The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-20
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the trial commenced, and leave out
every single thing which Mr., Moody
said he was going to prove unless he
did it; he has spoken for the common
wealth, and the commonwealth expects
him to do Just what he said he was 60
ing to do He said he would complain
and prove this defendant was preparing
q dangerous weapon, He has not
proved ii, has heP And many things
offered in good faith by him have been
stricken out by the court because they
were not proper. The commonwealth
came here intending to do these
things but were not allowed.
They were going to prove that
this young lady went out to buy poison,
but it was not proved; it was not al
lowed, and I shall expect the district
attorney to get up and say so, or shall
be disappointed in him; they were
going to show you the defendant had
contradicted herself, but the court said
this was not proper. Now you arc not
going to say, 4 rather think Messrs,
Knowlton and Moody would not have
offered this ii they had not proof" But
this won't do. Decide this case from
the evidence on the witness stand and
nothing else; go you will leave those
things out; no pOison-no instrument
prepared, no statement made under
oath by her that you know anything
about. do uot care what you have
read. My intention is not to distort
facts, but to find out lust how We stand.
Things that are not in dispute | will
not touch, and / trust | will not by q
single letter step over the line of proof
or deal unjustly with the common
wealth 30 dear to us ALL"
Governor Robinson then began q
chronological description OF the events
connected with the crime as they ap-
pearcd from the evidence.
''rhere Is no direct evidence against
Miss Borden. No weapon whatever and
no noknowledge Of the use OF one has been
shown. It's not shown she ever used
an implement OF such character. The
evidence shows she did not know where
they were kept. Not spot on her
from her hair to her feet, on her dress,
or anywhere. Think OF It! Yes, there
was one spot on her skirt as big as the
point OF pin. That was not where
you expected it to be il she had done
tin an out-of-the way place. don't
know OF even a Fall River policeman,
from the top down, who believes that
flyspeck OF blood had anything to do
with the case.
THAT HATcHET HANDLE.
"Then there was bundle Of burnt
paper which Mr.. Philip Harrington
found. Then there were mean asser-
tions made that DR.. Bowen was doing
something. We thought they had the
handle there, wrapped up in the news
paper, and that the handle had been
burnt up entirely and that tho news
paper, which lives forever only re-
mained. What funny fro.
"Thot handle is still flying through
the air somewhere. A poor orphan
handle without Its hatchet. For
heavens sake get the 1875 policemen Of
Fall River aud chase it. Let them
catch it and reunite it to its hatchet."
Speaking Of the visit to the barn
Governor Robinson said:
"Lizzie had told Bridget that she was
in tho barn, heard groan and went
into the house through the open screen
door. Dr.. Bowen asked her, 'Where
had you been?' She said she had been
out in the barn for iron. To Mrs.
Churchill she aaid she had gone TO the
barn for q piece OF tin or iron with
which to fix her screen.
"Mulally-you remember Mulally-
he is one Of the knights OF tho handle.
He says that on August s Rubcnski
told him Of having seen woman walk
ing from the barn tothe house. Mulally
comes here and says Rubenski told
him it was 10:3O o'clock when he saw
the woman in the yard"
"It you presume tho defendant
guilty, the suggestion of the prosecu-
ton would be that Miss Borden told
Mrs. Churchill and Bridget to 90 up
stairs by the front way and find Mrs
Borden. She thought Mrs. Borden had
come in.
Perhaps it was the slamming OF the
door, perhaps the moving about Of
some one In the house that she heard.
"Now they say that che showed no
feeling; that when her stepmothor lay
dead in the spare room she stood at the
head OF the atairs and laughed. Well,
il you are downstairs in your own house
and some one cracks joke and you
laugh at it. But suppose your son
drops dead in room upstairs When
you do not know he is dead you are a
hard hearted wretch because you
laughed at the joke.
"Now what sort Of combination arc
you trying to make OF this woman? She
kills her stopmother because she did
not like her, and she killed her father,
whom she liked, because she wanted
his money.
"Miss Lizzie said Mrs. Borden was
her stepmother and not her mother.
The emphatic policeman, Fleet, told
that, She said to Mrs. Clifford, the
dressmaker, tliat her stopmother was Il
mean old thing, and that they did not
have much 10 do with othor. But
Bridget Sullivan, who for two years had
been closer TO tho family than any one
clsc, had never heard quarrel between
them ] agree with you that Lizzie A.
Borden is not n saint"
Ho venturod tho assertion that tho
mombors OF tho jury were not saints.
"llGrG 10 an old man." ho continued,
who worO no ornament Of any kind,
except ono; that was ring on one OF
his fingers
"Whon ho was buried it was put into
tho grave with him. A simple old
man, wearing that evidence OF affection
for his little girl"
AS the speaker was running on thus
Miss Lizzie furnished evidences Of emo.
ton. sho did not take tho fan from
her face, but moved little so she
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