The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-13

not a very vigorous physique.
Scarcely had jury LETT the room
been sobblng quietly for some time.
Last night sne was III.
As she walked slowly from the room
her weakness was apparent.
She swayed from side TO side, and IL
was with difficulty that she was helped
citing. Suppose the juryman should be-
come suddenly I'LL.
Another jury would need to be impan-
elled and the case would have to be
retired.
What Would be the Result.
Miss Borden was certainly quite i'll.
A juryman had tainted. Complications
were possible which might delay the
-triuf indefinitely.
The return of the jury after a few
minutes. and not long after the return of
Miss Bordep, dispelled temporarily the
feeling of suspense.
But there still remained the fact tha
neither Of these who had been Ill had en-
tirely recovered.
Mr.. Hodges was pale and weak and
both he and Lizzie maintained their COM
posure and strength only by the greatest
exertion o. will power.
Time of Death Uncertain.
Mr.. Adams then resumed his cross
examination, aud at the end of
half-hour's cross-questioning finally
induced DIR. Dolan to say that
neither by coagulation of the blood
or by the condition of the digested food
could he tell within half hour or more
Of the time when any person died.
He could only determine lin the case in
hand by the temperature of the body.
''Then the temperature is all you have
left to determine the relative time Of
death of tn SO TWO peop e." asked Mr..
Adams. "Yes, sir, that Is all"
Professor Wood Called.
Professor Edward S. Wood was next
called TO testify.
He receiv ed the bottles containing the
samples of milk and the stomachs of
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden. He carefully ex-
amined the 81 omachs of BOTH
They were healthy In appearance and
there was no evidence OF any irrtant.
The stomacns of Mrs. Borden contained
eleven ounces of undigested food
IL consisted Of meat, starchy substance
and liquid.
The digestion was apparently normal
and had advanced about two or three
hours from the time of the last meal
Mr.. Borden's stomach contained about
six fluid ounces, Of which nine-tenths
was water. Very little Of it was solid
matter.
The digestion lad gone on normally !;
was further advanced than that of Mrs.
Borden.
Perhaps it WAS advanced from three
and one-balf to four hours.
Tests of both stomachs were made for
prussic acid Immediately with negative
results.
Contained No Poison of Any Kind.
Afterwards tests were made for other
poisons," said Professor Wood, "There
was no evidence OF poison OF any kind.
The same process was followed with
the milk.
"In neither case was there any evidence
OF poison"
The difference between the times of
deaths OF the two persons was probably
about one and one-half hours.
On Aug. 10. the witness received from
DIR. Dolan at the Office OF the city mar
shall in Fall River the claw hammer,
arsss dnsS'' tbs white skr ss tine Tine s%s sns
cover. the pieces OF carpet from the sit :.
ting room aud he'd room, n switch OF
woman's hair, three samples of hair
that OF Mrs. Borden and Mr.. Borden
and the two hairs AIKEN from the
hatchet. All Of the ~tains on the head OF
the claw hatcheJ were tested by micro
scope and chemicals.
No BLOOD was Found.
The same was true OF the axes. Profess
or Wood said the hatchet had one small
blood spot about one-sixteenth OF an
inch IN diameter.
"This examined, and found the blood
corpuscles to be one three thousand two
hundred and thirty-thir d OF an inch
That size.is consistent with its being
human bio ID, ana IL probably IL such.
The spot see led To be larger on the
out side OF the skirt than on he inside.
"What would the fact that he spot
was larger on the outside OF the skirt
than on the inside Indicate g' ask d Mr..
knowlton.
81 would indicate that the blood came,
TO the skirt from the outside rather than
the inside"
This was significant and the audience
moved rvstlessly
Lizzie Had Recovered Her Composure.
Lizzie had entirely recovered her COM
p1sure.
She sat gazing intently at Profss sor
WUcd aud Weighed every word that he
uttered.
On Aug. 10. Professor Woo received a
small batchet. 'zz.e'. ~hoss aud stock