Evening journal., 1892-08-30
MORE EXPERTS TESTIFY
Particulars of the Stomach
Analysis and the Blood Spots.
NoPRUssIC ACID IN THE sToMACHs.

Iates the Results of His Scientific scru-
tiny of Various Articles-No Blood on
the Axes and But One spot ON the skirt.
lByT Telegraph to the Evening JournaLl
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. SO.-Court
convened at 1880 precisely this morn
ing. The first witness called was Pro
fessor Edward S. Wood, the man for
whom everybody has been looking for
days. He said he had received a package
containing two stomachs on August 8,
and TWO jars containing milk used on the
4th and 9th Of August. All were properly
labeled.
The stomachs were labelled ''Mr. and
Mrs Borden" and appeared to per-
fectly natural Mrs. Bordens stomach
contained about eleven ounces Of solid
food, which was partially dgested and
showed wheat, starch and meat. The
contents contained chiefly meat, and
there were vegetable pulp cells which
might be bread or apples. The digestion
seemed to be advanced in the neigh Dor
hood Of y hours, more or less.
No Prussic Acid.
The stomach was tested for prussic
acid, but with q negative result. The
stomach OF Mr. Borden contained only
six ounces. chiefly water. In Mr.. Bor-
dens stomach there was only a small
portion Of starch; the digestion in his
case the contents being nearly all wa
ter, was much farther advanced than in
the case of Mrs Borden. There were a
few threads Of vegetable tissue in his
atr a..I. sol. ta1 ffrhH hova hann nnnlDe
Question. Gould they have been
pearsY' Answer: YES Witness had
not yet analyzed the milk and could not
report on that.
On August 10 witness received from
DR. DOlan hatchet, two axes, n blue
dress skirt, dress waist, white starched
skirt, lounge cover aud three small en-
velopes in which were hair taken from
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and hair taken
from the hatchet. On August l6 wit
ness received pair of shoes
and pair of black stockings
Blood spot on the skirts.
The white skirt had one spot which
looked like blood and was found to be
one it was directly in front. about six
inches from the bottom. There was no
blood on the lounge cover. The envelope
marked chair from A. j. Borden" was
simply white hair Mrs Bordens was
dark The hair on the hatchet was not
human hair (sensation) but more like
that taken from an animal. The spot on
the shoe was not blood and there was no
blood ON either shoes or stockings
There was nothing on the two axes
Near the edge of the hatchet were spots
which seemed to be blood but were
found not to be, There was a spatter on
the blade, but it was not blood, anC
there were spots on the side of the head
of the hatchet which looked to be, but
were not blood.
The hatchet was then produced. Liz
zie examined it with as much interest al
did her counsel.
Getting Down to Fine Points.
One paper was produced by witness on
which was written, chair placed here at
(time mentioned) but no hair was there
On cross-examination Professor Wood
said the spot looked larger on the out
side of the skirt than on the inside. Tn,
size of the spot was about the size of
pinhead.
The stomach showed no appearance o
irritation. The witness said he had beei
in the Borden house and made a cursorl
examination, taking notes
Q.-"lf one were struck by some sharl
instrument would there be any squirting
Of bloodg Yes, if an artery was cut.
And there was an artery cutY
There was one in the line.
Position Of the Murderer.
In regard to the position of the mur
derer, witness said that it appeared to
him that the person stood in the dining
room when the first blow was given
Al ,f 81 4 I.
frame of the dining room door.
Here the witness was allowed to lOol
at the stain on the door frame under hi
glass and resuming the stand said It wa
not blood Continuing he said it woul
be impossible for the assailant Of tn
murdered ones TO escape getting bloc
on his or her body in some way and tina
the stains on the sitting room door nigh
have gone over the head of the assailan
as the instrument was lifted The bloc
would hit the assailant from the knee
up and the blood on the assailant in tn
case of Mrs. Borden would be. show
anywhere above the feet.
An Undertaken Testiies.
James Winward, undertaken, the mex
witness, when asked about the wound
on Mr.. Borden's face said he though
they had been given fam behind; the
were very close togethe,
Omcer Harringtons Evidence.
Officer Philip Harrington made an e.
animation Of the premisls In one roo
he found Miss Lizzie and Miss Alice Bo
den. Lizzie was cool AMI collected, bl
would not or could not tfl witness an
thing at all about the matter sa
she was in the barn twenty mi
utes at the time the murdr was commi
tea When witness askei her about Il
plnce in the barn whe2 she was, al
what. If anything, she elheard, Liz
answered that she had ird nothing
all nor had she seen anyb3y around.
Court then adjourned TO p u