New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-19

one another's confidence and full ana mutual
appreciation of each others capacity. Mr.. Moody
opened the case. lie conducted the examination
of almost all, except the medical witnesses. lie
did his work as we'll as IL could have been done
and with department that was much to his
credit. 1t was absolutely free of even the
suggestion of malignancy or persecution. Mr.
Knowlton. on the other hand, being more posi-
tive in his mental construction than his as
sistant, did display a certain degree of feeling
His manner lacked that calmness which the
semi-iudcial character Of his Office might we'll
have imposed upon it, but he was decidedly e.
fcctive; his performance was always lnteil-
gent; he knew what he was getting after. AMI
he got after it adroitiy he showed full ami
ready command OF language freedom from con-
straint uneasincss and perfect command OF
HE case and of himself. lie may be relied upon
to make speech entirely adequate to the great
trial he has so earnestly conducted
GOVERNOR RODINSON's OPPORTUNITY.
The real opportunity. of course, is ex-Gover
nor Robinson's Mr. Knowlton doubtless under
stands thai Ex-Governor Robinson is a great
lawyer He would be great in New-iork City,
and a LAWYER who is great there is supremacy
great anywhere else. As is the case with all
great men, his characteristics are peculiar His
cloauence is his own. IT is not the easy, ready
brilliant often audacious and always skifnl
oratory Of Bourke Cochran. II is not the chaste,
oujet. accurate and finely intellectual speech OF
Mr. Carter. 1t is not the polished, eX1uisitNly
sarcastic and deciously humorous talk OF MI.
Choate 1t does not read like book of proverbs
sharpcned with taunt ard studded with hard-
pointed facts as do the addresses Of eX-Speakcf
Reed Each of these men is incompatible, as is
every l,.ah of the first class. Governor Robin
son. in speech possesses first of all, an impress
awe manner lie looks as if he meant, as II lie
really believed, just what he was saying. lie
macs simple language direct and little llilstra'eu
with metaphor. lie is passionate, but the hre Is
that Of nature: 1t is not forced neat. ie has
q heart himself, feelings, impulses anu sS"-
pathies, and he knows just how TO reveal 'hen
so az TO awaken true response IN the neai'S
of Others He has humor. but it is grim WIZ
but il is deadly. His argumcntatlVe laoui''
moves in q manner simple, and ny processes eo
seemingly necessary, one after aho'hel' Us !"
efrace the appearance of that adroitness which
has controlled them from the frst step 10 'he
last.
Governor Robinson will make great speech LOT
lizzie Borden. And what an opportunity! Ills
client ia a woman, young. and if not beautliu. al
least not without looks and manners that eheas
attention and appeal warmly for respect. ohe IL
on trial for her life as the result oil one oil '"c
most bewilderng and horribly fascinating TRACE
dies with which human feeling has ever Deem
sritated One of its victims was her own 1a'her'
the other her stepnother; both old, Sood' u-'iui
neople II occurred in broad daylight IN mouse
on one of the most crowded streets OF crowucu
ci,v Into the skull of one of the victims crushed
ten furious blows with Ratchet; into the shui,
~ tho other eighteen. Nobody saw the dreadful
crime accomplished, and not the smallest, faihtes'
trace exists of the weapon it was done with, or
If -
Tho scene OF his monstrous work. There are many
iitte things that point at Lizzie Borden, ana YET
they point in tmid and uncertain way NHe
ats before that Jury not in the clear light OF fac''
hut in n strange, halfiumcd mist of contrndic-
tons uncertainties, doubts, assertions, denlals
and from this weird atmosphere little fingers mere
and there appear accusin"ly directed at her Ana
vet they do not seem to have consistency or coN-
Adence Even while you are looking at them
they seem to melt away. Nowhere III the case
or in what is known of il, is there motive 1of
the crime either on her part or on the part OF
anybody else.
NOTHING ON WHICH TO BASE MOTIVE.
did your mother have an enemy so far as
YOU know % asked the District-At'orncy. of Emma
Borden last Friday.
prompt reply.
Mot in all the world p
NO am sure she had no enemies
Nor had he There is not touch Of fact on |
which TO base motive against the prisoner at
the bar excepting that five or six years ago her |
father gave her stcpmothers half-slster beg
carly present of 81 800, and that his daughters
thought they ought 10 have a. much. Well. he |
gave II to them. and there the matter ended. There
were eighteen blows with Ratchet made in Mrs
Borden's head; ten in Mr.. Borden's. If il was |
Lizzie who made them, and on account Of a
$500 transaction five years ago. from which
she issued satisfied. why should she have waited |
90 long? Revenge is quick. not slow pas
sion, and Lizzie Borden could have had no other.
Her fathers money was. in the end, sure 10 be
hers, and the end close al hand
But IL il was not she. who it Who stole
into the locked and boltcd house. assembled to its
second story, dashed in murderous fury upon that
guiltlcss nofensive old woman, came down 10
the first floor without leaving spot Of blood TO
show his trail. and some time. presumably "a much
as hour later, selecting the one moment
when it would have been possible to
do it unobscrycd. killed the old man,
equally harmless, and in the end
escaped as successfully as il he had melted. This,
to be sure, is not that iury's charge. 1t is no
part of their business to discover who killed An
drew Borden and his wife. II is theirs only to
say whether, beyond a reasonable doubt, il was
the daughter who sits in their presence. She has
been uscd since the tragedy occurred, much as if
che were already condemned The shocked and
outraged public called loudly for revenge. She
was the only person on whom the police could lay
their hands. She was somewhere about the house
Wien the crimes were committed, and she is the
only person who is not able 10 prove herself be-
yond the reach of suspicion. This, 10 be sur. in
one case is because she herself furnishes the cor
decorating evidence but she can find no corrobo-
rating evidence for her own salvation. She has
suffered past al expression She has seen herself
torn from position Of seemingly secure retire
ment and RAGGED before the fascinated eyes of the
,,orld in nilloricd infamv Every fact of hcr life