The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-15
LIZZIE BORDEN'S TRIAL
The Judges Admit the Prussic
Acid Evidence.
MARSHAL HlLLrARo ON THE STAND

morning shortly before o'clock looking a |
little more worn than she has for some |
time. She, however, tried to appear as
unconcerued as usual and spoke quite ami |
matedly with Counsel Robinson.
After a short preliminary tilt between
the opposing lawyers Marshall Hillard !
again took the stand.
ION the 4th of August, last year, my
attention was called to the trouble at the
Borden house by John Cunningham, news
dealer; I sent officer George w. Allen at
once to the house. did not notice the
time accurately; I first went to the house
about 3 o'clock; first / sent Allen, then
Doherty, Mullaly, Medley, Gillon, Wilson
and Fleet. When / got there ! looked
around the yard and searched the barn;
the side door OF the barn was open, the door
on the left was closed, but / am not
positive whether the window in the west
end was closed or not; / think the east
window was closed. It was extremely
warm in the barn; l only looked at one or
two of the rooms in the house that day.
The next time l went in the house was
on Saturday afternoon, after the funeral;
looked into the room Of Mr.. and NJ
Borden, then into ", I-..4,es room and
then info Miss Emma's room; there were
I other officers there who were looking for
ANYTHING they could fnd made no exam
nation of the dresses; l went again that
fteruoon. and in a general way searched
| the house; there were other officers there
sDept my time in examining closets and
| the dressing cases l took dress away;
! asked Mr. Jennings for the dres'
| she Miss Borden) wore that day; l was
then in Mrs. Borden's room, and he went
out returning with this dress, which had
been shown; l saw Miss Borden after
wards i'm 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 identihed).
The dress and a white skirt which Mr.
| Jennings gave me about the same time
we're rolled up skirt identified with what
| called a lounge cover cover identifed)
in a paper, and given to Mr.. Jennings, who
afterwards gave them to me- and ] passed
-hem over to Dr. polan; 1 have not had
possession of them since; the lounge cover
/ got from the dining room, hut do not
know where il really belonged
| was there 1-2 hours Saturday after
noon / went there again about ';40 IN
company With DR.. Coughlin; there was
large crowd of people present; perhaps
5wo or three hundred people; l sent for
officers and had the crowd removed TO the
street. then [ went into the house where |
saw the prisoner her sister and Mr.. Morse;
there was a conversation but DR.. COughlin
and the others did the talking after we
entered the parlor DR.. Coughlin asked that
the family remain in the house for a few
davs. that there was much excitement and
he thought it would be better they should
remain there and not 60 on the street,
think he told them that if they were annoyed
by the people to send word to city marshal
or himself and they should be protected;
Mr. Morse asked about the mail and he
was told they had better send for it. Then
} Miss Lizzie asked: "What is there any
body in this house suspectedN but the
mayor said, perhaps Mr. Morse could
answer that from what occurred last
niphtn Lizzie then said 81 want to
know tine truth, and the mayer Cough
ltn) said he was sorry to say it, that she
was suspected; then Emma spoke up and
said: I'VE have tried TO keep it from you
ls long as we could"
Then the mayor asked Lizzie where she
vas when the affair happened and she said
in the barn for twenty minutes looking for
. lead snkers. Lizzie said, after Emma
spoke, well, am ready to go any time
Cross-eXamined by Governor Robinson,
who at empted to show that the witness
2 was not obstructed in his search of the
: premises.
He swore that the search of the Borden
house was thorough, and that the defend
, ant gave him all articles he asked for and
{ smoke earnestly and frankly in converse
ton about suspicion of her.
Mayor John W. Coughlin Fall River,
was then called. He described his visit to
s the Borden house with Marshal Hilliard
p and corroborated the marshal's testimony
! Us to the conversation with the defendant.
The court excluded the evidence as TO
g demonstration against Mr. Morse, offered
: by government to show that the police
@ later surrounded the house in good faith
lor protection, not for surveillance.
5 Mrs Hannah H. Clifford, the dressmaker
( who has made wearing apparel for the Bor-
o lens for six or seven years past, in descrb-
ing her occupation, said she made outside
ladies' garments.
r Miss Borden came to see me about a
@ suit one day," she said. 'WEile she was
there told her l was making a dress for
Mrs Borden, and when / spoke Of Mrs
> Borden / called her mother.
e ' Don't say that, because she's mean,
good for nothing thing, Lizzie said to me.
i don't have much to do with her Lizzie
' told me- At home, she said, I stay in
u my IoOll. AohAN' AANA a. oAAN NAtNAiiibN StAt
f with them. She said they ate at the same
table, hut that they never took their meals
together if they cauii help it..
That was % tlere was of that, and
( when it. had b-tn toll Anua II. Borden a
cousin Of the pris Iner, was called
A tall gray-haiIed woman stepped into
a the court room and removed her veil She
{ went to Europe with Lizzie when the lat
q Ter went TO Europe.
What the prosecution wanted to show
y by that witness was that on the way home
y to this country Lizzie remarked the nice
time they had just passed and said she
was sorry she was going home, because
her home was so unpleasant for her.
The defence objected, a I'd the court de-
- cided not 10 allow the matter to be testi-
q fed to at the present time.
Lucy Collet testified that she sat on DR.,
r Chngnon's piazza in view of the Borden
!, feree from 10 As to II As on the morning
Of the murder and saw no one. Thos.
BoLs, a hosller, testified that he wash ed
t garages in Mrs. ChurchilPs yard on the
1 morning Of the murder, and saw no one
p Patrick McGOWan testified that hS
was in the Grove yard on the morning
If the murder and saw no one in the Bor
den yard.
I The cross-examination Of the last few
witnesses tended Co show a man might
have gone out Of the Borden yard without
being seen.
f Airs. Reagan. matron Of the Fall hiVs'
\ 0lce station, testified ~ au eXcited CO.,
? t.s.rsoti ion in the station on August be-