Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-17
Evidence All In and
Ready For the Jury.
"GAVE NE AWAY" STORY
Is EHectually Disposed Of bv the Sis
ter Of the Prisoner.

her life is now before the jury. The law
yers for Lizzie Borden hsd gala day
yesterday. They put on many important
witnesses, and the district attorney had
such bad luck cross examining them that
It seemed as though they strengthened
every point for the defence.
The sable garbed prisoner was at her
very best In looks and spirits, and sat
among her lawyers. bright-faced. bright
eyed, wide-awake.
The day was short, busy and very i'm.
portant. The defense had no story Of ex.
planation to offer. It's only aim has been
to weaken or contradict the governments
charges.
The Topic Treated
was the alleged stolidity of the prisoner at
the time the murder was discovered, the
story of the paint stained dress that she
burned up and the veracity of Mrs.
Reagan, the police matron, who says she
heard Lizzie Borden say to her sister;
"You have given me away"
The defense enjoyed perfect and over
whelmning success In disposing Of all these
matters.
Too much time was spent over Mrs.
Reagan's tale of the quarrel Of the sisters.
1t was utterly demolished by Lizzie
Brigham, yet other women, reporters and
citizens generally were called 10 bury the
story deeper than Kidd's treasure IL
hidden.
AS to the psint-grimed dress, there was
equally ample proof of it, and proof, too,
that Miss Russell, the close friend Of Liz.
zie Borden, had told the police of 1t only
when begged to do 30 by the Borden
sisters.
Finally, there was evidence that Lizzie
Borden wept in the presence of the mu-
tilated remains Of her father. Her lawyers
not only proved this by their own wit
nesses, but they dug up Bridget Sullivan's
testimony to that effect as she gave 1t at
the inquest.
The Sensation or the Day
was the appearance of Miss Emma Bor.
den on the witness stand. She was sub
jected to q long examination by her sis
ter's lawyers, and then was handed over to
the mercy of District Attorney Knowlton
She stood with perfect self possession on
the stand, answered with deliberation and
decision every question and met the skill.
full cross-examination of Mr. Knowlton
without defiance, but with an evident de
termination to have the meaning of her
we'll weighed words thoroughly under
stood.
She first gave an itemized list of Lizzies
property, amounting to deposits in sundry
savings banks Of about $2500, two shares
in the Fall River National bank and nine
shares In the Merchants Manufacturing
company.
She said that the gold ring on Borden's
finger was given to him by Lizzie 10 or 10
years ago, she having worn 1t long time,
and that he priced it highly and always
kept it on his little finger, where 1t was
when he was buried.
She produced an inventory of 1S or 1e
dresses hanging in their clothes press, and
swore.in response to Marshal Fleets as.
sertion that the search didn't amount to
much, that DR.. Dolan told her they had
searched from attic to cellar, Bridget taking
the paper from the walls and the carpets
from the floor. Her report as to
The Burning OF the Dress
was interesting by itself and forceful as
distinct challenge of the story told by
their former friend, old lady Russell of
Fall River
It seems It was cheap dress made In
the house by dressmaker and put on by
Lizzie the very morning after 1t was
time, which was superintended by Lizzie,
and in less than two weeks there was paint
on the frock in front and on the sides.
Some time after this she saw the dress
hanging in the clothes press, faded badly,
as well as soiled generally, stained with
paint and unfit to make over, as washing
would have faded 1t still more, and SO she
advised Lizzie to burn It, which was done.
However, according to Miss Borden, al.
though Miss Russell said nothing to Lizzie
about the burning Of the dress where
people could see IL at the time, she did say
to her later that she feared the burning of
the dress was the worst thing Lizzie could
have done, whereupon Lizzie exclaimed:
'Why did you let me do itp Later
Miss Russell said to the Borden girls that
she had told Mr.. Hanscom story In say.
ing that all the dresses that were In the
house at the time of the murder were
there on the day of the search, and that II
had troubled her conscience and that she
had gone to him, confessed her falsehood
and told of the burning Of this dress.
Her attention was then called to
The Reagan Yarn
about the quarrel between Lizzie and her
Self. Sentence by sentence she denied the
truth of every word, deliberately and en-.
phatically setting at rest, 30 far rs she was
concerned, the whole fabrication
Mr. Knowlton's ingenious cross-examina-
tion endeavored to prove condition of i'll.
feeling In the Borden household, but suo-
ceeded only 10 far as the witness herself
was concerned.
She said that some years ago her father
gave Mrs. Borden, her stepmotber, one
half of a house, of which the other half
was owned by her sister. the price being
about $500; that this angered Lizzie and
herself; In consequence of this their father
gave them what Is known a. their grand
fathers house, and that after this the COR
dial feelings between Mrs. Borden and
Lizzie Borden wsre restored, but that
such was not the case ~ between Mrs
Borden and the witness
She could not recall but one hatchet AZ
belonging In the house, redenied the ma
irons story Of the quarrel. told again
about the burning Of the dress and the
falsehood of Miss Russell. described the
dress with the paint on II and laughingly
said that the waterproof cloak belonging
TO Lizzie, the whereabouts Of which have
bean queried, was In the closet before the
murder, has bean ever since and IL ret
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