Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-15

prosecution showed up at MI.
ju,t as the court came III and the crier
WAS IittNins his proclamation. Miss Borden
WAS passing from her seat in the dock TO
sea- wiJhla tie bar enclosure beside her
COInsei. Shc was obliged to stand beside
JaGgc lilodgett while tine crier was talking.
Or. Bowen WAS put on the stand. lie
stated nothing new ii the direct eXamina-
ton, except to deny tina. he had ever said
Mrs Borden died OF fright or IN d faint.
Cruss-eXamination by Mr. Adams brought
ont the fac! that the witness had prescribed
morphine for the prisoner, to allay ncr-
yuGs excitement, first in ordinary doses
and afterwards in double doses, continued
TO the time Of her arrest and afterwurd
when in the station house and before tile
examination at the inquest and that NOR
pGihe 50 prescribed had Il tendency 10
affect the memory and produce hallucina
ton. The examination lasted little over
an hour.
Bridget Sullivan Yves recalled at 1910
and put under rigid REORGANIZATION by
Ex-Governor Robinson, She denied that
She saw Lizzie in tears when she called
her downstairs Just after the murder and
denied She had ever stated 50, as shown by
her testimony in the preliminary hearing.
New BEDFORD, Mass, June Sit Was a
bad day for Lizzie BOrden-a day full Of
suggestion of her guilt As usual her
physical condition seemed the fores haduw
| what was 10 come. She was all hut
mutiOnless most of the day. All Of her
stoicism seemed 10 have returned 10 her.
1t Is the general belief that tile govern
| ment brought ont It's worst to-day and
reached the summit Of its little hlluCk of
| Circumstantial evidence against the UNI
/ happy woman. And yet, after all. the
I principal testimony was rs to the burning
4 Of her dress. which lad been foreshadowed
/ hy the government. That and the facts
connected with her singular action made
I NJ tic meas arc of the injury done to her
] case
Queer and unaccuUntublc as ii was for a
Young woman So placed to burn dress,
especially in So frugal u New England
i household, II was yet an easy thing for her
counsel to Show much that was i'll her
favor With regard To It. For instance. She
made no effort to hide her act. She did IL
i'll broad daylight. in the presence of her
sister and friend, when policemen were
lust outside the unlocked door. All day
The government Kept bringing out its most
important and, Us it thought, its most
damaging points, and Just Us steadily eN-
Governor Robinson, on behalf Of Miss
Borden either rlddlGd them or tried 10 do SO.
Miss Lizzie Borden attracted general AT
tcntiUn all day, OF course, but she did
nothing to deserve it. she might be said To-
have done nothing at all but sit still we'll
back III her chair, and leaning her chm on
one hand. her right hand in the morning
and her left one in the afternoon. once
She attracted adverse attention. II was
when the lirst blood III tins terribly bloody
case was shown IN the form Of i saturated
handkerchief carried about like a British
hag hy District Attorney Moody. She
turned her head as she had never done
before 80 Tint her chin was over her
shoulder and She cast her eyes down. And
yet any woman might have done the SAME
thing
That last reflection brings to mind til,
fact that unless the government has col
more than it has shown, the Borden case
,, will pass into history as one of the mo,
mysterious Of the celebrated cases of th'
, century. Most tairmlndci persons here
are of the opinion, that there has beer
nothing yet straightforward that ICES MOI
tend to prove the woman innoccn! quit,
as much as to suggest her guilty.
! The commonwealth to-day continued it.
Efforts To exactly tiX the time Of tine muir
der Of Mr. Borden, II has At least mar
! ruwcd things down sothat If Lizzie Border
! is the murdcress She could have had only
from : to ~ minutes in which to COnGea
. all traces oil the murder Of her father afte
She did the bloody deed. In that rerIo'
= of from : to IL minutes She must hav,
! either changed her dress or put lguthc
y one over IT.; She must have broken tn
hickory handle Of u Ratchet, ana She mn,
! have taken the bloody blade Of the weapon
! down into the cellar and rubbed II u ION
l while and thoroughly with ashes 10 n
I move the blood. ct course, she had t
. wash her face and hands and II attend I
u her hair and clean her shoes all IN the litt1
Y space Of time which Bridget sullivan say
u she spent upstairs, and which aCCOrds wit
. the testimony OF other witnesses.
WHAT TIE WITNESSES SAID.
Nrw BrproEp, Mass, June Sin til
- Borden murder trial to-day Mrs. church,
was called 10 the stand, Nothing new wa
brought OUT ia her direct examination, BIT
/, in cruss.eXaminatiun She said lizzie was 5
I pale aud excited after the murder that he
I appearance attracted witness at.Cntiu
- from the house. Rigid inquiry about III
n dresses failed 10 change her direct test
> nUnY.
- BURNING the DRESS,
/. Alice Russell. Lizzie Bordens fricnt
IS WAS called ut ll.3O. On direct examinatiu
i Miss Russell described l.izzle's burning tt
:. dress sunday after the murder. She lir
Il saw Lizzie in the kitchen with the dtcs
+ aud Lizzie said "a am going to DuFu u
this old thing covered with paint" III
witness Vent ont and came IN again al
~ saw Lizzie standing tear the Cupboal
dpur and tearing or ripping 4 small porto
OF OF the dress The skirt was lying on ii
IS shelf The witness said II would not |
y. anybody see you do that, 70 which Liz
nj suid nothing but moved back one ST.
toward the cupboard door Atterwa
~ witness said II WAS afraid the wor
ID thing yDu could have done was to hu
re- that dress, to which Lizzie replied 30
If why did you let me do IL? Why did "
n. not tell me The dress was a cheap lig
il blue cotton Bedford cord, with small da
ID figure which witness had once motto
iy Lizzie wearing in the spring when new,