Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-09
BORDEN TRIAL.
Bridget Sullivan Denies Part Of
Previous Testimony.
Or. Bowen on the Stand---Mrs,
Churchill and Miss Russell.
Several Peiass In tAs Eviaeaes Iusa In FavSs
d llzz,e Borden.

family physician Of the Bordens ~ years.
He went 10 the Borden house after IL SC
OIL the day Of the murder. He saw Lizzie
and Mrs. Churchill there and asked what
was the trouble, and Lizzie replied, Father
has been killed or stabbed" lie saw Mr.
Borden lying on the sofa in the sitting room
with his head terribly cut, but noticed that
nothing about the room WAS disturbed.
photograph was here shown and itien-
titled. During the showing of the photo
graph the prisoner kept her eyes riyeted ON
the floor, never once glancing up.
The witness continued, saving that he
asked Lizzie if she had seen anyone about
the place and she said no. lie then asked
her where she had been and she said, "ln
the barn TO get some iron" She said she
was afraid her father had had trouble with
some of his tenants.
| He went upstairs and saw Mrs. Borden
He found the wound in her head and never
sail to anyone that she had died of fright
or was in faint, but the first thought that
the witness had was that she had tainted.
| Here photograph of Mrs. Borden was
submitted and Us the picture went the
rounds and was commented upon. The
prisoner covered her eyes but there were
| no tears.
Continuing. the witness said that when
be was in the house in the morning he saw
that Lizzie~had changed her dress, u pink
| wrapper, but didn't notice the first dress
| worn rs to color and material. When the
| witness came down stairs after seeing Mrs.
BOrden's body, several women were work
ing over Lizzie in the kitchen tanning her.
He prescribed bromo caffeine for her that
| afternoon to allay her nervousness and
ordered morphine for her Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
Friday the witness gave Lizzie an eighth
grain of morphine. he doubled it Saturday
and continued this treatment all the time up
to her arrest and while she was in the sta
ton. morphine" he said, .affects the
mind by changing and altering persons
views, and causes a hallucination."
Bridget Sullivan was recalled She said
that robbery had occurred in the Borden
house while she was working there, about
~ months before the murder, in the day
time.
This testimony was ruled out. on an oh
lection by the prosecution, as was also the
statement of the witness regarding the rob
berry in the barn. The exception was noted
in each instance.
Resuming, she said when | came
down stairs and saw Lizzie standing be-
hind the door, she appeared more excited
than ever saw her, and she was not cry
ing. never said she was crying"
Here the testimony of the previous hear
ing was read to her, IN which she stated
that Lizzie was excited and was crying.
Bridget said: "This must be wrong, be-
cause | never said it. want to be right,
and swear did not see her crying; | am
sure the statement that says did say so is
not correct"
Mrs. Adelaide Churchill was the next
witness. She said she lives in the house
ne 1t north of the Borden house. The day
Of the murder she saw Bridget Sullivan
going from DIR. Bowen's to the Borden
house she was pale and walked rapidly;
the witness looking out of the window saw
Lizzie Borden beside the screen door, lean
ing against the casing.
She asked Lizzie what the trouble was
and she replied: "Oh. Mrs. Churchill,
come over, someone has killed father"
asked Lizzie how it happened and she re-
piled, 81 don't know
She said that she had been in the barn to
get some iron, and that when she came
back she found the screen door open. Liz
zic said they must have some enemies, and
she thought they had all been poisoned as
they were sick the night previous.
The dress was shown, but she said it was
not the one worn in the morning on the day
of the tragedy. The agitation of Lizzie was
not manifested by tears. II don't rcmcm-
Der whether Lizzie said to me that the rea-
son she came in from the barn was because
she heard a distressed noise. The dress
she had on while was there was light blue
calico or cambrick with dark navy blue
diamond, printed. remember the diamond
particularly.
The witness saw no blood on Lizzie's
dress that morning, although she was right
over her. tanning her and bathing her head,
She thinks she might have seen 1t if there
bad been any blood there.
Witness continued: Bridget sail to me
after got there, Mrs. Borden had a note,
and she hurried of she was busting the
sitting room. and she did not tell me where
she was going, as she generally does
while at the house some policemen
spoke about Swede who worked for Mr..
Borden; Lizzie said he wasn't ever in Fall
River and that she would not suspect him.
She spoke out promptly and with perfect
sincerity"
Mrs. Churcbill's examination finished at
l1.2O. Five minutes recess WAS then
taken.
Alice Russell was called at 80. In her
her testimony she described the burning of
a dress by Lizne, Sunday after dinner.
First saw Lizzie in the kitchen with dress
and Lizzie said, II am going TO burn up this
old thing, covered with paint"
Tie witness says that she then went out
and came in again and saw Lizzie standiog
near the cupboard, tearing or ripping a
small portion of dress. The skirt was lying
on the shelf. The witness said 81 would
not let any body see YOU do that" 10 which
| Lizzie made no reply, but moved back one
| step toward the cupboard door.
| Afterw ard the witness said II am afraid
the worst thing you could have done was to
burn that dress, to which Lizzie replied,
"Oh Why did you let me do it, why didn't
YOU tell me!" The dress was cheap light
blue cotton cord. with small dark figure
which the witness had noticed Lizzie wear
ing in the spring When new
| Robinson's cross-exsmination failed to
shake Miss Russelfs direct testimony. On
redirect she testified against the objection
by the defense that Bedford cord is a
cheap dress material, and that the cupboard
| in which the witness saw part of the
dress at the time Of the burning was used
only for kitchen utensils. At ~ 30 John
Cunningham testified about the murder.
The court then took a recess from ] t0
els.
The testimony in the Borden case in the
first part of the afternoon WAS very tame
Officer Allen and Deputy Sheriff Wixor
testified TO a search of the Borden prem
ises after the murder