Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30
There Is a Great Deal Of Con-
flicting Testimony
SENSATION CAUSED BY IT
L.zzi= Borden Was IN the Barn When
aer Parents Were FoCly
Killed.

cure q piece o. ron or TN with which
% fix window. THIS contFadiets sub
s-grent statements Of Mise Lizzie that
sh- vent there FOR lead slnkeTs-
though tie court ls not open I'll
l045 tie dingy room was crowded by
8 O'Clock wth spectators who feared
tlat they would not 30 abe 20 secure
ssatsat later hour. Lzz.e passed A
fairy restfll a.g1t and atan early hour
tbis morning was visited oy her sster
Emma, wlo slad With her until the
hour TOR court arrived.
Lizs.u wAs Looking for sinNers
Mrs. Adelaide B. Churchill vas the
first wltacss called. she said she lived
next ~ Ehe bOsdens and remembered
well tne urst Gay of the tragedy, her
attention beng nrst called % the affair
when she saw Bridget gong Tor Or.
Bowen. AT the same time she saw
Lizte stand.ng against the side OF the
side taor, apparently distressed about
something
~ opens 1d the window and asked her
what wt- The matter and she said. 'Oh.
fAa aeaN & +tAH AfNsr NRAA-N'AfNNaf
has 81 led father went over aud
asked ner where ner father was and
she replied In the sitting room
Asked her where she was when II hap
penel and she said she was N the barn
loOklug for something for sinkers.
Made sensation
Miss Alice NJ. Russell, the next WIT
mess. sad sae naG known LIZZIE about
eleven years. She thought on the day
Of the murder that II WAS ll:I5 when
she first heard of the affair. Al any
rate she went o the house and found
Lizzie leaning against the door. and
she thinks she prevailed upon Llzne TO
sit down. Witness could not remem-
ner h0W Lizze was dressed. but did re-
member Lizzie telling her n answer TO
question mat she went into the barn
10 get piece OK iron or TIN 10 tx a
window with. sensation Witness
could NOT tell which window snc wanted
o. tX. Witness was a frequent VISITOR
AT the Borden house and always was
received in the guest room; sometimes
she would 10 two or three times a
week. sometimes two or three weeks
would eiapse before sne would 60.
It vas quite evident that the evl-
dence Of Mss Russell had made con
siderable OF an impression upon the
defense. and when she had finished
her direct examination Lines counsel
put their heads together and allowed
tle witness % SIT down.
Michael Muilaly, police officer, test
hed MAINLY corrObOratige OF the pre-
Cedlng witnesses. Lizzie had told him
that she had seen man about the
hn frr.fl
dressed IA dark clothes. lie said he
gave the axe 20 Dr. Dolan, but be
could see no blood on It or any OF the
others.
Finding OF the Bodies.
J0hu Fleet. assistant city marshal.
told tne story of the gong to the house.
hudnk tse bodies aud the talk with
tze about The death OF ner parents.
Iiue bad no idea now the deed WAS
done or rs wnorl. but she heard man
a. the door about O'Clock that morn
INK talking with her father. The man
o. xed ike Hn Englshmau.
but she had NOT seen nn and
did not know who it was About
Two weeks before that she mad some
words with her father relative % . store
which he wanted t0 hire. Witness "a ii
-at t-A - HAN WIZ r. L Atf NA1 atA ttA' lA0N7t
ai tls ume Or about the house. but
tnst Lstne did NOT th.uk she heard
anything about it ~le told tness
that sne had been lu the barn for some
tsaa-hali an n0lr-aBt came back 90
G1d tne murder nsd been comm tied.
Witness asked Iizz.s later on if she was
.n the barn Tor half an hour and she
qusnfpd her statement by saying that
she WAS iu tne bsrn from twenty mn-
mes f1 half an hour. When taey were
asarch.az ths house witness ssid he
rrme to A room which was locked liz
rre sad 10 was ber fathers room and
fbe Geor was always locked. If witness
wanted no set in be- could 70 round by
the sIa. Witness took her word for {
and I-d noe go Tben be came 60 a
room also locked and tired % get In
There. LINE told h.m there was
ro. anvtnius there bar clothing ard
made hrs move to open tne door. Wit
mesa ir. sisted. and finally she produced
a sev aud the door was opened lt
was frst as she rad att1. When be
came fa rfies room She sad u VT.
uess "Tlsre fsut any nae Kou- ln
taera. for u1bodv can get a chance -
a1t ANYTHING In there. s1e always
locked hrr fu0m door vhen leaving e.
Rt uo ume. witness CLAIMED, WAS LINE
in tears Witness q leet ssid there wac
one hatchet whIcH he considered had a
sl-pio1us .oos bah the appearance 81
haerz 0eeu washed and ueli AMI be
rgt f eatween tae ooxes nut Of the
wav naVt morning Edison went up and
took .ae hatchft down 90 che station.
witness sn1.t see mo- signs ~ any nsir
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