Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-11
MISS B0RDEN'S GUILT.
New and Sensational Evidence
Found by the Prosecution.
SEEN STANDING AT THE WINDOW,
Under Which Was Found tie Body of Her
Murdered Mother.
STORIES OF PARENTAL QUARRELS

morning puDllsnes q tnlrteeA-column story
from Fall River, setting forth in detail new
and startling evidence for the prosecution
in the Borden murder cases. which it says,
is in the hands OF the police and is to be
given by twenty-five new witnesses, who
will testify at the coming trial of Miss Bor-
den. The evidence, the Globe states is forth
coming from people, all of whom stand
high in the communities where they live
and who could have no motive for speaking
maliciously or untruthfully of the defend
ant. Briefly stated, the new evidence, ac-
coriing to the Globe, is as follows:
John H. Murphy. of Fall River, will
testify that he was on the sidewalk close to
the Borden house when Mr.. Borden entered
his house about 1910 on August 4, and he
saw him minute or two later ushered into
the lobby by Bridget Sullivan. Mr..
Murphy will swear, that while Mr.. Borden
was walking in the yard, he saw window
blind of the room, in which Mrs. Borden's
body was found, cautiously opened by
Young woman who had that same morning
told him, when he called at the Borden
house about $50 o'clock, that ''her father
had gone down town and wouldn't be back
till noon or later" This woman he had
"
The window Mr. Murphy des;gnates, as the
one in which he saw Miss Lizzie, is so situ-
ated that she must have been standing over
the mutilated remains of her mother at the
very time her father was about to enter the
house.
Saw Lizzie at the Window.
The next witness of Importance is Mrs
Gustav Ronald, of Pawtucket r. l., who
was a guest at the Wilbur House. About
$40 o'clock on the morning of the murder,
she was wheeling her baby carriage near the
Borden house when she heard terrible cry
or groan. She looked up at the Borden
house and saw in room, through par
TALLY open window, a woman, whose head
was in part covered by rubber cap or
hood, whose face she saw plainly as the
distance was short. This window she has
designated the same as the one pointed out
bv Mr.. Murphy. Mrs, Ronald was almost
that minute approached by Mr.. Peter |
Mahany, of Fall River. He likewise had |
heard the groan, seen the woman at the |
window, who wore the peculiar head cover |
ing and recognized her as the younger |
daughter of the Borden family, all members |
of which he knew quite we'll by sight.
Augustus Cunning, at that time lodger |
In Mrs. Churchill's house, is said to have |
seen Lizzie Borden in the window at the |
same time and under the same circum-
stances These witnesses, the Glole says, |
fix Miss Borden at her mothers side almost 1
at the minute when she probably was killed
and when Miss Lizzie, according to her own
statement, was elsewhere.
Heard the Quarrel With Lizzie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Chase, of Fall
River, and Mrs. Abigail Manchester, their
daughter, were friends of the elder Bordens
and visited them on the evening previous
to the murder. They overheard, it is stated,
q quarrel between Lizzie and her father.
All heard Mr.. Borden say: You can make
you own choice and do it tonight. Either
let US know what his name is or take the
door Oh Saturday; and, when You go, fish
for some other place tc live, as 1 will never
listen to you again. will know the name
OF the man VINO got you into trouble" "
Lizzie is sad to have replied "IfI
marry this man, will you be satisfied that
everything VIII be kept from the outside
world" When the visitors were nnouDced
and conyersed with Mr.. and Mrs Borden
on the subject of the quarrel, Mr.. Borden
said: 81 would rather see her dead than
have it come out.
NJ. G. Roman Pittson, wealthy dealer
in machinery supplies, las made an affidavit
that lew days prior to the murder Mr.
Borden consulted him as a friend about
Mrs. George j. Sisson, of Fall River, is
said to have heard Lizzie say to Bridget
Sullivan, the hired girl: "Why don't you
say how much money you want 10 keep
quiet?" Brldget's answer was: ~ don't
know what yOu mean, but you are not the
girl 1 took you TO be-
Bridget Also Heard the Quarrel
Mr.. George Sisson, it is said, will swear
that less than month before the murder
Mr.. Borden told him he had made will
giving Emma and Lizzie S25, 600 cash, which
was more than he would have allowed them
but for his wife's intercession. Bridget Sui
livan WILL it is claimed corrohorate the
story of the quarrel between Mr.. Borden and
Lizzie: also that she heard the night before
the murders, Morse and Lizzie talking about
a will; also, that on the afternoon of the day /
of the murder, Lizzie whispered to her:
Keep your tongue still aud don't talk to
these officers, and you can have all the |
money you want"
Detective McHenry and his wife will, it |
is said, give important evidence which re-
lates in part to the story of the row between |
Lizzie and Emma Borden in the matron's |
room in which the former accused the lat
fer of having "given her away" This tale, |
it is said, will be corroborated by the Nc
Henrys, who overheard and saw the affair |
through hole in the wall especially pro-
rided by the authorities. 1t is claimed |
that in this quarrel Lizzie kicked Emma
several times III the leg.
Mr.. Frank Burroughs q lawyer of New |
YORK, formerly of Fall River is said to be |
the attorney consulted by Lizzie Borden |
about the property rights in fathers es- /
tate, should stepmother die first. He is |
said to have made statement to Mr.. No |
Henry and manifested willingness to tes- |
tifY.
Says 1t Is Tissue of Lies.
Matrou Reagan will, it is alleged, tell the |
story of the quarrel between the girls and |
Mrs. Hannah Fish, OF Hartford, George T. |
Revere, at Somerset, Minnie C. Wilson, of |
Fall River, Detective Hathaway, of Fall |
River and two others will give further tes- |
timony for the Government.
Andrew j. Jennings, counsel for the de-
fendant in the Borden. murder cases, made |
the following statement to an Associated |
Press correspondent to-day: "The matter |
published in Boston paper this morning |
relating to the murders of Andrew j. Bor- |
den and his wife is tissue of lies. have |
endeavored to find out about Mr. and Mrs. |
Fred Chase at the number indicated (9S |
Fourth street, Fall River). There is not |
only no such number, but not any within |
90 of it. There is no such name as George |
T. Sisson in the directory, nor can find |
any person who knows anybody OF that |
name.
THE kernel of the whole malicious story |
deals with a condition which is absolutely |
disproved by things found in the cellar by |
the prosecution and admitted to be what |
Miss Lizzie claimed they were Subsequent |
events have confirmed her claim. Mr.. |