The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-07


ling Testimony Concerning the Burn
ing of the Dress covered With Paint"
The Skulls of the Victims in Court But
Not Exposed to view-The Jury Visits
Fall River.
New BEEFoRD COURT HOUSE, June O.
Lizzie Borden was promptly in her seat
this morning full five minutes before
the coming of the court, and the ringing
of the bell announced the opening of the
second day of the great trial. The jurors
followed Immediately upon her advent.
They appeared to have passed comfort
able night in spite of the heat, and were
not at all haggard.
The Eladies put in an appearance this
morning quite early, among them the
little yelled lady of Fall River police
court rooms cherished memory. Mrs.
Charles E. Barnes was the only lady
within the bar, the remaining fair ones
filling the left witness box as the fore
noon progressed with maze of bright
contrasting colors in the pretty array of
SIudrG summer gowns. Inc court Was
received with proper honors.
Clerk Simeon Borden called the roll of
the jury. Ascertaining that no juror
had dropped out of the panel during the
night or melted away in the perspiring
temperature. he proceeded to read with
great solemnity the bill of indictment
returned by the grand inquest. His
closing injunction was impressive. 'sTo
each of the counts in this Indictment,
gentlemen, Lizzie Andrew Borden, the
prisoner at the bar, has heretofore
pleaded that she was not guilty, and for
trial lputs herself upon her country
which country you are. If she is guilty.
you will say 50; if she is not guilty, you
will say so, and no more' sGood men
and true stand together and hearken to
your evidence" Slowly and gravely the
folemn tone rang out in the hushed
court room.
District Attorney Moody quickly rose.
buttoning his coat tightly about him, and
advanced to the front of the panel. He
began the opening of the case for the
Commonwealth at about ten minutes
past 8. His address was plain, simple
matter of presentment of what the Com
monwealth proposed to show by its wit
nesses in support of the Indictment
found attention.
He reviewed the facts Of the murder of
Andrew Borden and wife on the 4th of
August, dwelr upon the relations that
existed between Lizzie Borden and her
stepmother, and the unkindly feeling
that the division of the property caused
between them. Mr.. Moody described
the sudden illness of Andrew Borden,
his wife and Lizzie on the Tuesday night
preceding the fatal Thursday, while
Bridget Sullivan, the servant, was not
affected in any way. He cited the state
ment of Miss Borden, made to friend
on the evening before the murders were
committed, to the effect that she, Miss
Borden, felt greatly depressed and
feared something was going to happen.
He also said there was no doubt that
the person who called at the drug store
on the day before the murders and
asked for prussic acid was Miss Borden.
Mr.. Moody then produced the plans of
the Borden house and locality, and de-
scribed them minutely to the jury.
He described the location of the roo ms
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Borden, by
Lizzie and by Emma, her sister. Mr..
the night preceding the tragedy. 1t is
| important, Mr.. Moody said, to show who
| occupied the house that night. He said
it would be proven that on the mig ht
| preceding the murder, the front door,
| back door and cellar door were all prop
| erly fastened and that when the only oc-
cupants of the house on that night, Mr..
| and Mrs. Borden. Lizzie, Emma, Bridget
Sullivan and Mr.. Morse had retired,
every exterior approach was closed. He
detailed the movements Of those in the
| Borden household on following morning.
| Mrs. Borden about 9 o'clock spoke
| to Bridget about cleaning some windows.
| Mrs. Borden then went up stairs to put
some pillow cases on the bed in the spare
room. She never left thai room alive
again, and no living person saw her alive
again, except the assassin. When pre-
pairing to wash windows Bridget went to
| the back door and saw the prisoner there.
| The prisoner went into the house. In
washing the windows Bridget saw neither
| Mrs. Borden nor the prisoner during all
| that time she was at work. While at
| door. 1t was about 1915. She went to
| the door and found it locked and bolted
contrary to custom in that house. He
| came in and made a remark about the
| door. Whereupon the prisoner from the
| hall above made some laughing exclama-
ton.
At that time Mrs. Borden's body lay
above dead, probably more than an hour.
| The prisoner asked her father for the
mail, saying at the same time, ''Mrs.
| Borden is gone out. She had note and
has gone in answer to it," That was a
lie to stife inquiry.
The prisoner got the ironing boar
and went to work and then told Bridget
who was again washing the windows the
| falsehood about the note. She told
| Bridget to be careful about the doors as
| she might 60 out.
Bridget later went up stairs and there
was nothing more until the alarm. The
prisoner was the cnly person left with
| her father alive
| Mr.. Moody described Lizzie's move.
ments and statements when Mr.. and Mrs
| Borden's bodies were discovered. She
went to her own room without once 90
| ing to look at the murdered woman and
changed her dress. She has told differ.
ent stories as to her reason for going in.
to the barn and as to her finding the body
of her father.
No blood was found on the clothing