New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-09
LIZZIE BORDEN'S TRIAL.
4 DAY OF SENSATIONS.
EVIDENCE POINTING MORE DIRECTLY 10
THE DEFENDANTS GUILT.

Full THAN BEFORE. IN SPITE OF THE TEsTI.
MoNY-THE MAJESTIC HIGH SHERIFF
, AND THE EMINENT COUNSEL
| SCENES IN THE COURTROOM
(Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1
New-Bdford Mass, June s.-The fourth day q
Lizzie Dordens trial has ended, and from tho
vague and nnsharely mass Of evidence produced
by the prosecution, the finger Of accusation points
still more directly at the prisoner. But 1t still
points timidly, as il 1t were not sure OF itself
and il it did not wholly like the responsibility
it takes in asking verdict against her. Tho
day has been cool and beautiful. The grass on
the little lawn in front Of the courthouse and
the fine old elms that arch the pathway leading
| to its COrinthian portico were deliciousy fresh
and green. Perhaps it is glance of their glad
humor that has frightened Lizzie Borden II
must have been some other influence than any
that the evidence could have given birth to.
! Innocent guilty, it was painful enough. In.
nocent, she must still have thought II had an
ugly sound. Guilty, her conscience must have
impaired TO its suggestive details meaning even
more terrible than they conveyed to other minds
than hers But wherever it came from, or what
ever 1t is. something made Lizzie Borden
| brighter and stronger to-day than she has been
at any time since she was first confronted with .
| jury
AN ORDINARY NEw.ENGLAND LIFE.
This woman thirty-three years old, unmarried
| and without a lover, is accused Of having hacked
her inirm old father and the stepmother with
whom she had lived from her infancy to their
deaths, and Of having done il with Q hatchet
which, the handle having been broken of near tho
blade, she must have grasped by the iron head.
| Her very fingers must have sunk into the wounds
<ho ID Gb> d H. La
lived her life without making any other history
| than that which comes to the ordinary New.
England girl who lives in the home of her parents
and busies herself from morning till night In
adding to it's comforts. She is not handsome, nor
does she look especially refined, but there 70 .
certain old-fashioned simplicity In her countc-
nance and an absence Of anything that implies
the ferocity, at once calm and audacious, which
must have moved her il the prosecutions story
| is to be believed. Hitherto she has apparently
| taken only an inactive interest in the proceed
ings-that is she has sat at all times quietly
| and for long periods motionless, with her eyes
closed and her head resting lightly on the fan
which she held at her chin. Occasionally she
has spoken to some one of her counsel turned
to the court attendant for glass Of water bus
| BIZ no quick look or sudden flush Of color, by
no glance of Indignation or anxiety, has s.io
betrayed keen consciousness OF her position
until to-day. ''~
| 4 SOMEWHAT UNwoMANLY FACE.
Her countenancc 10 naturally heavy. At the
| brow il starts well. Her forehead Is low eue
shapely, and her eyes are large and clear Sne
has pretty ears, small and delicate and held close
ly to her head. Her nose is straight, and II 10
might be dssociated from the heavy jaws, the WIDE
mouth and the thick, long and somewhat protruds
| ing lips beneath it, it could be called sensitive.
That which makes Lizzie Borden's coarse face
and all that leaves it possible for her to have COM
mitted this crime are the lower features-the
mouth, the cheeks and the chin. Here her face
| is wide and full 1t seems to possess little moblli,
ty and it indicates the possession OF sort OF mas
culinc strength that one does not AXE to observe
| in the face of woman. But looked at anywhere
else, she is to advantage. Her attitudes are
decidedly graceful and womanly, and her move
rncnts always easy and refined. Her dress, dark,
plain and ordinary. is rather more in the mode than
one is apt 70 see in New-England town. Her
hat too, was made by some one who understood
the milliners art She wears her hair in the old
French twist which, however suggestive Of an
antiouatel fashion-phts nevertheless becomes her.
II is wcllbrushed hair and greatly aids in render.
| ing her appearance neat and ladylike. This efs
feet is much heightened by the shapcliness Of her
| arms, so far us the present style allows them TO
re seen below the elbows, and by her long, slender,
we'll soved hands. Nobody would pick out Lizzie
| Borden for the fcnd incarnate she must be IL the
Indictment at issue here is credible.
| Her improved spirits have shown in many ways
to-day. She has watched the witnesses intently,
especially when they came in their testimony to
alleged conversations with her on the day Of the
murders, or when they said anything that points
to her guilt. Then she has leaned forward
quickly and has spoken in an animated way with
her counsel, the result being almost always ap-
parent when crossexamination her attorney
has taken up the points that thus caught her
| attention.
| BRISTOLS FORMIDABLE HIGH SHERIFF.
Local interest in the trial Il intense The
sessions are attended by as many people as arc
permitted to enter by the extremely magnificent
High Sheriff Of Bristol County, who goes around
| in Websterian blue swalow-tailed coat, with
cf,ough gilt buttons on it to tit out regiment Of
Haytian generals, and a high silk hat the sight
OF which would fill Mr.. Evarts with admiration
and envy All tho sheriffs Of Bristol County are
not as high as the high sheriff. The silk hat =
his peculiar distinction, and with an rate temper
and stout figure il renders him formidable to
! look upon. But all the sherifls have sky-blue
swallow-t tailed coats and gross or two OF gilt
buttons and when they all stand up to salute the
Court, and the Court stands up 10 salute them,
one is profoundly impressed with the majesty Of
the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,. II is .
mart of the high sheri0's function to pre-
! cede the Court as 1t enters, and to call
| out in a feeling way, The Court" whereup0u
the Court, standing before the bench. is greeted
by the public, who stand also. The prisoner
| at the bar is taken from the dock and placed
where she half confronts the Court and half the
jury All the swallow-tailed sherifis are in
their several places, and the clerk Of the court
says, not in the enwords-to-a-second style which
Captain billy" Ricketts, has rendered so f.
milar to New-Yorkers. but in slow and measured
accents: Hear ye! hear ye! hear We! All
persons having business before the Honorable the
Justicfs Of the Superior Court commanded
to attend. draw near. and they shall be heard.
| God bless the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," I"