The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-20

house. Don't you think she would
have sent her out on some errandT
The handleless hatchet was referred
to. Ex-Governor Robinson maintained
that the blade OF the hatchet could not
cut its way cleanly through Mr.. Bor-
denis eye ball, nor could it have made a
cut in Mrs. Borden's hair as II 1t had
been made with shears, The hair
found on a claw-headed hatChet, which
the government had at first called dog
hair, was cow hair,
"lf this is not the implement with
which the murder was committed,
where is it? Fall River seems to be
prolific in the way OF hatchets."
"Our experience teaches us that u
woman OF thirty-two years, brought up
in one OF our homes, serving God and
man, teaching the ignorant and down
trodden, would not blaze out as a
human monster, Suppose she had
been wicked and designing, and Bridget
as innocent as she ia now, would it not
have been simple for her to drive
Bridget into the tolls and save her
self?"
1t was 8 o'clock when Ex-Governor
Robinson closed, after having made q
speech four and three-quartor hours in
length. AS he was closing, Lizzie began
to weep. Her face was red aud swollen
when she removed her handkerchief
from ii.
THE PROSECUTION OPENS.
When the jury returned it was 3:O7
o'clock. Half a minute later District
Attorney Knowlton began to sum up
for the prosecution,
However we may differ, we can
agree that this is q most heartrending
case. II was terrible crime.
"The woman We are trying is a Chris
tian woman, as that term is used to-day,
She is a lady, the equal OF your wife
and my vile. She is lady whom We
would mover have suspected OF such q
thing, 1t is hard to consider woman
guilty Of such crime. II they lack in
strength, they make up for it in cum
ming aud sagacity. II they are stronger
in love, also are they stronger in their
hates. The greatest criminals OF the
world have been women. We must
fuco this case as men,"
"While Borden was down in the
bank that morning the assassin met
Mrs. Borden in that room aud killed
her. This is tremendous fact. 1t is
murder Of Mrs. Borden.
"There was ono woman In the world
who believed that old woman stood be.
tween her father and herself. There
was nothing in these blows but hatred,
and great strong man would have ta-
ken the hatchet and with ono blow
would have made IN end OF 1t.
The speaker reviewed the movements
OF the family on the morning OF the
tragedy from tho time Of their arising
in the morning through the time when
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and Morse took
breakfast together; then Mr.. Borden
goes down town. Then Bridget goes out
washing windows; Mrs. Borden goes into
the guest chamber and Lizzie and she
are above stairs. Lizzie then goes out
doors to see II Bridget is fairly at her
work, and then goes back and the muir
der was gone, UP to the time the
murder was done there was no room
for the assassin to come in. When
that 200.pound woman fell under the
blows the fall must have been heard by
whoever was in the house at the time.
II Lizzie was downstairs she was in the
passageway OF the assassin; il she was
upstairs she was on the same floor
quite near and she could not have
helped hearing.
When Bridget got through her work
Lizzie told her that sho was going to
lock the screen door, as Mrs. Borden
had gone out aud she might go out too.
But there was no note; there never was
anybody sick and the note story
originated with Lizzie Borden; Bridget
Sullivan said sho never heard anybody
come with a note; sho never saw any
note, and tho first she heard Of it was
what Lizzie said.
Adjourned at sos until tomorrow
morning at 0 o'clock, Mr.. Knowlton's
argument unfinished.
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