Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-09-15

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The Fall River Mystery.
Lizzie Borden has been held on the
charge II numbering her father aud
mother, Al The close of the hearing
on Thursday, Judge Rlaisdell sait
sympathy should he laid ASIDE, aud
duty. sierra duty, requires upon this
evidence but one thing 10 he done Sup.
posing that a man was seen in the
chamber ot Mrs. Borden, the CUES,
chamber of death. aud that-lic vas in
the room Of the father Wien death came
suppose that man should tell as msuy
different ,;otics a. Lizzie has ,ioue. tie
way would he plaza, iiui that she
was probahl, guilty" The conclusion
reached by the Judge would carry
greater wtiGh, were it not Tor the fact
that he nos only presided 81 the hear
lus, INT conducted the inquest which
preceded ii. The impression is pretty
general ;hai the inquest was. cor
>ciously or uuconsciou.ly 10 those en-
gagged in il. conducted on the sole
theory thar Lizzie Ronien MAS the muir
derer. Al sll eveu,>. the hearing dis
closed the fact that The examination to
which She was subjected NJ the Inquest
vas merc'ess 70 the point Of cruelty
although she appeared on her own
motion. when she need not have ap-
pesred 81 All and WAS deprived ~ the
guidance and protection If counsel.
/ she guilty. II is clear from the
reports gathered BY the newspapers
which have given closest attention to
the case and It's surroundings tina, the
popular conviction sntsgouiz>s Judge
Nlaisirlls ;. This is not strange For
the c.rcumstantlAl evidence which has
been prolu, 81 by the prosecution is
really insignificant, Webster said in
summing up for the people in cele-
hrstei murder trial There i, 10
rcfate FROM confession but suicide. snd
suicide j. confession" But instead q
'hiS l,lng true 81 Lizzie Boricu, The
fact Is that unless the prosecution
can mAterislly Strengthen 4, case when
,Ar i placed M lral for her life in
November the chances sre tus, the iurs
vii scqml her withou; leaving the box.
HE prosecution expected 10 ,ha" thA,
the >loi> on the aNes or ha.che,s which
we're found ii the cellar we're blood
spots, Il turned ou; thar thev were
ru>t spots, only that and nothing more.
The DIX tors and detective, sere agreed
tina, TIE murderer Of NJ Borden mas,
tANe - stood when the fa,al blows
were strt'ck hat The murderer, clothes
Ra, there are no hlool->;ain, upon ans
q L'z,le Borien'> garments /! is il
evidence that She tried 10 purchase
prG>>Ic Srid i day ar twl before the
murder Her counsel clam il IL case
81 mistaken identity. But suppose il j
not, What then. The >lomach> Of tae
two victims we're subjected ,oa careful
exam aat!on hy Harvard College eN-
per, aid ne trace OF poison Of any sort
WAS discovered What motive could
So stupeudous and revoltiug crime
She ha3 ample means. aud whatever
n,ay be SAID Ahou; her relations to her
parents, no;hluc has heea produced II
the Inquest. on the hearing or IN the
gossip ~ The town So,ug . show ihsl
they were more than strained
Nor tnAn thai, Lizzie Bur,ieus char
Ac,er DIR aasht tina, appears 10 the
contrary. l. without stain, Those
Pho SNOW her hest->o Al lrAs, Il IS
10 oe gathered from al tbs, has heea
prlnsei-hAve the tirmest confidence
~ her IAuocence Ou the other baud,
il 5 uW to he denied that She has told
several conflicting stories touching the
pivotal point Of her whereabouts ana
her emp.oyments the morning ot the
murder. Thus one ol her statements
i that she went 20 the barn 10 get
some cad for >inker Of fishliae. snd
another that She went there 10 re,
something 10 repair 5 ,atiow Besides.
siie seems uuShle or unwilling IL tell
lusi how she speH, all the tims which
Is the natural suhjec; q inquiry. Bat
Io place the worst construction upoa
these circumstances IS noi 70 MAKE her
out $ murderer. Everybody kuows
thsi The most trustworthy witnesses
sometimes contradict themselves te-
cause If certain mental confusion
causes 10y embarrassment Consider
ins whs; she has suae through during
the last few weeks il i not wonderful
ii Lizzie Boriea's evidence contained
discrepancies, or il she failed 10 recall
al the details OF her life the ,noruin.
IL the murder.
Doubtless the most sensible thing 10
do is TO saspSssd Judgment aaiil the
conclusion Of the November irisl-s
trial wAica it is safe 10 say will coo,-
nlsnd the latereS; which attends he
reading Of o0e of Gshorisa's novels. In
the meantime the detectives cannot do
better than TO seareh diligently for the
unknown man ~ho was seer proving
seea, the Boriea hoase shortly before
the murders were committed. Ii Ger
tSialy s.eAooves them 10 look for some
fresh eaess, Far, As The Sprina feld
AgFaSSaoas well saws. ''it sppears
,axs all the esss sSaias, Miss BorSiea
rcs's o. the probability ;hss she was
Ia the Aease al least ~hen Mrs. Boz
des Was killed. ~, ]. Trs5ams.
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