Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-09
LIZZIE BORDEN'S TRIAL
Another Interesting Day in
the Famous Case.
DR.. BOWEN GAVE LlzxIE MORPHINE

Important Witnesses Hoard Yesterday
Bridget SuI1ivan's COntradiction-Tho
Burning of the Dress on the Sunday
Reporter Who Found the Cellar Door
Fastened.
New BEDFORD, Mass, June 9.-The
fifth day of the Borden trial opened this
morning under the Same exciting circuna-
stances that have attended it thus far
Long before the time Of opening crowds
sur9ed before the doors Of the court
house, each person trying to get and hold
place of advantage in the line.
The proceedings Of the day give promise
of being as interesting as those of yes
terday.
Yesterday the first witness called for
was Mrs Churchill, the previous call for
DR.. Bowen having been rescinded, but she
not being present, DR.. Bowen was put on
DIR. Bowen stated nothing new in the
direct examination, except to deny that he
had ever said Mrs Borden died of fright or
in a faint. Cross-examinat on by Adams
brought out the fact that the witness had
prescribed morphine for the prisoner to al
lay nervous excitement, first in ordinary
doses, afterwards In double doses continued
to the time Of her arrest, and after
wards when In the station house and be-
fore she examination at the inquest and
that morphine so prescribed had a ten
dency to affect the memory and produce
hallucination. The examination lasted a
little over an hour.
Bridget Sullivan was recalled at 1910,
and was re .cross-eXamined by MIR. Robin
son.
On re-croso. examination, Bridget Sui
livan denied that she saw Lizzie in tears
when she called her down stairs just after
the murder, and denied she had ever stated
so, as shown by her testimony in the pre-
liminary hearing. Mrs. Churchill was
called at 1890:
Nothing new developed in Mrs. Church
ills direct examination, but in cross-ex-
animation she told Robinson, Lizzie was
so pale and excited after the murder that
her appearance attracted witnesses atten-
ton from the house, Rigid inquiry about
the dresses failed to change ht n direct tes-
tiInony
Mrs Churvhilrs examination was I'm
ished at 11:20. A 1ve-minute recess was
taken during which the prisoner talked
with Charles j. Holmes, of Fall River.
Alice Russell was called at II: 80.
At noon, in direct examination, Miss
Russell described Iizzie's burning the
dress Sunday after the murder. First
saw Lizzie in the kitchen with the dress,
and Lizzie said: 81 am going to burn up
this old thing, covered with paint" Wit
ness went out and came in again, and saw
Lizzie standing near the cupboard door,
and tearing or ripping small portions of
dress. Skirt was lying on the shelf.
Witness said, 81 would not let anybody
see you do that" to which Lizzie said
nothing. but moved back one step toward
the cupboard door. Afterwards witness
said: Il am afraid the worst thing you
could have done was to burn that dress"
to which Lille replied: "Oh, why did you
let me do ita Why did you not tell me2'
Gov. Robinson began cross-examination
at 1910.
His cross-examination failed to shake Miss
| Russell's direct testimony. On redirect
| she testified, against objection by defense,
that Bedford is a cheap dress material,
and that the cupboard in which witness
| saw a part of the dress at the time of the
burning was used only for kitchen utensils.
At 1850 John Cunningham testified
about the murder. Court then took a re-
cess from l to 2:15.
The afternoon session opened promptly
at 215, the court room by this time being
crowded. The testimony of the morning
is considered very important, and Assist
ant Marshal Fleet, in conversation with a
| reporter, said he was at a loss to under
stand where that dress which Lizzie is al
legged to have burned was when they went
| through The house; certainly they saw
nothing of 1t.
John Cunningham took the stand to fin
J ish up his testimony. He detailed seeing
DIR. Bowen, Miss Russell and Miss Sullivan
| passing up Second street and remembered
seeing Officer Alien going towards the
Borden house. He went up afterwards
with Walter P. Stevens, of the Fall River
News, and John Manning, of the Globe,
and examined the grass in the Borden yard
for footprints. They tried the cellar door
and found it was locked. This is consid-
cred important for the prosecution, as
showing that there was no way to get into
the house by the cellar.
Witness said that when he and the re-
porters went to the house they jumped
over the fence, and then peered about for
footprints, they saw none, not even by the
pear trees, in all the yard.
Officer George w. Allen, of the Fall
River police force, said he was sent to the
Borden house at 11:15 on the morning OF
the 4th. He described the manner in which
he went, and about enlisting Mr.. Sawyer
for an outside guard. He saw Lizzie at
the table in the kitchen, and he also saw
the body of Mr.. Borden. He saw that the
front door was locked with a night-lock
and a bolt.
Witness saw a clothes press in the
kitchen and looked into it. When he went
to the station and reported to the marshal
he had not heard of Mrs. Borden's death
He detailed his coming again and hiI
searches through the house and his finding
the cellar door locked on the inside, OF
bolted. Witness said that when he saw
the body of Mrs. Borden there was q small
stand upon which were two books and
small oil lamp, about three feet away, bu
there was no marks of blood on the book
or the stand. He noticed u bloody hand
: kerchief on the guest chamber floor, lyinI
about midway between the body and tn
wall.
DISCRIMINATION failed to bring ouI
anything of Importance.
Francis H. Wixon, deputy sheriff o
} Bristol county, said he was at the Contra
police station, arriving there about 11:O1
He heard the city bell ringing when he wa
eighty feet away from the police station
When he had been there ten or fifteen min
utes the city marshal was called to tn
telephones; then he went by witness anC
gave some orders to somebody
Then Officer Allen came in an
: told the marshal something. Afte