The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-10

| saying he Thought they looked as tney
did he first saw them; the box had
| old lead; the basket old nails and rubbish
and some pieces OF lead pipe.)
| Redirect: II cannot tell you how the
water closet operates. / am not sure.
| The box with the lead in it was in the
carriage room. but you could not see iG
until you passed the opening in tins
| door" The box and basket were offered
in evidence.)
Re-cross-"When I was In the vege-
table cellar. Officer Qngley was there.
l-but can't say where Captain Desmond
| WAS. left Q1igley in the vegetable cell
| lar when went out Conser5 was scar.
ching in the fine coal cellar. Medley
| saw aftsr | left the wash roou:; THAI wass
when he showed me the hatchet head.
A CONSULTATION.
When Officer Eason was dismissed
counsel for ths defencs held q five min
utes' consultaIi IN, during which Lizzie
was also consulted, and Mr.. Knowlton
was called over TO take hand in the
discussion. Il was in relation to the In
production of certain testimony.
Samuel f. Mahoney. police officer,
Fall River-"I went with Mr.. Edson yes
terday TO the Borden house, but could
not get in. On the 30th of May got q
package iu Boston from Prof. Wood. act
lug under direction OF the City Marshal.
| On the I'd of June l returned it to Prof.
| dress was in my custody.
Witness was not cross-examined.
William II. Medley, Inspector of Po-
| lice, Fall River. sworn, safd:-'l am now
doing special work on the force: last
year was patroiman up to the fourth
| day of August; upon that day | was In
formed, when was In the North POlica
| Station, of the homi eide ut the Borden
| house; the City Marshal told me; it was
| twenty-five minutes after eleven when |
| heard the news. | went down to the II. Oh
| A. NJ, train at the Bowenville depot with
a friend that morning. When the Mar
shall informed me l went out, got team
| and rode TO the Central station: 1t took
| us six or seven minutes; W went as fast
as l could get the man to dr. ie his horses;
when l got to the station house
WIS told to go to No. 90 Second street
| passed the City Hall about half past
| eleven or twenty minutes to twelve and
was but few moments going to the
| Borden house. l saw Mr.. Sawyer there
when / got there; Mr. Fleet came soon
after, and in the meantime | went around
| the house; / tried the rear cellar door; it
was fastened; then l went into the house,
saw Officers Fleet and Mullaly, Miss
Russell, Mrs. Churchill and one or two
doctors. l asked Lizzie where she was
when this thing occurred.
and she said she WAS In the barn; asked
her If she had any idea who lid it, and
she said no, she had not; l asked her
where Bridget was, aud she said she was
up stairs. During this time the offices were
arriving fast. and searching was going on
all over the place. went right out into
the barn; the door was locked with a
hasp. When l went to this door there
were quite number out there.
THE DIRTY BARN.
"After / went iuto the barn went up
stairs until my head was just above the
barn floor, and looked ABOUT, my view
crossing the line of the barn floor, the
dust was thick and putting my hand
down | brought away An impression of
dust and left the mark plainly in tho dust
on the floor. Then stepped on the floor
and could see the footsteps plainly
and l saw no others there but
those made in the trial. / noticed the
temperature was very high; the windows
of the hay loft were closed. Then /
searched about the yard, but found
nothing; then received Instructions aud
left for the BowenvllIe station, arriving
there at half-pasJ twelve or just as the
train was leaving. Ou Thursday went
back of the house. arriving at three O'Clock
aud staying until fifteen minutes past five.
THAT evening about eight o'clock
think, went out again and stayed
little while. Oa the Monday following
the murder went to the house and took
part in the search: Mr.. Desmond was
with me: when | went to the house
weut Into the cellar; examined all
could in the wash cellar; then | examtn-
ed some boxes and barrels in little
places near by.
THE HANDLELEss HATCHET.
"Then / went into anoGher room and
found, on q block, think, a chopping
block, a box. in which, besides the handle
less hatchet, was lot of old rubbish;
Desmond was near by at this time, and I
showed it to him; in consequence Of what
he told me took it to the marshal, and
haven't had possession of it since that
time. had never had possession of any
other part of the handle except that
which was in the hatchet."
Here witness Unidentified the small hat
cher aud said that wnen he found it the
piece was in the Iron.
Continuing he said:-"When I saw it
first 1J was covered with dust: like the
dust Of ashes which had been blown over
it; noticed that the break In the handle
was new, but did not notice any dust or
ashes on the point of hreaking. could
not say whether the dust adhered or was
loose; did not observe 1t close enough
to say"
Borden house there were several officers
in uniform besides Mr.. Doherty, who was
not in uniform. Mr.. Sawyer was there,
too. Sawyer was on the side of the
screen door. / remained ar the front
until Mr. Fleet came. Invent into where
Mr.. Borden was, then into Mrs.
Borden's room, or where she
was lying: then went into
Lizzie's room and that was the time /
.aiked with her talked with nobody
else that remember. When went out
into the yard there were dozen or more
people about the yard freely moving
about When l WAS in the house the
only room in which stopped was Lizzie's
room. When I was in the barn there were
no tracks in the barn floor dust.
l can't say whether the window on the
west end had q curtain or not. I was In
the barn two or three minutes looking
around; did not go over Co the front
window and did not examine about
there; I just sstood at the head of the
stairs looking about making a general
opserSation. Iden't think l was on the
place over half an hour after found the
hatchet before I took it down to the
Marshal's office. In regard to that piece
of handle, can't tell which way it was
in the iron; didn't take the wood out;
there WAS no one in with me when /
found the hatchet; twas in box rest
ing on block about foot and a half
above the ground; looked into the open
box as l stood on the floor; the box was
feet from the entrance TO the cellar, per-
baps four feet: / aid not notice any Chin
ney there, although there was mason at
work about there; can't tell you what
was in the box under this hatchet.
think had there been handle in the