New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-09
1os,,ons so as TO give her the better chance to tell
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what he was after. o.srx.,uv,r,oN
Novor,he,css when the defence came to cross
oxomine her. she found herself treated with disuh
c,,sbed consideration Governor HoolnSon ran hgn'V
o,.a, tho Two really discriminating parts CT her
S.saonoo that which told Of LiLzie's conversation
a9e Tho turning of the dress It was pain enough that
for the ss ecS d from o M
Russell the fact that Lizzie was much agiiatrd on
the day Of the murder sn nd. on be Tc that
1 'bs homse was watched and guarded day ana nlght
from day Of the murder nni am a the inqus was
Searched and researched many times between hcr
coming and her sFa Hat n aS Sooa on IT, S
thsn neither did she sec any paint With this they
were glad to let her co.
THE poLiCEMAN'- STORY.
The afternoon session was given over to the OK
animation OF tho officers They all told sub
stantialy the same story--that they arrived at the
corden house on the morning OF the murder ut
about quarter past II o'clock; that they saw tho
prisoner there the dead b1n,ts m1 tnc s
house and could md 10 frnccs or a struggle IN
either Of the rooms where tle lead lny; nor any
had been in tho house that did not belong there.
The only variation to this evidence was supplied iea
bv Assistant Marshal John Fleet. When he arrived
he had a talk with Lizzie, and he described 1t as
follows
made known to her who wa. and asked her II she
-
not All she knew was her father got home about q
quarter 20 H. and sat down in chair in the sitting
room and out some papers She saw he was ieepe
and went TO him, AMI advised and assisted him 10 lie
down the sofa. She then went To the dning'room 10
iron and then up the arm. I asked her how long
.hc was there. Shc said about half an hour. l said
II mean barn" She said about half an
hour When she came down and went in she found hcr
iaticr was killed
asked what she did when she found what had been
done She said she went the back stairs and called
Maggie. / ASKED: 'who IL Mageicf' She said; She
is our servant girl" She told Maggie to go for Dr.
Bowen and when she back and said he was not at
home she Qiz,Ie) told her to go for Miss Russell
I ASKED: ''Who in the house last night or THIS
mornlnSl"
Lizzie said: mo but Mr.. Morse. Maggie. father
Mrs. Eortcn and myself"
I asked who Mr.. Morse was. She said He IL my
uncle lie here Yesterday and slept upstairs a''
niehtn She also aid Mr.. Morse left the house before
o'clock In the morning and return till after the
murder asked her Bridget Sullivan could have done
H. Il did not call her Bridget then' Dut Naesc'
Lizzie said Maggie had gone upstairs before hcr 'a'
had lain down and she called her down then asKed
her who could have killed her iather anu h'o"e' '"'
said: 80
mo, my mothcr-my s,cpmothcr. = My mother Is dead"
I asked her who could have done It, She laid II mirf'
have been done by man who called MISS husSci
said fell him all Lizzie"
Lizzie then snId that about two weeks ago man
came 10 tho front and talked II he was angry
I asked her what they were talking about che said
Father said can't let you have the store Tor that
purpose"
FINDING THE HATcHETs
IIavlng had this talk with Lizzie. Fleet maze
search OF the house. He found as dd everybody
else that all the doors were locked ana MS se"o"
was constantly interrupted by that circumstance
In the end. however he went through the house.
without nnding ANYTHING noticeable except two axes
and two hatchets that he came across In the cellar
one Of tho hatchets had red stains on the hhhuc'
and the officer took possession OF that one Agaiii
''''' Mr. Morse he said "opcncd the door about
six or eight Inches and asked me WHAT was want. ,t
Thi, was tho door OF Ilzzies room. lie then snld
Lizzie wanted TO know II 1t was absolutely necessary
for me TO search that roomr tod thcm YES
The door was opened ana went IN
O-What did YOU do when you got In
Al saw Lizzie and told her had como To make an
other search said 10 her: "You said this morning
that you up In thu barn hat an hour DO you say
-. now ~ She replied that 81" DIDN'T say nal an hou'
wh,t she dli ,ay va, from twenty minutes 10 half an
h,pr then asked he. whol tho last time sh" 81"
her stcpmoher she said IT about O'Clock anu she
v.s I'm the room where found her. making the bed
Lizzie s,id that had brought note ana sho
troub that she gone and one had heard her
returI sea caad through parts OF the house ana
when came 10 LizZc's room found the door IocA,d
and Lizzie said we couldn't go through that way.
THOUGHT TO BE THE MvKDERERs WEAPON.
Having gone through all the roonV, Officer Fleet
descended into III. cellar again. and there found
another Ratchet III. with which. In the view oil
the state. the murder was committed Ills story Is
that II was IN a box on n shelf In the mddl" cellar
There were n few other tools In the box, ana they
we're all covered with fine dust, o. ashes III" W.T.
ness recognized a Ratchet produced By Mr. Moody III
court rs the one he had thus found. lis handle hao
been broken on close 10 the blade ana there secincu
TO be- new break In the handle. o,...
4 great deal Of time was occupied by Omcer
Flee, in the telling Of his story, for H. told " slowly
and with marked celebration. II was hall past
four when he had done Ex-Governor Robinson nj ono.
began the crosseAaminaton. and al'Lo,t ms mrs,
question provoked the witness. IL was intended ~
provoke MIN. II was put WIN piiphblc .h.rr
lis your memory any better now tiu'n u Was
when these Incidents were fresh In your mind y
asked the lawyer.
Mr.. llcct said IL was not. -
Then why do Won remember so much more now
than you did AT the inquest"
Mr. Fleet said he didn't. hut IL appeared That lie
did III, statement I'm his direct examination that
Lizzie said that she had advised Mr. Borden when H.
came into the housc 10 lie down On the sofa was
piece of evidence which Mr. Fleet had not mentioned
n the inquest. -. .
IN -Govcrnor Robinson occupied the time until Tho
adjournment Of court In presenting this circumstance
from different points II view. Each new presenta
ton gave the witness fresh ANNOYANCE. and the sudden
interruption OF the court announcing IN adjournment
until tomorrow was u grateful relief 10 Mr.. Fleet
but II Is safe 10 say that his evil hour Is only post