The sun., 1893-06-07
LIZZIE BORDEN SWOONED.
SIZE FAISrED BEHIND HER Fan, AND
WAS UN0BsERYHD.

pent OF Her ns Murderess-The Court
omeer and OTHERS Thousht She Had
dropped oGto sieep-when Her Arm wa.
shaken u was Seen thnt She was Uneon-
.eious-Two Surprises Disclosed I'm the
Opening Speech OF the D;=.-,o. Attorney
Lizzie borden Burned q Certain Dress
After the Murisr. and ustehet without
n Handle Has Bcen Found on the Pi.ee
which Fits tie Skulls OF the Victims.
Nrw BEDFORD. June e.-Miss Lizzie Bordoa
tainted In court to-day. and thus brought into
clearer view the singular and awful misery OF
her position. There she sat and is to sit for
weeks alone In the open middle OF the court
room. as nearly like pilloried criminal as IL
is possible for a woman to he. now that there
are no actual pillories. Whatever abe may
have done she is a woman n being who for
thirty.two OF the thirty-three years Of
her life pursued the quiet and shell
tered routine OF o maiden OF good fam
ily and comfortable circumstances In
A little town. She was wholly respectable all
her life. with respectable surroundings. family.
and friends. and with the gentle but invulner-
able guardianship that comes to such .
daughter In such circumstances. Her rounds
are even narrower and ouieter than those Of
most girls OF her degree. II she is guilty. she
must now be suffering the torture OF dreadful
anxiety. as we'll as remorse. for remorse ia
certainly tho portion Of such q creature. II
she Is innocent. fancy the horror Of her plight.
seated there as the most publ" and notorious
character in New England. and listening to
tho minutest details and the most com plete
description Of the crime that she was the fret
to discover and that bereft her OF her father.
The strain which her situation produces ON
Intelligent minds is felt By all who are con-
nected with the court They admit 1t. They
talk OF Hester Prynne and Jeannie Deans and
Of other women whose fearful experiences are
suggested by this girls misery.
But though Miss Borden tainted to-day her
nerve is Questioned by no one. OF phleg-
matte nature she sits like craven image by
the hour. except for the motion Of the hand
which plies her fan. In two days she has not
been seen to alter the position che has fret
assumed when taking her chair each day. o.
easionally she rests her head upon the rail
above tho back Of the chair. but in the main
It's only her eyes that she moves.
These reveal her intelligence and the ac-
:yity OF her mind. With them she secs every
person and movement around her. and with
them she shows how lntently she is listening
to all that is said. There came a time to-day.
when the horrors Of the butcheries OF her peo-
PIE were being described. when she would put
her fan before her face. She Kept It there
long time. It seemed that she had fallen
asleep. for her eyes were closed. 1t was found
that she was unconscious. She had tainted.
but with no theatricalism. With tho same un-
demon strativeness that 10 her popularity she
had yielded to moro than she could endure.
Ono thing Is certain. she has no art. Another
Is that her conduct 10 90 consistent with inno-
cence as with guilt.
The court room was not above two-thirds
full and yet the imitation New York police
man at tho gate seemed to have no crowd to
battle with. The community IN evidently used
TO this practical. business-like court. which
refuses to recognize tho wishes or even the
existence Of those not concerned in the trial.
"The people must read the pspers" says tho
have to read the papers. Thus it came that
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dark red and light pink carnations were
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cloth and brass buttons OF the swaliow.tail
coats Of the sheriffs were sgain conspicuous:
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Borden took her accustomed scat in the middle
df n EssTs 'Ss Sns
see her hat and her glossy black hair. She wore
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ss hsl years. Variant Ess issssa SSasssi ssriehsel
the FIRST and kept 1t to- the end. Three men
aid nearly "a al Voices. shs Rs pS ~
Slsrs Of the eourt who arose to put Miss fse Bor.
read the bill q her indiotment for the crimes
with which she 70 CHARGED. # was 3 solemn
ins to Miss Borden that she ieionioasiy. VII
= %qfasI ended SS a. Gls5E ssaarss:;;as s
country, which country you are,
District Attorney. who q assisting the local
attorney; sross to open the case for the Com.
h the
in low and confidential manner, and q mel
encholy tone: In most other States he would
audience. but in Massachusetts the people are
little eonsidesed. They must read the news.
Sery
constrained and III ct ease. He attempted
t. e explain HpLa the complicated arrangement oi
eonfusing; He made no pretence OF eloduence,
put talked as one man might to another. Per-
and dd not to 30 Or
a.. H.. Ss deserved srsst sredie il %ss most
the asaailant" At the very end he said that |
the Government believes Miss Borden to be
that assailant.
Tse general opinion here is that Mr.. Moody
made q stronger case against Miss Borden |
Stnan The public had any, knowledge. Of He |
brought out some notable new points. He !
promised TO prove that Miss Borden did not |
wear the dress at the time he neig h bors ar !
rived that she is said to have had on at tho |
time OF the murder. and he told a dramatic |
tstory OF an occasion two or three days after !
fhe murder when Miss Borden tore up and put |
n n the stove one Of her best dresses. she said
II NY was covered with paint and when her friend,
MISS Russell. told her that she wouldn't tear
" me dress whore people m ght see her Miss
s,ori S,orjen only moved back a little way out OF
ught from the door
,h Then. again again: Mr.; Moody promised to, prove
entered the Borden house between the night
before the murder and its occurrence Eot
even mr.. borden could get into 1t when no
came there TO his death. and when his wife
WAS already butchered m stairs N
lnere was little dramatic quality to thu |
ecene when the axes and atchets 8 we're hrouoht |
NJ W, hhn ral'l.d together and shown TO the imrv
S dneS were ,h- old. historic i'm plemepts oi tbe
case. ana. heing exhibited. were set asIda @ aS |
out o, he mbbertMnee Then ". Moody nrousht
without n handle, and sought 10 irrnr"ss t"a