Asheville daily citizen., 1892-08-30
BORDEN MURDER TRIAL
TWO DAYS SENSATIO SAI.
TESTIMONY.

Lizzie BOrden's sCOntEadictOry An
swers TO Women Acquaintance
Very I.ittle blood Found Oh
Her CIo,ning Nor Oh the Axes.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 30.-The
Borden murder trial yesterday was SEN
sational. Drug Clerk Bence and two
others testified that Miss Lizzie
Borden attempted to buy prussic acid of
Bence the day before the murders.
Mrs. Churchill the first person on the
scene after the murder, testified that Miss
Borden had told her she was in the barn
at the time of the murder, looking for
some s:nkers, and Miss Russell testified
that Lizzie told her she went there to
get piece of iron or tin to fix a win
dow. The contradictory statements
caused a sensation. Witnesses said there
was no blood on Lizzie's dress after the
murder.
Mrs. Adelaide b. Churchill said she
asked Lizzie where her mother was, and
she said her mother had note to go
somewhere, but she did not know but
what she had been killed too She
wished somebody would 60 and try to
find her, for she thought she had come in
since. Witness said Lizzie was 30
much agitated that she famed
her, fearing she would faint. Wit
ness could not remember that there
was the least sign OF blood on Lizzie's
dress, her hands or her face at the time
she first saw her. Her hair was done
up" and appeared not to be disarranged
in the sli yhtest, and there was no indica-
ton of anything in her appearance that
any changes had been made since she
arose.
Miss Alice NJ. Russell said she had
known Lizzie about eleven years. She
went to the house on hearing of the af-
fair and found Lizzie leaning against the
door. She thought she prevailed upon
Lizzie to sit down. Remembered Lizzie
, telling her, in answer to her question,
that she went into the barn to get a
piece of iron or tin to fix window with,
On cross examination Miss Russell said
she bathed Lizzie's face after she went
= in and saw no signs of blood on any Of
! her clothing. She could see no signs o
any undue exertion about Lizzie, MOI
was she painting as though exhausted
!, In the case today the first witness was
a Prof. Edward S. Wood, the man toi
e whom everybody has been looking fol
days. He testified as to the examination
!, OF the stomachs of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden
r that both stomachs appeared to be per
fectly natural Mrs. Borden's contained
e about eleven ounces of solid food, par
d TALLY digested, and showed wheat
starch and water. The stomach of Mr.
S Borden contained six ounces chiefly
a water. On the 10th of August witnes:
y received from DR.. Dolan a hatchet, two
q axes, blue dress skirt, dress waist, ;
+ white starched skirt, lounge cover ant
three small envelopes in which were hal
o taken from Mr.. and Mrs. Borden ant
l. hair taken from the hatchet. On Angus
y 16 witness received pair of shoes ant
'r and a pair ofblack stockings. The hatche
,e contained a anumber Of suspicious looking
]. spots, but careful examination showed
C no traces of blood. Every spot whicl
II looked like blood was examined, but nj
N traces of blood were seen. A big smoocl
'e on the blue skirt looked like blood, bu
was found not to be blood. The whit
skirt had one spot of blood and it wa
directly in front about six inches from
the bottom. The sitting room carpe
was blood stained. There was no bloc,
e on the lounge cover.
The envelope marked hair from A. ]
l. Borden" was simply white hair; Mrs
m Borden's was dark. The hair on tn
. . hatchet was not human hair sensation
1t it was more like that taken from an an
e. NAL. The spot on the right shoe wa
r not blood and there was no blood o
re either shoes or stockings.
- - The hatchet was produced and Liz
ID Borden examined it with as much inte
a est as did her counsel.