New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-07
BORDEN TRAGEDY REVIEWED
MR.. MOODY OPENS THE CASE FOR THE
PROSECUTION.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO PROVE
THE PRISONERS EXHAUSTION IN COURT
AN ADJOURNMENT TO ALLOW THE
JURY TO VIEW THE SCENE fF THE
DOUBLE MURDER At FALL RIVER.


JURY TO VIEW THE SCENE IF THE
| DOUBLE MURDER At FALL RIVER.
New Bedford Mass, >June 6.-The trial Of LIZZIE
Borden was fairly started here today the jury having
been completed Yesterday Mr.. VI DIV maze IN III
dress opening The Governments and one witness
for the prosecution was examined Then an adjourn
ment taken to enable the jury 10 visit Fan
| River and view the Of the tragedy
| AT 30 o'clock this morning Miss I'orien ana inc
jury were in their seats In The courtroom, ana counsel
were on hand busiy arranging their papers lne
doors were opened TO spectators about that tiHie ana
| at least a third OF those who entered were women
state Detectives seaver and shaw sat near the conn
| sci for the prosecution and aids: and Detective
Ducey. Of Chelsea, who has been doing some quiet
work for the defence. handy to the call of the
counsel on that side The jury heard the indictments
against Miss Borden read soon as IN" court was
| formally opened. and charged. Then Mr. Moody
stepped 70 the railing and opened The Governments
case. lie said, among other things, that on August
4 an old man and an old woman. without known
| enemy in the world, stricken down by I'M
known assassin. In the prisoners dock a dangh-
| ter Of The murdered people. young woman Of good
social standing charged with the crime Of numbering
these people. II WAS his purpose. added the speaker
| 10 present the story of the crime In the easiest
| manner possible.
| Mr.. Eordcn was n man Of considerable property.
| rs he lad made IT, and had maintained his family on
| what might be termed harrow scale. Lizzie A..
| Borden was two or three years old when her father
| mnrried for the second tme not long after the
| death Of his first wife. The marriage over
| twenty-five years before the time Of their death.
| and there had been Issue. Abby Durfec Boricn.
at the time OF her death. sixty four years Id.
| The house In which these homicidcs committed
had been occupied 10y the family for about twenty
years. There was. or came 10 De-, between prisoner
! and sepmothcr mkindly fc,ling From the nature
Of the case II would be- Impossible 10 any hnc moro
| than suggestive elmpscs Of this feeling from ont
d,r>. The daughters thought that something should
BE- done for them by way Of dividing the property
after they had learned that the sepmother had been
| amply provided for. Then came division and Ill
| feeling. and the title OF mother" dropped. The
| prosecution would show that dr"ssmaker
| had spoken Of the stcpmothcr mother" when
Lizzie chiiod her and said Don't call her mother
| we hate her; she's Il mean. splteul thing When an
officer seeking Information from the prisoner,
right IN sight of the who had sunken under
| the a,Sassin's blow. and asked: When did Won
last $50 Your mother - TIE reiy came from Lizzie
She isn't my mother; nay mother died when WAS
| an infant
The Government would show thai there an
| hnpassable barrier built mp between the daughters
u and the strpmorher socially and by Jocks an bar.
| Upon the dav preceding he homicide John Y. Morse
| came to the Bordens visit them. lie -icpt there
| Wednesday night. on Tuesday night Hines, or
| Cured In the household Mr.. and Mr.. Borden and
tho prisoner were taken ~ with rcchInc and vornii-
Ing Bridget sullivan. the servant. not. Tn" day
| before the homicide III" prisoner went 20 a drug.
store and there asked clerk for ten cents worth
| Of prus-ic acid for cleaning cape II was Refused
| her. and after talk she went away. Th"
speaker said there could H. doubt Tart the piii-
/ oner Wi, the person who went Ia that store. "on
the evening Of Wednesday, Mr. Moody went on.
| IN ,.fe call sell. "A
| Of hers and 1, will appear that tho prisoner had been
intending sp'nd vacation at Marion. ana the TWO
| friends talked OF that trip. She told Mis- Russell
| that she had made up her mind - go Their" but sh"
said I.c1n'f help feeling depressed that -oU"ihng
! is going TO happen last night We wer" all sick but
Tho Girl. II might have beer the bakers bread n
| ".No' said Miss Russell. Others would have been
sick II that were So
| Then II might have been the milk
".What time do YOU scr your milkr
| "',bout O'clock
".I'm afraid. Lizzie continued. that tho house will
| he burned Light. Father has had 80
| tnncn trouble with his men. The other might the
barn broken into
But that was only boys said Miss Russell.
Lizzie continued. saying that she had seen II man
;Noui the place. who ran away when they caught
sight Of each other AM that her father had only
recently had quarrel with man, who came to SEE
him. she fearful Of trouble
Mr. Moody then produced the plans Of the hous'
Of the Bordrns ana the ncghborhood. and described
them plainly to the jury. He spoke oil the location
Of the Kelly. Churchill and chaenon houses, ana
called particular attention To the fact that there were
three exterior entrances to the premises the front
door "A side lin the northD leading into IA small
entry and the third door In the rear of the house.
leading TO the cellar. Entering the front door one
goes int hall. from which lead two doors one To
The parlor in the northwest corner one into tn" SIT
ting room. and "A stairway leading upstairs. Inc
Borden dwelling was originally double t"Dcneni
house and upstairs and downstair, are practically
alike. Going upstairs from the front one enters
| hallway out of which three doors, on" into a
large closet, for dresses. ETC.; another ieahs iho
,he guest climber which Is directly over the par"r
and corresponds to 1t In sire turning u" 'h'
tourney ND the stairs, one can look directly into the
door OF the CUES chamber The other door ieads 70
the prisoners bedroom In the rear Of Inc mouse.
, ,,ctvccn the guest chamber and the bedroom oi
| the prisoner upstairs there was door winch Always
wa, kept locked both sides. ana III 'h' P''''"f
room there desk against II. III thiS lS'r' oi
| the house one 20 nowhere except III wv guest
chamber and into the chamber Of IN" prisoner ana
| ,hi, closet. Entering the prisoners bedroom d""'
Leads 10 the left into Miss Emma's room another
I'm n leads into The room Ol the iai"r ana 'ho'hef
over the kitchen. That door was AWAY" h'p' ioche'
, ON both sides the prisoner room S"' NY NUN
| ON Mrs Bordcns side by q bolt ana Inc PROOF tha'
thi, door locked on the morning VI INV "ui"'i
| | wo,ld said Mr.. Moody, h' ample anu "'hN'te
. .rom Mrs Eor,cn,s room a door leads to the entry
| wov into the Kitchen and that door. II would be
| proved was also locked on thai day'
As Won go up the hallway. the speaker proceeded
won get access to four rooms ana ih"r was nc
| access TO the rear the house In the lower part
rs Won enter the hallway below. 1t Is rs above but
I ,hor, ar. M ,lo.e,s ON the lett Is the parIor
Straight ahead yoT enter the A'""s i"oi"' 40" you
IN
IN, loft from the siing-room, you enter
! ,he dining room. on the north. and II l.
| uoou ,dr Emma's room The dining
room has a door Of exit into the kitchen. Above
that the arrangement Is varied by partition. 81
that the door corresponding TO the d'hheroom doc
from the sitting room Is that leading from Emma
z room u the prisoners
| INMATES OF THE HOUSE on WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mr. Morse returned on "'"n''"'S "'sh'' IL l.