Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

Public Opinion At Fall River Not So Severe
Against Her.

Public Opinion ut Fall River Not So Severe
Against Her.
FALL RIVER, MASS. Aug. lathe reaction In
the Borden case has set in and today the popu-
lar feeling is noticeably quiet. There is little
violent discussion going on on the street and
what few cases were seen we're the outgrowth
OF hard expressions against the Imprisoned girl.
Three days ago it was the popular cry that
Miss Lizzie was criminal and that she should
be placed behind prison bars. Today, although
the district attorney and judges have passed
thoughtful and influential men who believe .
trial will substantiste Miss Borden's protesta-
tons Of innocence
There is now but one policeman at the Borden
homestead, and he IL doing patrol duty on the
street to prevent curious people from annoying
the family. The police have recommended
their regular patrol duty, and only three men
are hunting up further evidence Of the MUIR
ders.
The city marshal said this morning that he
was confident that the evidence to be submitted
at the hearing on the 22d instant would be
strong enough to warrant the holding Of Miss
Borden for the grand Jury. That body will not
convene until November, and the time Of the
special session Of the superior court will be de-
cided on afterward.
While direct police surveillance has been re-
moved from Mr.. Morse and Miss Sullivan, yet
their whole connection with the case win be
gone over by the police again within the next
Few days, and they will not be far away should
the police need them. There will not be great
many witnesses summoned for the preliminary
hearing, unless the present plans are changed.
The proceedings will be open to reporters.
The marshal again denies the statements
made editoriAlly and othefa~ise in many papers
TO the effect that no search was made until after
the funeral. A search was made three times
during the afternoon Of the day Of the muir
ders, and Miss Lizzie's room WAS searched
thoroughly, as other portions Of the building.
An inquiry is being made again into the mys-
FERROUS robbery which took place at the Borden
homestead about q year ago. A lady's watch
and several articles Of jeweIry were taken from
dressing case in one Of the upper rooms, and
TO this day the police have been unable to trace
the thief.
MIN WHO VOWED VENGEANCE ON BORDEN.
LYNN, Mass, Aug. lathe Lynn ITEM will
publish today a story stating that Andrew J.
Borden Of Fall River gave the principal testi-
mony that convicted the ringleaders in the
mutiny on the schooner Richard J. Borden
while on the voyage from foreign port to this
country; that he and his wife we're on the vessel;
that his testimony in the courts was declared
by the sailors to be false and exaggerated, and
that the men who suffered by it vowed ven
geance against him. Most il not all of them
have been released, and it ic submitted that
several Of them were in Fall River at the time
Of the murder.
MISS BORDEN CHEERFUL.
TAUNTON, Mass, Aug. 13.-Miss Borden
passed q comfortable night and this morning
was cheerful to an unusual degree, brought
about, perhaps, by the prospect Of visit from
her sister. Mr.. Jennings and Miss Emma Bor-
den came up this morning and the former
after brief conversation went away, leaving
Emma in the cell with her sister. The two con-
versed in low tones for some time, but there
were no tears, no complainings, and the whole
affair had the appearance Of a simple, ordinary,
everyday visit between friends.
During part Of the time Lizzie was occupied
with some sewing which she had brought with
her. 1t is understood that under no circum-
stances will she open her mouth to reporters,
and Mr.. Jennings, her counsel, will do all the
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