The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-09

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| This was part Of the Goyernments PROOF Una
no one but an inmate OF the house couio nave
'y Tx.Goy. Robinson obj turned that witness into
sec the footprints made by MT ;h BoT pss,
he see the tracks OF Bridget where she naG
sSs hs sd's stooS wife ehans With the
dsSrss W, Allen Fall River polIcssm an l., T "
crying ana did not show sign e te snsao1 Up
that Is to say no living person. for she was mnr;
dored. He won't In the cellar also. he was leo
Mrs. BordoS 9n sy s" dead there stood a table
| bearing two books There was no blood on !,
sS seo Other It T s9
spattered more. than eight feet away. The as >
bloody because this. table was not. The Coy
the room the most horrible OF exhi.'ita yet
% DO It Sscd w III and
shown on the nrst Day were modest and COM \,
was q blood saturated handkerchief found
near Mrs I'orden's body. Il ia believed dd to
while at her. housework and when she was was
murdered The old policeman went through
npS h ss sNn IN tho
Borden's body. It lay near her feet and reach-
ing 6ss s9w xt,or tns a? Mood,
parcel and opened It before. the witness. out OF
chi PfR Rst R wa. .GSf SH
and that was oil but stiff and wholly disoooEe,d t
With 96sd sooh h fsGyny
" opened so that It hung Ike scarlet banner th
before the general gaze Then i was tha tine tne
the horrible object She cast her eyes down
to the floor.
Sss II Ss army and pn sss5 Ths
SsI re- TsShss % bosss Se
bHS6a"S o. ~ he
Fl : dark maroon color. The intent Of
h. a bss Csan had
death. The manner Of the distribution OF Ehe
GID mans wealth depends upon which e. J.. died LED
property would 90 to her heirs but 4 Mr..
Borden was killed last as y apparently sr;, t h
property This defines the motive Lizzie Bor.
den had in killing the couple In the theory OF
Officer Wiokson testified to looking over the
fences around the Border, yard right after the
discovery OF the crime He saw one man saw:
two men at work in working cloth les in mother
direction. They asked him what was the
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house committed the murders. that no ono got
eway aiterward. and that no one could have
gotten away. What eN-Gov. Robinson did to
weaken the force Of that testimony was to
make the witness admit that he did not 60 to
ns 9a conrse that the muir might have
been hidden in there.
A very important witness vas John Fleet.
ex-Gov. Robinson very wroth at him by his
apparent assumption that Miss borden is
man. but a typical dyed-in -the-wool police
testimony. he saw Miss Lizzie and asked her
said she did not. All she knew was that her
father came home at about hall past 10 or
sat down. took out some papers and was look
ing at them. She was ironing some hankerchiefs
in the dining She that her iataef
and assisted him, to lie down on the sofa.
Then she went back to her ironing, and pres
barn. She val" .aid she remained up i in the barn
about half an hour She was up stairs over
hs s n The hs shs
but killed-or dead Asked what she did; she
@ She IT, da
the murders. She said she thought not, as
that Bridget had gone up stairs be- be:
fore her father lay down and had i net
sho had any idea who could Kill her father and
mother she replied: She was not my m other.
When al. was I chlde She told the marshal
about Mr.. Clegg's calls upon her father about
renting store. and about her fathers quarrel
The hatchets and axes were brought In at
sankDs and dashns That seems
from being handled and that sounds terrible
these Th with The sep
Borden had been inattentive and drowsy up
to that time. but now she raised her head and
terest. The other day she lowered her. eyes
when they were IN the room. The assistant
cou DO he sent to at ths
eelne criminal i possibie Alter that he won't
md locked. The marshal knocked. and DR..
offlcers wished to search the room: The Doc:
I t. again and said Miss Borden wished to know
! was. The Doctor closed The door. said
t bsssn asked
Miss LIZZIE I she BED bad said SAID she was in the
wenty minutes to half an hour. When asked
What was the Inss time she saw her STEP
Mrs. Borden was then In the room whore she |
vas found dead. and was making the bed.
At this point tho prisoner leaned over to her |
counsel, Mr., Adams. and whispered to him. |
: She then said" continued the Witness. that |
.ome ono had brought II lett or note to Mrs. |
Borden. and she thought she had gone out. |
She had not noticed her return. She said she |
,oped We would get through with this search |
luick. that it was making her tired. and we
old her We would get through rs soon MS we |
Gould. We did not make thorough search.
Then camo what was meant to be sensa- |
ional testimony about the finding OF tho |
ratchet with which the Government argues |
hat tho crime was committed. The two axes |
md tho two perfect hatchets which arc
nent were first found by the marshal's
he day that that he came upon the haqdloess one
n box on Jog In the chimney. 1t was in the |
,ox with several tools. 1t was covered with a |
leavy layer OF thick ashes while the other |
objects in the box were coated very differently |
With fine dusr. Moreover, the handle less
.atchet was covered with ashes on all sides:
III over. The marshal did not notice all this
It the time or think much Of It lie put it back
= the hox. put aiierward he wen, and got i:
cd the marshal back to the dresses OF Miss
lizzie. after he had examined the little Ratchet
,lade and had testified that the handle was
lewly broken Off from within the blade. On