The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-14
LADIES' DAY In COURT.
Continued from First Page.

her body would be warm longer than his
and warmer.
On cross-examination DR.. Dolan said
the length of the wound would not de-
termine the length of the edge OF the in
| strument.
There is nothing in the length of the
| wounds to show that they could not have
been made by a 81 inch Ratchet. Ny i'm
pressioris that the blows were vertically
| inflicted.
'Can you fix the time when the spots
were removed from the parlor door? II
cannot" ~t.
''You don't think anybody intention.
gation?''
"Idon't know. In regard to the cut
ting, an injury made will not disclose
correctly the exact dimensions of the
weapon which made the blow;sa cut Al
or inches long may be made by an in
strument as large and a much smaller
cut may be made by the same sized in
strument. When saw Mr.. Borden first,
the blow through the eye had penetrated
through beyond the cushion clean and a
portion Of the bone had been Clipped
OUT
A Juror Taken III,
just as DR.. Dolan was holding the IA
nous navy blue dress of Lizzie's for ex-
animation, Juror Hodges of Taunton,
one OF the Oldest men among them, sud-
denly paled. and leaned forward in dis
tress. Juror Finn, next to him, was fam
ming him vigorously, and the old man
looked ill enough. The trial stopped at
once and the court declared recess for
| five minutes, and after the sick man had
been led out leaning heavily on his neigh
boris arm one Of the sheriffs returned
calling for doctor
Quite q little panic took place, many
| jumping up and hurrying out. The Ave
minutes heightened into ten, and still
| the juryman weresabsent. After while,
however, the jurors returned, an exam
ination having been made by DR.. Pres
colt, who declared there was little diff
| ficulty but nothing of particular danger.
But Juror Hodges was still white and
| rather shaky, and SO the examination
was delayed while longer till every
| thing was serene again.
| Vi course there Is serious aspect to
this affair even if it does not appear at
the first glance, for sick jnryman may
| mean one too Ill to continue service
through the whole trial, and that would
| mean a fresh beginning over again
something that neither side nor The
judges on the bench would care to enter
tain the thought of for moment.
Prof Woods Wakes Up the Jury
Edward S. Woods of Harvard Univer-
sity, the eminent expert, took the witness
stand. When the Professor produced
two little phials containing two bits of
apple skin undigested, that actually came
from the stomach of Abby Durfee Bor-
den, one of which showed the original
color, he held the jury spellbound. Here
was most interesting witness for NOR
bid femininity in the back rows, and the
handsome doctor held the fixed attention
of all the ladies. The tall, elderly female
| in black, who signs her name C. Osborn
Macher, followed every word in the most
enwrapt manner, with occasional chances
of severity at her neighbors. just as at
Fall River, the Professor reiterated his
statement that he found no poison what
ever in the milk from the Borden house.
He placed Mrs. Borden's death at from
two to three hours after she ate her
breakfast, and that of Mr.. Borden at four
hours after. The CORY properties, the bit
of carpet enclosing Mrs. Borde1l's hair
switch, the lounge cover and dress, were
all objects of horrible fascination for the
group of young buds in the southwest
corner, whose pretty faces furnished an
interesting study for the pupil of Del
sarte. The Professors evidence was SO
| directly and positively given as to make
it extremely convincing. @
Where he took positive grounds, where
his answers were theoretical, he made
their character clear. q
Again DR.. Woods told in interesting
minute detail the story of his investiga-
tions which 30 completely knocked out
the Borden hatchets, offered successive-
~ as the genuine weapon, and created
such sensation at Fall River last sum-
| mer. The cows hair taken from the
Ratchet and preserved between two
plates of glass absorbed the attention of
the seven farmers of the jury at once. In
fact, this witness quite fully woke up the
jurors. who gave him their undivided at
IGNITION.
Professor Woods, holding up Lizzie's
white skirt to the jury in one hand.
pointed to the place where the only in.
f1nitesimal blood spot upon ali her Co.'S
tune was found. The spot was DO fine
that it was not bigger than an ordinary
pins head. The thicker portion, being
on the surface, showed that it was re-
ceived from without, Professor Woods
swore that the dining room door lamb
had no blood upon If, though he did find
it on the sitting room mop board,
The morning was very tedious in COM
parison with the exciting hours of YES
terday. 1t was interesting to learn that
the doctor received the handleless hatch-
ct on the Both of August, after he had
testified in the police court that no blood