Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-21

New BEDFORD. Mass, June 90
There was less Of a jam outside the
courthouse this morning, although AZ
the opening OF court there were as
many people In the room as at any time
during the session. Miss Borden en-
tered the room at s:55, and Gov. Robin
son took q seat betide her, and the two
engaged in conversation until court op-
ened at Q o'clock.
The jury was pOlled. and the District
Attorney picked up the thread OF his
argument whore he dropped it last
night.
He congratulated the Jury on the near
apDroach Of the end. The counsel Who
opened the case for the defense said motive
was a part Of the governments case but
the speaker said this was not so. Motives
are neither adequate, nor tolera6le when
considered In connection with crime.
The motives OF mankind are as unscrutaole
as are the ways Of Divine providence. l
have called your attention to the way Ia
which theV lived under the same roof IL
impresses me deeply as 1 am sure IL did you.
The malice was al before the fact; the
vicl,eduess. the iugradtude had gone on
under that roof for many, many months.
Because the lips Of those who do know are
sealed in death, We don't know but that
some new phase has come in the family
life. adding TO the feeling Of malice and
jealousy in this woman. There may be 10
this case that which shows that Lizzie
Borden did not plan TO kill her father and
hope so. But it was not Lizzie Andrew
Borden who came down these stairs to meet
her father. but a murderess transformed
from the ties Of affection 10 the most con-
sumate cruelty ever known she came
down 10 meet that stern old man. When
she came down stairs il was her father she
met but it was also the husband or the
steD-unOtber whom she hated. Inero was
no escape from the crime but 70 complete
the bloody work. This second murder
was not planned but was done as a wicked
necessity. And say this 90 relieve my
mind Of the dreadtul feeling tnat tnere IS
q deliberate parricide In the world
RRDaEr WAS DOING HER WORK
of his life. We found him moving slowly
about the city, stopping IN various places
oF business. and finally he turned into the
ward OF the house where his wife lay dead.
Ia went around 20 the side door and found
A locked: went 70 the front door and tried
TO use his key, bur could not and was lot IN
by Bridget. He went into the house, sat
down, and then came Lizzie from tae very
placs where his wife lay dead and told him
falsehoOd about where that wife
was Where was that stepDOtheri
She knew that would keep the old
man silent for = time and not for long;
then Bridget came into the dining room 10
wash the windows there, ard the old man,
after paying a visit TO hls room, came
into the dining room, and Lizzie, Win the
spi rit OF Judas kissing his master, sug-
yests that he Law Down 70 get rest. She
tells Bridget that before she goes down
town 10 lock up the door as she might 80
out herself Then Bridget goes up stairs
10 get her rest and Lizzie goes
on ironing alone with her victim. In
less than 20 minutes she calls her servant
down and tells her that her tatner IS
killed. There was nobody who came 10
that house after the tragedy but asked this
woman where she was when 10 happened.
1t beQan with Bridget and ran through all
her friends Her story was not consistent
with the facts, but the fact was that the
woman could not tell the truth because she
had been drugged. We must Judge al
facts and circumstances as tney appear 70
our c0nnm0n-Sense, tried bY that standard.
assert that that story Is simply absurd
and not within the bounds OF reasonable
possibilities
n was enc Of the very hottest days in
the hottest summer we have ever known,
and you are asked TO believe that she left
her work at the ironing board and went up
iuto mat hot barn. You were there IN
. that barn and you know what IL is
EVEN or COOL JUNE DAY.
She told Ofacer Harrington that she could
not hear anything, any noise, because she
was ND in the loft. This was the only
place. aud the hottest where she could get
and not hear anything. In all your OBJ
servatlon have you ever heard OF an at
tempt 10 create an Rlibi which was more
strange than the circumstances OF this one.
That barn alibi will not stand. We come
back and fnd her father dead, and story
on her lips which has no veStige OF truth
init
He referred TO the visit to the cellar as
An evidence Of Miss BOrden's nerve.
How she could have avoided getting
blood on her clothes the jury caunOt an
svSer because they are neither women nor
murdererS.
The prosecution did not claim they had
introduced the hatchet with which the
murder was committed. We don't say
this small hatchet did the business, bet we
do think the handle was broken on, not &C
cideatally, but in order 70 make the least
showing Of splinters. IL has been shown
mat IL had been wet and then rubbed in
ashes snd 10 has been shown that the blade
hts almost mirRculously into the holes In
those skulls We do not say IL was the
hatchet, but we DO say it may well have
been the hatchet.
What's the defensel Nothing Nothing
say again, nothing Some dust thrown
in our faces. Some absurd stories about
drunken men: Of pale and irresOlute man
walking the street in broad daylight, and
OF fighting dogs. Our case IS proven. Let
mercy be taken care OF; act as you would
like TO think Of having acted when you
stand before the great white throne.
Recess until 1:45 for the charge.
The Court came In promptly at las,
every seat in the room being occupied
as usual. The Chief Justice
THEN ADDRESSED MISS BORDEN
By name, telling her that she now had
a voice, and could say TO the jury what
she chose to say. She arose, some
what agitated and said to the jury:
'.I am innocent. but / will leave my
case in your hands and In the hands Of my
counsel
Judge Dewey, then charged the jury
He read his charge rapidly and among
0sheP thlnR3 embodied therein WAS the