The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-22
WHAT newspapers say.
Comments on the Verdict In the Liz
zie Borden Murder Case.
1T Is GENERALLY COMMENDED.
Some. However, Declare That Number
OF People VIII Still Regard Lizzie as
Guilty suggestion That She Set Aid
In the Capture OF the Assassin.

country ATTRACTED Rreater attenti on tnan
that Of Mss Lizzie Borden. and non Q re-
aceived greater attention from the press
of the country. 1t is OF value, there
fore, to learn In what light the verdict
rendered last Tuesday has been received,
aud for this reason the News presents
the following extracts from the many
columns OF comment published In its ex-
changes:
While there are, undoubtedly. many
people in the community who may still
hold opinions not in harmony with the
conclusion arrived at by the members Of
the jury, the latter could hardly have
been expected, all things considered, to
have rendered any other verdict than the
one they did.--Fall River Globe.
But human nature is suspicious and
prejudice slow to yield. Miss Lizzie Bor-
den will do we'll TO set apart a large
share of her inheritence rs n reward for
the detection f the murderer or her
parents. Not till the guilty one is ex-
posed can she enjoy full repose and COM
fort in the innocence which now nine
tenths OF the world ascribes to her.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Generally Anticipated.
We need not say that this verdict has
been generally anticipated by those who
have followed the course of the trial and
who have carefully read the evidence SUB
mitted in the case, or that 1t meets with
popular approval. District Attorney
Kuowlton and his associate, represent
ing the commonwealth, have displayed
marked ability, and with the evidence in
their possession, and the material at hand
it Is difficult to see how stronger case
could have BEEN made in behalf OF the
common wealth against the accused.
There has been happily on their part no
overstepping of the lines defining an
honorable couI sc OF prosecution, but as
the officers of the ate they have done
their whole duty ably and well.-Boston
Traveller.
Congratulations upon the outcome OF
the trial will assuredly be showered In
generous measure upon the woman VINO,
after 10 months OF uncertainty, anxiety
and Imprisonment. is now to regain the
boon OF freedom. There may we'll be-
congratulations also for Massachusetts
and her people upon the posse 'slon OF so
excellent and so impartial judicial sys-
TEN as that under which. without delay
as without haste one OF the most cele-
brated cases of the time has bee n heard
and definitely decided. Globe.
The Pubiic's Opinion.
without the shadow of doubt the
genera, public OF this country. notwith-
standing the acquittal, still believe thar
knows much more about 1t than has Yet
appeared, and we doubt whether even the
Jury, aside from the verdict, which they
felt obl ged to render on the evi de- ce,
are convinced as to her innocence.
port Herald.
In short, it utterly failed to show how
the work OF a cunning fiend could
have been done without 'etving clew
to guilt by young Christian woman
against whose character no WHISPER had
ever before been heard. The result OF
the trial leaves the extraordin ary tragedy
Of last August to pass into history as an
unsolved mystery without a parallel.
For ten months the secret has been
locked in the breast of the assassin.
There it is now likely to remain unless
revealed by the culprit.-New York
Herald.
Evidence of Guilt Wanting.
The acquittal of Lizzie Borden cannot
have been surprise to the public. for
the tendency Of the trial in its later
stages was distinctly against verdict of
guilty. People-and they are a good
many of them-who have believed from
the first that she was not clear Of grave
suspicion have been compelled TO recou-
nize that the evidence as brought out at
the trial fell far short of fixing the
crime upon her. The charge OF Judge
Dewey was practically and logically an
instruction to acquit. The judge laid
down the sound principles that "the law
puts on the government the burden OF
proving guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt" and that, "if not legally proved
to be guilty, the defendant must be de-
clared TO be not guilty" With this iu-
struction in mind the Effectiveness of
the evidence made the duty of the jury
plain.-BJston Herald.
Miss Borden goes free. therefor, with
the sympathy of many thousands Tor the
suffering that she has endured so un.
complaininRly and with courage that in.
nocence alone could give. Those who
deemed the evideucs produced conclusive
against her should accept the decision of
the jurymen who were In the best posi-
BILE position to form an honest Judgment
IN the case, and unhesitatingly gave it.
To the world, accordingly. the mystery
surrounding the death OF the Bordens,
becomes more impenetrable than ever
New port Observer
should he Final.
The case tikes its place among the un-
rave,ed mysteries of crime. The law has
decided Lizzie Borden Innocent of the
deed and all who respect the law will
accept its decision as hnal. 1t was no
business of l. zzie Borden's defenders to
suggest who The murderer might be.
The future may develop the truth or il
dict OF Yesterday has brought to n ter
mination one of the most famous trials
OF the present or aay other age, and it is
sufficient to know that tue jury's decis-
ion Is in accordance with cam, unpreju
diced aud enlightened public opinion
New York Press.
II is impossible TO say too much in
praise of the court. Every right OF the
accused was scrupulously guarded, while
the prosecution was allowed as much
latitude as was consistent with fairness.
Judge Dewey's charge was model Of
clearness and impartiality. No man on
the Massachusetts bench has broader
knowledge of the law, and he has the
splendid faculty OF speaking not only as
a Judge, but AS a man. "A faculty which n
jury never fails to take nLte Of His
charge favored the prisoner for the rea-
sou taat the facts favoreI her. The trial
is over aud the Borden murders remain
rs much mystery a ever, but the pub
lie IL IN the main satisfied that justice
has been done the only person who has
ever been accused OF the ecrime.-SprinR-
field Union.
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