New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-17


,ndd eo,siho woman Ste +, SAIL 10 be forty
,hrcc yenrs Old bat she does net look dhS o'''
ry.ilvc. She Is small, with smai ie''"t'' "
face is not al all pretty, nor nearly - PpN"r. "
commanding Lizzie. Bnt II looms i'''''-
Her qIlcancSs OF apprehension, hlah''''''
larry in her reptile, 10 strictAtornry hho"i'""
during the cross-exanination, was r'hcc'cl Ii NV
ou,ct,v changing expression Of her face. T1e VIII
ncg,es in this court stand rs they give their testimony
upon "a Ut!c platform from the front OF when rises
n railing. Ordinarily the railing reaches To a"""' Inv
witnesses waist. IT higher than tht III u" '">"
o.. Miss Borden. and furnished IN easy support % "cr
arms. She often held the cor.crs Of the railing in
her hands. ana sometimes gave nervous niue ses
lure by striking them lightly as II to emphasize some
mint which She desired to render especially I'M
pgcsslve.
Your father wore a ring on his finger. did he
not ~ asked Mr.. Jennings Miss Borden said lie dia
LIZzIE's GIFT TO HER FATHER.
o-what ether jcwclry did he wearl A.-None.
GLOW long had he worn that ring before MS uca''
A-Tcn fifteen years.
Odd he it constantly' A-Yc', SIR he never
took 1t from his finger.
Odd was IL on his finger when he was buried
Ayes
o.-who gave that ring to hint Any sister, Lizzie
Borden.
Glad she worn 1T before she gave it to hint A.
Yes. cir.
III was n SlHpe SlOrE, Dut IL h''
II made It the difficult for the jury TO believe
that the donor Of that ring the person who HAD
driven ten furious blows into Mr.. BOrd"hs heao
Emma said that she had compiled from her rrcoiicc
ten an enumeration Of The dresses thai were III
the clothes closet the saturday afternoon succeed
ing The murders when the house was searched from
top TO bottom by Marshal billiard and his policemen.
There were eighteen dresses then In tho closet Ihe'
ali belonged TO her sister and herself excepting one
that belonged Mrs Borden. Ten Of them were
blue and Of the ten blue dresses. Two were hcTs
and eight wire Li.zic's. After som" controversy
between the attorneys to The adnissbiliiy OF the
evidence. the witness was permitted IL say ina
Dr. Dolan had told her all! Lizzie when that search
vas completed. that II was las thorough scar
rs could he made unless tn paper WAS torn from
the walls and the carpets taken from the Aoors ana
also that MIR. Jennings, later that afternoon, ma
told her and Lizzie That Marshal llii'ari hah SAN
70 him that everything in the house hal been
examined, every box and bng. Miss Borden teH.i-
fed that she and Lizzie assisted In TIC search
opening doors and trunks, and suggesting PAGES wh'fc
the officers shoad look. Both she and Lizzie t"i
them that they should come often and search
as thoroughly rs they could.
With th, foundation for his questions. Mr. Jennings
proceeded to inquire about the dress that had been
burned.
C-pc YOU Know of Bodiori cord dress that Lizzie
sometimes wore! Ayes. ,ir
u-Wia You dcscr.tc IT Alt was light blac
dress.
C.-.whcn was IT made Ain the spi'ns oil lS9..
O.-WL,rcl Alt our hcu't.
u--wa> the Ent lai cheap or eo''lyi A-N'T
Oh, ap; c.iscr l. or IL cent yard
o.-Who made ~ airs. RAYMOND, our drt 'm'ker'
Dbl Mrs. Raymoad maze drcss~ FOR yca' A.
Net Often Tut shs did great a. OF work icf Lizzie
and Mrs. roic.m
o-whcIc were the dresses madc' AIN the guest
chamber We us'd that room scwInr-'oom
nd hrlp Ms. RAYMOND. Ayes.
c-Aua w'rc IA.zlc's dresses and Mrs roFicn's mado
q. the timcl Avery often.
There was little point In that answer The
prosecution has small ground to siaAd on unless u
can mike T. clear that the relation, OF Lizzie ani
her stcp-mo;acr were iNiri,al. Tacy worr not -
ve:y innIcal If tn" dr' ssaaine process could 20
on for both 0, them at TIE same time. with Lizzie
falling part In It.
PAINT Of THE BURNED DRESS.
DIN the drcssmoking that sprlnc what dress tho
first one uaacl A.-L!ll!c's Bedford cord
o-Do you remember Lizzie getting paint on this dress
Al do; yes. cir.
o-Whcre was II; A.-oM Ec font along inc oo'to~'
AMI each Of the sides
Q-whcn was the dress put on after II conei A.
! rh.,.h the ncX; morning.
eva. your hou'. lcag vala,ci at Tia; ,lmei Alt
was
Q-Aud under whose direction A.-UnGe' Lines
o-wa. she around tho house w!th the p,int'rsi A.
Yes sir: alnos, oil the time for several days
o-whcie that Grc,s on tho saturday ai1r tho
searchl Am the clothes press.
GLOW d. you know Al 'aw Il tAcic myself
O-Whcnr AT ab,r, . o''ock IN the morning.
o-And +. stayed there all day. A.-Ycs. a9. unit!
the n">t morning
Five or Fix policemen searched that close, iha'
SATURDAY afternoon. with enc accord they have trs'l-
fed that they locked over the drc,ses and saw none
,ha, had on 1t any tn,cc oil either blood or paint.
o-Dd you 10y anytime tia afternoon to Lizzie about
that drcssl Ayes when went into tho clothc'picss
u, h,rc up INV Gtes.c, there room LETT for mo
ryerv hook W.. occupied ard | soi to Lizzie: why
haven't yol burned that old d'c' yeti 1t j. Ia TIC way
o-what vas her reIlyl Al dat remember.
O-Could the dress have bccn made overt A-No. It
va not only soh bit faded. and t. wa'h II would have
LEFT 1t with 70 color at al.
o-whcn nc., did you that blue Bedford cord dfc''
with The paiat IT. A.->un:ay morning
o-.ic the Cour. and Jury all about III Al heard
IIzzes voice aid that she sanc!ng IN Tie room
sho said Il thIak I'll Lurl this old dress SAID
.why 4, YOU" OF Il wouldn't" or son thing OF that
sort. Then turned away % wash the dishes
Over, me winG0ws op'nf Ayes
o-Vcgo th,ro cheers Iound1 Ayes
u-vha, time was this? Nj rinh about O'Clock.
o-Iiai you cen to tr,akias:G A.-Ycs
u-was Mi, Kuss,l thcr A-tc'.
u-wha. tapp ned nest. Miss LnmI do yon recall
any rcfcrnco 10 this dressi Anything being said about
after the burninsi Was anything said b. Miss Russell
in tho pre-cncc q Miss Lzz, and yourself IN regard 10
this ores; A.-Sunday.
o-Not Mordayf Ayes. sir
Q-was there anything salI Sunday A-Not TIA. l
o..
u-wtat was sa.1 Monday, A.-Miss Huss'n came
from the dning.room ana sod that Mr. Iian'com had
asked her II all drrss tI'r" That thor"
on the day OF tragedy. AMI she had told him
ana that she rad tod HIN ia.s"hood II was dccd'd
by my sister mysalf that 5Ac should AMI TIL him
that she had told iaschood and Z IL him ores had
LuIncd.
DIVA, that the time Mas Russell said it the
worse thing that coud he noncl A.Ycs She tad thnt
MONDAY morning, and sister said. "Why did you let
do IL 7"
Certainly EOhing has appeared In this against
Lixzl" BOldon so much Indicative OF guilt rs the
bun ming Of that dress. II hard "a believe that
Il could have been n bloody costume. the garment
She wore while committing ia" murders. because
the audaclty she would have displayed in burning
II In broad daylight, with two witnesses and nock
OF policemen walking around the house was measure
OF audacy that one cOrld scarcely credit her with
possessing. And vet 1t was no more audacloIs than