The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-08

IL Cannot Yet BE Told Whether the
Stains on the Axe Were Made BY
Blood or Rust--The New Bedford CIew
Exploded.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 9.-The mys-
terry surrounding the murder of Thomas
j. Borden and his wife last Thursday is
as deep as ever, and the detectives tacitly
admit they are bafled. This morning
City Marshal Hilliard submitted to a
long interview with a United Press re-
porter As to the blood said to have
been found on the axe in the custody of
the police, he said:
81 don't know whether these spots are
blood or from rust They are OF char
acter that may be taken for either, but
until the Boston chemists pass an opinion
it would be folly for me to speak. AS l
told you yesterday, we have four axes in
our possession. Two are such axes as
farmers use-one is an ordinary choppiug
axe, the other is what is called a shingle
axe. There my be spots of blood on
either or all of these, but to-day | cannot
say there is the slightest evidence on any
of them. There is nothing in the West
port clue reported yesterday.
81 sent men to chase it down to prove
1t to myself, but after every doubtful
point had been cleared up believed there
was no man travelling to New Bedford
from this city under suspicious circum-
stances.
''At this moment 1 can say there is
nothing to connect any members of the
family with the murder. We can reach a
certain point, but from thence forward
things will not match and we cannot
make them A great deal has been said
about the fact that no arrests have been
made up TO this time. These persons in
the house have practically been under ar
rest for the past few days. If l was asked
to give a candid opinion why arrests
should not be made, would say that on
the present evidence nobody could be neld.
1t would Ibe folly for us to place this
family behind bars when so many out
sid e clews are yet to be looked up.
Assistant Superintendent Hanscom of
the Pinkerton Detective Agency is here.
He was brought here by Counsel jennings
on the part of the family. He acknowl-
edged that the crime is the most myster-
ious affair he has ever encountered, and
will require the best efforts of the crimi-
nal force of New England to ferret out.
Mr. Jennings is the family lawyer and
is intimately acquainted with the two
daughters. From the first he has secuted
the idea of the suspicion entertained by
the police against Miss Lizzie. Since she
appeared in public Saturday afternoon
| during the funeral, she has gained many
warm supporters, in Mr.. Jennings
| opinion. She is self-possessed, wei
built and quite pretty, and would be the
| last person in the world to be suspected
of the heinous offense charged agains
her.
Great crowds of people congregated all
day yesterday in the vicinity Of the seen,
of the murder. Fifteen policemen are en-
| gagged keeping the crowds moving and il
preventing abnormally curious persons
from climbing the fence of the Border
! homestead.
The Borden home is still being watched
closely and the police surveillance ovel
Mr.. Morse, the Misses Borden and tn,
servant will not be removed,
1t now seems probable that another
autopsy on the Bordens' will be made, a
the examining physicians are imagining
complications that were wholly unex
pected
Mr.. Morse is talking more freely thai
any person in the family, with the pos
sible exception of Hiram Harrington
who married a sister of Mr.. Borden. Nh
Harrington is embittered intensel
against the family, and he does not hesi
tate to say the most unfounded things.