The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-29
THE JUSTICES WFPT.
AN UNPARALLELED SCENE ~ A MAS
SACHUSETTS COURT ROOM.

"Not GhItY."-IIandkeI chtrts Wave
M"n Cher. Women C,y, the Prisoner
Overcome. tho Sheria P"w"rl.ss.
New BEDFORD, Mass, June 21-
Amid the waving of handkerchiefs and
tumultuous cheering yesterday after
noon LiZzie Borden rejpiced that she
was To go free. Tho dark cloud that
had been lowering over her was dis
pellcd. Tears fell from the eyes of the
stern justices, and the scene was such
rs has never been known in this coun:
try. The justices made no effort to
stop the demonstrate on. Their hearts
were with the people, and for a few
moments they forgot law and decorum
The jury fled into their seats at 1 30
p. m.. and were pOlled. Miss Borden
was asked to stand up, and the foreman
was asked to return a verdict. upon
which he announced "Not guilty"
The closing scenes in the trial were
in direct contact with those which had
preceded it,, Heretofore all had been
decOrous and in keeping with the dig
nifty OF the most dignilied Court in the
country. But when the verdict of IN OF
guilty was reGurned, 4 cheer went uD
which might have been heard half a
mile away through the open windows,
and there was no attempt to check It,.
The stately Judges looked straight
ahead aJ the bare walls. Sheriff Wright
was poWerless to WELD the gavel which
lies ready for his use, and not once du-
ring the tremendous excitement, which
lasted fully minute, did he make the
slightest sign of having heard it. lie
never saw the people rising in their
seats and waving their handk kerchiefs
IN unison with their voices, because his
eyes were full of tears and mpletely
blinded for the time.
Miss Borden's head went down upon
the rail in front of her, and tears came
where they had refused to come for
many long day us she heard the
sweetest words ever poured into her
willing ears, the words "Not guilty"
Mr.. Jennings was almost crying, and
his voice broke as he put his hand out
to Mr Adams, who sat next to him,
and said, "Thank Cod, while Adams
returned the pressure of the hand and
seemed incapable of speech.
After the verdict had been received
the district attorney moved that the
other case against Miss Borden he
nolle pressed. and the order OF the
court was to that effect.
Chief Justice Mason then gracefully
thanked the jurors, in appreciation of
their work and faithful service, and
reminded them that the precautions
taken with them, which may have
seemed irksome at the time, were sore
ly in the interest of Justlce-a fact
which they undoubtedly realized now.
The jury was then dismissed
Governor Robinson turned to the rap
idly dis5olving Jury as they filed out Of
their seats and Oeameu on them with
iatherly interest in his kindly eyes, and
stood up as Mr.. knowlton and Mr..
Moody came over to shake hands NTH
the counsel for the defense.
AS soon as possible the room was
cleared. When the spectators fai in-
ally gonF Miss Borden was taken to
the room of the justices and allowed to
recover her composure. with only the
eyes Of friends upon her and the cares
Ses Of devoted admirers.
AT the expiration of an hour she was
placed III Il carriage ami driven to the
station, where she took the train for
Fall River, her home no longer proba-
bly,, but still the only objective point
for the Immediate present.
LIZZIE BORDEN'S LIFE.
The following regarding Lizzie Bor
den will be Of interest: Lizzie Borden
up, having lived il useful and refined
lite, active in the practical ,elief work
Of Christian church, who, until the
morning of Augusta I, 1892, by all who
knew her, rtgalu, aS Il good WOiuAn
Her father, worth about 100000, WAS
70 years Old. HIS wife was her step
mOther, but had been married to her
father tweniy-seven years. During all
that time, !,izzle, her eldest sister,
Emma, and Mr.. and Mrs. Borden had
lived together day and night on terms
which, though no. loving, were not so
unpleasant as 10 have attracted atten-
ton. 1t seems to Dr true that There
was Il measure Of ill feeling between
Lizzie and Mrs. Borden, ana that the
sentiment they entertained toward one
another was not felt arpreclably by
other members of the family. Emma
did not precisely love her StepmOther,
but Emma'S nature is more sluggish
and less positive than LiZZie's. Per
haps the best way to uescrihe Emma 3
feeling is that she sympathlZcd with
Lizzie, but did not actively display her
humOr. Both the sisters were on the
best of terms with their father, and he
with them; and there is nothing to
show that he was net on good terms
with his wife. They lived together. and
al" MAJ llttl PIES uStldlIy
do.
The only thing IN evidence to show
LiZZies feeling toward her mother are
contradictory. They are Bridget Sulli-
vans statement that during the two
years ending at the time of the tragedy,
LIZZIE and Mrs. Borden appeared to be
on good terms; that they tNlked to-
gether and appeared IN each Others So
ciety in Il friendly way. Second, the
statement of Assistant Marshal Fleet,
the police Cilicer, that on the afternoon
of the murder, Mrs. borden being
then dead, when he asked Lizzie some.
thing about her mother, using that
expression. "Don't call her my moth.
er. She Is my stepmother. My mother
died when ! was four years old"
Third and last. the statement of Mrs.
Clifford, the dressmaker, that last
March, Li2Z'e sand that Mrs. Borden
was IA mean old tning with whom she
had little to do" Some evidence was
dug out which was intended by the
State to throw light on Iizzie's rela
tons with Mrs. Borden; but if they
had been admitted they would not