Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-17
INQUEST POSTPONED.
Borden Murder Com
mitted in IS Minutes.
SPOTS ON llZZlE'S DRESS
Important Evidence Said to Be in the
Hands Of the Police.

FALL RIVER, Macs. AUG lk-ahe In
Quest w the Bortcn murders was not re-
snurd yesterday afternoon. contrary 90
all expectations In fact, 10 will not be
reopened this weeh. perhaps nos at all.
The police have decided that thirteen
pinutes elapsed from the time Bridget
Sullivan asked Mr.. Borden how be was.
untp she was called down stairs By Miso
J. rsis TO give M alarm about the murder
bf hos fatbes The sofa On which Mr.. Bor-
den WAS murdered was brought 10 the
central police stasson yesterday and Win
BE- kept there until aftee the trial.
Professor Wood Of Harvard college will
testify al tho hearing of Lizzie A. Borden
next Monday, " tho present program b
carriei out, and 10 Is anticipated that he
will have an inteyesting story to tell He
will tell about the blood on tho AKA the
c,rpet and the blood on Lzzie's dress. fos
thors wos blood found there; o small
amount h u true, but sufficient to show
TINT there might have heen mora v she
hail not had ON an outside wrapper.
Suali as tho spots wcrs II II oan be
shown that they vcre really caused By
humsa blood tn police Val b satisfied
with theis theory, aud they u3aim THAI V
shey are satisfied the public Gao rest
assured that NO mistake has been made
In placing the young woman undss arrest
The skirt With ths spots % V wes dSe
covered during the search 4 week ago
Saturday, after ths bodies Of ths dead
couple Had beep taken to tho oemetery.
Only an analysis can determine whether
or NOT these spots were made By human
hood
Unquestionably there b great deal o(
evidence ia the possession OF tho officials
that has not yet been made pnblio But
they have theory. . wen developed one
Unless they gather surprising facts be-
tweon now aud the time Of the trial, they
claim. Lizzie A. Borden murdered her
father and stepmothsr.
In the 6rss place IL Is based on the gen.
eral idea that she n Insane OF course, II
the doctorS who from now on will watch
her. decide al the cnd q twc weeks % %
that she b NOT. they will 90 On the idee
thas she Is not, and that she committed d
heartless, cold -blooded murdev.
physicans here. md some OF them are
rauked "a sxperts on insanity. say, hou.
tvcr, that. Judging from b0 history sod
her actions since the crime they would
have no question IN declaring her men-
tally irresponsible. The doctors say that
for non:hs they believed sbo suffered
from nclancholia. although 10 was poe 30
marked hut that hcT friends considered
the symptoms simply cddity and pecu-
linritg.
They say sAe might have brooded for
mouths over her condition fn life; over
eo,ne imaginary trouble She might have
imagined thas her father was going to cue
her OF without a cont. intending 60 leave
hes pepniless srd wfthous means OF 0et-
ting living
Perhaps, they say. she had Q hundred
fnucies, aad never confded them O. men,
toned them 70 any Qua rhen. at some mo
tnent at % particular period 10 lice. tho final
touch OF mental uubalnnce came and she
made up her mind that her only opportt,-
uity for future bappinesf0y safety, which
ev6 IL might havo bcen, lay 10 determined
action a Etf
On tbe theory That she Is guilty. this
fnal touch might have come two or three
days before the murder. tho time between.
possibiy. being spcnt 10 planning the
method OF tho crime and the scheme o(
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