Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-25
WHERE IS LIE ASSASSIN?
There Is Mystifying Work Ahead for the
Fall River Police.

Now that it has been proved 90 the salts
faction OF twelve men that q mistake was
committed and that Miss LlZzlo Borden
did not butcher her father Gpd step
mother, ~ alleged. says a Fall River
special to tho Providence Journal, the
crime IS thrown back 20 the afternoon
OF August 4. 1892, when the police were
securing the country for the murderer.
Nothing remains except the fact that MIR.
and Mrs. Borden were slam III cold blood,
and the community Is still saddIe1 with a
tragedy that remains unexplained. Opln-
ions. whether changed or unchanged by
the decision reached. no longer count
I he accused has been removed from con-
s,deration.
It's now necessary 20 pursue an entirely
new line. No member Of the family took
the lives Of the aged couple, and an assas..
sin must be found. or il must be said OF
Fail River that hend can Kill there a. no
psases and escape punishment. The
work of the authorlties has just begun.
The investigation which has been pursued
aud the mass of evidence which has been
collected are worthless. Every clue which
has been pointing IN enc direction Tor ten
exciting months must be discarded.
FOLLOWING THE MURDER.
From legal standpoint. If from no
other. it is plain that some monster did
iust what it has been claimed no monster
could DO. lie sent note TO Mrs. Borden
on the morning Of August 4th and stole
into the house on. Second street. He en-
tered by the front door. which was
double locked. or through the side
door, which was hooked, or by
means of the chimney. II matters
not how he entered so long as 1t has been
demonstrated that he got in and accom-
plished his unhOly undertaking, he con-
cealed himself somewhere on the premises.
The world knows that he was not seen
there and that he has not been seen since
Perhaps he secreted himself IN the cellar
or in " clothes-press on the second door.
or in the attic; 1t doesn't matter where.
He finds that his note has not accom-
plished his purpose. and, being discovered,
strikes down Mrs. Borden.
AN OLD STORY WITH NEW CHARACTER.
II y tho old story, but a new character
is plaging the part Of the villain, and cir.
cumstauces must be made to fit his conye-
nicnce. He is not detected, and he waits
gu hour or an hour and "a half until Mr..
Borden arrives. II IS fair 70 presume that
he does not 90 10 the stable. He follows
Miss Lizzie Borden downstairs If he ls
hiding IN that part Of the house. or he waits
until she disappears If he Is IN the
basement or Oh tho first floor, and then
wields the axe again. He takes himself on
noiselessly north, south, east. or west, with
the axe aud the note IN his possession. His
motive cannot be imagined. Ii II were
robbery. he lost the nerve which enabled
him to endure the strain after the first
crime, and fled without helping himself to
plumber. Ii II were revenge. he surely
had 1t.
ADIFFICUIT TRAIL TO FOLLOW.
TO track him will be difficult. lie has
nearly years start. He has no name and
no description OF him can be furnished.
Nothing short OF miracle will ever re-
veal his identity. But this is Tn age Of
miracles aud be may be oyertaken. At all
events, the above is y shadowy picture Of
the Individual who drove q blade into the
skulls of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden, and who
has never been suspected except for a few
hours after the discovery Of the frighttul
deed.
1t seems inconceiysble that with three
people about the premises there could
have been more than one such individual.
it isn't necessary to double the difficulties
of the unsolved problem. But there Is no
denying that as this perplsXlng slaughter
stands tonight some scoundrel who
answers this meagre picture Is still at large,
and if he keeps his own counsel he IL
likely 10 remain at large. 1t Is safe
to assert that be cannot be painted IN
stronger colors. He is a phantom SO far
as the most brilliant Imagination goes.
Nobody can set him down ne farm hand.
as 3 sailor. as tramp, or as business
man. Who and what ne was cannot be
determined. Nevertheless, he must be
substituted at this late hour In this mar
velous case and the interest which once
centred elsewhere must henceforth CEN
ire in HIM.
THE SISTERS WILL LEAVE no STONE UNTURNRD.
The New York Worlds Fall River Mass
special says: Lawyer Jennings has no
theory which he can sustain with proof as
10 who did commit the Borden murders.
Nevertheless, he gays. MISS Borden and
her sister Will leave no stone unturned to
discover, If possible. who the murderers
are. The hunt Is already on and will con-