The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-09
FLEET TANGLED Up.
Contradictions III the EVi-
dence Regarding That
Third Axe.
LIZZIE BORDEN SMILES.
Policeman Harrington's Detailed
Account of Her Dress-The
Prosecution Weak.


Conrt House this morning were women.
So persistent have they become in their
attempts to get into the court room rnat
barrier of stout boards has been built
across two trees at the entra nee SO that
only one person may pass in at a time.
Miss Borden evidently appreciates the
situation, since she remarked to Deputy
Sheriff Kirby, one of her guards in the
the swarm, that in some of the
houses in the city the housework
must be neglected. In a number of
+! instances the same faces are seen on the
women's benches every day. Miss
| Borden was in her seat at 3:45 this morn
ing, and her counsel were on hand abou t
The same time. She couversed with
Governor Robinson until court opened,
| aud apeared very much in earnest about
some thing. At the opening Of court The
! District Attorney said he had received a
letter from Everett NJ. Cook, the Fall
| River Bank cashier, in which he stated
| that one of his answers to a question
when he was on the stand was incorrect,
and he begged to be allowed to change it,;
on the stand he said Miss Borden had no
account in the B. NJ. G. Durrse Bank; in
the letter he corrected it by saying she
had. and that the balance on August 4
was $172.75. The correction was allowed
to stand.
MARSHAL FLEETS SEARCH.
The first witness called this morning
was Assistant Marshal Fleet, and his
cross-examination by >Govarnor Robin
son was resumed. He said it was a fact
that he arrived at the Borden house be-
fore twelve O'Clock. II don't know" he
said. whether Allen was there before
or not; when | went there first I went in
the house by the back door, looked in all
the rooms down stairs, up stairs, into
Mrs. Borden room or the room where she
was lying, and looked into the closets;
then went to L:zzie's room; the door was
closed, but don't know whether it was
locked or NOT; had my first talk with
Lizzie there; no officer was present then;
then / went from that room down stairs;
tnen went up to Mr.. Borden's room. IL
was locked; then upstairs aDd toBridget's
room, it was locked; then | tried the
other attic room and found it was locked;
then I went tor the cellar aud found
Officers Mullaly and Devine in the Gel
lar: think this was the time found
them there; there might have been an
other; my mind is not clear on this point;
I think Doherty was there but can't
say whether it was at this time or not;
if said in the District Court that he was
there, he was there; | don't Know
whether l said at a former hearing that
Devine was not there; il | said so then it
was COEftGbs l. WdS tuef6, L Uuluh, WIN
Mullaly and Devine; the former had
sotse axes on the floor of the washroom,
two of them and two hatcnets; l don't
know where they came from; | was told
by MuIlaly afterward that the hatchets
were taken from the middle cellar on the
south side.
FINDING THE HATCHETs.
1.-THE hatchets, | think, came from the
back part of the cellar. one from the
choDDlug block; the furnace was in the
passage way, further west toward the
front OF the house; those hatchets were
found near the chimney in tho same box
where the broken handled hatchet was
found; in the middle room there was a
six foot pile of ashes near the chimney
and near the box where the hatcnets
were found. They were coal ashes, |
should say. I saw another pile, | think,
near tue furnace; that is my impression;
it was close to the coal bin If it was
there; the opening of the furnucs-I can
not tell how it faced; put ths claw
headed hatchet in the cellar room under
the stairs; behind there Were some boxes
and q keg; thae was on the southeast Of
the cellar; Officer Harrington saw me
put it there"
@. Oh, he was there was he? You
haven't told me about thar.
A. There's a. good many things /
haven't told you about. There were Off
GERS there. This was i'll the afternoon.
@. Yes, well. ain now sneaklug about
the morniug. Did you find Harrington
there thens
A. No.
Q. Did you move the hatchet thena
A. No.
@. Did YOU fiud this broken handled
hatchet then?
A. No.
Oh, Well. now let us come back to the
morning.
VERY CASUAL SEARCH.
A. Well, | went out i'll the yard atte l
came down stairs, then up in the b arm;
Manning and Porter. reporters, were
there. and Mr.. Sawyer; saw MIR. Clark
son at some time. but think it was later
on in the day; talked with Mr.. Morse
In the yard at that time and then went
into the house the second time; there
found State Officer Dexter; went up
stairs and then it was had the interview
with Lizzie in her room; that was When
Dr. Bowen was there; l afterwards
searched the clothes closets, then went
downstairs aud was given the Key or
Mrs. Borden's room by Bridget; then
I went into the attic; l could not say
as to the rooms being locked then; the
store room on the west end of the house
was locked; | can't recolle ct whether
Bridget'S room was locked; l searced all
the rooms, but did not open trunk; yes.
we did look IN that trunk; IL was locked
and we asked Bridget to unlock 1t; we
lust looked in but did not disturb any
thing there; we looked into everything
we could look into, but not very closely;
we were not there long; there was some
clothing in one OF the rooms. but we
did not take it downs
didn't discover anv blood on
Bridget's dresses; dix not look closely,
and / wouldn't say today there was or
there was not blood on them.
@. What did you really look at those
dresses for2
A. For blood or anything else.
@, And yet you didn't see anything at
all or make very thorough examina-
ton.
A. Not very
The witness in his furt her testimony
said:-"Tbe doors in all parts of the
house were generously supplied with
locks. more SO than usual; there was
nothing extraor dinary that L!zEie's room
should have a lock or that the door lead
ing to the fathers room should be locked
or that the guest chamber should be
provided with lock. Wherever we
went the doors were all provided with
locks, even In the attic the same condi-
tions existed.
STORY OF THE HATCHET.
The witness next told OF second ex-
ploration made in the cellar. The ex-
animation went on thus:
@. When did you find this hatchet with
the broken handle?
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