New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11

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N. end Of the first week. 1t Is difficult TO con
-. Wv how long the case will last. The proseCu-
49,, ,as summoned ninety witnesses ana has ex-
n,irad aho,t twenty. 1t is believed, nevertheless,
."a ,to,r case is substantially In. They have still
" ,,ro,,uce the testimony of Professor Wood and
.,,,r NJ some other expert chemists to the
r,,s a. the analysis Of the stains the Ratchet
.a with which the murders alleged TO have
- committed They have also to put in the
Guidance given by Lizzie Borden at the inquest held
~. week after the date Of the klling II they can
90, II in. That question will be argued on Monday
mornng When 1t is disposed Of and the experts
have said what they can, the prosecutors case is
probably closed.
The day has been bright and warm and beautiful
and the sparrows nesting over the capitals OF the
great Grecan columns tGat stand in stately front
befo,e the courthouse building have twttered all DAY
IN thoughtiess ecstacy; they have flown about among
the thick grass OF the lawn and up 10 the foliage
Of the arching elms. Bright in hue and sprghtly
in form. the starry daisies. the nch red geraniums
and the gentle maidenhar ferns that ihhabt the big
boxes eaIth on tue courthouse portico have lent
their kindly influence to the making OF pretty
summer scene. 1t makes one tmnk OF now smah
consequence we are when sees that poor girl
in there fighting for her life al nature everywhere
outside, birds and shrubs and flowers ana trees all
joyous and happy.
DAUNTLEss, DESPERATE BATTLE.
And she Is fighting, fighting dauntessly. fighting
desperstey She IS taking chances and losing
M advantage She personally. Li1Lie Borden, the
accused woman, is no small part OF tpe force en-
Gagged In this strange conflict. Her perceptions are
kecn her store OF resources rich aid readily drawn
upon She sees the Significance of every WORD that
fails from the witnesses lips. She sees how accusa-
ton can be denied and insinuation blunted When
the police officers brag OF the thorouglhess OF 'he
search they made. she pours In promptngs upon
her counsel and compels the witnesses TO say that
hat ond
M heed 70 the other. When they tell Of their con-
vexatons with her on the afternoon Of the murder
md on the several days that followed, and when
thew repeat something that seems sugscsuVA OIL
guilt she whispers into her lawyers ear, ana lie at
once wants to know If she did not also say some
thing else as plainly Indicative OF innocence Llzzie
Borden Is not a coward, and she does not look Ike
n devil She has more than ordinary self-command
whatever that may signify. All her faculties and
all her strength are being employed to rescue her
from the awful fate impending She seems 10 be
conscious OF nothing but the peril she Is In ann she
stands before 1t, not weakly nor doub'ruhS" ou'
facing wherever II most hardly 'hrea'ehs' anu ho'
often facing In vain
Only one session Of the court was held to-day ana
adjournment was taken until Monday. 1t was an
interesting session, but its significant features are
extremely difficult TO describe. This Is due 10 the
fact so often mentioned, that the incnmmauhg
evidence In this case is all scrappy. There Is no
connected line Of circumstances no orderly occurrence
OF events pointing Lizzie Bordens guilt OF throw
ing any light whatever on the death OF those TWO
old people But there is a little fact here which
seems to mean something and then little fact there
and another yonder and each an incident OF some
subordinate feature OF the day on which the muir
ders were committed-the feature as q whole mean
ing nothing in particular. These little incrimnatlng
points are numerous but before they are found 10
make a serious they have to be connected ana
arranged. Each. however, requires for Its demon
stration by the State and then for Its Destruction
by the defence, q great mass Of minor evidence In
this sense It hard to tell the story OF to-days
testimony and even when told 1t amounts to little,
except when taken in close connection with all the
other little incidents that have been brought out
before.
DAY OF POLICE TESTIMONY.
The whole OF the session occupied with the
testimony OF more police officers as TO what they saw
and did when they went to the Borden house after
fhe murders were discovered and during the days
Immediately following. 1t must be understood, In
considering their testimony, that it is the effort OF
the state to show that the Borden house was locked
and barred, bolted formidably as TO prevent the
ingress OF stranger from the street or yard that
after the murders all the rooms Of the house were
gone over by the officers thoroughly 10 render
the theory impossible Of belief that the murderer was
concealed inside; that certain hatchethea with
little piece Of the handle fixed In the eye of 1t, the
other part of the handle having been freshly broken
off, and its whereabouts being now unknown. was
discovered and that Lizzie Borden made a number
Of suspicious statements about her movements, the
clothes she and other matters, between the
time when Bridget Sullivan left her ironing In the
dintng.roOm her father being then seated in rock
ng-char in the adjoining sitting room, and the time
when she called Bridget downstairs from the attic
thirteen or fifteen minutes later Everything that
was said to-day bears, or IS supposed to bear, on
these points.
NO FLOWERS FOR LIZZIE BORDEN
The courtroom here, which is large, roomy, well
ventilated and easy speak and hear in was filed
as It has been at all times since the opened.
Except for the dresses and bonnets OF the
spectators and for two little forlorn lunches OF light
and dark red pnks and one still sadder bunch OF mig
nonette that stood the judges bench. there Is
little about II TO rest the eye or relieve us formal
severity The plnks and mignonette getting tired
Of It. They have been there since Monday, ana In
mercy to them II not to Their Honors, the Justices
Of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth OF Mas
sachusets somebody ought to start the coming week
with fresh flowers. But although New-Bedford is one
OF the garden spots OF this beautiful world, with all
the bright and lovely things growing In profusion
which Nature allows to the early summer OF tenn
perate zone, there seems TO be no flowers here Tor
Lizzie Borden II the prisoner at the bar were
dirty male brute who had cut his wife's throat and
strangled his, baby, he would probably sit In bank
of bloom.
HER SEX BELIEVE IN HER GUILT
All the women hereabouts to have made up
their minds that Lizzie is guilty. They don't
thing she cries enough. One or two have softened
little since she tainted in court the other day. ana
perhaps she would faint regularly sob and sigh
frequent intervals during the day, instead of oc
cupyng herself In suggesting TO her counsel facts that
her innocence she might receive from some
Of her sex, at least, kindly glances They troop
into the courtroom, scores of them. and stare
at her and point at her. and say how hard
she looks. but they never speak word to her or oer
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