Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-31
A CLIMAX AND CLOSE
OF the First Chapter in the
Borden Mystery.
PROF. WOODS TESTIMONY
Shows the Hatchet to Be Free From
Human Hair and Blood.
'ROF. WOODS TESTIMONY

of bis Inquiries. and they formed the frs,
sensation He was expected 10 produce 4
whole lot Of blood corpuscles on the scene
He did not do IL. He testified that he
found no blood on the Ratchet. no human
hair on the hatchet. no blood on the waist
or skirt Of the outer dress. no blood on the
shoes or stockings. no prussic acid or other
poison and no evidence Of any In either OF
the stoinachs
This testimony, delivered with the mat
ter-of-fact deliberation Of man of science
was received by the prosecution and tn,
audience with undisguised surprise. Thert
was a small spot Of blood the size Of pin
head on the white underskirt-the skirt
next 10 the dress-down near the hem
The professor stated that science could not
demonstrate beyond doubt that il was
human blood There was hair found upon
the hatchet, ID was true but il was that OF
u COW or some other animal. There had
been another hair, but It had been lost
This means nothing less than that
The Weapon Has Not Been Found.
Tho houec and surroundings have
been thoroughly ransacked, even b. the
digging up of wells and cutting into chin.
neys, walls and partitions IL is fair 70
presume that IL Is not on the premises
How did 1t get away Who took II away
The value of the theory ~ attached To The
wild-eyed man must take an upward
tendency
The court took its recess at noon with
the influence Of this testimony sitting
smilingly upon the friends Of Lizzie Bor.
den
The afternoon was consumed In the
reading by Mr.. Knowlton Of the court
stenographer's report of her testimony as
taken at the inquest The effect of this
was not the same In every instance. II
closed the case Of the prosecution, and
court adjourned OF o'clock, leaving those
who had heard II to take issue with each
other on street corners, IN the lobby Of
hotels and over family supper tables us TO
how IL should be judged.
Whatever else It may have shown. 1t
was record of
Pitilessly Sustained and Searching
examination, sucb as no defendant
charged With crime and having the pro-
lection Of court and counsel would be sub
jectcd to.
The stenographer's story, In its faithful
ness Of detail, presents q picture OF bick-
erfngs and bandying Of words between the
witness and prosecuting attorney that
with all fair minds should be kept in
view, when considering the frequent con-
tradiction "a TO details which the testi-
mony presents.
The record was Of three sittings, at
which Miss Borden was required to an
swer, telling over and over again her ev-
cry act Of that day of the murder. The
first sitting consumed three straight hours.
The reading Of the whole story yester-
day in such rapid fashion that only expert
stenographers could follow IL consumed
nearly two hours. In brief
This b What It Tellss
The personal history Of her father and
Of his wealth. and Of his having recently
bought beck the Ferry street house from
the girls for 5000 was given. Asked il
she had ever had any outspoken troub.s
with her stepmother she said that five
years ago her father had bought house
and presented il to his wife; that the
daughters thought that the wife had in
fluenced him In the matter, and they,
thinking he should do as much for his
children, had some warm words, and from
that time ceased to call her mother
Lizzie called her Mrs. Borden, and Emma
called her Abby. The father, as a result
of the quarrel, had presented the girls
with the Ferry street house.
Further on follows
A Series Of Confused Statements
concerning her exact whereabouts when
her father came home that morning. She
said she was on the stairs, then she said
she was In the kitchen, and then she was
shown the conflicting statements, and said
che was In the kitchen. After starting
the fire for the ironing she says she took a
magazine to read until the fire burned up.
After following new line for some
time she was asked what made her say she
was ON the stairs when her father came
home She said she had In mind another
occasion when some one came In. She
went upstairs after her father went out,
she said, to sew piece Of tape on her
dress, and didn't think she was gone more
than five minutes. She went down cellar
leaving Mrs Borden IN the dining voom
When she returned the latter was not
there, and shc did not see her again.
Could she account for her stepmother
being two hours up stairsi she was asked.
sNo, unless she went to make her bed"
A close questioning follows
About Those sinkers
She thought of them first while she was
up stairs; thought there were none ON her
line at the farm. She passed BY other
lead In the house to seek that In the barn
because the latter had holes IN IL. Shs
had looked for the lead In q small box, but
didn't find t.
Asked why this search through small
box should keep her twenty minutes, sh.
,aid she stopped under the tpeas and
sathered some pears.
Asked why she went into the sitting
room upon return to the house she said
she had put a stick of wood In the stow,
before going out, hoping IL would heat the
irons. IL had not done 90, and she started
through the dining room 20 20 upstairs
when she was Mortified by the
Discovery OF Her Fathers BODY.
end called for Maggie
Abe didn't use the hatchct, she said, and
had not seen IL. Done know Of any uss
n had been put 10 that would have caused
n IN he specked with blood. Didn't know
tba, pigeons had peen killed with it."
Asked II she went 20 Smiths drug stor,
fov prussic acid, she said she had not and
aid not know veSpe II was.
Asked whether che knew OF any sus
picious circumstances which might indi
ne the pepetratos abe said that within
Two weeks preceding the murder there hst
been .een Q mysterious figure sitting upor
the sidesteps
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