St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-17
Ill the Testimony in Favor
of Lizzie Borden Now
In.
Her Sister Emma Appears in
Behalf Of the Accused
Woman
Breach Between Lizzie and
Her Stepmother Had Been
Healed.
Only One Witness, a Boy, Now
Remains to Be Exam
ined.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. June 16.-
There was less of a crowd at the court
house this morning at the resumption Of
the Borden trial than at any time since
the beginning of the trial. The decision
relative to the admission of the evidence
of the Portuguese who saw the man
with the bloody hatchet was in order
the first thing this morning, and after
the jury had been polled counsel en-
tered into consultation with the JUS
desired to hear. Following this
the court said it was clear that the evil
dence offered on the head above referred
to could not be admitted. Mrs. Mary R.
Holmes, neighbor and member of the
church which Miss Borden attended.
was then called to the stand. Witness
was asked whether Lizzie went down
to look at her fathers body before the
funeral, was objected to. but the
court, assuming the question to be
preliminary, allowed it to be answered,
witness answering in the affirmative.
Witness was asked what Lizzie did
when she went down into the room, and
this was objected to; thereupon the
chiefjust Ice called counsel to the desk
for consultation, the result of which
was that the question was changed
to '.At this time when she was viewing
her father did she shed tears?" The
answer was yes. Miss Emma Borden
was called. She testified as follows:
Emma's Testimony.
1--WE have lived in the house we now
live in for twenty-One years last May.
At the time Of the murder. Lizzie was
possessed of property as follows: S170
in the B. M. G. Safe Deposit and Trust
company, $4,000 in the Massasoit Ma
tional bank, $500 in the Union Savings
bank, Sl4l in the Fall River Five Cents
Savings bank, two shares of
the Fall River National bank
stock. four shares of the Mer-
chants Manufacturing company stock.
Eve shares OF the same another date.
My father wore ring on his finger.
1t was given him by Lizzie. She had
worn il herself before, and he constant
ly Wore 1t after, and 1t was buried with
him, have made az inventory of the
clothes in the closet on the afternoon it
was searched. | was there when the
search was goiug on.o
Witness was asked what DR.. Dolan
said in regard tota thorough search.
The doctor said the search had been
as thorough as it could be unless the
paper was torn from the walls or the
carpet taken up. The Bedford cord
dress was made the first week in May at
our home; it was a very cheap
dress, 1917 or Is cents yard. and about
eight or nine yards in it, plainly
trimmed; moi more than two days were
as we always did. The paint
ers began work after the dress was
made. Lizzie got some
Paint on This Dress
within two weeks after it was made.
She got the paint OIL the front breadth
and onthe side. The dress was hanging
in the front closet on the day l came
home. / know, because | went in to
hang up dress and found there was no
nail"
@. Did you say anything to Lizzie
about that dress because there was no
nail there?
A. | did; l said "You haven't de-
stroyed that old dress yet; why don't
you do so?' 1t was very dirty, badly
faded, and | don't remember having
seen her use it for some time. 1t
have been made over be-
cause, besides being badly Soiled,
such as to render it impossible.
The next saw of the Bedford dress l
was in the kitchen Saturday when /
heard my sisters voice; l looked around
and saw her with the dress on her arm.
She said, Ppm going to burn this old
dress;" and l said: Il would" or
why don't you?n and turned away
| did not see her burn the
dress. Miss Russell was there at
the time she told Mr.. Hanscom false
hood, and asked her what that was
for She said he asked her if all the
dresses were in the house that were
there at the time of the murder, and
she had said yes. Then it was decided
between US all that she go and tell Mr..
HanScom she
Had Told a FaIsehood.
My sister said at the time: "Why
didn't you tell him about it? Why did
you let me do it?" | remember the
story about the quarrel between my
sister and |. / never had any such
with my sister as was
reported; there was never any
trouble or quarrel in the matron's
room between us while she was
there, or anything that could be con-
strued into a quarrel: Lizzie never did
put up her finger and say anything
about giving in. Witness contended
that the relations between Lizzie and
Mrs. Borden were entirely cordial.
Witness said that the breach caused by
the giving of the property to her mother
was never healed, so far as she was
although it was on LiZZie's
part. She knew of no enemy her STEP
mother had in the world.
The dreSSmaker who made the famous
paint stained dress next swore that
Lizzie could not have worn the pink
wrapper over it to conceal blood spots,
lad there been any. Said the witness,
''fhe skirt was longer by half finger
han She had been in the habit of wear
iIg. ltwas cheap cotton dress. The
painters were painting the house
when Lizzie was wearing the dress
she put it on as soon as it was done. |
'aw the dress after it was painted. The
Paint Was in Front and Back.
She had Oh an old wrapper which
his was to take the place of; she cut
some pieces ont of TIE old wrapper
shile / was there and took it down
stairs.
Phoebe B. NJ. Bowen, wife of DIR.
59wen, was the next witness. She was
;aiied into the house right after the
Harm was given, and found Mrs.
Churchill was tanning Lizzie. She
heught Lizzie had tainted. Her lips
lad chin were quivering. She was
.sked about the blue waist that had
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