Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-29
THE BORDEN CASE.
Saturdays Testimony and Its Bear.
ing on Miss lizzie's Chances. +
The Situation Is Viewed BY . Reporter o
Long Experience.

examination of Lizzie 4. Borden was re-
sumed before Judge Blsisdell in lie Fall
River district court at 10 o'clock this morn
lug. before an assemblagc of people that
taxed the capacity of the room 10 its utmost,
At II so adjournment Was taken until Mon
day next.
During the two and a half hours that the
court sat the cross-exsmination of Bridget
Sullivan was the exclusive subject of legal
consideration.
| In her testimony Miss sullivan was moi
to be shaken In no essential particulars
did she contradict her story AS told in the
direct examination. The value of her state
ments to the prosecution was not enhanced,
but on the other hand il was in no respect
weakened,
| Ii was definitely shown that Miss Sullivan
saw nothing in the action of the prisoner
that was out of the ordinary OF her routine
| life on the morning of the murder. She
described her own sickness ON that occasion
and told what Lizzie said TO her about her
indisposition and that of the elder Rorlens
on Tuesday and "Wednesday respectively.
The bulk of the testimony was rcpeti-
ton of that of yesterday, with minor details
added. Col. NJ. q. Adams, in conducting
the examination. unconsciously let in some
side light on the home living of Andrew
Borden and his family. Questioning Brid-
get about the food eaten by the Bordens
PRIOR to their death, he learned some queer
facts, considering that Mr.. Borden, on the
most conservative estimate, was a emi-mil-
lionaire.
On the morning of Wednesday, after the
old folks sickness of Tuesday night. they
lad ,Ab l. fnr
breakfast. That noon, when John V.
Morse made his appearance. mutton soup
and mutton with potatoes were in order.
The food for the evening meal was mutton,
bakers bread, tea and cake. On the morn
ing of their death the old people rcgalcd
themselves on the leftover soup of
Wednesdays dinner. Bridget said there
was nothing else in the lardcr.
This testimony created suppressed amusc-
mcnt in the court room, and both the
prisoner and her sister blushed deeply as
the evidence was given. They were mani
fcstly embarrassed by the narration. There
was one bit of testimony that my he con-
strued by the government rs possessing
peculiar Significance. Bridget said Lizzie
prior to the discovery of the murders, asked
her if she was going ont that afternoon, 10
which the latter replied she was not certain.
Miss Borden thercupon told her of some
great bargains in dress goods at "A local
store and suggested that she 90 and get
herself dress.
That was the first time any such suggcs-
ton was made to the servant by the prison
cr during her long service in the Borden
family. Since the preliminary examina
ton commenced there has been II guest at
the Mellcn House whose apparent interest
in the case has exceeded that of any other
woman in Fall River. The person in qucs-
ton is n woman about - years of age, tall
in stature AMI very thin in build She is
apparently in poor physical health, and
would pass for an invalid with plenty Of
money who was summering on the bay.
With short. brown curly hair, on which u
sailor hat jauntlly rcposes. the lady, who is
in reality detective operating in the case
for the defence, came into court as usual
this morning, and took seat near the rail
of the bar enclosure. She wore blue
serge outing costume which is trimmed with
gold braid. The Globe artist who had pen
ciratcd her identity was able to get fine
sketch of her. which she saw drawn with
apparent ANNOYANCE that was not well CON
cealcd.
She is said to be acquiring information
for the Pinkcrtons and is manfcstly obscrv-
ing. with shrcwd eye and u cunning inlit
ference when watched. The precise mis-
sion that she has in sojourning in Fall
River cannot he asccrtained at this time.
II is now generally admitted that the
Globes big exclusive about the trouble he
tween the Borden sisters in the matron's
room few days ago, instead of being a
fake, AS was claimed by all the new x
papers that were "scooped, in reality viii
he the chief corroboratiyc evidence that the
government will depend on TO secure 1t con
yiction
Today Marshal IIiliard told press repre-
scntativcs why he declined TO allow Mrs.
Reagan to sign the paper Mr. Jennings sub
mited to her Mr.. billiards reasons were,
first, that Mrs. Reagan was governm mt
witness, and it was, therefore, improper for
her to talk except on the witness stand I'M
der oath, and, second. because Mrs. Rca-
gan had previously told him what she had
seen and heard, and her story was contrnr,
to the statements contained in MIR. .Icn-
nlugs document
Mayor Coughlin also said that after care
full inquiry he was satisfied that the story
published in The Boston Globe was in sub
stance correct. II was learned authoria-
lively today that the government will try to
keep Mrs. Reagan off the stand in the low
or court If the other side call her, how
ever. she will take the stand and tell all she
knows.
Prof. Wood of the Harvard medical
which left Boston at s.lJ O'Clock lie was
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