The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-13

not OF recklessness. but is the courage Of
| au lnconitEble will. Sue faces death
without finching. Even though shrink
| ing from the CHASTITY recitals, she rallies
| at any word OF inaccuracy. She meets
the awful blows at once She diverts
them NJ best she can AMI rarely Is her
attempt In vain. All these are acts OF
sentient, brave and felf-coptaiued
woman. She is none the less woman
| because she IL not hyster cal. She IN
none the less human because her eyes
are not always suffused with tears.
A Supreme Moment.
have said that the deliverance OF that
| decision was the supreme moment OF
Lizzie Borden's life. 1t was the supreme
moment in the lives of the lawyers and
| he judges themselves Few of the spec
| tators perhaps re liized that II bad been
| their good fortune t. listen TO a judicial
decision whose storic value Will con-
| tinue as long a. as the laws OF the COM
monwealth Of Massachusetts, shall stand
for human justice. When the decision
| declares the witness under arrest can
not be made 70 testify aud that
"ihe principle involved can not
be evaded by evading the form OF arrest
| Of the witness at the time of the arrest
was practically in custody" 1t reafiirms
| truth which dat back to the bill of
| rights and TO the birth Of the state it
| self. When the decision states that
more than the form" it states truth
| that recalls the famous maxim OF that
| peerless jurist, Lord Mansfield. when h
| said 1t Is he intent aud not the letter
| of the law" that decides the question OF
| justice.
Perhaps IL the strict letter of the law
! had been adheared to the decision might
have been different But in this case
there WIS al apparent we'll deyeloped
| plan to practically compel the witness
| TO testify without seeming to do SO. The
arresS was withheld with the apparent
sole purpose OF securing evidence before
| it WAS served. It's hasty service after
wards Is evidence of that fact. Such an
| act was strickly within the letter OF the
| law in so far as 1t related to Miss Bor-
| den's ttstim oly, but IL was plainly not
| within the iutent OF the law.
The decision was surprise. More so
| perhaps to the prosecution than the de-
tense. was more than a surprise.
The Decision Welcome Surprise.
It was almost a premonition of the
decision which the jury will reach. 1t
encouraged the defens, and discouraged
| the prosecution. BY the sanguine and
| the syn,p thetic the trial is looked upon
| as virtually settled aud over. That be-
ance c Of "''V the ways @ 'V Of the dis.
| his fighr. Neither will he this
| Yet & Q decision Will shorten the trial.
1t will almost certainly obviate the
necessity of putting Lizzie on the stand.
| There Will be no n ed Tor her to take the
stand in order to correct her apparently
| suspicious testimony at the inquest. She
has othinU to explain, for the jury have
| no official knowledge that she ever m al;
any statement. They will decide only
/ upon the evidence at hand: not upon that
| Of the past.
| From this point therefore it is safe to
| predict that the trial will be hurried
along as RAPIDLY AS possible. Mr. Kuowl-
ton said tonight that three more days
would more than suffice him. The de-
fense will have but few witnesses.
| Their position will, however. be reversed
| from this time on. They now feel that
I the goverUmenJ uas shown It's worst tes-
| tinony aud failed to fulfil its claims
failed TO prove anything de ini ely against
| their client. From this time ther .fore
| the defense will cease to act entirely on
| the defensive They know their ground.
| They will take the aggressive and force
the lighting.
A Day OF Horrors.
Aside from the splendid victory of the
defense this afternoon and the eloquent
| address OF Ex-Governor Robi nson, this
| has been day of horrors. 'Blood spots"
| OF the pillow shams, blood spots on the
doors. eighty-six of them on the wall;
spots on the carpet, blood coagu-
la ed under one victim. blood
oozing from the wounds Of an
| other, blood dripping from the sofa
and blood dried on clothing. Tne ten
| wounds on one victim and the nineteen
on the other have been detailed. meas
| ured descriptions given, aud plaster casts
produced In court to show how e.
wounds wsre made. The bodies OF the
| victims were dissected and analyzed, aud
| the Jurors were instructed as TO the
| methods adopted in the experiment and
| the results obtained. There was little
interesting In such testimony, aud cer-
tainiy nothing to establish the inno-
cence or prove the guilt of any one.
From such scene which would tax
| the weirdly descriptive powers of a
| Dante, turn back TO the recollection OF
| once pa, rolman, now captain, Harring-
ton. he whose acquaintance with
| woman's dress caused sucn merriment,
as he describ, d the pleated collar. the
| demi- train, the bell skirt aud the red
| ribbon fastening around the waist in q
bow knot in front. with ends hanging
loose. The description was amusing,
but the sequel adds ze't to its humor.
Mr.. Harrington was sure of his ground
and positive Of the accuracy of his de-
| scrlpton. but even he is falliblr. 1t now
| appears on the undisputed evidence of
| those who have recently examined the
| dress that it has neither DELL skirt or
| demi-train, and that the re ribbon on
| the pink waist was purely "a thing OF Mr..
| Harrington's Imagination. At least 1t
| never existed on the dress.
Bridget's Misstatements.
1t is also learned tonight that the
stateme It of Bridget that Lizzie spoke to
her about an Scent dress-goods sale ad-
verl ised at Sargent's will not be ,r inves-
| til alton. The Scent sale was advertise d,
but not until tae afternoon of the day on
| which TIE mur iers were committed. II
had not been advertised before and was
lot ,verti ed until after Bridget sa5s
| Lizzie told her about it. 1t is pertinent
to cons der whether Lizzie is a cl .irvoy-
| ant or Bril- ret is misstating he Z cts.
Mr.. &. l. Richards. the foreman OF the
| jury. is a brother OF Mr.. Henry Richards
OF Provdsnce, Of the firm OF Hartwel.
X chards e. Co. Mr. Richards was very