The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-08

sne saw MN bringing IN basket OF pars.
She remained in the kitchen, and when
he came in the screen door she did not
know what he did with it, Then he
washed and took his breakfast. Up to
that time witness had seen no one but Mr..
and Mrs. Borden, but when they sat down
Mr.. Morse sat down also They had NUT
ton, mutton broth and johnny cakes; did
not remember whether there was any fruit
on the table or not. After breakfast all OF
them must have gone into the sitting
room; they had left the dining room whom
witness came to answer tho bell, which
told her breakfast had been completed.
"Then ! ate my breakfast and cleared
away the dishes and began to wash them.
While l was doing this Mr. Borden and
Mr. Morse went out the side door; Mr.
Borden came back but don't know how
he left the door lie then went TO the
sink, filed bowl and went to his room.
kept right on in my work After Air. Bor-
den went upstairs, Lizzie came down
stairs and went into the kitchen; asked
her what she would have for her
breakfast and she said she did not
want much of anything, but she would
take some coffee and cookies; soon after she
came i'm and / went out in the back yard,
when l came back hooked the screen door;
there was no one in the kitchen. | did not
see Mr.. Borden after he went upstairs with
the water until let him in at the front
door later on Mrs. Borden came down and
asked me if l had anything to do and l
said nothing particular. She then said she
wanted me to wash the windows, outside
and in she was dusting with a feather
duster; she had nothing on her head.
II think this was about o'clock, as
near as ! can remember. After l received
the instructions l went into the kitchen
then into the dining and sitting rooms and
shut the windows so the inside shutters
were open l never touched them; didn't
see Lizzie tnen; l went down cellar, got a
wooden pail, came up stairs, got my water
and as | went out Lizzie asked me what /
was going to do, wash windowsl and
said yes; that she needn't lock the door as
| wanted to come IN for water; then
told her she could if she wanted to aud
could get the water in the barn. She went
in aud did not lock the dooe. | went to
the barn and got handle for the mop;
then l WISHED the sitting room windows,
then the parlor windows. | saw no one in
the sitting room wien l was washing
windows there; l had to open the parlor
blinds to get at the windows
81 heard a person at the front door and
unlocked it; don't remember hearing any
bell rung. When / opened it | was both
cred with so many locks said, oh, pshaw;'
and Lizzie who was either at the head of
/ the stairs or in her room, laughed at me.
| l cannot tell anything about how the door
/ was kept. ] don't know anything about
| that door; when l let Mr. Borden in he did
/ not speak to me; he had a parcel in his
hand; when he went into the dining room
| he sat in chair at the head Of the lounge
| and / went on washing my windows; Miss
! Lizzie came down stairs about five minutes
after and went into the dining room; l heard
! her ask her father if he had any mail, and
| she told him that Mrs. Borden had re-
ceived note and had gone out. Then
| Mr.. Borden took the key of his bedroom
door and went up the back stairs. When
| he came down soon after he took a rock
| ing chair in the sUting room and l went
on washing my windows, this time in the
dining room, While l was doing this
| Lizzie came into the room, took an iron
/ ing board from the kitchen and placed it
in position.
''She asked me if was going out this
afternoon and ! said did not think l was.
| She says, Well if you do, be sure and
lock the doors, for Mrs. Borden has gone
out on sick call and may go out my
self She was ironing handkerchiefs
afterwards and she told me that there was
a cheap sale of goods at s cents a yard and
| said l would have a dress. Then l
went up to my ROOM and laid down. The
first notice l took of any time was when |
heard the City Hall clock strike II.
think had been there three or four min
utes; don't think l went to sleep; heard
no noise; am able to hear the opening and
closing of the screen door if it, is done by
careless person, The next thing l heard
was when Lizzie called me to come down
as her father was dead; that was at least
fifteen minutes after.
In the ss-examination she said she
never heard a cross word between Lizzie
and Mrs Borden. Gov Robinson got her
to admit that she did not know whether
she hooked the screen door on the morning
/ of the murder or not.
AT the close of her cross. examination,
the court adjourned.