New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-10

o-You told about nncn- the two axes ana The TWO
hat bets with handles, ddnt youi A.-fes' III ,
o-And when you werc asked If you founa 40! ,"'',
else, you said you didn't. Isn't that 'oFrc'' "
said failed 10 md apytiag -
Q.-But YOU had found this hatchetEca'' '"u' '
Ayes. sir. r Aao,,
o.-why didn't you tell item sol A-Weii hadn
taken it away. ~ ,
Q.-Why didn't YOU take II away '-"o'S
:Idnt think 1t important. 49,,
o.rbo thing Won thought important was tn" claw
headed hatchct with the rust on the bi'i' anu ''c
mark the handle. wasn't it, A.-irs. st' =,
Q-And this poor little thing you didht coh-iicr o'
any account. did yoIl A.-No. -ir.
This COMPLETED the examination OF Marshal Fleet.
II had not ended we'll for the prosecutions The dc-
fence had shown that he had hhd memory 'ia,
his search OF the house after the murders h"n oe''
extremely superficial. and that 1t hnd not h"'h "ne
0uately guarded. Thcy had shown. too. that nc WAS
tcstifyng 10 several things all cNtr'm cy important
which In his earlier testimony he had not mentioned
But the incident most destructive OF IN" value "i
Fleets evidence yet TO come. II was a COM
plc,e surprise TO Court and counsel.
A SURPRISE TO COURT AND COUNSEL.
Officer Harrington succeeded the marshal on the
stand. Harrington Is now captain OF 'he ran
River police He has been promoted since th" Bor
den murders. SO has Fleet, and so have TWO OF
three others OF the policemen who were engaged IN
g fcrrc,ng out the Borden mystery. II might have
been better perhaps, had the promoting power
awaited the result OF this trial before distributing
IFS favors so generously Officer Harrington was
n somewhat la-dc-dah young man for Policeman
He has an exceedingly glib tongue and truly mar
yclous facility for describing feminine costumes.
When he was asked what Lizzie Borden had on, here
Il what he said. Said II quick. "a II he had 1t by
heart; said 1t. too. without a blush:
LIZZIE BoRDEN'S DRESS DESCRIBED.
"Shc was dressed in house dress, rink. with
pink and light b.own stripe alternating. ON the Hight
stripe was diamond figure. The dress fitted close
To the FORM almost q taOr-madc III, and was SHRED
at the nccx.'
The audience began to litter. Governor Khbinon
stared through his spectaclcs nj the witness men
glanced anxiously at the Court then drew lis hah'
over his forehead rs II to see II nc o'nlolt ECU "
In ana then said
Dear me- dear me. What's that you say y
why, shlrrcd," said Policeman harrington, with
an expression OF panied surprise that he dn not seem
10 be understood. Shirred yon know.--ah, gath
cred at the neck that is" and Mr. li1rring'oh ponce
captain guardian OF liberties and lives, put up
his hand TO his throat and mlde gesture rs II gather
Ing himself In at that point
Governor Robinson did his best to follow the Wit
All YES, lie SAID IL scc.T and the Governor
nut I'D his hand to his throat, ami tried 10 gather
himself IN As Mr.. Harrington mad illustrated. " Is
that all17 he asked.
1t had "A number Of bows said Mr.. Harrington
ard on either side was red ribbon about an inch
wide which was brought around and tied IN bow
at the 'front.' 1t was cut en- train. or what Is called
bell shirt
HAERINGToN'S PROBABLE 1S:PIRA1iON'
They say that over Mr. Harringtons desk Ia h>
Office at Fall River he has beautifully embroidered
norfum,d sachet Maybe II was out OF this that IA
drew the Inspiration which enabled him TO XIV" 80
fine n description Of dress which LIZZIE Borden ala
not wear AT time. and has never either worn OF
ro,scsscd. As n description coming from police
Officer II was wonderful description ana II s"'"
dress had ever been in existence. II would proDsDN
have been wonderful dress. The dress 'hit ''Ah''
Borden really wore OF that occasion was thus Dc"
scribcd Yesterday by her next door neiGhbpr MIS-
Churchill
SHE REALLY WORE.
ait was a liel. Iluc and white ground. with a dark
navy blue diamond spot IN IT,
Mrs Churchill had often seen the dress. ana IN
reply TO other questions she said that lie SHIT III"
the waist were alike; that II was blouse waist
that the colors In the groundwork blended. and
that the diamond figure WAS large ana conspicuous
when Harrington done with hs -hIrrs. hi~ strips
his on ,raincs and his bell skirts. Governor Robinson
quietly inquired
o-what wa. your business before you wen, on o.
police forccl Al wa, panirr
o-Aud before that Al was IN the boot business.
o-wcre YOU ever dcs-maKctl 40 dF.
O-Fvcr In TIE dry goods ousinc--l No. ~.
a Did YOU ever have anything t. d. With colors cN-
cop. whn YOU in the paint business A.-No ILL.,
except admire ihcm.
The Governor threw naiive-born Yankee twang
into The tone, Of his voice. and queer li'ie squirt
into MS eyes, A. he asked; ..,,.u ~, ,,,,
And do you admire a red ifbi"n on PINK
Except for hi, description Of the Grcs' mnlc@T
IIarr3Tos '. n y r T' rcs "o' I2crc wcrr how
ever some points in the cv.dcnc" which are worm
SIZED Lizzie II She had any idea who could have had
motive 10 Hill her father. ~h. said shc dlIi kh""
Of any and when he .a ddAe' Nd r" %vd2v E Is all
right even 10 his watch and thc rins On his hngcr
THE EVIDENCE ALL INDEFFNITE.
This Is a case in which all the evidence Is clrcnm
sfanllal all indirect. all scrappv. and inirlne 40
one thing signifies much. ana 900 things must be taken
and put together In order 10 make case oi any
kind II Is worth willie pause therefore, on thi'
remark Of Iizzic's. II showed that the I1ng on MS
finger and the watch In his pocket had been in her
mind II innocent, because when she f0uni her
father dead she heraclf looked around for signs 81
robbery. II guilty. with the thought oil lh'm IN Asi
throw suspicion away from herself bv making tn-
mock marks Of robbery Accordins 10
session. Except for Bridget In the aluc,
Lizzie was ihe only Aye pc,on thrrr' ne nerSt,i
called Bridget from the attic aud Mrs Churchill from
over the fehcc. II She 20 close ~ She must
have been 10 commit these murders, ANYHOW, II IN"
watch and the ring In her mind. as thcy
were when she spoke 10 officer Harrington why
might she not have tossed things around, DESTROYED
or concealed lost IN the well n few valuable
from the persons of her victims. and
then instead Of calling lidgf AM Mrs.
Churchill have quietly walked downtown ana paid u
visit 10 u fricnf' II She was capable Of doing the
thing rs the State says she did 1t. she equally
capable Of doing II thus. II she incrcibl,
provldcnt ms the state alleges, by thr cOncealmeni
NJ h..xg thn erin dana harm
dencc would have been equal 10 the making Of the
plan Of going downtown and OF letting the world d.
the discovering
An UNEXPLAINED INCIDENT.
The witness, In answer TO the question what he
saw when he went into the kitchen. replied as
follows, introducing incident OF which nothing
had formerly been said ard which Is still unex planned