Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-30
BAD FOR LIZZIE BORDEN
The Prosecution Makes Some
Strong Points Against Her.
SHE TRIED TO BUY PRUssIo ACID

SHE TRIED TO BUY PRUssIO ACID. |
The Accused Denies This, Although the
Drug Clerks Testimony is strongly Cor
roborated-Mrs. Churchilps Evidence
Also Proves Damaging to the Prisoner.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 80 The new
testimony brought out in the Lizzie Borden
hearing has caused a change of opinion
among many of her friends who have here
tofore stoutly maintained her innocence
They cons derthe strongest evidence given
against her to be that of Mrs. Addie Church
III, the neighbor whom she has known and
loved since childhood. Mrs. Churchill is a
sister Of City Auditor Burlington and daugh-
ter Of the late Mayor Burlington, and owing
to her standing in social circles her testi-
mony has caused profound sensation.
She stated positively that Mrs. Borden's
room door was opened when she and Bird
get Sullivan first discovered the body of the
murdered woman. It has already been
stated that Lizzie Borden was in the hall
way near this open door when Bridget Sui
Ivan was opening the front door at 1885
o'clock. Again, Mrs. Churchill stated posi-
lively that Miss Lizzie told her Mrs Borden
had received a note to call on a sick friend
It has not yet been proven that any person
in this city or elsewhere sent such note or
that Mrs Borden left the house at any time
during the day
Like all the rest of the witnesses for the
government she failed to find any traces of
blood on Hiss Lzzie's clothing or her per-
son. Miss Lizzie was in distress and great
ly agitated when her lifelong friend ran to
her assistance, but she was not obtrusively
sorrowful nor did she show painful emotion
When Mrs. Churchill asked her where her
mother was she did not say she was out
Her answer was: SEQ see If you can find
her / don't know but she is killed too"
Bridget Sullivan was intuitively fearful Of
obeying Miss Lizzie, and refused outright
to go up stairs unless Mrs Churchill accom-
/ panied her.
Lizzie bit Her Lips and Flushed.
During this testimony the prisoner bit her
! lips, flushed and bent toward Attorney Ad-
ans.
Following Mrs Churchill's testimony
came that of Miss Russell, the friend for
whom Miss Lizzie sent at once. Uncon-
sciously, perhaps, Miss Russell gave another
insight into the unhappy domestic life Of
the Borden family. Mrs. Borden, the step
mother, was Sc dom seen in the guests
chamber, although witness was a frequent
visitor
Coupled with Miss Lzzie's own words
that she always locked her room door when
going out, it was apparent that the pleas
ATTEST relations did not exist. Miss Russell
was a stubborn witness, in the opinion Of
government official, while Mrs Churchill
who was reluctant and fearful Mt first, told
freely all she knew without limiting at fam
lily relations.
The testimony also Of E. II. Bence. the
drug clerk; Frank Kilroy, the Harvard med
ical student, and Fred Hart, the assistant
drug clerk, all of whom were in Smiths
drug store when Lizzie was there, seems
very damaging to the defendant.
Eli Bence, drug clerk, testified that he re-
membered the day OF the tragedy and was
acquainted with Lizzie Borden. Witness
saw her in his store the day before and she
asked him for ten cents worth Of prussc
acid to put on a sealskin cape but he told
her he could not sell it without physician's
prescription. His attention was called to
the fact that he was in the store on Thurs.
day evening and soon after that again, OF
about o'clock. His attention was called
TO the fact that she was the daug hter Of
Andrew Borden.
The other witnesses who were present in
the drug store at the time corroborated
Bence's testimony.
Miss Lizzie Borden denies positively that
she was ever at Dr. Smiths drug store
where Eli Bence is clerk.
The V sit to the Barn.
The different stories as to Miss Lizziei
s..aa a.. IL. Al. A..
she spent There are becoming great topic
of gossip about town. If she went into the
barn it has yet to be explained why she wa
not seen by Bridget Sullivan, who wen
there frequently to get water with which
70 wash windows.
Miss Lizzie and others smiled when on
Ger Doherty told of the ubiquitous reporte
who was sitting alone on the balusrrades
gazing through the screen door awaiting
the open sesame by member Of the loca
police All smiled sgain when Counse
Adams asked if the reporter represented
the paper with the largest circulation o
the next to largest. When Officer Dohert
' talked about caiicoes and chalhes that Mis-
, Lizzie might have taken and compares
' them in color with some neckties, Their
b were more smiles. Miss Lizzie was livelie
than she has been during the trial, and fire.
quently leaned toward Mr.. Adams and COZ
velsed with him.
. Miss Emmas painful exhibition of quie
I. sorrow made many persons feel deeply fc
her suffering
Tue Daily News says; New and in
portant evidence for the defense, somewhs
corrobordtive of Dr. Handy's story in K
7, eating strange man at the Bordens a
= hour before tie last tragedy, has been foun'
!, 1t is eminently reliable"
- What it is no one at police headquartel
seems to know.