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

"He sat In an easy chair. and / had
started to wash the first window in the
dining room. ! did not see Miss Lizzie,
and only saw her when she came into the
dining room, and then TO the kitchen,
and then back again to the dining room
with an ironing board. She placed the
ironing board on the dining room table.
Where she came from do not know. She
put the ironing board on a corner Of the
table. 1t was about two feet long. She
always ironed the handkerchiefs was
just finishing the dining room. / did not
hear Mr.. Borden leave the chair in which
he was sittiug. After finished / came
into the kitchen. and Miss Lizzie asked
me II was going out. told her didnt
know, as / was feeling sick. and she said
II went out TO be sure and lock the door,
as Il may be out" and Mrs. Bor,,
then went upstairs to my room,
and Miss Lizzie was down stairs
working at the ironing board. She
came out and told me there was
sale of dry goods at Dustin's. II Mr..
Borden changed his position to the sofa,
1t struck IL O'Clock. / was then lying in
bed, but didn't take my .clothes off.
thought had time enough to get dinner
at half-past IL. always went up stairs
before dinner. X Ihad time. Didn't look
~ the fire before went up stairs. The
uinner was W ue soup 10 WuIIu over anu
cold mutton. Had not put the soup on,
and the potatoes were in the soup. A
coal fire was started in the morning. /
was going down stairs about 11:30. Had
not gone out OF the screen door again,
after / commenced to wash the windows
inside. / next heard something, when
Lizzie called me. 1t might have been 10
or Is minutes after came up stairs. She
hollered something was the matter. She
hollered loud; she said her father was
dead. She told me to run after DIR.
Bowen. wanted to run in ahead and see,
but she told me to run quick and tell the
doctor. went and told Mrs Bowen about
Russell about 1t and went back and told
Miss Lizzie. She told me TO go after Mrs.
Russell. When / got back from the
Bowen's Miss Lizzie was still at the door.
When got back from Mrs. RusselPs DIR.
Bowen had just got out of his wagon,
and i think Mrs. Churchill was there.
Miss Lizzie was then in the kitchen. We
talked. and Miss Lizzed said she'd like us
to search for Mrs. Borden. said I'd go
up stairs, and Mrs. Churchill said she'd
90 with ME. / went up stairs and saw
Mrs. 30 rden before wentin. When the
house was searched that day box OF
hatchets was behind the furnace. don't
know il the cellar door was open when
the officers were searching the house the
day OF the murder. i asked Lizzie where
she was. and she said she was out in the
back yard.
when was it she said thatV
"After got back from Mrs. Russells."
'Do you know what dress she had onf"
Il don't know"
Had Mrs Borden said anything to you
about going outr
mo, SIR"
"was it her habit to notify you when
she went out?"
Mr.. Adams promptly objected to this
question aud the court excluded the ques-
ton.
"Then the only thing you know about
her going out was what Lizzie told youf'
Mr.. Jennings objected To this question
and said that while he did not object to
the district attorney asking leading ques-
tions on unimportant matter, this was
altogether too serious point to allow
such queries. District Attorney Knowl-
ton declined TO take this view of the mat
ter, and discussion commenced, pending
which an adjournment for the day was
taken.