The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

has bsen burgiarized, has iS notf"
Yes, SIR"
:. y Money and gold watch were takenf"
"You were working down stairs and
Miss Emma was s up stairs when the theft
"You didn't see the burglarS" "No,
SIR"
"Did any one see himi" "No, sir"
"When was that?" Last July"
''Has the barn been broken into twice
recentiyW "Yes, sir"
Sensation I'm Court.
Bridget then told of her finishing the
window washing aud OF Lizzle's remark
to her that Mrs. Borden had had note;
tnat some one was sick; she had gone
out and that there was 10 be sale or
clothing at Sargent's
You went up stairs about minutes to
lli" "Yes, sir.n
when Lizzie called you, and you came
down, was she leaning against the door 2,
"Yes, sir; Icouldn't say whether she held
onto the door, or whether she was wiring
ing her hands or not"
"You went for Mrs. Churchill" Yes.
SIR"
did you tell her abou the notei" II
might have talked TO her about it,
ibid you tell Mrs. Churchill that Mrs.
Borden had old you that she had got a
note and had gone away without telling
you anything about itT II couldn't
"You didn't tell Mrs. Churchill that"
II couldn't say"
Were yoa IN the habit of going out
into the yard?" "Not unless / had busi-
ness there"
did Mr., Borden usually unlock the
barn door," "Yes, SIR"
''Dd you go up stairs before or after
you went for Mrs. Bowen" Before /
went for Mrs. Bowen"
did you go down stairs with the Of
ficers Z" "Yes, SIR"
"Where were the axes ?" "In box in
small room in the front Of the cellar"
That was farthest from the cellar
stairs ?" "Yes. SIR"
"Who found thems" 81 couldn't say"
Did yor see how many of them there
Ds you So eve. .is see them on the table up
"What kind of dress did Lizzie have
on when you saw her at the door after
you came down stairsy" II couldn't say"
WAS it dark or light~ II couldn't
say
"what kind Of a dress did she have on
that morning!" 81 don't know"
Did she have any blood on herr" II
couldn't say"
did you see any blood anywhere else
than in those places which have been
mentioned hereY No. sir, did not. ;"
my tssa ssFaea apa Miss L5s.s as
did you. after the tragedy, npty or
see,any one empty any pails?" "No. SIR"
did any one wash their hands there
after the tragedy" 'Yes, sir"
what kind of dress did you have on
that anys morning. Ynn e IA aoa sslso drsss ys.
"Where is it9" "At my friends house"
Mr.. Adams rose and said: II believe
that is all, your honor"
The court then adjourned at 1l:40 until
Monday at l0:45. -
How 1t Was Received.
There were some points In Bridget's
cross-examination that were strange reve-
lations to the audience.
The NEWS had already shown that
Bridget had a record at Newport, but has
hesitated TO mention names.
Mr.. Adams question as to Mr.. Landers
shows that he, too, knows OF her record
aud more OF IL than he cares to tell aG
present. Miss Sullivan, according to
authentic stories from Newport, has
worked at places other than the Perry
House. AS she states.
Many people were anxiously waiting to
hear Mr.. Adams ask Bridget about any
noises that she might have heard during
the morning of the murder or while she
was lying down, they were disappointed.
and Bridget volunteered no information
on the subject. There was scarcely any
sensational element in her testimony.
The only one item Of special news related
to the burglares. They 1t seems have
been kept very quiet.
1t has been known only by insiders
that any such burglaries had occurred,
but the fact that some one entered the
house and took a watch and some IN oney
from Mr.. Borden's room while Emma
was up stairs working and while Bridget
was down stairs working Ia brought
forward by the defence to show that not
only do such things occur, but that the y
did occur In this very house recently, 4
| theft were possible by burglar who
left no trace behind him.
Might not murder be committed in
the same way? 1t is good point for the
defence and they intend TO use 1t Tor all
it Is worth.
But to revert to the insanity theory.
1t is confessed that IL there Is a motive,
| IL Is revenge, and revenge caused by what
| is thought to be unkind treatment by Mr..
Borden toward his daughters in regard to
money affairs.
Starting with insanity as basis and
| parsimony of her father as motive what
| more natural than, to suppose that the
| theft might have been committed by
| some one in the housey
If Miss Lizzie Borden Is insane, the
| thought Of cunningly contrived theft is
| no more repulsive or imaginative than
| the thought of cunningly contrived
murder. 1t is not at all improbable that
| the murder and the theft were commit
| tel by one and the same person.
1t does not necessarily follow that the
barn robberies and that of the house were
committed by the same person or actuated
by the same motives.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
Marshal Hilliard Refuses to Let Mrs.
Reagan Deny the Quarrel Story.
Tne most extraordinary event since the
Borden tragedies three week ago, oc-