Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-17

/ neH gAteNav itAllnK against tne RAte-pOSt.
She did not know the man.
| Charles +. Sawyer, a painter of Fall
River, said he came to the Borden house
about II o'clock the day of the murder and
he told of the arrival of the officers and
others about the place. He didn't see OIL
Ger Medley there very early in the day.
John X. Manning. reporter in Fall
River, testified that he went to the Borden
house the day of the murder and looked
about the place. He tried the cellar door
and found it locked. He never saw Medley
there during his stay about the premises.
He got back to his newspaper office at
ll.50.
In an interview with Mrs. Reagan re-
garding the "You gave me away" story,
the witness said Mrs. Regan told him there
was nothing in it. He wanted to know
whether the reported story was true or not,
and desired negative or affirmative state
ment.
| Cross examined-I don't recall what she
said to me about believing what saw in
newspapers. but won't say she did not say
it or that she did not say she would tell her
story in court.
Thomas f. Hickey, reporter at Fall
River. testified that he was called to inter-
view Mrs. Reagan on Friday, about the
story referred to above. II said i see
you're getting yourself in the paper, Mrs.
Reagan She replied: Yes, but they have
got to take that all back
| II asked her about the quarrel and she
said there had been no quarrel. / asked
her if she hal repeated any of the words of
the sisters and asked her if there was any
truth in the report and she said absolutely
none."
Mrs. Mary r. Holmes of Fall River,
testified to the defendants connection with
| the religious and charitable work of the
| Central Congregational church.
Continuing the witness said she was at
the Borden house the day of the murders
The officers were not hindered in any way
| from making a thorough search of the prem
| ises.
| On the day of the funeral Lizzie shed
tears when looking at her fathers remains.
Concerning the quarrel story, the witness
said she had a talk with Mrs. Reagan about
the story after its publication.
Mrs. Reagan said to the witness: "Mrs.
| Holmes, you know it is not SO, for that was
| the time we were talking about the eggs"
| The prisoner sat with her face in her hand.
kerchief during much of Mrs. Holmes
testimony.
| The witness continued: "lt was on Fri
| lay that this occurred. Late the same night,
| think, while was sitting in the matron's
room some men came and talked with Mrs.
Reagan. She went out and came back,
seeming quite disturbed. | heard Mrs.
| Reagan say she would sign the papers If
Marshal Hillard was willing. This was to
the men who came into the ROOM
Charles J. Holmes of Fall River, "a bank
| or, testified to having knowledge of the pa
per given Mrs. Reagan to sign. The paper
was produced and indentifed; 1t was essen
tally denial of the quarrel story.
It was read to Mrs. Reagan and she said
| it was true, and that she would sign it If the
marshal would allow her. Then she and
Mr.. Buck went down to the marshars Of
| fee. They came back and went into the
matron's room. Down stairs, after the
marshal refused to allow her to sign, |
heard part of the alteration which en-
sued. Mrs. Reagan never signed the
paper.
John r. Colwell, reporter, saw the pa
per read to Mrs. Reagan when she was
| asked to sign it. He took it to Hillard and
he said if she signed the paper it would be
| against his orders. Then she went out and
the marshal ordered the witness out.
Mrs. Mary Z. Brigham of Fall River,
lifelong friend of the prisoner, who visited
her frequently in the Jail, heard Mrs. Rea-
gan say she would sign the paper if the
marshal would let her; that she would
rather leave her place than stay where she
had been lied about that it was all lie
md that there had been no quarrel.
Emma L. Borden, sister of the defend
ant, was the next witness. She said the
search in the house by the officers had been
thorough, that DR.. Dolan had said it could
not be more thorough unless the paper was
torn from the walls and the carpets taken
up. She and Lizzie went to the attic and
assisted the off GERS in opening the trunk
| and never hinde red the search in the slight
est.
| The Bedford cord dress was made the
frst week in May at our home. 1t was n
very cheap dress. The painters began
work soon after the dress was made and
Lizzie got some paint on this dress within
two weeks.
She got the paint on the front breadth
and on the side; that dress was hanging in
the front closet on the day when came
home. know because went to hang up
dress and found there was no nail.
Question--Did you say anything to Liz
nail there? Objected to but allowed.
"I did. ] said You haven't destroyed
that old dress yet. Why don't you do soi'
remember having seen her use it for some
time.
at could not have been made over, be-
cause besides being badly soiled, the nate
rial and color was such a. to render it i'm
possible. II was a very long dress, an inch
and = half longer than her pink wrapper.
The sleeves were full and the waist was .
blouse waist. The rack Of the skirt was
longer than any other dress, except those
cut en- train.
4 "She had no other dress which she could
have got on over that dress, because they
were made too snug. She could not have
had it on under the pink wrapper because
II would have shown"
ssThe next I saw Of the Bedford cord
dress was in the kitchen on Saturday
when / heard voice. I looked around
: and saw her with the dress on her arm.
.sShe said, I'm going to burn this old
Dress and said, 4 would or Why don't
you,' and turned away.
81 did not see her burn the dTess. Mis-
Russell vas there at the time"
/ Olu you oI foht sistSf AcSp Ns8 ueB
; Objected to and excluded.
what was done with the pieces Of closf
or your old dresses?" Excluded.
do you know of your sisters habit Of
burning old dresses, or portions Of Ok
: dresses, previous to this time" Excluded
and exceptions noted.
. "Whas happened next in regard to tn
= dress after the burning, Was anything sal
by Miss Russell in regard to this dress?r
"Yes. on Monday Miss Russell came :
rs in the dining room and said that she ha
}. told Mr.. Hanscomb falsehood and aske
4 her what thas vas for.
II "Sbe said he asked her II al the dresse
= were in the house thst we're there ct th
le time Of the murder and she had said yes.
Fl Then il was decided between N all thi
n she should 20 md tell Mr.. Hsnscomb III,
she had told falsebood. Ny siste
9 said at the time, Why didn't you tell BIZ
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