The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-20
PLEAS IN THE BORDEN CASE.
Ex-0oT RoBISsoN,s EFFoRT A DIs.
APPOINTMENT TO LIzzLIys FRIENDS.

he Dwell. In n Defensive Spirit on the Evs.
dence In tho Case-Lack OF AEErorstor,,
Indignation, and Assertion OF Innoeenco In
tho Speech - Knowiton's Effort Much
Stronger than Was Espected-whnt Eaeh
Man said and the Points Each Made.
Nsw BEDFoRp. Juno 19-This was Lizzie
Borden's worst day and will remain so unlors
tho jury brings her In guilty tomorrow. It
was so because her spokesman did not do jus-
tce to her case. while on tho other hand the
lawyer for the Government male tho very
most that was possible out OF the slender web
TINT the prosecution has woven around hon
The mob that besieged tho Court House was
tho greatest that was ever seen around that
ancient temple OF Justice. 1t was O mob Of
women. presumably because they have moro
leisure rather than q keener interest In the
case than the men. Tho great assemblage OF
women in silks and women In calicoes was
divided so that the greater part blockaded the
front entrance and the rest wero packed In
behind the building. where the lawyers, tho
Judges and the prisoner 60 to and fro. All
who had n right to enter the building were
obliged to fight their way in and 1t was q novel
experience to most men to be Obliged to bun.
die richly dressed women ont Of the way. Yet
the wives and daughters OF the whalo-oil aris-
tocracy would no more stir until they were
forced to than would the servant girls and fao-
tory hands who would wedge In among them.
Within the court room tho jam was the
the greatest that the floor space afforded. and
not only were oil the seats taken. but the peo.
pie sat on the edges OF the platforms and filed
up the doorwnys. The space within tho bar was
packed as only Il clever stevedore knows how
to load ship. DR.. Wolf. the m edical expert Of
New York. Mrs. Kicker. the woman lawyer oe
Washington and Elizabeth Stuart Phelpa
we're in the crowd. and SO. OF course. were the
three leading spirits OF the Fall River city
Government. Mayor Couehlin. Marshal Hill
lard. and Medical Examiner Dolan. Since tho
Fall River officials wonder why they are %
sternly criticised 1t was too much to expect
them to keep out the court room and out OF
further evidence. even after they had done
their utmost to convict the prisoner on thao
sort Of evidence that the orld has seen them
supplying to the District Attorney.
The flowers on the bench had been changed
once again. and now there stood two vases OF
pure white carnations. one on either end Of
the great desk. and between them q vase Of
guilty red flowers OF the Same species. The
prisoner came In with a great posey Of pale
red and pure white carnations. hedged around
with delicate leaves of virgin green as nne -
the smallest fern leaves. She looked bad.
1t was one Of those days when her face 10
swollen and colored slightly purple So she
looked on tho hot and cruel day when she
tainted. and 1t ut first seemed that she was
always sure to look that way when tho tide OF
the cause set in against her Her lawyers have
said that she was feeling nervous. and 1t 10 no
moro to be wondered that she should look Ill
than that she should be terribly anxious.
Guilty or innocent. whichever she kn ows her
self to be. it matters not now that her fac In
out OF her own hands and in tho keeping Of
the Gray bearded Jurors.
Her sister Emma was allowed IN the court
room. and sat whore Lizzie used to sit behind
the lawyers for the defence But Lizzie could
not sit with her. their being no longer any ex-
cuse for her to consult with her counsel she
had been ordered back into the prisoners'
dock. All through Gov Robinson's argument
in her behalf she kept her head down and her
face shielded by her fan. and she SO bent her
light. pliable fan around her face that It was
impossible to see her eyes and mouth. Row.
ever. view OF her side face showed that not Q
muscle moved. and that all her extraordinary
stolidity marked her conduct. Her sister
Emma fancied it becoming thing to hide her
face in her fan also; and this she did for nearly
implement OF modesty and retirement she
kept her eyes closed.
and visitors and with them she ehStted
tho
she returned with a,I boz ana no nossgays. The
p
SAID it Contained cut fiowers. She sesmed to
have determined that she would not finch
sho is said to be very much terrified By the
raekine ct3ss- examination tx he gave her at the
not only looked steadily and listened inteptly
while Mr. Knowlton delivered his impressive
OF her sight of him. she leSned one way
t ana the other. 50 as as not to miss moyement
emotion whatsoever and her eyes were az dry
as hcr lips wero firm. Miss Emma, whose face
is nothing like 50 strong or prepossessinG az
the District Attorney the compliment Of look
ing at him and she allowed her eyes to rove
seen 10 talk to one another until the close Of
the proceedings; Then Lizzie leaned over and
The talk was Interrupted by another crowding
OF friends around her. Flowers were. pressed
upon her: and friendly pressures of many
hands. as well as cordial assurances OF faith in
her innocence. bade her keep good heart.
Mr.; Knowlton made an impression as
Of bull and tho voice OF a soldier in battle. he
spranG into the arena armored o and y, armed as
heart and with equal confidence believed IN
his own side Of 1t. lie underworld 70 choose
moderate angTage ana to be G"nsd ist aSa
which necessarily made it seem relentless and
doubtnble fighter. He probably would agree
with Gen. Sherman. who said that man should
DO made as terrible as possible In order to end
.Ex-Goy. Robinson did mo-, rise to the COCA
within the ken Of New Workers. and 1t is fair
TO presume that great ability as u crose.
eYansr is net often allied with an ,eagsIiy
Lizzie Borden that the ex. Governor was not
aide To- do Justice to the situation. but 1t 10 OF
nson has flashed Xix. O. star OF the first mag
nituqe to know that he 10 not In all respects .
prodigy unparalleled. II would DO expecting
a 81 cat deal of any lawyer 70 make the most
Of the Borden case. since i unluestionsbly
variety Of chances that any modern Grim
inal case has held out to q skilful
orator. With jury chosen because every
man ON 1t was father. what . chance was
there to touch the tenderest and the noblest
nerves that led to the heart, with O girl Of
spotless life and Christian career trembling
in prisoners box. and actually facing q scaf-
fold What chance tbore was TO win sympathy
har xpit oh ynln mn Of tkaH