. The
| witness asked Lizzie where her mother
| was and she said her mother had a note
| to 90 somewhere, but she didn't know
| but that she had been killed too. She
wished somebody would go and try to
| find her for she thought she had come in
since. She said her father.
Must Have an Enemy,
for every one in the house had been
sick.
| After the neighbors had commenced
| -, hot q IN
wished some one would go and try to
| find Mrs. Borden, for she was sure she
| heard her come in. Here the witness
described the finding Of Mrs. Borden.
Mr.. Jennings subjected Mrs. Churchill
| to severe cross-examinatiOn, dwelling
particularly on the excited condition of
| Lizzie when the witness was first called
to the house.
| Witness said when she reached the
house Lizzie was so much agitated that
she famed her, fearing she would faint.
Witness could not remember that there
was the least sign of blood on Lizzie's s
dress, hands or face at the time when she
first saw her. Her hair was done up and
appeared not to be disarranged in the
slightest There was no indication that
any changes had been made in her ap-
pearance since she arose.
Miss Alice M. Russell testified that she
went to the Borden house the day of the
murder. Could not remember how Liz
zie was dressed, but did remember Liz
zie telliug her, in answer to a question,
that she went into the barn to get piece
of iron or tin to fix the windows with.
This testimony created sensation
| in the court room, as it contradicts sub
sequent statements made by Lizzie Bor-
1 den that she had gone to the barn for
lead sinkers.
| 1t was quite evident that the evidence
of Miss Russell had made considerable
of an impression on the defence, and
when she had finished her direct exami-
nation Lizzjes counsel put their heads
together and allowed the witness to sit
down for a moment.
On cross examination Miss Russell said
she bathed Lizzie's face after she went
in and saw no signs of blood on it, mol
did she see any on her clothing. She
could see no signs of any undue exertior
about Lizzie. Nor was she painting al
though exhausted. Witness was positive
Lizzie did not go up stairs before the otfi
GERS went, because she remembered the
| officers asking her questions. She re
membered the officers going up to Liz
zies room and finding it locked, of theil
pulling the door open and of her request
ing to be allowed to look in first, because
she did not know what condition it was
in. She looked in and finding it all righ
let them in. -ze.
/ Miss Lucy Collette, living at % Border
street. near Third street, with hel
father. recalled the murder. She wal
living then on Borden street and went to
DR.. Chagnon's house. 1t was about tel
minutes of eleven. She went three tt
keep the telephone (answer calls), be
cause DR.. Chagnon's family was all away
She got a telephone message to COM
and went up to the house, she found i
locked, and sat upon the piazza to wal
for the doctor to come;
She Was Awake All the Time.
She saw nobody go through the Chagnol
, yard while she was there; she could SCI
the whole yard, but couldn't see the Bor
den fence; she knew where the Border
house was.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Jennings: Thl
piazza extends round the front OF tn.
Chagnon house on the norti nor,
side toward Borden street. Sh'
might have looked up the yard and sh'