The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-14
lizzie B0RDHN'S AOME.
1t Was Unhappy, But the
Prosecution Must Not
Use That Fact.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June IA, 1888
The Borden trial was promptly opened a {
o'clock, every seat in the house being
occupied. The first witness called was
City Marsnal Hiiliard, OF Fall River.
who, being sworn. testified as follows,
after the usual preliminary question had
been asked and answered:-"On the
Fourth of August last year my attention
was called to the trouble at the Borden
house by John Cunningham. news
dealer; sent Officer George w. Allen at
once to the house. I did not notice the
time accurately; first went to the house
about o'clock; first sent Allen, then
DoherIy. Mulaly, Medley. Gillon.-
Wilson and Fleet. When got there
looked around the yard. ana searched
the barn: the side door OF the barn was
open, the door wa closed, but am not
positive whether the window in the Yves
end was closed or not: think the east
window was closed 1t was extremely
| warm in the barn; only looked at Que
| two of The rooms in the house that day.
"The next time / went in the house was
| on Saturday forenoon, after the funeral;
| looked into the room OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| Borden, then into Miss Lizzie's room and
then into Miss Emma's room; there We're
/
anything they could find; made no ex-
animation of the dresses. went again
| that afternoon aud in q general way
| searched the house; there We're other
| officers there; spent my time In examin-
| ing closets aud the dressing cases; / took
| a dress away; asked Mr.. Jennings for
| the dress she miss Borden) wore that
day; was then in Mrs. Bordan's room
and he went ut.returning with this dress
which has been shown. Isaw Miss Borden
afterwards in Emma's room. When the
dress was handed to me passed it to DR..
Dolan; had no talk with Miss Borden
while [ had the dress (dress shown and
| identifled). The dress and white skirt
which Mr.. Jennings gave me about the
Same time were rolled up(skirt identified)
with what called lounge cover (coveR
| identifed) in paper aud given to Mr..
jennings who afterwards gave them to
me and passed tAem over to Dr.. Dolau.
| have not mad possession Of them since.
The lounge cover ! got from the dining
room, but do not know where 1t really
belonged. / was there three and a half
hours Saturday Afternoon.
BEsET BY A CROWD.
went there again about seven forty
five in company with DR.. Cougnlin; there
was a large crowd of people present,
perhaps two or three hundred people. l
sent for officers and had this crowd re-
moved to the street. then went into the
house, where l saw the prisoner, her
sister ana Mr.. Morse. There was a con-
versation, but DR.. Cougulin aud the
others did the talking. After we entered
the parIor Dr.. Coughlin asked that the
family remain In the house for few
days; that there was much excitement.
and he thought 1t would be better they
should remain there aud not go on the
street. | think he told them that ii they
were annoyed by the people to send word
to the City Marshall or himself. aud they
should be protected. Mr.. Morse asked
about the mail, and he was told they had
better send for it.
WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH
s'Then Miss Lizzie asked, What. is
there anybody in this house suspected?'
but the Mayor said. Perhaps Mr.. Morse
conId answer that from what occurred
last night Lizzie then said, I want to
know the TRUTH and the Mayor Cough
lin) said ne was sorry to say it. but that
she was suspected. Then Emma spoke up
! and said, We have tried to keep il from
you as long as we could. Then the
Mayor asked Lizzie where she was when
the affair happened. ana she said in the
barn for twenty minutes looking for lead
sinkers. Lizzie said, after Emma spoke,
WELL l am ready to go any tfme.' Later
on received pair of shoes and some
stockings and other things; this was on
August S; some l received from Mrs.
Holmes, some lTOul 1uFt. bEiRndul.
THAT SICK BED SUMMONS.
When Marshal billiard was told to re-
late what efforts he had made to find
some one VINO had written the note which
Lizzie said Mrs. Borden had received,
the Marshal said that some of his men
had tried to find trace as to the source
or origin of the note, but had failed ut
terry 10 do so. Personally he had not
been able to learn anything about the
note.
The witness was then called upon to
describe the search which was instituted
on that Saturday afternoon. The Mar
shall thought it was thorough search
which was made, but his description OF it
made it appear that the search was any
thing but thorough,
On cross-examination the Marshal was
asked if he had asked Miss Borden TO
come into the room. She had assisted
them in the search. Hiliiard said he did
not think he had asked for Miss Lizzie to
come into the oom where he was.
81 wop'tsay didn't" he said. "Idon't
rememberthat 1t happened.'
s'At that time had you said you suspect
ed Miss Borden of having committed the
murdersf,
81 had not" answered the Marshal,
with considerable emphasis on the per-
eruor Robinson archly. The Marshal
said subsequently that some other per-
sons had said that they suspected Miss
Borden had murdered her parents.
"When you went to the Borden house,
how did you get in?" the Marshal was
asked at one time.
Il went through the door," said the
Marshal. with slyness in his tones.
MAYOR CoUGHLIN's YARN.
John w. Coughlin, the Mayor of Fall
River, followed Marshal Hilliard on the
stand.
The Mayor related how he had gone to
the house with Marshal Hilliard. When
Miss Lizzie asked him IL any one in the
house WAS suspected, he told her be
thought Mr.. Morse was well able to tell
from what he had heard the night be-
fore.
Ex- Governor Robinson tried TO intro
duce question which would snow that
Miss Borden was practically under arrest
at that time. The prosecution objected
and the question was excluded.
MRS GIFFORD's STORY.
Mrs. Hannah II. Clifford. the dress
maker who has made wearing apparel
for the Bordens for six or seven years
past. in describing her occupation, she
said she nude outside ladies' garments.
Miss Borden came 10 see ME about
suit one day." she said. While she
was there told her WAS making dress
Tor Mrs. Borden, and when spoke OF
Mrs. Borden called her mother.
good-for nothing thing, Lizzie said to
me. Il don't have much to do with her.
lizzie told me. AT home, she said, I
stay in my room.' asked her il she did
not eat with them. She said they ate at
fho onyna hlp hyt that thnV favar LOfk