Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-15
LIZZIE BORDEN'S TRIAL,
The Judges Admit the Prussic
 Acid Evidence.
MARSHAL BILLIARD ON THE SHANE


 NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 15-Lizzie
 Borden came into the court room this
 morning shortly before o'clock looking
 little more worn than she has for some
 time. She, however, tried to appear as
 urconcermed as usual and spoke quite ami
 matedly with Counsel Robinson.
 After a short preliminary tilt between
 the opposing lawyers Marshall Hilliard
 again took the stand.
 .'On the 4th of August, last year, my attention was called to the trouble at the Borden house by John Cunningham, news
 dealer; sent officer George w. Allen at once to the house. I did not notice the
 time accurately; I first went to the house
 about 8 o'clock; first I sent Allen, then Doherty, Mullaly, Medley, Gillon, Wilson and Fleet. When I got there l looked around the yard and searched the barn; the side door of the barn was open, the door on the left was closed. but l am not positive whether the window in the west end was closed or not; I think the east window was closed. It was extremely warm in the barn; only looked at one or two of the rooms in the house that day. The next time went in the house was on Saturday afternoon, after the funeral; I looked into the room of MT. and Mrs Borden, then into Miss Lizzie's room and then into Miss Emma's room; there were other officers there who were looking for anything they could find; l made no exam \. ination of the dresses; l went again that afternoon and in general way searched the house: there were other officers there; spent my time in examining closets and tho dressing cases. 1 took dress away; I asked MT. Jennings for the dress she Miss Borden) wore that day; was then In Mrs Borden's room, and he went out, returning with this dress, which had been shown; l saw Miss Borden after wards in Emma's room; when the dress was handed to me l passed 1t to Dr. Doian; had no talk with Miss Borden while l had the dress (dress shown and identified) The dress and a white skirt which MT. Jennings gave me about the same time wer. rolled up Skirt identified) with what I called a lounge cover (cover identiied) | in paper, and given to MT. Jennings, who afterwards gave them to me, and passed
 them over to Dr. Dolan; have not had possession of them since; the lounge cover got from the dining room, but do not know where it really belonged.
 was there 1-2 hours Saturday after | noun I went there again about 7:45 in company with Dr. Coughlin; there was large crowd of people present; perhaps two or three hundred people; I sent for officers and had the crowd removed to the street; then I went into the house where l saw the prisoner, her sister and MT. Morse; | there was a conversation but Dr. Coughlin and the others did the talking; after we
 entered the parlor Dr. Coughlin asked that the family remain in the house for 8 few days: that there was much excitement and | he thought it would be better they should remain there and not go on the street;
 think he told them that if they were annoyed by the people o send word to city marshal or himself and they should be protected; Mr Morse asked about the mail and he was told they had better send for it. Then | Miss Lizzie asked: ''What, Is there any body in this house suspectedF' but the mayor said, ''perhaps Mir. Morse could | answer that from what occurred last night" Lizzie then said: II want to know the truth" and the mayer Cough \ lIn) said he was sorry to say it, that she \ was suspected; then Emma spoke up and said: We have tried to keep it from you
 as long as we could"
 Then the mayor asked Lizzie where she
 was when the affair happened and she said Il in the barn for twenty minutes looking for lead sinLers. Lizzie said, after Emma
 spoke, "well, am ready to go any time |"
 Cross-examined by Governor Robinson,
 who at empted to show that the witness I was not obstructed in his search of the
 premises.
 | He swore that the search of the Borden house was thorough, and that the defend | ant gave him all articles he asked for, and | spoke earnestly and frankly in conversa- tion about suspicion of her.
 Mayor John w. Coughlin, Fall River, was then called. He described his visit to | the Borden house with Marshal Hilliard
 and corroborated the marshaps testimony aa to the conversation with the defendant. The court excluded the evidence as to
 demonstration against Mir. Morse, offered by government to show that the police
 later surrounded the house in good faith for protection, not for surveillance.
 Mira Hannah H. Clifford the dressmaker who has made wearing apparel for the Bor-
 dens for six or seven years past in describ- ing her occupation, said she made outside
 ladies' garments
 Miss Borden came to see me about a
 suit one day." she said ''While she was
 there I told her I was making dress for | NrA Borden, and when l spoke of Mrs. Borden called her mother.
 | Don't say that, because she's a mean, good for nothing thing Lizzie said to me | T don't have much to do with her. Lizzie \ told me At home she said, I stay in my room' I asked her If she didnot eat | with them. She said they ate at the same | table, hut that they never took their meals together if they could help it"
 That twas all there was of that. and when 1t had been told. Anna H. Borden, cousin of the prisoner, was called.
 A tall, gray haired woman stepped into \ the court room and removed her veil She went to Europe with Lizzie when the la5 ter went to Europe.
 What the prosecution wanted to show by that witness was that on the way home to this country Lizzie remarked the nice time they had just passed, and said she was sorry she was going home, because her home was so unpleasant for her. The defence objected, and the court de- cided not to allow the matter to be testi- fled to at the present time.
 Lucy Collet testified that she sat on Dr. Chagnon's piazza in view of the Borden fence from 10.45 to II. 45 on the morning of the murder and saw no one Thos Bolles, . hostler, testified that he wash ed carriages in Mrs Churchi:ps yard on the morning of the murder, and saw no one Patrick McGowan testified that he
 was in the Grove yard on the morning of the murder and saw no one in the Bor- den yard.
 The cross-examination Of the last few