The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-09
THE noRpEN TRIAL.

Some Sensational Testlmony-A Bloody
Handkerchief Which Caused the PFls-
onert0Turn White,
New BEDFORD, MASS, June s,-The
court house was crowded to repletion
again to-day, majority Of the specta-
tors being females. DR.. Bowen, the
first witness, stated nothing now in tho
direct examination, except to deny
that he had ever said Mrs. Borden died
OF fright or in faint,
Cross-examinRtiOn brought out the
fact that the witness had prescribed
morphine for the prisoner to allay
nervous excitement-tirst in ordinary
doses, afterwards in double doses,
which continued to the time OF her ar
rest and afterwards when in the station
house, and before the examination at
the inquest, and that morphine 80 pre-
scribed had u tendency TO affect the
memory and produce hallucination.
Tho examination lasted little over an
hour.
Bridget Sullivan was recalled for re-
REORGANIZATION She testified that
she saw Lizzie in tears when she called
her down stairs just after the murder
and denied she had ever stated SO, us
shown by her testimony in the prelimi-
nary hearing,
Mrs. Churchill was next called. Moth
ing new developed in Mrs. ChurchilFs
direct examination, but in cross exam
ination she told Robinson Lizzie was so
pale and excited after the murder that
her appearance attracted witness atten-
ton from the house.
Mrs. ChurChill's examination being
finished, Alice Russell was called. Miss
Russell described LiZzie's burning the
dress Sunday after the murder,
Policeman Allen was called, and then
came another surprise from the prose-
cution, and one that caused the heavy,
dull features of the defendant to grow
ashy white. 1t was handkerchief,
dark and dirty and half destroyed. 1t
looked as an attempt had been made to
burn it. The careless way in which
Assistant Attorney Moody brought the
handkerchief into the case was inter
esting in itself. He seemed to be about
to sit down, having finished with the
witness to all appearances. Then he
walked back to tho table.
"Mr. Allen" he said, did you find
anything while you were up staira?
"Yes. did"
"What was it?"
ga handkerchief"
"Where did you find it?"
~ found it lying little way from
Mrs. Borden's feet-between her feet
and the window"
"Were there any marks on it?"
"Then came the answer that caused
tho prisoner to look as ii she was about
to collapse.
"Yes," were Aliens words. sit was
covered with blood"
"rhat's all, said the district attorney
quietly, rs II it was IN every day mat.
ter to produce a bit of evidence like
that. During the timo that the hand
kerchief was talked about the prisoner
picked at the tips OF one glove with the
other hand. When Ex-Governor Robin
son cross.examined Allen he did not
ask question about the bloody hand.
kerchief.
1uGu 'SulCel Eloob was pub on tho
stand and told OF his search IN tho barn.
"Did you notice anything particular
about the hay when you went up there
the first time"
mo"
Cross examined Fleet said he exam
ined number OF dresses carefully, but
found no blood stains.
"woro you looking for paint%
"No."
"Were you looking for blOod2"
"Yes."
"If there had been any blood there
do you think you could have seen it~
81 think could. II there had been
any paint there don't think 1 could
have seen it unless looked closely"
Adjourned until o'clock tomorrow.