Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-12

LIZZIE BORDEN ARRESTED.
She 10 CHARGED WITH Kiinng Her FssAsr and
Stepmother.
TIE Sensational developments Of the past few
days in the mystery surrounding the Borden
murder at Fan River, Mass., oulmina ted last
night in the arrest Of Lizzie Borden, the
younger member Of the family. The srrsst
was made by MarvhAl Hillyard, after cousulta-
ton with the detectives who have been running
down the various clues presented by the testi-
mony given ct the inquest
The iron nerve and wonderful self-control Of
the accused woman wss never more clearly
manifested than when the warrant charging
her With the murder Of her parents was read
to her last evening. When she left The court
room At noon Wednesday abe seemed about to
her ewes and the cold, hard expression had
vanished from her face. She shrank from the
gaze Of the throng assembled outside Of the
police headquarters, but last night this same
woman. who on Wednesday seemed about TO
give way to her emotion, stood silent and mo-
tionless without trcmor when Chief OF Police
Hilliard entered the room to serve the warrant
upon her.
In the dingy room we're Andrew Jennings,
the lawyer for the Borden girl; Emma Borden,
Mrs. Jane Brigham and Matron Russell The
shadows were beginning to lengthen and the
her lawyer, with her sister sitting on the other
side Of her. The clock on the tower down the
street struck seven. Marshall billiard left his
once and went upstairs to the room. A he
came in Lizzie rose up
Her sister placed her hand on her arm and
forced her gently into her seat. Chief Hilliard
tore open the envelope. unfolded the warrant
and began 10 read He had not read tvo lines
when Lawyer Jennings rose and said:
"Mr. Marshall, I think my client Win waive
the reading of the warrant"
do you wsive such reading2" asked Chief
The woman was silent for . moment Then
she turned to her lawyer.
ANSWER him.
She said: Il waive further reading Of that
paper"
did not falter, and there was no trace Of ner-
vousness. She stood cold and silent for . sec
ond only. Then her lips trembled. Then her
jaws shut with q snap and she sank back In her
chair.
"You are placed in the hands of Matron Rus
eel, said Marshal billiard. and he left the
room. Miss Emma Borden arose and turned to
her sister: For Q minute they stood face to
face. Then Miss Er,ma, Who Is older than her
sister, hurried down stairs, followed by Law
yer Jennings and Mrs. Brigham. Down stairs
tueke W6b Rfeat tnrOn8.
The crowd filed the streets, ohoked into the
hall and even forced their way into the main
room Of the building. As Miss Emma Borden
entered this room the crowd blocked the way
ahead of her. She stopped and clutched the
arr Of Mrs. Brigham. Her eyes were full of
tears. She was asked If she had anything to
say;
The crowd fell back and she worked her way
| toward the door. She entered he. carriage
with Lawyer Jennings and Mrs. Brigham and
was driven direcs to her horne.
By order of the coroner a second autopsy was
held Yesterday afternoon in the ladies waiting
room at the Oak Grove cemetery. Mrs. Bor-
| den's body was e1humed fret.
The new fact discovered vas Q bruise on the
back, near the left shoulder, about the width Of
an ak AID shaped like the bead Of an AK. 1t
gives another clue to the exact position held by
Mrs. Borden when the deed was committed.
Mrs. Geo. Whitehead, a stepsister Of the de-
ceased woman; Mrs. Tdpp, a neighbor, ard
Miss Russell, who was placed in charge of the
househol 4, were examined - 20 the relations II
the members OF the family. The deposition Of
AlrS Hiram q. Harrington was Z so taken.
Marshal Hllyard yesterday .ao-ning sub
mitted to another interview, In answer to
| questions ms to whether not he police had
] given up al, hopes Of locating 9 murderer out
| side Of the Borden family he said the question
was nonsensical, but he world answer 1t by
/
and that none Of T. en- would in any way i'm
plics.e q member % the household. Ye said
he had not been stinted in money nor men by
the city government because Of political CON-
plications. He was not hunt irg clues personally,
because the district attorney required his
presence 1t the inquest. But the detectiy Is
worked most Of the night and reported to him,
and lie was willing TO say that close medical
examinations and their results would be q
feature OF the case and that il might turn out
that suspicion would be directed from the Bor-
den family. 1t has beea proved that he sus-
pected poisonous milk drank by the Borden
family Was ell right when IL was taken from tie
Borden farm and taken TO Fall River. Men,
beers Of The family in charge of the farm drank
x, and they were affected In no noticeable vay.
Soon after saying this the arrest Was determined
upon.
WHAT DETECTIVE THINKS.
In conversation with q Philadelphia Press
correspondent one Of the detectives, who has
been on the case from the start, made this state
nent:
"From the very frst day believed that Liz
Eie Borden had hand in the murders II wss
hard thing TO charge 9 daughter with butcher
ing her aged parents in that horrible manner,
but could sec no outlet for her. Everything
pointed IN her direction. II seemed impossible
that she would or could have done such q thing
without help, ard began seeking for an accom-
PiiSe - oook - mAuo We rnoo6 up tueS eue
was the criminal In conjunction with the
other officers sifted every particle Of evidence
and examined every foot Of ground in the yard
and every inch in the house. Lizzie said all
along that she went 10 the barn to get q piece
of lead to use for q sinker on her fishing line.
There was an old box in the barn filed with
odds and ends, but Lizzie never went there.
The dust was an inch thick On the floor and il
had not been trampled upon for q long time.
Then We found . sheet Of lead, such a. ID used
in making ordinary lead pipe, only three feet
from the back door, where IL had been lying
for at least q week. This piece Of lead weighed
twenty-five pounds. 1t bore no sign Of having
been recently cut
"You remember that Il was three days after
the murder that DR.. Handy said he had seen q
stranger and wildlooking man standing In
front Of the Borden house on The forenoon Of
the murder. Well, DR.. Handy's party wa the
one Lizzie was going with to spend . vacation
at Marion. Lizzie has since shown Q letter
from Q friend at Marion asking her 70 bring
some sinkers with her. Nov. that is queer, very
queer. Here were lot Of people, presumably
provided with ashing lines, but they had ail
forgotten sinkers; and it's queer, too, that they
couldn't got any in Marion. Would Liszie, do
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