New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-20

necessity OF providing conditions mat abtoiuley Ior"u
such theory Of the crime a. ! have suggested
This theory accounts for the fact. which suppose We
are all Inclined to believe fact. that Mrs
| Borden died some time before the death of her
| husband. Mrs. Borden n stout woman she
weighed 200 pounds Tie experts are al agreed
| that two Of the blows must have been delivered by
| a person very much taller than she or by person
| who stood astrldc Of her PROSTATE BODY. Tor inc
| blows were direct, straight into her skull. She
| wns five feet three riches tall L0oh at LIZZIE
Border and consider whether 1t Is physically possible
for her to have struck those blows
LIZZIE'S VISIT TO THE BARN
Mr. Robinson anayzed the evidence dealing with
Lizzie, alleged visit TO the barn. lie pointed OUT
that the only proof that shc had not been there was
the statement Of the officer, Medley, that he could
not see her footprints In the dust on the barn Moor
and the alleged discrepancies In the accounts she hnd
given q, the visit there. Mcdley'S testimony was
mainly worthless for the defence had prohucei SiA
or eight witnesses who testified that they were IN 'h
barn and walking all over 1t before Medley hau
arrived upon the premises. As 10 th' ai's'u us
cr.nancc, they were really proof that she was tell
ing the truth instead OF proof that she WASN'T. il
She had been the cunning. wonderful criminal they
accused her Of being, capable Of committing tho@'
murders and leaving Il fly speck oil bloody evidence
anvwher, upon her person or on Her cio'h'H' wv
any body suppose she would not have story rea"S
woven without n seam! TO one witness she sa' 81"
went TO get Tin to FIX n screen "i'h' 10 "h""'
that she went after iron 10 make snk"rs WIN
whv might moi both these stories De- true 7 why
might she not have had both those purposes IN mhu
she was asked about that visit at least thirty h"'s
that afternoon while the murdered bodies were sun
dripping with blood. The wonder l.. not that th'r"
was such a discrepancy that but that Their" were
not many more In TIL, relation Governor Robinson
delivered a fierce inycctlvc upon the treatment when
Lizzie received from the police officers that afternoon
He described their suspicious questions, th'ir brutal
method Of examining her. their inirnsionS INTO h'F
private room. where she lay III, with h"r 1r'h"'
and tie doctor mInlsterlnc 10 her. and The representa-
ton they now attempted to put upon the TACT mat
on the occasion Of Witt the door was not Instantly
thrown open To them
Did she go to the barn She says she did, am
hcr statement Is entitled credit. as she gave u
right on the spur OF the moment When hride''
was upstairs. did She 60 ont Dld she go 10 "c
b,rnl Well we find She did find II by indepchd
,nt outside evidence. that T.. 10y somebody who saw
Possibly nj, life Of hers IS saved by the observation
81 a passer by on the street. There comes along II
man there. this pcdlcr, the icccrcam man known
IN EVERYDAY I'm Fau River. lie Is not n
distinguished lawyer. or n great minister or sue
ce.,ful doctor lie T. only ice cream p"dcr, bur
he knows what oath H. and tells the truth about
IT, He pas>c, along the street and secs woman. MOI
Bridget sullivan. whom j" knew, coming alorg Walk
Ing slowly around tho corner near the side door.
sow there WI, no other left In that house eN
cent Bridget and Lizzie AZ tia, time. lie knew Il
WAS not bridget because he had sold her lee cream
and he knew her And - hp said D." II was the
other one to whom / had never sold ic" cream
THE PEDLER's TESTIMONY
Recall that that either Lilri" or some stranger
In Tho yard. You viii 50" 1t was undoubtedly L""'
a,d ,hc was coming back from the barn. They say,
why did he look In thcrci say. why does any one
look anywhere Iut ruhlnskv gives even n better
answer lie says BE- looked because he was trying
10 sell lee cream. IT, always looked no all 'h'
,nrd, and nt all the windows. 1t l. important 10
remember that ihl- 4, not witness whom We can
10 accused oi having bought. TIA" Government KNOW
~ his evidence lor-, Lcfor" did. Ruhln,W toii
on.ccr Mulaly an about II on tho eighth day OF
August four dav. after the murders were committed
IN Governor Robinson brought ont clearly ih'
weak spot I'm the caim Of tho pro "'ntl9n concerning
Lizzie, burned dr,-. Il' rtod In" cvid"rc" which
has left 1t quite undcnlnblc that she had a Bedford
cord dress that had paint on IT,
Now lee said. when ia" stat" domlndcd ~
her the clothing -hc had worn that day. III" snv'
up y certain vn-'. skirt, undcr,kirt. shoes ara
.tr'lines Thcn. vcrc put in thc hands Of their
medical expert. pr. DOlan, who examined Them
and wa, cock sure that Lr fonnd traces
II blood on them. III" stat" was
perfectly satisfied II had just what 1t was niicr'
hli - make the thing sure thoy sent a Ill" 'lo'h"7
to Professor W."sd. and he said ihcrc wasn't drop
II llood ON any " them That left them dissatisfied
with Tia. dresses. Then they wanted some other
dress ana when thcy founc that Ilzfi" had burned
dress they aid 'Ah. that was the dress. II "" hhd
that dr,,, w. shunld know all about this thing rAr
say, IT WAS al covered with paint III" means all '"N
cred with blood And they seek to prove that TIA"
drc.s She gave up not the dress size WE
lac bringing I'm Mrs Churchill who describes dress
which, though similar I'm color 10 this one l. NJ
quite similar ln figure. and they say the dress MIS-
churchill saw il the dress LzAl" burned. Tnt di
Mis- Churchill ans blood stainNl No' BIT OF H.
pid The police any blood stains DID ANYBODY
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.Thcn oven suppo-ins that Mrs Churchill Is right,
aud Lizzie Is wrong how would II avnl them II they
had that drc,. Bu MIS-. Holmes -ays that Lizzie l.
right and Mrs Churchill wrong. and why shouldn't
,bo, lac The case, Mr.. Churchill n ncXtdoor
,J,hhor She had seen both these dresses many
lines They were very -imar IN appearance. WHY
might she not have made a mistake They
hang on to that one blue dress. II Lizzie
| Killed her mother In that dr'ss. do yon
think size would down with 1t
on and greet her father OH but She made change.
they said Then # She killed her father she put
1t on again. Then would She nav" called III h'r
friends with II on on. but she changed again.
Md sc, hc dress they claim they want Is the dress
That Mrs, Churchill saw. That dress, according
f., their own theory into which she COT after she
nut OF the clothing that had blood 1t. Then II
they had that dress. In case they haven't got It, what
good would II do them ,"
THE DRESS AND THE HATCnETS
Ex-Governor Robinson went over the testimony Of
Emma and Miss Russell as to the circumstances under
which the DIR - was burned, concluding with the In
oury whether II was reasonable TO suppose that she
would have dared to bring blood stained garments
into the kitchen and burn them In the presence OF
her friends and Of yard full Of policemen lie
then took up the hntches. dlsposing OF them one by
cnc lie showed that the Government had been
gradually forced give clear bill OF health to all
the hatchcls excepting one ana Professor Wool VINO
was even more Trustworthy than the Government.
had certified to the absolute purity OF that one lie
remarked how wrcchcdly mi xcd the Governments local
expert had got In this matter Of the hntchrtN how he
mstoo the claw headed Ratchet for III" guilty one
how he found paint marks which he nlS'ook for
blood and cows hair for the hair OF Mrs. Borden.