Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-22

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STRANGE MURDER CASE.
story Of the Crime for Which .
Young Lady Is Now on Trial.
The trial of Lizzie Borden for
the murder of heFf father and step
mother, now in progress in New
Bedford, Mass, is one Of the most
remarkable of the age.
Mr.. Borden and his wife wer.
murdered on the morning of Au-
gust 4. 1892, in their house, No. 80
Second street, Fall River. The
crime was committed, it is sup
posed, between half-past ten and a
qnarter-past eleven o'clock. There
were that morning in the house.
which is IN the heart of the city,
fiye persons-Mr. Borden and his
wife, Lizzie Borden, the servant,
Bridget Sullivan, and John v.
Morse, Lizzie's uncle.
Morse, who was the guest of the
/ Bordens, left the house early and
did not return until after the muir
ders were disco severed. Emma Bor-
den, Lizzie's sister, was away on a
visit to New Bedford. Thus it is
known that at the time the muir
der was committed there were four
persons in the house. Lizzie Bor-
den and Bridget Sullivan are the
only survivors, the other two hav-
ing been Mr.. Borden and his wife.
THE SERVANT GIRLS STORY.
Mr.. Borden, according to Brid-
=. sullivan's story, was in the
zee at half-past ten. He went
! dining-room. sat down and
too- ~ and went upstairs by
the back way. he returned in a
few minutes, placed the key on a
shelf and sat down in the sitting
room. Bridget says she remained
down stairs until five minutes to
eleven O'Clock, when she went up-
stairs to lie down.
Bridget saw Lizzie Borden pass
tarough the sitting room into the
aaning room carrying an ironing
board 9 few minutes after Mr..
Rorden went into the sitting room.
Bridget declares that all this time
she did not know. where Mrs. Bor-
den was. Lizzie had told her Mrs.
Borden had gone out or was pre-
pairing to go out.
The servant says she had been
lying down only ten or fifteen
minutes when Lizzie called her.
Iizzie's voice told her that some
: u - q !. a se.5
thing had happened. She sprang
from the bed and hurried down
stairs. She says she found Lizzie
leaning with her back against the
back door. Lizzie, according to-
Budget, said her father was dead.
There is considerable dispute ast to
whether Bridget meant that Lizzie
hsa eaid her father was hurt and
not dead.
Lizzie hurried Bridget after DR..
Bowen, who lives diagonally across
the street. Dr.. Bowen was away
from home, and when the fright
.ened servant came back Lizzie
.sent her after Mrs. Russell, who
Lives in Borden street. When
Bridget came back with Mrs. Rus
ssell, DR.. Bowen and Mrs. Churchill
were in tbe house.
Mrs. Churchill and Bridget went
upstairs to look for Mrs. Borden,
who they believed had come in
while they we're down stairs. On
the floor of the bedroom, between
kbe bed and the bureau, they found
Mrs. Borden's body. They rushed
downstairs, and Mrs. Churchill
told Dr.. Bowen that Mrs. Borden
had been murdered.
According to Bridgets tasti-
mony, when she went up stairs to
lie down Mr.. Borden was in the
sitting room alive and we'll. From
fifteen to twenty minutes later,
that is, at from, FIVE minutes be-
fore eleven to fifteen minutes after
eleven, he was lying dead, with
about 9 dozen cuts, made by an
axe or hatchet, on his head and
and face.
The ACCUSED GIRLS STORY.
When Lizzie Borden was called
upon TO testify she said her father