Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-08
News By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
BAD FOR lizzie BORDEN,
Damaging Testimony Given
by Bridget Sullivan.
FARGO IS DESTROYED BY Flames.
Thousands of People Are
Rendered Homeless.
a1nnr1anu nnrauals IA suouu
FARGO IS DESTROYED BY FLAMES,
SECRETARY GRESHAM IS ANGRY,
State Secrets Are Given
to the Public.

SbdOc ScCIcGo AIO Ultc1
to the Public.
r BRIDGET SULLIVAN TEsTIFIEs
She Gives Very Damaging Evidenc
Against Lizzie Borden-The Pris
oner Watched Her Closely Will
She Was on the Stand-John Mors
Also Testifies-Good Point for tn
Defense on His Cross- ON
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June AT tn
opening of the third day of the trial Q
Lizzie Borden for murder this mornin
nearly one-hslf of the spectators were VIC
men. Miss Borden entered the room look
ing as unconcerned and fresh as anyon
could under the circumstances. After sh
took her seat Mr.. Jennings had five min
utes' conversation with her, and che sp
peared very much interested and animated
smile breaking out occasionally as tn,
talk proceeded.
Civil Engineer Herman, who was on thu
stand yesterday, was recalled for Cross
examination. He gave the results Of
measurements taken by him of various
parts of the house and the articles of furn
ituIe. He was followed by James A.
Walsh, q Fall River photographer, whose
photographs of the Borden premises were
put in evidence and identified by him.
John V. Morse was then called to the
stand and for few moments was watched
closely by the prisoner. On motion of the
Il lafo aon I'm tho rov,nrforo
Manning, Stevens and Cald we'll and Messrs.
| Buck, Jubb and Holmes, and those sum-
moned for expert evidence, were excluded
| from the room. The witness said he went
| to the Borden house on Wednesday, Aug
| ust last. He only saw Mr.. and Mrs. Bor-
den and Bridget Sullivan, the servant. He
| ate dinner alone. He went to Swansea
about O'Clock and returned about $50
and was let in by Mrs. Borden. He went
| to bed at 1890. While he and Mrs Bor-
den were in the sitting room, Mr.. Borden
having gone to bed, somebody entered the
front door and went up to L'zzie's room.
prisoners door was CLOSED, but he did not
know whether it was looked.
The witness saw or heard no person that
night. He arose at about o'clock and
went down stairs; left the room door open;
did not go back to the room; prisoners
room door was closed when he went down;
went into the sitting room; there was no
one In the room then. The kitchen door
was closed; the first person he saw was Mr..
Borden, who came into the sitting room,
and then came Mrs. Borden. He remain
ed there until breakfast time and then went
to the dining-room. Only these two were
present.
The witness left the house at about $40,
passing out the rear door; Mr.. Borden
went to the door; saw Bridget in the kitch
On. When they got to the door Mr.. Bor-
den hooked it by a small hook inside. The
witness was in the city all the time until he
came back, going first to the postofice,
then to see his nephew and niece. He left
there about 11:20 and went back to the
Borden house, travelling back on the horse
car. He first went into the back yard and
picked up two or three pears and ate part
of one; then went into the house and was
informed that something had happened.
The first victim hesaw was Mr.. Borden;
then be went up the stairs and looked un-
der the door and saw Mrs. Borden lying
there. When he saw her he was just be-
low the floor. He had been told she was
there. He did not see Lizzie Borden from
the time he arrived on Wednesday noon
until he arrived back from his niece's.
Ex-Governor Robinson began Cross ex-
aiming MOT60 NJ 1O.fO OclOCk. AS UeaI-
ing on the possibility of an outsider being
in the house, he brought out the fact that
during the evening before the murder
there was no light In the sitting room, and
that unless the front door was shut hard
the spring lock would not catch, and turn
ing the knob outside would open the door.
Mr.. Morse declared that on reaching the
Borden house after the murder he saw no
officers in tho yard; that the barn door
was closed and he heard no one inside.
This contradicts the governments claim
that officers, by immediate examination of
the barn, ascertained that the prisoner
could not have been there at the time of
the murder.
At 11:25 O'Clock the court took Ave
minutes recess, during which time the
prisoner talked earnestly with Jubb, Rob-
inson and Adams.
After the recess Witnesses were called to
fix the time when Mr.. Borden was last
seen, and the examinations developed
nothing but slight confession and un-
certainty as to the exact time.
A buzz of excitement went around the
room when Mr.. Moody called Bridget Sui
livan. The prisoner remained leaning
back in her seat, but changed her posture
SO IS to see the witness plainly, and watched
her with eyes wide open. The witness
l
girls; she was twenty six years old. born in
Ireland, came seven years ago to Newport,
r. 1. ''Have no relations in this country.
Stayed in Newport until went to South
Bethlehem, Pa. Had been with the Bor-
dens two years and two months at the
time Of the murder. There was no other
help but one Alfred who~o came from the
farm to do chores; he used te
help about the barn when the horse
was there; the horse had not beer
kept there up to about a year before las
on hings, witness thought, but was no
sure; she did not know much about tn,
door. She saw it opened q week or SO be
fore the tragedy by some man who wa
looking at the carriages In the house. He
duties were in the kitchen, and washing
and ironing. Had no care of the chambers
She described the locality of her room
Did not know who did the chamber worl
for Mr.. Borden. Witness windows facet
the rear of the place. (Here witness looket
at photographs and pointed out the win
dows in her room. Her room is the on
next to Mrs. Kelly's house. In the othe
attic room sometimes the hired man slept
when he WAS up from the farm, and some
times Mr.. Morse slept there.
She had known Mr.. Morse some tim
before the tragedy. The girls had charg
, of the parlor. Remember Mr.. Morse com
ing to the house on Wednesday. Witnes
continued "Can't tell when first ga,
him, but 1t was after dinner; don't kno,
who let him in. washed the dishes
was not out that afternoon. wa
ironing:th clothes till or 4:30; my wast
ing had been done on Monday, and iron
ed on the Tuesday; did the washing in th
cellar. When was In the cellar the doc
was open, on Tuesday the door was locked
| I locked the door by bolt on the inside
From that time after had no occasion I
: use the door; never noticed any change
the door from that time. The travel o
. Second street generally Is more or less of
{ considerable nature. went to my rool
on the day before the tragedy about 4:3t
the screen door was hooked. On Wednel
!, day morning Mr.. and Mrs. Borden vel
. both sick I was out OF Wednesday nigh
had no occasion to 60 INTO the front pal
of the house ON Wednesday except to g
to the front door to let DR.. Bowen In; Ii
, door was shut and the lock sprung; neve
!, went back there that day.
+ At o'clock q recess was taken untl 81
p. m. and on the reassembling of Il
e court Miss Borden, for the first time, too