The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-08
THAT BURNED DRESS
Alice Russell Thought Liz
zie's Destruction of it
Was Disastrous.
"oH, WHY DID YOU LET MEI"
Evidence of the Borden Family
Physieian-Mrs. Churchill
Saw Lizzie Troubled.
Bridget Sullivan Keyiyes an Old
Time Robbery-Studies
in Color.

| The Court House was opened before the
regular time this morning, and at the
main entrance the inquisiJive females
who had swallowed their breakf asst hur-
riedly or dispensed with them entirely,
made one of the prettiest rushes ever
seen outside of College premises The
two blue coated representatives OF the
local police were carried off their feet
and whirled along with the resistless
petticoated surge from below until sew
eral Depaty Sheriffs jumped down 10
their rescue and turned the tide. The re-
suit was that the pushers were kept out
entirely, while those who acted in a
| fairly decent manner were allowed the
coveted privilege of fighting for seats in
| side.
| Miss Borden was In her seat fifteen
| minutes before the court came in and
| eagerly looked over the conteuts of a
| big. official looking envelope. which she
afterwards passed to Governor Robinso n.
| the jury were in their seats before coun-
| sci Tor ,he prosecution showed up at all.
| Just as the Court came it and the crier
| was making his proclamation. Miss Bor-
| den was passing from her seat in the
| dock to seat within the bar enclosure
beside her counsel. She was obliged to
stand almost beside Judge Blodgett,
| while the crier was talking.
THE DAYS WORK.
| The first witness called for was Mrs
| Churchill, tine previous call for DR.. Bowen
| having been rescinded, but she not being
| present. DR.. Bowen was put on. He
said:-
| Il have lived at my present residence
twenty-one years, which is diagonally
opposite the Borden house. have been
| the family physician nearly all that time.
| recall the day of August 4, '92. / saw
| Mr. Borden the day before about six
| O'Clock going down the street.. l testified
i at the inquest. but do notrecalI that said
1 then I saw him going MP the street on
| Wednesday (the notes show he did say SO.
but witness said it WAS a mistake).
think it was after eleven and before half
past eleven that / returned to my house
in the morning OF Wednesday. When |
| returned Mrs. Bowen spoke to me, and
in consequence OF that went to the
| Borden house. l saw Miss Lizzie Borden
and Mrs. Churchill there: they were in
the side hall, just at the end of it, near
| the kitchen door. | said, LIZZIE,
| what's the matterf She said. Father
has been killed or stabbed
asked, Where is your fatherY She said,
| In the sitting room.' That was all that
was said in that connection at that time.
Iu consequence of what she said went
| into the dining room and then into the
sitting room. / saw the form of Mr..
Borden lying on the sofa at the left of the
sittlug room door. found upon inspec-
tion that his face was badly cut, appar-
| ,Difh n trI1r1 ior1f. Fall ot
his pulse aud was satisfied he was dead
! | glanced about the room and saw that
| nothing was disturbed. He was lying on
| his right side with his face towards the
| south. The facs was hardly recogniz-
able." photographs shown and identi-
| fied.)
| Witness continued:-"I don't think the
| photograph shows the case of person
| asleep; in tnis the form has sunk down
| from where | first saw it; by sinking !
mean the general collapse
| During the showing OF the picture. Liz
| zie kept her eyes riveted on the floor,
never once glancing up.
| Witness said. in explaining the picture
| to the jury:-"The head is lower than it
| was; the sofa has been moved, IL was,
| when | saw it, even with the door; with
reference to the back of the sofa, the
| head is substantially as when | saw it,"
| The picture was marked "17" and
| sad:-
LIzzIE's DEMEANoR
"As I went 10 Ghe sitting room Lizzie
| followed me part way and turned to 90
out after finding he WIS dead. asked
| her il she had seen anyone and she said
| not / asked her where she had been and
| she salu, in the barn TO get some iron
| She SAID she was afraid her father had
| had trouble with some OF his tenants,
Then l asked her to get something
80 cover Mr. Borden with. and
| Bridget brought me sheet. The sheet
| was brought from Mr.. Borden's room
aud the key taken from the mantle,
| / believe, where it was usually Kept.
| After she sueet was used Lizzie
asked me if L wonid telegraph to
| Emma, and in consequence OF that re-
| auest did SO. Up to that time nothing
| had been said OF Mrs. Borden. but just
| before | went to the telegraph Office
| somebody asked where Mrs. Borden was,
! and Lizzie said she had received a note
| to visit sick friend aad had gone out.
AsIvas going met Officer Allen.
know it was he, but can't tell how long
it was after went there that met him.
| On my return from the telegraph office
met in the Kitchen hallway Mrs.
| Churchill, and she said they had found
! Mrs. Borden upstairs in the front room.
! She said / had better go up and see her.
| MRS. BoRDEN's BODY.
II went through the dining room ana
sitting room and up the front stairs.
stopping moment at the door of the
guest chamber. At that point looked
over the bed aud saw the prostrate form
OF Mrs Borden; then / was standing in
| the doorway. went around at the foot
of the bed. placed my hand on her head
| and fouud wound in the head; then |
| felt her pulse aud found she was dead.
never said to anyone that she bad died of
! fright or in fainI: but l will say this.
my first thought was thatsbe had tainted.
/ / went downstairs and told the people
| Mrs. Borden was dead; tnat i Thought
she was killed by the same tnstrument
with which Mr.. Borden was killed and
that considered it fortunate tnaG Lizzie
was out of the way"
Here photograph of position OF Mrs.
! Borden was shown, and witness said Mrs.
Borden was lying nearer the bed when
/ he saw her. AS this picture went the
rounds. and was commented upon. Liz
zie covered her eyes, but there were no
tears.
Witness continued:-"Her arm was
! little lower down al the time tnan in
the photographs; III other respects the
position is the same. When / was In the
| house in the morning saw that Lizzie
had changed her dress. a pink wrapper.