The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
Mrs. Borden when you made your autop-
sy?"
'''I did, but she was put right back

Witness admitted that the bed was
made up again as near as it could be as
it appeared on the day of the murder; it
was presumably made up by mans
hands.
Charles c. Cook, Insurance Agent.
testified to his business relations with
Mr.. Borden. He had charge of his bust
ness block at the corner of Anawan and
South Main streets; saw him three or
four times week. Witness did not see
him on the day of the murder. Saw him
pass along the street on the day before.
Witness talked with Mr.. Borden on the
day before the murder.
ftDid he say anything about making a
will?'' asked the district attorney.
mo, SIR"
HAD he ever said anything to you
mot about making one, He said
ssWere you drawing a will when he
came?''
II was preparing draft for somebody
else?"
ssDid he notice your work, and say
that is something ought to do'?''
ssHe did not; he simply said in noticing
it that he hadn't any will Of his own
stDo YOU remember Officer Medley
coming to you two days after the muir
der?''
eyes, sir.'
ssDo you remember the officer asking
you about what Mr.. Borden said to you
that morning?"
''He asked me great many ques-
tions'
do you remember telling Mr.. Medley
that Mr.. Borden said to you, What are
you doing? Objected to by Mr.. Jen-
nings, but subsequently, withdrawn.
sDo you remember telling Officer
Medley that Mr.. Borden said to you that
what you were doing was something he
hadn't done, and that he ought to do?'
Witness-ssI never said anything of the
kind, sir,'' with emphasis.
This was a sharp blow at the govern
| ment's theory of mot we and is of great
| interest to the defense. MI. Cook was
told that he might leave the stand. The
| defence made no cross examination.
Deputy Sheriff wixon
| testified that shortly after the murder he
saw man out through the open space
behind the house; he had been saving
wood in neighboring yard. He also saw
| two men in a yard south of the house.
Witness told them of the murder; they
had not heard of it.
Sheriff Wixon said that he climbed
! right up over the lumber at the back
; fence of the Borden house and went over
\ the fence; there was barbed wire on top,
| but he got over easily enough; he
| y JNxy Ia
| Grove, the mason: there were lot OF
weeds there; the man he saw appeared
to be Frenchman; witness couldn't
make him understand him. The two
men in the south yard were hidden from
| Mr.. Borden's house and could not
see it. Witness thought the Frenchman
must have seen man coming over the
south fence if he came the way the wit
ness did; but this Frenchman could not
understand English. He was at the
southeast corner, possibly 25 to 30 feet
from this boundary fence; the sheriff
tried to talk with him, but he could not
| succeed because he was French.
The evidence of this witness is OF in
| terest because it demonstrates the truth
| of the assertion that this back fence OF
| the Borden premises, barbed wire and
all, was very slight barrier indeed to
any man who wanted to get over 1T.
| John V. Morse was called to the stand
this afternoon. He testified in part that
he had been in the Borden house several
| times in the past year. He went to the
house the day before the tragedy and
dined there with Mrs. Borden. He then
went to Swansea to Mr.. Borden's farm
to see some cattle. Mr.. Borden was in
poor health at the time. He said that all
| in the house had been sick the night be-
fore,
Probably From Poison
contained in bakers bread. The de-
fendant got home that night, but he did
not see her come down stairs. Thursday
he brealfasted with Mr.. and Mrs.
Borden. He did not see
Miss Borden. He went away from the
house on the morning of the murder at
$50, leaving Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and
| the servant. The witness then fully de-
tailed his whereabouts during his alb
sence from the house. He started to go
home at 11:20 o'clock. He saw
Mr.. Sawyer and DR.. Dolan. Bridget Sui
Ivan first told him of the murder. He
was on corresponding terms with the
| family. He was nervous at the time he
saw the dead body and went into the
| ward. where he remained two or three
hours. He saw the parlor door before it
was washed and it had not less than forty
spots of blood on it.
Borden had told the witness that he
had made will. He said something
about some bequests at the time. The
witness did not know what they were.
He understood that he would make pub
lie bequests. In May of this year, while
riding towards the farm, Mr.. Borden
said he would give the girls some land if
he thought they would accept IT. The
witness thought the cellar door was us
ually kept locked. He thought Emma
washed the blood spots off the door, but
he did not see her do it. Noon stopped
her.
Bridget Sullivan, the Servant,
was called and was still on the
stand when court adjourned al
Is this afternoon. She testified
that she had been employed by the Bor
dens two years and nine months. She
testified that Mr.. Borden was sick at his
stomach on the morning of the murder