The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-20
WHAVIuG CONVICTION.
Prosecutor KnoWlton's S Ter
Tlble Arraignnent of
Lizzie Borden.
BARN ALIBI EXPLODED.
Her Own Strange Talk Her Worst.
Enemy-The Note and
the Dress.

NEW BEDFORD. June 20. 1898. There
was less of a jam outside the Court Hou So
this morning; although at the ope ming
of court there were as many people IN the
room as at any time during the session.
Among the peculiarities Of the morning
was the receipt of box By Governor
Rob nson sent from Pennsylvania, In
which was small handleless hatchet.
The tlue inwardness of the gift was not
apparent, aud the box was not removed
from the jtnitor's room. Miss Borden
entered the roo n at five Ninutes to nine
and Governor Robinson took a seat be-
side her and the two engaged in conver-
sation until court opened.
Court came in at nine O'Clock promptly,
the jury was polled and the District At
| tornev picked the thread of his argument
| where he dropped it last night He con-
| graduated the jury uDon the near ap-
uroach of the end. The counsel who
opened the case for the defense said
| motive was part Of the Governments
| case, but lhe speaker said this was not so.
| although the consideration OF motive has
| weight in calculating the facts In the case.
| Motives, however, are neither adequate
nor even tolerable considered in con-
nection with crime. The motives OF
mankind are AS inscrutaOe as are tha
I ways OF Divine Providence 1t does abort
satisfaction to our reasoning to nave dis
covered that there were unfortunate con-
/ diuons in That family from which We can
suspect even the malice existing. II have
/ called your attention." said he, TO the
way in which they lived under the san,e
root: it impresses me deeDly, as lam sure
1t did you. The malice WAS all before
the fact; the wckedness, the iDgratitude
had gone on under that root for many,
many months.
sCATHING DENUNCIATIoN.
Because the lips of those who do
know are sealed in death we don't know
but that some new phase had come up In
the family life adding To the feeling Of
malice and Jealousy existing IN this
woman. No suggestion could be made
bv that poor man as tiu favor or his wife
but would fan the flames into unq uench-
able fire. There may be that in this case
| which shows that Lizzie Andrew Bor-
den did not kill her father. aud
III hope SO. But 1T was mot
| Lizzie Borden who came down
| those stairs to meet her father, bat q
murderess, transformed from the ties or
1 affection to the most consumnlate cruel
ty ever known. She came down TO meet
that stern old man who loved his daugh-
! ter. but who also loved his wife, and tile
one man above all who wouli know VINO
had killed his wife; aud when she came
down stairs she came to meet Nemesis
| He knew, too, much OF the family reia-
tions. anu she didn's dare TO let him
live. When she came down stairs
it was her father she met
but it was also the husband Of the step
mother whom she hated. There WAS no
escape from the crime but to compleie
the bloody woak. The second murder
| nj n.aI L
wicked ana fearful necessity. Aud | say
this to relieve my mind OF ths dreadful
feeling that there is deliberate para
eide ia the world.
SURROUNDINGS OF THE TRAGEDY.
bridget was dong ner work at the
house and tie old man was taking tina
last walk OF his life. We found him
moving slowly about the city stopping Ia
various pfaces of business, and finally ne
turned into the yard of the house where
his wife lar dsnd. He went arouad 10
the side door and found it locked; vent
to the trout .toor and tried to use his key
but coaldn't. and was lat in By
Bridget. Rs cams Into the house.
sat Down, aDd then came Liz
zie from the very place where his
wife lay dead and told him Il falsehood
about whera that wife WAS. Where was
that step-mother? She knew. That
would keep the old man silent for time.
into the dining room 10 wash the win
dows there, and the old man, after pay
ing n visit to his room, came into the
sitting room again.. and lizzie, with sha
suirit of Judas, kissing his master, silg-
I aesls that he ie1own to get rest she
tells I3riaget that ii she goes down To
Iock up tie door shs might go out her,
self. Then Bridget goes up stairs to get
her rest aud Lizzie goes on ironing al5ne
| with her yicTlni
THAT HOT FIRE.
"Iu less than twenty minutes she calls
her servant down aad tells herthat Ier
father is killed. Sac had a good fire to
iron her clothes with. and have the evil
dence to prove it, for officer harrington
tells us th at at II. 80 there were living eRi
bers In the stove. aud we knew II there
was fire there. there was much DeGCe
one than earlier in the day.
| "When she was ironing, why did she
stop? There were only lew handker-
chiefs to iron, but for all the time she
was at work there were but few of them
ready to lay away for use. Ard there was
nobody who came to that house after the
| tragedy but asked this woman where she
was when it happened; 1T began with
Bridget, and ran through all her friends;
her story was not consistent with the
facts. Dr.. Bowen askad:-'Where have
you beenf' On, pregnant question!
Mrs Churchill asked aud received a
similar answer as to being away from the
house. Miss Russell, her friend, asked
the same thing and again came
the outdoor story And when
John Fleet went to her room
Il he went there to get her
story in the interest Of justice; In order
to make up his mind as TO what course
to pursue: he had no more idea OF her
! being implicated than that his chief was.
4 Apd iu that room was the
Rev. Mr.. Buck, and he heard
| every word OF the conversation
between Mr. Fleet and Miss Borden, and
don't you SUI ppose that il there was any
thing wrong in the story we should have
heard of it2 But they come here with
the cowardly suggestion that this
woman could not tell the
truth because she had been drugged.
We must judge all facts aud clrcu M
stances as they appear to our common
sense, and, tried by that standard. l
assert that story is simply absurd and
not within the bounds of reasonable
possibilities.
THE VISIT TO THE BARN.
4 TT was ole OF The very hottest days In
the hottest suAner we have ever known
and you are asked to believe that she
left not work at the ironing board and
went up into that hot barn.
! You were there In that barn
and you know what it is.
even on cool June day when some kind
friend had opened ths doors and windows
SO you should not be suf Gated. But that