Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-19
lHEUs BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. BEFORE THE BIG BATTLE Both Sides Are Ready for the Arguments.
 TOWNS ARE DESTROYED BY PLANES Iron River is Swept Out of Existence.
TOWNS ARE DESTROYED BY PLANES
OPENING DECISION \ WISE ONE.
The Opinion of ex-Presi.
 dent Harrison.
BEFORE THE BIG BATTLE.

I 0nrVn 0 D1" l The Arguments Will Re Made in the | Borden Trial To.Day-Inwardness
 of the Double Warrant Rusiness-It | is Believed That Lizzie Borden Will | Re Promptly Acquitted.
 NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 1S.-The
 night before the legal battle is as usual in
 most conflicts a pretty qniet and unevent-
 ful time. The work of preparation among
 the counsel in the Borden case has been l going on all day despite the fact that 1t I was Sunday. Consultations and delibera- l tions and blocking out of arguments on an effective basis, have been carried on by all parties in the case, while the newspaper men have been interested lookers-on from afar, simply because nearer approach and an insight into the actual work of the day and evening was an absolute impossi- bility.
 Ex-Governor Robinson realizes to the fullest extent of his ripe, keen, analytical mind that to- morrow's effort must and surely will be the greatest of his legal life. He fully believes in the justice and truth of the cause he has undertaken and will devote his best energies in making an i'm pression upon the twelve good men and true, such as cannot be readily overcome and entirely obliterated by the fierce in vective and fetching elcquence of Hosea N. Knowlton, his opponent in this legal tilt.
 The government has the best end of the argumentative part of the case, because 1t has the ears of the jury last and 1t is bare. ly possible that, provided the jury has not the most retentive minds in the world, the words last spoken and heard may fall upon most fertile ground.
 The concensus of opinion here Is that Miss Borden will be acquitted in short or der or that the jury will disagree. In the former event 1t is understood there will be no jubilation, but she will retire quietly from the scene of so much unpleasantness as quickly as possible. In the latter event there may come a new trial or 8 case of nolle pros, she being allowed to go on her own recognizanoe, provided her counsel stand in the breach.
 The story about disagreement in the jury is all bosh, and originated in the fertile mind of @ super imaginative person. While the surroundings are not particularly con- ducive to harmony, still it is fact that exceedingly pleasant relations have been maintained, and it would not be surprising if every June hereafter there should be . festive reunion of the Borden jury to com memorate this delightfully."- bright spot in their career.
 It has just come to the knowledge of the Associated Press that the true inwardness of the double warrant business is this: When Marshal Hilliard came to the con- clusion that it was necessary to closely watch Lizzie Borden he swore out @ war rant for her arrest, trying, however, to consult MT. Knowlton about the matter. The latter was at his summer home in Marion and could not be reached by tele- phone. When he came up on the day of the inquest Marshal Hilliard had the war rant duly made out and in his pocket.
 After the inquest the district attorney said: "Have warrant made out and ar rest her"-or words to that effect, and the marshal replied that he had one already. But MT. Knowlton said that this would not do, there must be a warrant made out to fit the case, he under standing and approaching, even at that time the very point which ex Gov ernor Robinson used SO effectively in bar ring out the testimony of Miss Borden at first warrant was issued wholly without MT. Knowlton's knowledge or sanction, ac- cordipg to MT. Hilliard's statement, al though the latter tried to consult the law yer before he obtained it.
 The arguments will probably take all day Monday and the charge be given on Tuesday. It being impossible for the jury to leave the court room after receiving the charge 1t is considered as not fair to start them in on the last stage of the proceed ! ings at nightfall.