Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-22

| justices upon some points which the latter
| desired male more clear. Following this
| the court said IL was not clear that the evil
dence offered on the head above rcferredto
could he admitted and Mr.. jennings
| desired exceptions noted, at the same time
stating that he would put in writing just
what he had intended to show.
After several unimportant witnesses had
testified Mrs. Mary Il. Holmes, neighbor
and member of the church which Miss
Borden attended, was called to the stand
| II know Miss Borden aud have known
who she was from childhood; have seen
Miss Lizzie and her stcpmother at church
together. ! first heard of the Borden
murder at II IA o'clock. ! went to the
house about O'Clock and sat down in the
kitchen; some one told me soon after that
Lizzie would like to see me; she was in
her room aud some men were talking with
her.
II don't think Officer Fleet was there
then; think DR.. Bowen came up few
minutes after. and before Officer Fleet
cemc We locked the door because there
were so many men about that we did not
want them to come in the room"
| District Attorney beg your honor's
pardon, but / think this is over-steuping.
Witness-"Excuse me but am not used
to the business and | expect to overstep."
Laughter.
"Dr Bowen" witness confined, "shut
the door after he came in and when Fleet
came he opened 1t to see who it was; |
knew the doctor would not let him in until
after he had consulted us. When Fleet
came in he asked Lizzie some questions
and Lizzie said she wished he would be
quick about it, for she was very tired,
having answered great many questions.
She told about going to the barn and loos-
ing after the lead sinkers. Then the oiti-
GERS proceeded to search the room and had
| q tras mt md m " a
should call thorough search. should
think they were in the room talking and
searching half an hour. All the time Miss
Lizzie was lying down.
II remained in the house until $50
There was a use fOI the toilet articles that
AFTERNOON for washing and various pur-
poses.
Witness was asked as to Lizzie's conduct
over her fathers body on the day of the
funeral, but this was objected to OH the
part of the government and Withdrawn.
The witness was asked what Miss Lizzie
did when She went down into the room
and this was objected to; thereupon thi
Chief Justice called counsel to the desk fol
! consultation, the result of which was thai
the question was changed to "At this time
! when she was viewing her father, did sh,
shed tearsg"
The answer was yes"
New BEDFORD MASS, June 16.-ln thu
Borden murder trial. to-day, Emma l.
Borden, sister of Lizzie Borden, was called
! and testified as follows:
II have an inventory of the clothes iT
the closet Oh the afternoon it was searched
made up about week ago from my recol
lection. There were 10 dresses there; only
one belonged to Mrs. Borden the other
were Lizaie's and mine.
t THE BURNED DRESS.
| ~ was there when the search was goinj
on. Lizzie and | both went to the attic t
.. assist in opening trunks. We never mad
! the slightest objection to the Searches am
told them to come as often as they coult
| aud make as thorough searching as the,
@ could.
1 ''The Bedford cord dress was made tn,
: first week i'll May, at Our home. 1t was
very cheap dress-l2l or 10 cents a yard
e and about eight or nine yards in it
: plainly trimmed. Not more than two day
e were used in making the dress. Lizzi
and | assisted, as we always did. Th
work was done in the guest room, where
A was always done. The dressmaker mad
several for us at the same time. Tn
, painters began work after the dress wa
made. Lizzie got some paint ON this dres
h within two weeks after it was made. Sh
: got the paint ON the front breadth and ol
i the side. That dress was hanging in tn
front closet OH the day ] came home.
. know because went in to hang up dres
a and found there was no nail.h
q Did you say anything to Lizzie abou
/ that dress Decarse there was no na
: therep'
= The equestion was objected to but allowed
/, II did. ! said, you have not destroye
. that old dress yet; why don't you do sol
e 1t was very dirty, badly faded, and don
Il remember having seen her use it for som
n time, 1t could not have been made owe
!, because, besides being badly soiled tn
"a material and color was such as to rende
), it impossible. 1t was very long dress a
inch and half longer than her pin
|. wrapper. The sleeves were full and th
:, waist was blouse waist The back ski
: was longer than any other dress exceE
> those cut en- train. she had no other dres
N which She could have got on over thi
,t dress because they were made too snu:
II She could not have had il on under til
I. pink wrapper. because it would has
- shown. The next ! saw of the Bedlor
"a dress was in the kitchen on Saturda
~ when | heard my sisters voice. l. locke
~ around and saw her with her dress on he
arm. She said: I'm going to burn this ol
dress said: Il would, or why don't you
e. and turned away. ! did not see her bur
| the dress; Miss Russell was there at til
Ne time"
| DO you know of your sisters habit {
n burning old dresses or portions OF ol
So dresses previous to this trial 2"
l This question was excluded, and IL
defence noted an exception.
of What happened next in reference
ie this dress, after the burning Was an,
&c thing said by Miss Russell in regard
ID this dress ,"
"Nes. On Monday Miss Russell came
ri us in the dlning-roum and said She ha
pr told Mr.. Hanscom iulsehnod and uskC
her what that was for. She said he askC
n her if all the dresses we're in the hou!
es that were there at the time of the murdc
he and She said yes. Then it was decided b
Se tween us all that she go and tell Mr.. lia
" SGom she had Told a falsehood. My sist
said at the time Why did not you Il
&c him about it !? Why did you let me do it
ie NJ QUARREL IN THE STATION.
T.. ~ remember the story about the quar-
i, me by you (Mr, Jennings) the mornif
20 the story was published | never had an
i, such conversation with my sister Is WI
- reported, There was never any trouble
a, quarrel in the matron's room between
NJ while she was there, or anything thi
ii could be construed into quarrel"
FAMILY RELATIONS.
lie Mr.. Knowltpn croSs,examined Emm
r. with reference to the family relation
et Emma testified that her fathers gift
IN the house to her stepmother made troub
between Lizzie and stepmOther, and Lizz
lr ceased to call her mother and called h,
as Mrs Borden, but two or three years befo
he the murder the relations between Liz
he and Mrs Borden were entirely cordia
ed and if she bad testified to the contrary
e. the preliminary hearing it was untrue.
The breach caused by the giving {
he property to the stepmother was new
e. healed so far as the witness was concerne,
IL although it was on Lizzies part. The wi