Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-14
MISS BORDEN AFFECTED
She Would Not Listen to DR..
Diapers Testimony.
SKULLS PRODUCED IN COURT

While n Made the Wounds Was Three
and One Half Inches Long, the Exact
Length of the Handleless Hatchet.
New BEDFORD Mass. June 14.-Long
before the appointed time the court room
was crowded. Lizzie Borden came in a few
minutes be fore o'clock, and shortly after
that time the proceedings of the ninth day
began.
When court opened yesterday DIR. Dolan
took the stand again, and Mr.. Adams con-
tinued his cross examination. A mani
kin's head was set up on chair beside the
jury box and the doctor described how the
blows fell upon the head. of Mr.. Borden
when he was murdered.
He described the position of the b dies
and the blood spots and said the blows
came from left to right and were of moder-
ate force. The prisoner sat with closed
eyes and a fan over her face.
Continuing, DIR. Dolan said that the
blows were made by sharp instrument,
and some of them on Mrs. Borden by an
assailant astride of the body. A juryman
was taken sick and a recess OF five minutes
was taken. The prisoner was affected and
was led from the room.
When the session was resumed, DR.. Do
Ian admitted testifying in preliminary
hearing that Mrs. Borden's death was an
hour to an hour and a half before his eX-
animation of her, but now thought it was
an hour to an hour and half before Mr..
Borden's death. He could not safely judge
priority within an hour from blood coagu-
lation alone or from digestion alone, if they
had been sick.
On re cross examination DR.. Dolan said
the length of the wound would not deter
mine the length of the edge of the instru-
ment.
DR.. E. S. Wood. of Harvard Medical Col
1ege, was then called and described the ex-
animation of the stomachs.
Prof. Wood found nothing to indicate
disease or irritation in either stomach, and
their contents showed a difference of an
hour and half in the time ofdeath. There
was no evidence of poison in the stomachs
in the milk used by the family on Aug
3 and 4. Examination showed no blood
ON the claw hammered Ratchet or axe or
on the blue dress. The hair found on this
Ratchet was not human.
Prof. Wood said the blood spot on the
white skirt probably came from outside and
was human blood. The shoes and stock
ings and dining room door casing had no
blood spots. The handleless Ratchet had
no blood The break in its handle con-
tanned no dust.
The handleless Ratchet had dust like
| ashes on the blade tightly adhering. Under
defendants objection and exception, Prof.
w God testified that the handleless Ratchet
| might have been cleaned of blood before
| the handle was broken off.
DR.. Draper then took the stand and de-
| scrihed the wounds in the skull of Mr.
| Borden.
Cross examined by Mr.. Adams-Witness
| said the heaviest blow given Mr.. Borden
was the one which cut his eye. and then
he was obliged to give detailed statement
| of the character of the eye and its position
| and surroundings in the head. He thought
the blood spots on the wall near the sofa
| were caused by scattering rather than from
arteries. The assailant OF Mr.. Borden, pro
| vided a short handled Ratchet was used
| would necessarily stand close to his head,
/ and would receive some spatters on the
clothes, if the right hand was used then
the upper right part of the body would be
spattered; if the left hand was used then
the spatters would be on the upper left
hand side.
Here counsel produced a new Ratchet
| which he asked DIR. Draper to see if it
would fit the wounds; this was attempted,
but would not fit because it had not been
| sharpened and was blunt, it was 3 3-S
inches wide ON the cutting edge)
On Mrs. Borden's body the witness found
% wounds, Is of the cuts in the head, l
in the back, and Commissions on the face.
The wound In the back may have been
caused while she was standing, or it may
| have been caused when she was lying on
the floor. 1t proceeded from below up
| ward. He saw nothing about the cut
ting of the hair on Mrs. Borden's h cad to
indicate that sharp instrument like a
| razor had been used.
On Mrs Borden's head there appeared
to be blows which were beveled in
both ways; taking the injuries on Mrs.
Borden's head altogether, he thought they
had all been given in one direction, from
| right to left. The assailant of Mrs. Bor-
den must have been more or less spattered
with blood in front, although some of the
blood might have gone in the air and come
down behind, and that the face and hair
might reasonably have received some blood
spatters.
On conclusion of Dr. Diapers testimony
the court adjourned at o'clock.
If the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, which the crier of the court here
calls upon the Almighty to save at the
opening and closing of the session each
day, does not present any stronger evil
dence as to why Lizzie Borden should be
convicted of having fastened her step
mother and father to DEATH she will never
be convicted of the awful crime of which
she stands charged in the Indictment.
| That fact has become so apparent that
| some OF Cne lawyers zone OIL tneIn came all
the way from Georgia to attend the trial)
who have been present from the first have
gone home, thoroughly convinced that the
jury will acquit the young woman now on
trial for her life.
What the prosecution can have in re-
serve with which to convince the jury of the
guilt of Miss Borden, if it has anything at
all, is a subject of speculation. The evil
dence taken at the inquest, which fur
nished the prosecution with wedges which
could have been used to advantage when
she went on the stand, having been ex-
clu died. the prosecution will have to get
along with it as best it may.
For Town Health Officers.
HARTFORD, Conn, June IA bill has
been reported in the House providing for
the appointment of County and Town
Health Officers throughout the state 1t
is to be the duty of the new off Gals to
enforce the public health laws. They are
to have a power of Grand jurors in prose-
cutting cases. The Senate is at Providence
on the invitation of Senator Miner, and