Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-13
WOUNDS OF THE BoRDENs.
Testimony Of IN Uninteresting Nature I
Medical Examiner Dolan.

Test1mOny OF IN UntnteroSting Nature by
Medical Examiner Dolan.
At the afternoon session Of the Borden trial
at New Bedford yesterday the cross-examination
Of Officer Hyde was resumed, but nothing new
was developed.
Fall River city records were then read to
show the marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and
the age Of the prisoner.
Medical Examiner Dolan was next called.
He testified that he first went to the Borden
house at 11A5 on the day Of the murder.
II had Q little talk with Lizzie Borden that
morning" said the witness.
'She was in her room; l asked her about the
note and she said Mrs Borden had received q
note to 60 and see SOMEBODY who was sick;
asked her what had become Of it. and she said
she supposed she had thrown it into the stove.
When first went in saw a form lying on a
sofa. 1 looked at the body, touche d it. and saw
that the body was warm and that blood was
still Oozing from the wounds in the head.
made no particular examination Of the wounds.
II then went up stairs to see Mrs. Borden"
Here the witness described the position Of the
body. Continuing, he said: ~ noticed that
the blood was coagulated. Mrs. Borden was
lying more upon the back of her head.
touched the body and it was much cooler than
Mr.. Borden's.
II afterward removed some Of the carpet
from under the sofa where Mr.. Borden lay
lpiece shown]; recognized this piece of CARPET
another piece shownl-this was under MIS-.
Borden. The piece was about one and one-half
feet square, and black with blood I made an
examination OF Mr.. Borden's wounds, and
found there seemed to be from eight to ten
wounds" Here witness described the clothes
OF Mr. Borden. and also what yalnabies he had
about him..
Continuing, he said: "Then I went into the
cellar and found some axes and hatchets. I
saw one-a clawhammer-w which appeared to
have been scraped. went awav and went
back again about 8 or 40 then had the hod-
les photographed; the bodies were In the same
position as when first saw them. except that
think Mrs Borden's hands were moved
n prepared the BODY of Mr.. Borden for
burial, opened and removed the stomach. put
it in o clean lar and did the same tn the atom
aoh Of Mrs. Borden The marks [shown in evil
dence] were the ones ] put on the lars.
II went to the house again in the evening and
looked at the wounds. or, at least. one Of the
wounds, Of Mrs. Borden. The hatchets which
are now here examined in a day or two after.
II not the first day, with a mapnifyinp glass. /
found two hairs one on the blade Of the claw
hammer and one on the fiber of the wood near
where it goes into the handle. mt thosa hairs
into an envelope and gave them TO Prof Wood.
/ saw several spots on the hand blade of the
Ratchet, which looked like blood. There was
something which looked like blood ON one of
the axes.
81 had" said witness. "a dress skirt and
waist to look at. had also Miss Rorden's
shoes and stockings" Here the dress and
white skirt were handed him.l He identified
spot on the white skrt I'M order To identifv fnIIv
but he could not find any. CONTINUING the
witness said: II made an antonsv of Mrs Ror.
denis body with Drs. Draper and Holiness
Here the attention NJ witnesa xrae called "a :.
hole In the white skirt. which he sa;d was not