Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-15


munity was catered to and nearly QUE half
OF the spectators III the court room were
women. Miss Borden came into court
looking as unconcerned and fresh any
one possibly could under SUCH trying cir
rumstances After she took hor seat lawyer
Jennings had IA five minutes conversation
with her and she appeared very much in
torested and animated smile asserting it
self occasionally as tho talk proceeded.
Mr.. Kran, civil engineer who was on
the stand yesterday, was recalled for the
first witness. lie resumed his testimony as
to the surroundings Of the Borden prem
ses, the construction Of the house, measure
ments and location of rooms etc.
Witness SAID the closet in the front hall of
the Borden house was large enough to allow
a man to enter it. The door could be shut
sasily.
James A. Walsh, Fall River pho
tographer was the next witness. lie said
he had taken photographs of the Borden
premises at tho request OF the government.
The photographs were put in evidence and
Identified by witness.
John V. Morse Then Took the stand.
He testified that be was 60 years Of age,
Aud brother Of Mr.. Borden's first wife.
Lizzie Borden is 33 wears old, Emma Al.
Witness visited the Bordena' Wednesday,
August 5; went to swansea in the after
noon; returned ut 500 p IN. on the same
day; saw nobody but tho family In tho
house, went to bed at 1920, saw or heard
nobody during tho night; arose al the
next morning, ate breakfast with MIR. and
Mrs. Bordsn at ! o CLOCK.
Witness eft the house at $40 a. m. saw
Bridget Sullivan In tine kitchen on his way
out; was in the city on business unit! about
11:20, then returned TO tho Borden house
and was informed of the tragedy; saw the
bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden. Witness
never saw Lizzie borden from the time he
arrived Wednesday until he came back to
the house Thursday morning.
Whom Morse took the stand tho prisoner
watched him carefully with apparent anx-
iety; then resumed her accustomed indirer-
ence as heretofore. AT Iu;oO, on motion OF
o. on C,o1a'.I, ots .s'' 80
u p'1I ~ tioI,,,a ,hoSa ,.,,,.a,,oS fa
80. $500.
'Np'-'
Ordered Excluded from the Court Room.
Cross-exannaticn of the witness was
begun by ex-Gov. Robinson at 10:4J. As
bearing on the possibility of an outsider
that during the evening before the murders
there was no light in the sitting room and
that unless the front door was 0hut hard
the spring lock would not catch and that
the door could be opened b. turning the
knob outside.
While witness, with Mr.. and Mrs. Bor-
den were in the sitting room Wednesday
night somebody entered the front door and
went up to Lizzie's room; could not see the
person VINO thus came in. The breakfast
the next morning WIS good, nothing mean
Or scrimped about it. Witness said that on
reaching the Borden house alter the muir
dsr' about Law on hiS return he saw no
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~ the Time uf the Murder,
Witness first saw Lizzie sitting or the
lounge in the dining room, after be came
down stairs from lis visit to the rooms
where the bodies lay. Witness accompa-
MED the officers part of the time While
the search was being made in the house
they had full access to everything. Sew
eral days after tao murder, witness saw
man sitting on the back steps putting
some axes or hatchets into a bag 1t was
not policeman; had not seen the man
since
At 1I:3j courS took q five min,ltes' re-
cess, during which time AIiss Borden con
versed with her counsel, while she nervous
ly fingered her bottle OF smelling salts.
Abraham e. Hart treasurer of Union
Savings bank of Fall River; John r. Bur
rel. cashier of Union National bank. and
Everett n. Cook, cashier of the First M
tiona bank, testified to seeing Mr.. Borden
in their respective banks between $50 and
10 O'Clock on the morning of the murders.
u,,,.. s,,i,,,. ra.,,,
DT'use' 0u'iiVun tes'ineu 'hac She came
10 "ork ior Ine noroehs ABOUT Two years
, 'no sI'"0 - 'aT '"a' u1' oH ''io mon
10y ~ 10y - '"o VI Gheu9 VIII
hold in the cellar. After washin,, sh,
locked tho cellar door BY Dol,
on the inside; from that time after she
had nc occasion to use that door; never no
ticed any change in the door from that
time Continuing, witness testified tina,
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden were both sick We'd
uesday morning; had seen Mr. Morse at thu
Iousp Nntnee,iuV. wit NaJ