Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-08
FAVORABLE TO LIZZIE BORDEN.

FAVORABLE TO LIZZIE BORDEN.
Bridget Sullivan Makes Important Admis-
sions on Cross Determination.
. In the Borden trial at New Bedford, Mass
| yesterday afternoon after The STARS report
closed the court took recess.
On reassembling Miss Borden took her seat
for fhe first time within the bar Enclosure and
near her counsel She appeared to be in good
spirits, and fondled small cluster of pansies,
which seem to be her favorite flower.
The first witness called in the afternoon was
Caroline Kelley, who stepped in while Bridget
rested. She is the wife Of DIR. Kelley and lives
| in the next house south Of the Borden honse.
She went home on August 4. She had an en-
gngement to go the dentists that morning and
| passed the Borden house. Saw Mr.. Borden in
his yard coming around from the back Of the
| house to the front door, passing inside Of the
| fence; he stopped down to put the key in the
door; In his hand was white parcel.
BRIDGET RECALLED.
Bridget Sullivan recalled and her testimony
| resumed. She detailed at length the move
ments Of the various members Of the Borden
| household during the morning of the dav of the
crime. After breakfast Mrs. Borden asked her
to wash the windows. That was about 9 o'clock.
| Continuing, witness said:
AFTER / received the instructions, went
| into the kitchen, then into the dining and sit
ting rooms and shut the windows SO the inside
shutters were open; never touched them; did
| not see Lizzie then; went down cellar, got a
wooden pail. came upstairs. got my water, and
as l went out Lizzie asked me what was going
to do, wash windows? ana l said yes; that she
need not lock the door, as I wanted to come in
Tor water; then told her she could il she
| wanted to. and 1 could get the water in the
in NIL not loci do,~
saw no one in the sitting room when 1 was
washing windows there; l had to open the par
lor blinds to get at the windows. went to the
! barn at least twice to got water. During all
this time no one came to the house that saw.
saw no one in the dining room when was
washing these windows. When went into the
kitchen one time to get a dipper, saw no
one there. After l had done The washing 1
put the brush handle in tho the barn. took a
basin, cloth and step ladder in the kitchen;
after went in hooked the screen door.
SOME ONE AT THE FRONT DOOR.
"Then l went into the sitting room and
washed the windows inside. taking the one
nearest the front door, and had the upper
part done when l heard something l heard
person at the front door and unlocked it,
don't remember hearing any bell ring.
when l opened it I was bothered with so
many locks. I said, 'Oh. pshaw.' and Lizzie,
who was either at the head of the stairs or in
her room, laughed at me. l cannot tell any,
thing about how the door kept. l don't
know anything about that door; when let Mr.
Borden in he did not speak to me; he had a
parcel in his hand; when he went into the din
| ing room he sat in a chair at the head OF the
lounge and I went on washing my windows; Miss
Lizzie came down stairs about five minutes
after and went into the dining room; heard
her ask her father if he mad any mail, and she
told him that Mrs. Borden had received q note
and had gone out
Then Mr.. Borden took the key Of his bed
| room and won't up the back stairs. When he
came down soon after he took q rocking chair
| in the sitting room and went on washing nv
| windows. this time in the dining room. While
l was doing this Lizzie came into the room,
| took an ironing board from the kitchen and
| placed it in position. She asked me IL I was
going out tina. afternoon and said / did not
think was. She says: We'll, if you do, be
sure and lock the doors, for Mrs. Borden has
gone out on a sick call and may 60 out my
/ SELF
Then went up to my room and laid down.
The first notice took OF any time was when I
heard the city hall clock strike IL. l think 1
| had been there three four minutes; don't
think went to sleep; heard no noise; am able
to hear the opening and closing Of the screen
| door, II it is done by u careless person. The
next thing heard was when Lizzie called me
to come down. rs her father was dead. That
was at least fifteen minutes later"
Counsel asked witness 10 describe the dress
Lizzie had OH that morning. but objections
stopped an answer. She remem bered n light
blue dress, with sprig on it Of darker blue.
THE DISCOVERY.
Continuing. witness said: when I heard the
outcry from Lizzie went down stairs and first
saw Lizzie. cannot tell what dress che had
on that morning. When l came down the back
way the wooden door was open and she was
leaning against the door. The screen door was
shut. but could not tell whether it was locked
or not. went to go into the sitting room and
she said: oh, Maggie, I've got to have a doctor
right away. She said Il was out in the back
yard. and when 1 Came in the screen door was
open and found father dead. Do you know
where Miss Russell lives?"
II did not and she told me- did not find
DR.. Bowen: then went to the corner OF I'd and
Borden streets for Miss Russell, and she was
not there; then found where she did live. and
told her what Lizzie wanted. / guess / ran to
DIR. Bowen's. but don't know. When l came
back l found Mrs. Churchill. l said when
came back that IL knew where Mrs. Whitehead
lived would 60 and tell Mrs. Borden, il she
was there. that Mr.. Borden was very sick, and
Lizzie said: oh, Maggie, l am almost sure
heard her come IN; go upstairs and see if she is
| there said: i will not 60 upstairs alone,
and Mrs. Churchill went up with me. When
got high enough on the stairs to see into the
room l saw the body on the floor and ran in
was wide open. l did not make any examine
| ton OF Mr. Borden's body. After the homicide
l showed some officers about the place. did
not go into the front part OF the house with the
| officers. ! never saw Ratchet about the place
with a broken handle; the farm hand did the
wood cutting"
THE CRoss-EXAMrNATroN.
| This closed the direct testimony and tho
cross-examination was begun. In answer to
questions witness said "When 1 was called
Maggie it was not unpleasant never had
any trouble in the family and liked the place;
l never saw or heard anything out Of tie way
in the family relations, and during my nearly
| three years of service everything was pleasant;
Lizzie and her mother always spoke to each
| other; heard them all talking in the sitting
room that morning, and Mrs. Borden asked
Lizzie some questions and she answered them
civilly and properly; so far rs l could they
lived congenially and pleasantly; think have
told you here today just what said at the first
examination; say now that when l came in /
hooked the screen door,"
Reading from previous minutes counsel
| showed she said that she did not remember
| whether she did or not.
Witness said she was telling the truth as near
as she could- II now say did testify today
that I locked it, but now say 1 don't know
whether did or not"
All the time she was washing windows that
door was unlocked. from $50 o. M. until she
got through; she had told Lizzie that she need
not hook it because she would look after it