The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-07

iA1S, oOInCblilAR 1U CAC DuOfOs L nt OtLtCI
looked in and saw what appeared to he q.
large roll of burned paper. DR.. Bowen,
Mr.. Moody said, Lad expressed the belief
at the time, that Mrs. Borden had died
of fright. On Sunday Lizzie burned a
dress in the stove which she said was all
covered with paint. The next day Emma
said to Lizzie: ''I' m afraid the burning
of the dress was the worst thing you
| could have DONE" and Lizzie replied
"Oh why did you let me do it?'
There was intense interest when Mr..
Moody described the dress which Lizzie
wore that morning, as seen by DR.. Bow
en- and Mrs. Churchill, and sensation
when, holding up blue over-dress dot
ted with white, which he declared they
had received some days after the murder
The attorney said with startling distinct
ness, "And this, gentlemen, is not the
| DRESS" There was no diminution of in
terest when the district attorney, allud-
ing to the fact that on Saturday night,
after the murder, Mayor Coughlln OF
Fall River told Lizzie that she was sus-
pected of the murder, and following
this came the burning of the dress 80
covered with paint"
But the denoumeut came when District
Attorney Moody held up wicked look
ing axe blade, handless hatchet, whi ch
he declared was so smoothly rusted that
in the opinion of Professor Woods it
might have laid out in the night dews on
the wet grass, or been wet and not dried.
s'The break in the eye of the hatchet is
fresh break, gentlemen. The length
of those wounds was just 3 1-2 inches.
The length on the blade of this hatchet
is just 3 1-2 inches.'' The effect was
electric. There was startled "Ahr'
from the benches.
When Rev. Mr.. Jubb and Mr.. Jennings
fastened over to the prisoner the girls
strength seemed to have utterly failed
her. Mr.. .Jubb brought her water and
both himself and Mr.. Jennings famed
her for several minutes. But the girl
did not faint; hers is not the tempera-
ment that can. There was an evident
exercise of her admirable will power, and
again she sat erect.
District Attorney Knowiton asked for
the skulls. Photographs were brought in,
but the prisoner had caught the word.
DR.. Dolan had come in with an ominous
looking large black sgripsack, and with
the impression that he was about to dis
close his CHASTITY charges, the over
ment gave way. She narrowly escaped
swooning.
The bag was not opened. It is under
stood, however, that the surmise is cor
rect and that the dismembered heads of
Lizzie Borden's parents are in the black
bag. 1t was this, and not the axe blade,
that produced the startling effect upon
the girl, but the matter was not under
stood until after the recess had been
taken.
1t is srrmised that these uncanny mem
bers of the decapitated dead will sooner
or later make their appearance in the
case if it be permitted by the Court.
The testimony regarding the burning
of the dress is entirely new. 1t was with
held from the grand jury and was not
put in before Judge Blaisdell. It is the
most important intimation of the morn
ing.
At 11.30, on the putting in of the plans
of the house in Second street, District
Attorney Knowlton moved that the jury
be now directed to take vlew Ex-Gov-
ernor Robinson, for the defence, stated
that his client did not feel able to make
| this trip this afternoon, that her strength
was not equal to it, and therefore she
would cheerfully waive her rights in the
matter, and said this in her presence.
The jury departed at 11.35 and Messrs.
Moody and Jennings accompanied it.
An adjournment was had till 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning. The jurors spent
the afternoon in Fall River.
Kate Field is to attend the trial, but
Mrs. Livermore has not yet put in her
appearance.