The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-21

shnsxa. chs heard Q cry Of distress. snd rsn-
ming sasx 70 tbs hoase. sA1 scusd ner sssasf "a
the .eass sston aad esstzsssfsen de<<yshkss- sae
easies. bridget ssd tie nssxhSoss wsss nocsssa.
Ten fsIH sses later. - ben Hfs CAsresia reseasa
the fsst5ss. IL uss snx<essed 20 Lsssss 70 sszla
eesrea Tor kss mother. shs rssssef ses
oeasss o. the house.
TIA ,resisnsnsry hearings wsTs he;d August
-. = % sns 81 and ssrssmDss .s sns 20. :,
tbs sss he. sessnes 20 eoavfnee the rfo~ce1noa
thaf u s,sd Perfect esss. OF eonsss oaIy sass
eyssns'es ~ u.s nsssss.u 70 hc.q sas 49, ~ e
tend so show tbs. Lxxss vas guilty. soes %
the salsses ase~rsa1 tnAs oas 81 the kosns
wort ~ the acruscd had two of Issss q. 1s -.
syoss 81 IL. 40 srs and hssehe. fouad IN tne
celia .sse oa thS asy o. the msfdsr ax1rsa IN
che zsseIngs, bus there vas 10 pfoss toss...s
that ssther weapon nad oesn ssea oJ -
tim ssas thers ever reason 70 ee.sese tass
J1xxsa isyrdon vss snsane, bot !ndge hsassa co.
.: fs;s River. promptly dsased ts1 y
sous sessevst thea taas be cIosed the Only
Ioopse;s 10 had In case the srana !ap
ssets bring Ia an inciesnsnL. ss.
svsessne laid hssoss u. grand iusy referred 70
the alleged sn1snx OF tns burned frsgnsnn OF
. dssaz ia the kitchen store OF tne coruea
koussss&d few minutes alter the discovery o.
tas s.ndles Thu Indictment was brought IA
Tussssy. Deeemosr 9. twenty jurors vosing iof
- 20 asss against IL vas agreed 20 Degin tne
y
nova Wy sad deiays we're frequent until ~,
ceatss, Vel ea the way wss smoosaso Tor TIE VIA
whieh k@gxn co June D.
No rev fsrss were siieissd during the trial.
and tsss prussle setd purchase evidences vs. NOS
sami Esass. tesoK ruled out on June la Inc
prosecution was represented By District Aftor'
new IS w. Knowiton and II. VI. Moody. The
Astorg. rs for tie defense we're Andrew J. Jen-
n!nss, Of Fail River: Col Meivin o. Adams, OF
Boston, sad s1-Gov. George q. Robinson The
srial sssted fifteen Days. Miss Borden has been
acquitted, and the murder mystery IL moro OBJ
ecufe ,Aau ever
Anssqw J. BORDEN vas ~ yssss Of aes when
he vas o. urder.d. He vas man who hsd made
money al1t Of the undertaking business. Inc
rnoaes shst no made he saved and put tn the
hank. fasn when hs got the chance he went
into sfse street railroad business AMI made ios
Of fnesss, out o. that, too. lie owned . consrosi-
ing interest la IL. and whom is wss soid out 10
New aor1 syndicate not long ago he got VIZ Tor
svery 81 10 pat into il He was president OF the
Uniog savings bank. He owned nearly soiid
block ~ tho best paying business property on
eoush Astn street and stores abont the town.
He ~ taxed on real estate TO the assessed value
Of el-s SDl, which IL about oae-third II iss real
vslue. lie taxes on PERSONAL property cannot
b. guessed ct becauss tho most Of IL was ia the
eomrsaiss he Was interested IN without dorbs
ne was forth tyo0oa Yet hs never dressed
v
ever dag with q haskct on his arm TO fetch back
new .aaa eggs Nobody ever saw him take n
buggy ride He had no horses except working
beast at tho faric- He Was hard man but =
Just fsan. one whom nobody hated aud nobody
partisuiarly loved.
Mira borden wss some years his junior. and
she v 81 Mtss Gray. daughter Of ths late Onvee
Gray. IT Fail River, MAsa, when she married
NJ. kgsdsn, quarter Of . century age She
a sa,1- msfr00fy- i00kfnR 0Oman.
A. 90 i.asxis Borden, here 10 pen sketch OF
her a. she appeared in court TO answer 10 the
hsinsas charge Of having slain her parents:
wnman "a years old, and without lover.
She il acs IN advsntnress; she has lived her life
which GENES to the ordinary New kng,and girl
who iiycs in the home OF her parents ana bustes
hsrseif from morning Till night In adding to it
iook especially refined, but there IL . certain
o,d-fsassioncd simplicity In her ccuntenancc
and su absence Of anything that implies the
mus, savs moved her Il the prosecution. story
T. 10 DC taiievod Hitherto she has apparently
taksn aniy an inactive interest In the proceed.
inxe that y. she has sAs A. all times quietly ana
aud tssf head resting lightly on tho fan which
she as.d at her chin. Occasionally she has
spokes ia some one OF her counsel OF turned 10
the ccisrt attendant for 4 glass OF water; but by
no QgseE loox or sudden flush OF color. by no
glanre o. indignation OF anxiety, has she be-
tfayea keen consciousness OF her position.
Her cauntsosncs II naturally heavy.
At tha brow Il starts we'll. Her fore
head IL low but shapcly. and her eyes ere large
and e;ssF. she has pretty ears. small and deli
cate sad held closely To her head. Her nose il
straight, and II IL might b ASSOCIATED from the
heavy Jaws, the wide mouth ana the
thick. long and somewhat protruding lips
bepeeta IL, IL could be called sensitive
1hst saich makes Lixxe Bordsn's . coarse face
and vii that leaves IL possible for her to have
oomra:s;sd this crime are the lower features
she iaeath, tho cheeks and the chin. Here he's
taco is vide and full IL seems TO posasss little
mobility ana ts Indicates the possession of Z
onet az oascuins strength that ono does not II ke
90 ohsssvs Ia the faro of \ woman hut looked
81 aav p here siss she IL seen 10 advantage. Her
attite,ies are decidedly graceful snd womanly,
End hsr movements always easy and refined
Her dress. dark. plain and ordinary. 10 rather
more ia the mode than 10 apt 10 see Ia a
New III gland town. Her hat. too. was made By
snsno who understood the miliinsr's ari.
she wears her hair In the old French twist,
which however suggestive OF an sntiQuatei
fashss,ss plate. nevertheless becomes her. IL Is
wsli-ss ashed hair. and greatly aids In rendering
her apsasrsnes neat and Iatyiika This effect
10 muSIs heightened by the shapeitness o! her
srms.s5 ar 40 tire present styie allows the 10 Ia
seen below the elbows. and oy her long. sieadcr
weii-gi''vad hands Nobody would plea gu,
laxxi. Eosden for the tiend incarnata sho would
be II ste had besa guilty OF the crime q
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