Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
BRIDGET ON THE RACK
ALI Day Long, but Her Testimony
Against Miss lizzie Borden is
INDIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
She Describes the Mysterious Cases Of Sick
ness and Her Work
on THE DAY OF THE DOUBLE MURDER


testimony in the Borden murder trial was
continued to-day. The only new fact de.
veloped, beyond the time Of Bridget Sulli'
vans going and coming, was that Lizzie
Borden was in the upper part of the house
! near her mothers room when Mr.. Borden
returned home and entered.
1t has been proved beyond question that
the Borden home life was not all
that would be expected in q fam
lily whose debts were paid and
whose wealth was more than $500, 900.
Warmed over mutton frequently served,
fruit now and then, daughter who did not
dine with her father and mother and who
thus far has not been shown to have asked
about her mothers health after dangerous
sickness, girls who for the most part lived
in their rooms and said nothing of their
going and coming. All these things are
being discussed and are being commented
on as giving strength to the Governments
suspicionA
The Mysterious Cases OF Sickness
Bridget Sullivan was examined. Wit
ness said somebody was sick at the house
Tuesday night. Mrs. Borden said she and
Mr.. Borden were sick all night. They had
been vomiting and looked sick. When
Lizzie came down she said she had been
sick, but Bridget did not notice that she
looked poorly. Bridget got wood and coal
| from the cellar. There was woodbox in
| the kitchen. -
Miss Lizzie had been moving about eight
or nine minutes when she went upstairs to
her ROOM When witness came down stairs
| Miss Lizzie said she told her she heard her
father groaning while she was in the back
| yard. When she came in she said the
screen door was wide open. She recog-
| nized q laugh iu the upper hallway as that
of Miss Lizzie Borien. Since the tragedy
| occurred she never saw Lizzie Borden crying.
| This ended Mr.. Knowlton's questioning.
| The witness grew a little paler when she
| faced Mr.. Adams to undergo her final cross
examination. She said she had told her
| story on the Tuesday after the murder to
two or three persons at the inquest. After
the hearing yesterday the witness went to
the Marshal's office to wait fo- carriage.
The Food Which Made Them sick.
Emma and Lizzie went away the Thursday
before the murder, and Lizzie came back
the following Tuesday. Bridget did not
think Lizzie left the house on the Saturday
after the murder. The day before they
were sick she had fried fish for dinner and
warmed it over for supper. Wednesday
morning she warmed over the mutton soup
which they had the day before. It was the
next day they complained of being sick.
Thursday morning Mrs. Borden came
down and asked Bridget what she had for
said that Mr.. Morse was In the house, but
she guessed she had better warm over the
mutton soup, which Bridget did. and made
some johnny cakes. If they had fruit for
breakfast that morning Bridget didn't re-
member it.
Mr.. Borden brought in a basketful of ripe
pears and put them on the table. They
were not put upon the table in the dining
room. He was in the habit Of bringing in
parcels and putting them on the table. The
only rooms which witness had been in that
morning before breakfast were the kitchen
and dining room. ss-.>--> "a =
Br,dgops occup stion During tn. Murder.
After breakfast Mrs. Borden said to her,
'sMaggie, what have you got to do to-day?'
1t was her custom to ask that, and then she
told Bridget to wash the windows outside
and inside. Lizzie sat in a big armchair
near the window and ate her breakfast
There are some books and papers in the
III.
in and read them, but was sure that she did
not read any that morning. Bridget drank
some of the milk She didn't know whe ther
the others did or not
The next morning witness felt little sick
and went out in the back yard to vomit 1t
was at that time that Lizzie was eating her
breakfast. Witness didn't know whether
Mr.. Morse passed out while Lizzie was eat
ing or not. Bridget did not see Mr.. Borden
60 out
Mrs. Borden was dusting in the sitting
room, where she told witness to wash the
windowa Bridget went to the barn to get
the pail. Coming back from the barn, wit
ness saw Miss Lizzie at the screen door.
She spoke to her about locking the door.
Witness told her she did not need to hook
the door. as she (witness) would be in the
yard Miss Lizzie did not say whether she
would fasten the door or not.
She Hears Someone at the Door,
Witness went several times to the barn
to get water for the windows All of the
windows outside we're washed before wit
ness went inside. The dipper she used was
in the sink in the kitchen. When she went
inside to wash the windows all of the win
dows outside were shut.
Witness did not see Mr. Borden leaving
the house. She went into the kitchen for
the dipper after she had used the brush on
all the windows. She did not see Lizzie at
that time She had finished washing the
windows nearest the hall when she heard
someone at the front door, She could not
say that the door bell rang.
When Mrs Borden was in the house she
answered the bell. When Mr.. B orden was
in he always answered it. When witness
went to wash the inside Of the windows she
could not say that Miss Lizzie was ironing
downstairs. She began to iron when wit
ness was at work washing the inside of
the dining room. All the locks OF the front
door were fastened when she went to open
it. The exclamation she made in trying to
open the door was, ooh, phsaw" and it
was this exclamation that caused Lizzie to
laugh in the upper hallway.
Mr.. Borden in the House.
Mr.. Borden passed through the hall into
the sitting room, and thence through into
the dining room, where he sat down. Wit
ness continued washing the inside of the
sitting room windows, and saw Miss Lizzie
come from the front hall and pass her
father Mr.. Borden had white parcel in
his hand when he entered the house. Miss
Lizzie said very slowly to her father that
her mother had gone out in response to .
note received early in the morning.
Mr.. Borden's safe was kept in the room
leading from his bedroom. Witness knew
that the house had been entered and money
and watches taken. Miss Emma was in the
house at the time, and the robbery occurred
in broad daylight. The barn had also been
entered and robbed.
Miss Lizzie was ironing handkerchief
She saw them on the table. Miss Lizzie
asked her if she was going out and, if so,
to be sure and fasten the door, as her
mother had been called to see q sick friend.
The defense took unusual notice of this