The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-06-21


emily, to 90 any length tosget into the
court room. When they did get into the
court room they wedged themselves into
every place and stood in the room where
it was difficult 10 breathe. fully contented.
Ex-Governor Robinson resumed his
summing up when the court reassembled,
He advised the jury not to Jump at con-
ciusions, and reminded them OF the so
lemnity OF the duty which deyolved upon
them.
forgot 10 speak to you about the testimony
OF Mr.. Medley with reference TO the dust on the
floor of the barn. lie could not find traces OF
Miss Lizzie's footsteps IN the duet but before
Medley went there two boys described by one
OF them as me and Brownie" had been up
there tramping about and so had others. Mr.
Medley mistaken.
The hatchet which would not fit the hole in
the skull of Mrs. Borden was referred 10. II
there had been amy blood on the defendants
hair be said, those who we're bathing her face
and administering TO her would have discov-
cred it, Ii she committed the murders, she
must have killed Mrs. Borden first. Then II
would have been necessary for her TO have
gone down into the cellar where there was
running water and wsshel herself, her hair
inclGded, thoroughly. When you assume that
you put an awful LOT on Ler 10 perform n
short time.
She looked ell right when her father came
home. Then she must have gone down TO the
cellar again, put on the bl " dTess and Weut up
stairs killed her father. aud then went to the
cellar again, changed her clothing and dig
posed of it so edectuaily that no trace
of it has yet been found. Then she
must have hurrisd 10 clean the
hatchet, il you assume she committed tho
crimes, and prepared it so by drying it and
placing dust on it so as to present the same ap-
peaTanoe as il was when found. Our expert
ence teaches US that 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 q human mon
ster,
Suppose she had been wicked and design.
ing and Bridget as innocent she is now,
would it not have been simple for her 10 drive
Bridget into the tolls and save herself? But
when the name OF Bridget was mentioned to
her she said Bridget could not have done IT,
Miss Borden listened to her counsel for
few minutes and then covered her face.
just then he was saying she had made no
unseemlv exhibitions in the court, had
borne herself braVely. but that when she
was free again, the woman nature would
come back 10 her and assert itself. and she
would cry.
II was 3 o clock when Ex-Governor Rob-
inson closed after having made q speech
four and three-qusrter hours in length.
As he was closing Lizzie began to weep.
IltE lhCc WAS Ecu ulu bHoileu MHcu cuo
removed her handkerchief from it.
KnOwlton Speaks for the state.
When the Jury returned it was 3:07
o'clock. Half minute later District
Attorney Knowlton began to sum up for
the prosecution.
However we may differ we can agree that
this is q most heartTending case. Ii was a ter
rible crime. When the news Of il spread
thousand men IN the community turned detect
ives. II YOU had read the details OF the crime
in a novel you would have said it was good
enough for q novel, but that such thing could
not happen in actual lite. The woman
we are trying is n Christian woman.
as that term is used today. She Is a
lady, the equal of your wife and my wife. She
is a lady whom we would never have suspected
of such q thing. Is sex. protection sgainst
crime? / do not speak lightly ei ths inhrence
of Christian parentr2s u i asTd 90 consider
women guilty of such a crime. IL gney lack in
strength they make up for it in Ginning and
sagaci.y. II they are stronger IN love. also are
they stronger in their hatred. The greatest
criminals of the world have been women. We
must face this case as men.
He spoke of the fact that il had been
said OF him that he was animated bv q
spirit Of revenge or ambition. The shaft
had struck home, but he wanted il under
stood that what he did he had done solely
from a sense of duty. II he could have
retired from the prosecution with honor
he would have been glad to do So He
spoke in q low tone and with a serious
manner. and what he said produced
considerable effect in the court room.
Let me say a word. he said. as to the nature
of the evidence. We have produced every per-
son q witness whom we thought could shed
any light on the matter. There is an-
other class of witnesses and that is
the policemen. They pursued every
avenue which would lead them TO possible
solution OF the case. / cannot tell you how
many men have been watched. in how many
cities investigations have been made. A blue
coat does not make them any better nor should
il make them any worse.
No one who has told of il has seen Lizzie
Borden burn that Bedford cord dress. We
know what she said and did just before and
after that But il was established that the
couple had been killed at separate times. While
Borden was down in the bank that u morning, the
assassin met her in the room and killed her.
This is q tremendous fact. IL is the key 70 the
situation. lt was the murder of Mrs. Borden.
1t was against her the hate was directed. 1t
was not TO be believed that the assassin entered
the house, killed the old woman and then waited
an hour and half for the old man TO return.
The speaker reviewed the movements of
the family on the morning of the tragedy
from the time of their arising in the morn
ing, through the time when Mr.. and Mrs.
Borden and Morse took breakfast together
to the time OF Morse going away and Mr..
Borden locking the screen door after him.
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 IL Bridget is
| fairly at her work and then goes
back and the murderer was gone Up
| to the time the murder was done there was
no room for the assassin to come in. When
| that twO-hundred-p pound woman fell the fall
must have been heard by whoever was in the
| house at the time. III Lizzie was down-st
she in the passaReway of the
| assassin; il she was upstairs she was
| on the same floor, quite near. and she couldn't
| have helped hearing No matter how craftily
! murder is planned there is always some points
where the plans fail and they failed here at the
| critical time. She was alone in the house with
that murdered woman. She must have known
| il, and she knew that BY aud bye there was
| coming into the house stern and just man
who would have noticed the absence OF his be-
| loved wife and who would have asked for her
| and that question must be answered. He came
| in aud she went to him and said: Mother
has had a note aud has gone out"
When Bridget got through her work Lizzie
| told her that she was going TO lock the screen
| door as Mrs. Borden had gone out and she
might 90 out too. But there was no note;
there was never anybody sick aud the note
| story originated with Lizzie Borden; Bridget
| Sullivan said she never heard anybody come
| with note; she never saw any note and the
first she heard of it was what Lizzie said.
Felix Borden Located.