Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-20
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. IT IS 4 PLEA FOR A LIFE Ex-Governor Robinson's Ap-
 peal to the Jury. uPR0lR IN TBE FRENCH CHAMBER. M. CIemenceau Challenges
 His Tormentors. BETTING IS IN GoREELL's FAVOR. The Indications Point to a
 Close Race Teddy.
BETTING IS IN coRsElL's FAVOR.

The Indications Point to a Close Race Teddy.
 CLOSING THE BORDEN TRIAL.
 Ex-Governor Robinson,s Argument
 for the PrlsO ner-He CharacterIzes
 she Murders as the Work of a Ma.
 -niac and Severely Scores the Fall
 River Police - District Attorney
 KnOwlten opens for the Govern tl ment.5 -4 ,., T.. t-c -.
 NEW BEDFORD, Mass June 19.-The
 closing arguments in the Borden case
 brought out a great crowd of people to the
 court house this morning There were too
 few seats for the accommodation of tenth
 part of those who desired entrance to tue
 court room. When the court was ready
 for opening, many women were standing
 in the aisles, but they were quickly ushered
 to the ante-rooms and corridors. The bar
 enclosure was packed with lawyers from all
 over the county. So closely was 1t crowd
 ed that the counsel for the prosecution
 were obliged to pass behind the judges
 bench to reach their seats within
 the bar The jury took their seats at S:55,
 looking refreshed after two days rest, and
 6 few minutes later Miss Borden came in. As soon as the jury was boiled Governor Robinson began his argument. | He began by description of the Borden murders, which he characterized as the l work of "a maniac, not 8 man of senses l and heart-a lunatio, devil" Following l with reference to the means taken by the | authorities to apprehend the slayer, he said that everything was not done and the proper methods not taken. Tracing the preliminary hearing to this trial, the speaker said that in all those proceedings the prisoner had no voice.
 GAS you begin to contemplate this crime" he said to the jury, fyou must say such acts are physically and morally i'm possible for this young woman. It Is 8 wreck of human morals to say this of her. The defence ,mplains of no persecution on the part of the district attorney He has only one duty to do." Here the speak CT referred to the kind manner in which the sheriff had used Miss Borden and con- tinued:
 T said the case was brought here by the Fall River polics. I haven't the time to go into sarcasm and denunciatiop; the blue coats and brass buttons covered up what is inside; the officer is always msgni- flying this and minimizing that, and look. ing for the one who committed the deed upon which they are at work. The wit ness stand brings out their weakness when they knock their own heads together, but after all they show themselves to be only men with human weakness. So say to you, this defendant comes before you per fectly satisfied that the jury Is the most refreshing aspect that the eye of human beings ever feasted upon"
 You must leave out rumors, reports, statements which you heard before the trial commenced, and leave out every single thing which MT. Moody said he was going to prove unless he did 1t; he has spoken for the commonwealth, and the commonwealth expects him to do just what he said he was going to do. He said he would claim and prove that this defend ant was preparing dangerous weapon. He has not proved 1t, has hea And many things offered in faith by him have been stricken out by the court because they were not proper. The commonwealth came here intending to do those things, but were not allowed. They were going to prove that this young lady went out to buy poison, but 1t wasn't proved. It wasn't allowed, and I shall expect the district attorney to get up and say so, or I shall be disappointed in him. They were going to show you the defend ant had contradicted herself, but the court said this wasn't proper. Now, you are not going to say, rather think, Messrs. Kuowl- ton and Moody wouldn't have offered this if they had no proof. This won't do. De- cide this case from the evidence on the witness stand, and nothing else. So you will leave those things out; no poison, no instrument prepared, no statement made under oath by her that you know anything | about. I don't care what you have read. My intention is not to distort facts, but to | find out just how we stand; things that are not in dispute I will not touch, and trust l I will not, by @ single letter, step over the l line of proof or deal unjustly with the common wealth so dear to ne all.
 He then reviewed the time at which the bodies were found and the time of the
 probable murders, and then said that the
 testimony of these men proved that Ru-
 binsky saw the defendant coming
 to the house from the barn, and therefore
 her statement as to her whereabouts at the time of the murders was true. When
 Lizzie spoke about going up stairs for Mrs.
 Borden, she meant the iron stairs, be- | cause all knew she could not be up the back stairs, as a sheet had been obtained
 from there. Lizzie's laughter on the stairs
 was immaterial, unless guilt was assumed. The ring buried with MT. Borden shows her affection for him. The custom of
 locking doors was not to lock the dsugh ters from the parent, but for protection. | Had the defendant committed the crime she would not have given the alarm 20 l soon Defendants emotion at the discov- cry of the crime was not assumed. Fami- ly sickness. defendants conduct before the murders and her visit to the cellar after
 wards were no evidence of guilty mind.
 The burning of the old things was cus- tom in many households, and the burning
 of the Bedford cord dress wGs thus ex plained. The dress worn on the morning of the murder was not changed till noon. The Bedford cord dresp hung till Sunday morning in the closet which the officers
 searched Defendant could not have com
 mittsd both murders without changing her
 dress between them. Matron Reagan's
 story was false. Experts differ as to which
 hatchet had been used, and he argued that
 none of those produced was used. Ex-
 elusive opportunity was improved. He de tailed the manner in which an outside as-
 sassin might have committed the crime
 The scenes about the court house this
 afternoon were disgraceful. There was no
 system about the method of seating peo-
 ple, and women were tossed about the | walks in the corridors most reckleesly.
 The exhibitions were disgusting in the ex- treme When Miss Borden came in che
 was pushed and crowded about just as
 everybody was, and there was just touch
 of asperity. in her manner as she entered
 the court room and faced the crowd.
 Governor Robinson resumed his sr9u-
 ment. He cautioned the jury of the dan
 ger of finding verdic. sgainss the defend
 ant just because the jury does not zee who
 else committed the murders. If the gov
 ernment fails to prove the charge then it
 is the !urys place to sa{ y she .9 is not guilty;
 be safe to convict. The jury will find her
 not guilty. What is there to prove abso. ! luteiy that she is guilty.
 The ex-governor said the jury must take
 into consideration the blameless past life of r the accused and laid considerable weight upon the fact that che threw suspicion upon nobody. She was virtually turning eyerythine toward herself and 1t ia moi
 every human being who< can do this; no, every man with the strength of purpose te , duct places her far ahead of the ordinary [ woman. MT. Robinson referred to ths