The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-09
EXAMINING WITNESSES.
PROCEEDTyGs or THE FOURTH D4Y
OF THE BORDEN trial.
DR.. Bowen Denies That lie Ever Said
That Mrs. Borden Died Of Fright.
Bridget Sullivan Recalled.

NEW BEDFORD MASS, June s.-The
courthouse opened before the regular
time This morning. and at the main en-
trance the inquisitive females who had
swallowed breakfasts hurriedly, or dis
pensed with them entirely. made one Of
the prettiest rushes ever seen outside col
lege premises.
Two blue-coated representatives, Of the
local police were carried off their feet and
hurried along with the resistless petit
coated surge from below until several
deputy sheriffs jumped down to their
rescue and turned the tide. The result
was that the pushers were kept out en-
tirely, while those who acted in n fairly
decent manner were allowed the privilege
Of fighting for seats inside
Miss Borden was I'm her seat fifteen
minutes before the Court came In, and
eagerly looked over the contents Of n
big, offcial-looking envelope, which she
afterwards passed TO Governor Robinson.
All OF her counsel were early on hand.
and the jury were in their seats before
the counsel for the prosecution showed
up at all.
just as the Court came In and the crier
was making his proclamation Miss Bor-
den was passing from her seat I'm the
dock to a seat within the bar enclosure
beside her counsel. She was Obliged TO
stand almost beside Judge Blodgett while
the crer was talking.
Dr.. Bowen was put on the stand lie
stated nothing new i'm the direct exami-
natioS except TO deny that he had ever
said Mrs. Borden died I'm fright or in
faint.
The cross-examination by Adams
brought out the fact that the witness
had prescribed morphine for the prisoner
10 allay nervous excitement, first in ordi-
nary doses. afterwards I'm double doses
continued TO the time Of her arrest, and
afterward, when In the station-hOuse and
before the examination at the inquest,
and that morphine so prescribed had
tendency to affect the memory and pro-
duce hallucination.
The examination lasted n little over
an hour. Bridget Sullivan was recalled
at 1910 and put under a rigid re-crOss-
examination by Ex-Governor Robinson.
She denied that she saw Lizzie ir tears
when she called her down stairs Just after
the murder, and denied that she had ever
stated so as shown by her testimony
I'm the preliminary hearing.
Mrs. Churchill was the next witness,
but her testimony was not striking
Alice Russell was next called. In the
direct examination Miss Russell described
Llzzles burning Of the dress Sunday
after the murder. She first saw Lizzie
I'm the kitchen with the dress, and Lizzie
said: 81 am going TO burn mp his Old
thing, covered with paint" Witness went
out and came in again. and saw Lizzie
standing near the cupboard door and
tearing or ripping a small portion Of the
dress The skirt was lying on the shelf.
Witness said: II would not let anybody
see you do that" 20 which Lizzie said
nothing but moved back one step toward
the cupboard door. Afterwards witness
said: 81 am afraid the worst thing you
could have dc,e was TO burn that dress"
To which Iizzle replied: "Oh. ghy did
you let me do Il? Why did not YOU tell
me?"
The dress was a cheap. llght-blue cot
ton. which witness had once noticed Liz
zie wearing In the spring when new.
Governor Robinson began cross-aXami-
netion. but failed to shake her direct
testimony
The testimony Of this morning is con-
sidered very important. and Assistant
Marshal Fleet. in conversation with
n reporter. said he was at a loss 10 under
stand where the dress which Lizzie is al
went through the house. Certainly they
saw nothing Of IT.
The Ratchet was produced by the prose
cution, and Identified by the officer who |
found II In the cellar without a handle,
and covered with dust and ashes. The
theory Of the prosecution is that Lizzie
committed the murders with this hatchet |
A fragment Of the handle showed fresh |
break outside Of the cellar the door
was locked and part Of the prosecutions |
theory is that the hatchet must have been
placed in the cellar by some one I'm the |
house.
Officer Fleet. who testified 10 finding |
the hatchct. also testified TO searching |
Lizzie 1}ordens room on the day the |
murder was discovered. In his cross |
examination ne said that he thought ne |
could have seen the blood on the clothes |
he examined, II any had been there. If |
there had been any paint. he believed, |
could not have seen II. unless he looked |
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