The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-21
LIZZIE BORDEN ACQUITTED.

New BEDFORD, Mass, June 20.-There
was less of jam outside the court house
this morning when the Borden case was
called, but the court room held fally as
many people as on any previous day, when
.District Attorney knowIton resumed his
argument LIZZIE Borden occupied a seat
beside her attorney, Governor Robinson,
hand conversed with him in an apparently
-cheerful manner.
Mr.. Knowlton argued that the silk dress
produced by the defense was not the dress
worn at the time Of the murder. The po-
lice search of the house the first day was
Insufficient. but IL put Lizzie Borden on
guard and when further search was made
She had hidden the dress she wore at the
time of the murder He dwelt on the evil
,lence of Matron Reagan and declared
hat her story of the interview between
Emma and Lizzie. during which Lizzie de-
ciared that Emma had given Ter away"
was true. He argued that Lizzie used The
hatchet which Is known as the handles
hatchet, and that she purposely broke its
handle off shortly after the crime. be
argued that paper would have protected
TiZZie's dress from blood when she com
.1nitJed the crime and that the burnt paper
Tound i'll the stove WAS SO used lie dwelt
on the evidence at length, and summed up
jim an eloquent appeal Tor conviction. Mr..
tKnowlton'S 5 argument was closed at noon,
and the court took "A recess till l:40 o clock.
At 1;45 o'clock the court resumed its
session, and the defendant was given an
opportunity TO speak. She said: 81 am
1unocent, but | leave my case IN your
hands, and with my counsel" Justice
Dewey then charged the jury,
At the conclusion of the judges charge
the attorneys consulted fora few moments
The jury was allowed TO retire and the
counsel agreed upon what exhibits were
TO be put into the case, after which the
jury was brought in again. The oath was
administered by the clerk OF the court, ,and
fhe jury took the case.
Ii WAS just 4:05 o'clock when the specta-
tors, who had kept their seats patiently
during the retirement of the jury, noticed
u movement indicating Its return, A
moment later the twelve men filed into
their seats and Were polled. Miss Borden
was asked to stand up and the foreman
was asked to return the verdict, which be
announced-"No guilty"
Then all the dignity and decorum of the
court room vanished. A cheer went UP
which might have been heard a half mile
away through the open windows, and
There was no attempt to check II. The
Justices looked straight ahead at the bare
walls during the tremendous excitement,
which lasted fully a minute. Miss Bor-
den's head went down upon the rail in
front of her, and tears came whence they
had refused to come for many long days.
Lawyer Jennings was almost crying, and
soon the whole court room was turned in
10 house warming, and congratulations
poured out from every quarter upon the
victorious lawyers.
At the expiration of an hour Miss Bor-
den WIS driven TO the station. where she
took the train for Fall River, her home no
longer, probably, but still her cnly objec-
tive point for the immediate present.
Nv hen pain and anguish wiring the brow
y minis; ;ering angel thou Br0no-Seltzer